cjtn10 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Hey guys, I'm in need of some help with this one as I'm at a brick wall. I've recently installed a clean version of New Vegas on Steam, No mods, No fixes etc, etc. Whenever I try to launch the game it doesn't launch, if anyone has had this problem please respond quickly with a fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubiousintent Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Please see the 'Vanilla Load Order' entry in the 'First Timer Advice' section; as well as the 'Towards Game Stability' and the 'Common Game Problems' sections of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article. If the problem persists, then work through either the 'Solutions to Starting the game problems' or the 'Solutions to "Crash To Desktop" (CTD) problems' sections in the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide. * Did you install Steam to it's default location? (GOG is not a problem as it places the game correctly.) If so, please see the wiki "Installing Games on Windows Vista+" article for why the original default Steam behavior of installing games to the "C:\Program Files" or "C:\Program Files(x86)" folder tree was bad (they learned better, and don't do that any more but didn't change it for older games); and why "disabling UAC and running as Administrator" is NOT sufficient, with instructions how to move it. Among other things, later versions of Windows (since the game was released) force files in "system protected" folder trees to be "read only" regardless of how you set them manually. It includes instructions on how to correctly move the Steam folders out of that folder path.Don't move it to a folder under "User\Documents" either, as "executable" files are not permitted to run from there for similar "anti-malware" reasons. This is the single most important thing you can do to fix and protect yourself against problems in the future. As much of a PITA as that is, it's never going to be any easier than now. System updates often cause issues with games installed to these folder trees. With the game moved out of the default location you will not need to be running it as an "Administrator Account", which is safer. Please see the 'Restoring to "Vanilla"' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article as well.I recommend anyone read the entire "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article to understand the differences between this game and others you may have experience with; especially if this is your first attempt to play a modded FNV or it's been more than a year since you last set it up. It is designed for someone who has never played a modded PC game before, so it tries to avoid making any assumptions, is kept "up-to-date", and covers years of "lessons learned" by a retired Technical Support expert. It is NOT a list of various mods to install that happen to work on the author's machine; only "the essentials". It addresses fundamentals underlying how to get the basic game and mods to work together. At least 90% of everything I post in the "Technical Support" sub-forum is already in that article. Once you can play a test game to at least Primm, only then should you try adding other mods from some other "guide".-Dubious- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjtn10 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Looked into the problem a bit more and I'm getting this message, don't suppose you know how to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M48A5 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Looked into the problem a bit more and I'm getting this message, don't suppose you know how to fix this? Did you google the error code? I did and google returned 71,600 results in .59 seconds. I suggest you do the same and choose the result that applies to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubiousintent Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 More than likely you are missing the correct "older" DirectX driver version files. Please see the 'Issue: Vanilla game Hangs on startup'; specifically "Cause-1" regarding DirectX9 drivers. Otherwise check you have the required driver versions for other plugins to the game.-Dubious- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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