Fallout 3 Crashing on Windows 7

[NeonPeanut]

OK, so I recently started playing Fallout 3. I had gotten it on Steam while it was on sale and... modded it... before even playing it... on Windows 7. I KNOW that was stupid, but I made sure to take as many precautions as I could, and I have Oblivion GOTY, which works perfectly fine even though it is heavily modded.

 

Now, when I started a new game, it worked fine. I got through the entire "tutorial" mission set and even wandered the wastelands and Megaton a good bit. Sadly, while I was visiting a shopkeeper, the game just randomly crashed. I started it up again and tried to save, but then it crashed again. I have already implemented the .ini fix and dealt with the UAC problem, and I use fose, which should already have Windows Live disabled, so I have no idea what the problem could be. I've checked my mods and they are all loaded properly and are compatible with one another, so I don't understand why it would just randomly crash.

 

If someone has any earthly idea what in the world I could do to fix it, please, tell me. I never had to deal with this with Oblivion, so this is making me anxious. :S

 

EDIT: Oh, I forgot my specs. Silly me. Here they are:

 

Processor: Intel Core i7 CPU 960 (Quad-core)

RAM: 12 GB

Video card: ATI Radeon HD 5670

(Basically, this game should work wonderfully from a performance point of view...)

Edited August 5, 2012 by NeonPeanut

[M48A5]

Did you change the Fallout3.ini in your Games folder and not the one in the Bethsoft folder. Also, please provide your load order and which mod manager you are using.

[NeonPeanut]

I use FOMM and BOSS, and here is my load order:

 

 

 

[X] Fallout3.esm

[X] Anchorage.esm

[X] ThePitt.esm

[X] StreetLights.esm

[X] BrokenSteel.esm

[X] PointLookout.esm

[X] Zeta.esm

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch.esm

[X] CRAFT.esm

[X] CALIBR.esm

[X] xCALIBR.esm

[X] CubeExperimental (EN).esm

[X] Mothership Crew.esm

[X] Advanced Recon Tech.esm

[X] EVE.esm

[X] Apocalypse Armory.esm

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esm

[X] Companion Core.esm

[X] RobCo Certified v2.esm

[X] Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow.esm

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Operation Anchorage.esp

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - The Pitt.esp

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Broken Steel.esp

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Point Lookout.esp

[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Mothership Zeta.esp

[X] Stop Insulting Me Outcasts.esp

[X] StreetLights - Wasteland.esp

[X] CASM.esp

[X] CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp

[X] CALIBRxMerchant.esp

[X] megalight.esp

[X] UndergroundHideout.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory - CRAFTing.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory - CALIBR.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory - xCALIBR.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory - DLC Enhancements.esp

[X] WeaponModKits.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp

[X] WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory + WMK.esp

[X] Advanced Recon Armor.esp

[X] Advanced Recon Gear.esp

[X] Advanced Recon Tech.esp

[X] Stealthboy Recon Armor - CRAFT.esp

[X] CALIBR Ammo Schematics - CRAFT.esp

[X] Companion Core DLC Addon.esp

[ ] RobCo Certified v2 Version Updater.esp

[X] RobCo Certified v2 Mechanist's Edition.esp

[X] RobCo Certified v2 Zeta Addon.esp

[X] EVE.esp

[X] EVE Operation Anchorage.esp

[X] Apocalypse Armory + EVE.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Spawns.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Hunting & Looting.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Master Menu Module.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Soft Unleveler.esp

[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Dynamic Player Scaling.esp

[X] Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow in Fallout.esp

[X] Enhanced Weather - Radioactive Rain and Snow Plugin.esp

[X] Enhanced Weather - Weather Sounds in Interiors.esp

[X] Enhanced Weather - Sneak Bonus during Storms.esp

[X] Enhanced Weather - REBOOT.esp

[X] Fellout-Full.esp

[X] Fellout-Anchorage.esp

[X] Fellout-BrokenSteel.esp

[X] Fellout-PointLookout.esp

[X] Fellout-Zeta.esp

[X] Merged Patch.esp

[X] xCALIBRammo_override.esp

[X] FortIndependenceRedesigned.esp

 

 

Edited August 5, 2012 by NeonPeanut

[NeonPeanut]

OK, so I tried running the game in compatibility mode, and I tried running the game as administrator, but it still crashed whenever I tried to save. All I can find on Google are people whose games crash on start up, which I don't have a problem with, so the only thing left I can think of is CASM. I don't know...might as well try disabling it...

 

EDIT: Still crashes when I try to save. Whats weird though, is that it seems to be able to auto save just fine, which doesn't make any since. I am totally confused now. Does anyone have an idea?

Edited August 6, 2012 by NeonPeanut

[combatdoc13]

I am having a very similar problem, I decided that I hadn't played Fallout 3 in a while so I loaded it on my new PC (that I built for Skyrim), I have a few MODs that I use, but have not loaded them yet as I am still in the tutorial stage. The game loads and plays then it just freezes, CTR-ALT-DEL & close game, re-start, then five minutes later, same thing... I've tried "Compatibility Mode", "Run as Administrator" But I have not done any tweaks... (It's been too long I don't remember them) - Tech level - (I'm an old fart, so - Med to Low) :/

 

 

Windows 7 Pro - 64 bit

 

Fallout 3 GOTY edition

 

AMD FX-6200 (3.8GHz)

Asus Sabertooth 990FX

Corsair Vengeance 16 Gigs @ 1600 MHz (4 sticks)

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560

XFX Black Edition 1000 Watt PSU

Nothing is overclocked

[combatdoc13]

Oops, sorry... Double post. Edited August 8, 2012 by combatdoc13

[M48A5]

@neonpeanut - Your merged patch should be loaded last. You should delete the one you have and make a new one and have it load last.