Fallout 3 won't launch.

[Blindsid3d]

Don't know what the deal is. Crashes every time I try to start it.

 

 

Fallout3.esm

Anchorage.esm

BrokenSteel.esm

PointLookout.esm

ThePitt.esm

Zeta.esm

CRAFT.esm

CALIBR.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Alternate Travel.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod.esm

EWE Energy Weapons Enhanced.esm

EVE.esm

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp

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

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers.esp

WeaponModKits.esp

Enhanced Weather - Weather Sounds in Interiors.esp

Enhanced Weather - Sneak Bonus during Storms.esp

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow in Fallout.esp

Enhanced Weather - Radioactive Rain and Snow Plugin.esp

EWE Supermutant Energy Weapons.esp

EWE Stormfront Studios Load Order Fix.esp

EWE Load Order Fix.esp

EWE DLC Addon.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Master Menu Module.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod.esp

CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp

Stealthboy Recon Armor - CRAFT.esp

CALIBRxMerchant.esp

Total active plugins: 44

Total plugins: 44

That's my load order, and I copied the FOSE to the directory like it said too. I'm very new to modding, even though it seems pretty simple. I have no idea what I'm doing apparently.

Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 12:51:31 AM

Fomm 0.13.21

OS version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1

System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.

at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)

at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)

at System.Version..ctor(String version)

at Fomm.MainForm.checkForUpdateToolStripMenuItem_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

There's the dump file too.

Thanks for any help.

Edited April 11, 2013 by Blindsid3d

[prensa]

Blindsid3d - Hello!

Crash on startup of modded Fallout 3 is almost always due to a missing master, in other words you're using an .esp without another file that it needs.

In your mod manager you can left click on each of the plugins & their Masters will be listed at the bottom.

You must have all the masters listed or else using that plugin will crash the game on start up.

For example if one of those mods require CALIBR & you do not have it the game will crash on start up.

Using a patch for a mod that you don't have is a common cause of this too.

I don't use EWE but looking at their Description page it seems you are using an incorrect plugin.

You've got:

EWE Stormfront Studios Load Order Fix.esp

That's a patch for Stormfront Studios Presents Mod, which you don't appear to have, if that's the case then that'll cause a crash on startup.

So untick & delete EWE Stormfront Studios Load Order Fix.esp.

If you still no joy, turn off your mods one at a time checking between each to see when the game stops crashing on startup. That way you can find the culprit & check it's documentation for it's requirements.

Also you're going to need a patch for FWE & MMM to work together properly.

A patch for the two can be found at FOIP:

http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/4968

That will leave your MMM plugins looking something like this:

Mart's Mutant Mod.esm (Fine where it is)

Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp (From FOIP, replaces all optional MMM plugins except the DLC ones)
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + DLCs.esp (From FOIP, requires all DLC's)

You may want to get BOSS, that'll help guide you with load order:

http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/10193

Hope this helps!

Prensa

Edited April 11, 2013 by prensa

[Blindsid3d]

Thanks for the info. Everything seems to be in order now!

[prensa]

Blindsid3d - Hello!

 

Glad it's all working now! :smile:

 

Prensa

Edited April 11, 2013 by prensa

[Blindsid3d]

Okay, I installed the Sharing and Caring Companions mod and now the game seems to freezing at the birthing scene at the beginning. Don't know what the deal is. Is there a patch for it that I need that I don't have?

 

Here's the load order again,

 

 

Fallout3.esm

Anchorage.esm

ThePitt.esm

BrokenSteel.esm

PointLookout.esm

Zeta.esm

CRAFT.esm

CALIBR.esm

EVE.esm

EWE Energy Weapons Enhanced.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm

Mart's Mutant Mod.esm

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow.esm

Sharing and Caring Companions.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Alternate Travel.esp

CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp

CALIBRxMerchant.esp

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 - Optional Restore Tracers.esp

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

WeaponModKits.esp

EWE Supermutant Energy Weapons.esp

Stealthboy Recon Armor - CRAFT.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 - Zones Respawn.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Master Menu Module.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp

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

EWE Load Order Fix.esp

EWE DLC Addon.esp

Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow in Fallout.esp

Enhanced Weather - Radioactive Rain and Snow Plugin.esp

Enhanced Weather - Weather Sounds in Interiors.esp

Enhanced Weather - Sneak Bonus during Storms.esp

Total active plugins: 46

Total plugins: 48

[prensa]

Blindsid3d - Hello!

 

"the game seems to freezing at the birthing scene at the beginning."

 

Sounds like the Fallout 3 multi core bug.

 

Have you got a multi core computer?

Fallout 3 has trouble with multi core computers, mainly with ones that have more than two cores & use hyperthreading.

There is a fix, you need to edit your Fallout 3 .ini file.

The one you want to change is:

For XP:

My Documents\My Games\Fallout3\

For Vista & Win7:

Documents\My Games\Fallout3

The file you want will be called:

FALLOUT.ini

Open the .ini with Notepad & change this line:

bUseThreadedAI=0

to:

bUseThreadedAI=1

& insert this line under it:

iNumHWThreads=2

Save & close your ini.

 

As to your load order, you've got a few MMM plugins you don't need:

 

Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - Master Menu Module.esp

Are all built into the Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp patch that you have so untick & delete them.

Also, I don't use FWE so I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure you use one or the other of these not both:

 

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers.esp

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

Hope this helps!

Prensa

[SoulReaver911]

^ Great tip. You can also get the Fallout 3 Configurator which is a gui for the ini (very useful) in which you can do the same thing by selecting the number of "Havoc threads" under the performance tab.

 

http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/6769

 

At Blindsid3d:

 

You're at the point where you're gonna want to get into FO3edit to make a merged patch for all the mods, and also to use master update which allows for more stability in the game thus averting future crashes and freezes.

 

http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/637

 

And here's the manual for it:

 

http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/8629

Edited April 12, 2013 by SoulReaver911

[Blindsid3d]

I'll try this and see if it works. Thanks!

Edited April 12, 2013 by Blindsid3d

[M48A5]

I had the same problem after I had to have my HDD wiped and OS reinstalled. You need to remember that Fallout 3 was originally made to play through the opening scenes without the DLCs or mods. After many attempts to go past the birthing scene, I wized up and disabled the DLCs and mods. You can't use them anyway. I let everything play through to the birthday and made a hard save. At this point I reactivated my companion Brisa mod and continued through to just before exiting the vault and made another save. The save before the vault exit was so that I could start another game with going through the opening again.

[SoulReaver911]

I had the same problem after I had to have my HDD wiped and OS reinstalled. You need to remember that Fallout 3 was originally made to play through the opening scenes without the DLCs or mods. After many attempts to go past the birthing scene, I wized up and disabled the DLCs and mods. You can't use them anyway. I let everything play through to the birthday and made a hard save. At this point I reactivated my companion Brisa mod and continued through to just before exiting the vault and made another save. The save before the vault exit was so that I could start another game with going through the opening again.

 

Are you still having this problem? I haven't encountered this issue in a long while and I'm curious to see if we can't get your game to function so you can play from the beginning without problems.