Fallout 3 crash / problems

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#1 Normedia
Member since 2002 • 389 Posts

I have a problem where I installed Fallout 3 and play it for the first time, and its great. I quit the game, go about my other things to do and go back to Fallout. As soon as I'm in, I load my save game and kicks me off and theres a message:

"Fallout 3 has stopped working"

"A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available."

Sometimes it messes up my RivaTuner, and I have to reinstall Rivatuner. Now, if I uninstall Fallout3 and reinstall it again, it works until you quit the game and try to start it up again. Beginning another agonizing cycle. Can someone help me?

My specs should be good enough

Q9300 @ 2.5Ghz

4GB 800Mhz DDR

8800 GT 512MB SLI

Windows Vista Premium 32-bit

and the latest Forceware drivers

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#2 Arther-la-Blunt
Member since 2004 • 617 Posts
Well, I'm having the same problem. It crashes frequently and there was no desktop icon.
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#3 Cdscottie
Member since 2004 • 1872 Posts

No worries, you aren't alone. I played it about 3 hours last night and at different points the game just crashed without warning. Oh well, at least it isn't as bad as Medeival 2: Total War where it crashed every 5 minutes.

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#4 erishun
Member since 2008 • 25 Posts

Mine does exactly the same thing!

I installed just fine, played for about 2 hours... Then I quit out. When I run it again, I get to the main menu just fine. But when I load my save game or try to start a new game, it loads for a few seconds then crashes. I get the Windows "Fallout 3 has stopped working" dialog. This sucks!!! :-(

ATI HD4850

Windows Vista Ultimate x64

Retail DVD Fallout 3

Q6600

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#5 cinek2
Member since 2008 • 25 Posts
haven't played it for 5h straight lol only for bout 30 mins (coz i think the game sucks) but anyway it crashed once when I was quitin the game.... but only once, then it got stuck when I died and had to load a save game from 25 before coz the auto one, well the character wasn't movin @ all lol......
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#6 ASK_Story
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Bethesda PC games always have some problems.
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#7 Moonwish
Member since 2007 • 25 Posts
Same problem... I figured out that it almost only happens if I open pipboy or fighting with V.A.S.T... and wierdo thing is that I could play with it for the first time almost 2-3 hour wihtout a crash, now it crashes every 5 mins... even if i dont use vast or pipboy
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#8 allinchrist7
Member since 2007 • 42 Posts
Yea im with you guys on that one... Mine just keeps crashing without warning. I have yet to even get past the part where you can cusomize your face lol. I thought it might just me that i needed to install the lastest video driver but that didnt solve the problem. Oh well, guess its just a terrible bug in the game itself.... BAH!!
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#9 allinchrist7
Member since 2007 • 42 Posts
Actually... I mentioned earlier about how i tried to install the new nvidia video driver, but its now dawning on me that is not the newest one.. its just the newest certified one.. try installing 180.43 Beta driver if you are still having problems with crashes and hopefully that will work. So far ive heard that it has worked for some people. Ill post another comment later as to whether or not it worked.