Fallout 3 Crash on Startup

[Hunter112]

I'm currently running Fallout 3 GOTY with a number of mods, including FWE and MMM. Up until today, I've had little or no problem.

Until now.

Now the game crashes when I try to start it. Mainly when the mouse pointer would appear.

 

Here is the Load Order:

Fallout3.esm

Anchorage.esm

ThePitt.esm

BrokenSteel.esm

PointLookout.esm

Zeta.esm

CRAFT.esm

CALIBR.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm

FWE - Combat Overhaul_Core.esm

Mart's Mutant Mod.esm

RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm

Vault 101 Revisited.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Alternate Travel.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced (BrokenSteel).esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional VATS Halftime.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers (automatics only).esp

FWE - Combat Overhaul_Equipment.esp

MaxLevel100.esp

Overhead3PCamera.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp

WeaponJammingNoReloadJams.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp

RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp

RH_IronSights_RemoveReticule.esp

RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp

CONELRAD 640-1240.esp

UPP - Pack 1.esp

UPP - Pack 2.esp

UPP - Experience Perks.esp

UPP - Quest Perks.esp

Dree Perks.esp

Dree Perks Anchorage.esp

Dree Perks Pitts.esp

Dree Perks Broken Steel.esp

Dree Perks Point Lookout.esp

Dree Perks Mothership Zeta.esp

VDSP-01.esp

goat_perks.esp

FreePlayAfterMQ_V05.esp

HeirApparent.esp

IntoTheDeepWoods.esp

NotSoFast.esp

Responsive Kill Reactions.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Increased Spawns.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Hunting & Looting.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Master Menu Module.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Dynamic Player Scaling.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + DLCs.esp

FasterMorePowerfulMines.esp

perksforcapsv2BrokenSteel.esp

KillableChildren.esp

KillableChildren - MMM.esp

Fellout-pipboylight.esp

Fellout-Full.esp

Fellout-Anchorage.esp

Fellout-BrokenSteel.esp

Fellout-PointLookout.esp

Fellout-Zeta.esp

 

Total active plugins: 80

Total plugins: 80

 

Any idea whats going wrong?

 

My PC is running Windows 7 32bit

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 1.86Ghz

ATI AMD Radeon HD 5450 1GB

5 GB RAM (Only 3 GB is useable)

Edited November 14, 2012 by Hunter112

[M48A5]

Crash on start-up is the result of one of two things. Improper installation or inadequate equipment. Since the System Requirements of the game call for a processor with a clock speed of 2.4GHz and yours is 1.86GHz. This coupled with a low performance video card will result in continued problems. The best solution is to upgrade your equipment to meet the minimum requirements of the game.

[Menageryl]

I have about 212 plugins running simultaneously. It took quite a bit of work to get to the point where everything was running right, dependantly, etc.

 

In the process I discovered just how indispensable FO3Edit is! If you don't already have it installed, grab it and do so. Then kick the application off. In just the process of starting up, it will evaluate your plugins and their order and soon as it finds a problem, will fail and provide you with details you can use to determine where the problem lies. It's then just a question of taking direction from the results, and making the necessary changes, then restarting the utility to move onto the next potential issue.

And on, and on, until you no longer receive any fails and FO3Edit completes it's initialisation successfully.

 

If you get to that point, chances are your game will then run ok.

 

Do yourself and favour and install the Fallout 3 Configator as well - it allows you to tweak graphics / sound / performance settings with far more detail and flexibility than otherwise possible (or practical). This is particularly important when running an under-powered rig. :)

[Hunter112]

In the end, I'm gonna be getting a new pc mid December, so that should fix any issues