Crashes

deadman1 · November 09, 2009, 12:34:37 PM

I´m getting numeros CTD:s (crash to desktop) when playing FO3 lately and I was wondering if any of you who have a number of mods installed have experienced any? I have only the House terminal mod installed.s

Ricamundo · November 09, 2009, 12:58:29 PM

I get the odd crash where my PC spontaniosly re boots, but it seems pretty random. I dont think its heat related. Also occasionally the game minimises to the bottom bar, but i can just clixk it back to normal. I had experienced both of these before i installed any mods, btw.

from what ive read, these things seem to be fairly common, with or without mods

Art Blade · November 09, 2009, 02:02:52 PM

FO3 without mods (and well, with my own ArtMod) tends to crash randomly, but not very often. However, it is only recommendable you save after and before special events. That means "A LOT" :)

PZ · November 09, 2009, 02:50:23 PM

I've not had problems since I patched to v1.7, but had only rare problems before that. I'm running at least 8 or so mods and have not had a crash at all. I'm using the Fallout 3 Mod Manager so that I can even set the order of how the mods load.

Ricamundo · November 09, 2009, 02:55:01 PM

Is there a patch that came out after the GOTY edition? I assumed it was all patched up by then, so i havent checked for anything.

PZ · November 09, 2009, 04:41:02 PM

Mine was version 1.002 or something like that believe it or not! It was so old that I had to download the new version of Games for Windows Live before I could install the patch without it failing and corrupting the install. Right click the Fallout 3 executable and check the Details tab for your version number.

Art Blade · November 09, 2009, 05:07:27 PM

mine still is, 1.0.0.12 ;D

Ricamundo · November 10, 2009, 02:53:30 AM

Quote from: PZ on November 09, 2009, 04:41:02 PM
Mine was version 1.002 or something like that believe it or not! It was so old that I had to download the new version of Games for Windows Live before I could install the patch without it failing and corrupting the install. Right click the Fallout 3 executable and check the Details tab for your version number.

Sry what's an executable?

PZ · November 10, 2009, 05:42:53 AM

oops - the executable is the application that begins the program. It is found in your Fallout 3 folder and is called Fallout 3.exe (or similar) if you have folders view set to display extensions. If your XP is plain vanilla then you probably don't see the extension, but there are only a couple of files that begin with "Fallout 3" right click each of them in turn to examine the properties and look for something that looks like a version number.

Ricamundo · November 10, 2009, 06:07:47 AM

Ok, it says 1.7.0.3 if that means anything.

PZ · November 10, 2009, 07:43:47 AM

It means that you have the latest version - should be good to go. :-X

On an aside, it is interesting that running F03 on my Vista64 machine seems to be more stable than some of the XP machines.

Ricamundo · November 10, 2009, 09:41:19 AM

Just a heads up, if you ever discover a rather obscure area called The Oasis, there is a mish therein that i couldnt complete because a scripted conversation caused my PC to spontaniously reboot twice. :D I googled it, and apparently im not the only one.

PZ · November 10, 2009, 10:02:46 AM

Thanks for the heads up :-X