Originally posted by: nitromullet
This is why you should include your rig in your sig (it's not just for bragging rights)... Makes it a lot easier to spot the potential culprit when people are experiencing crashes.
Originally posted by: Golgatha
I installed Fallout 3, got everything configured, and then went to playing. Game crashed to the desktop at my 10 year old birthday party every time Dad tried to say something. I was only 5 min into the game for crying out loud!
Rebooted my computer at this point and started up a new game. Everything went smooth for nearly an hour, but when I exited the game I got another crash to the desktop (CTD). I get the CTD whether or not I'm running the cracked game executable, so I don't think the copy protection is at fault here. I honestly think the game is just buggy. Hopefully it will get officially and unofficially patched like Oblivion did, but it sucks to have to wait such a long time to play such a great game.
Originally posted by: Golgatha
I installed Fallout 3, got everything configured, and then went to playing. Game crashed to the desktop at my 10 year old birthday party every time Dad tried to say something. I was only 5 min into the game for crying out loud!
Rebooted my computer at this point and started up a new game. Everything went smooth for nearly an hour, but when I exited the game I got another crash to the desktop (CTD). I get the CTD whether or not I'm running the cracked game executable, so I don't think the copy protection is at fault here. I honestly think the game is just buggy. Hopefully it will get officially and unofficially patched like Oblivion did, but it sucks to have to wait such a long time to play such a great game.
Originally posted by: Golgatha
Originally posted by: nitromullet
This is why you should include your rig in your sig (it's not just for bragging rights)... Makes it a lot easier to spot the potential culprit when people are experiencing crashes.
My system: Gigabyte P45 mobo, Intel Q9550@3.0Ghz (only OCed from 2.83Ghz), 8GB (4x2GB) ADATA DDR2 800 RAM, ATI 4850 512MB, Velociraptor 300GB for OS/apps, 500GB Seagate 7200.11 for games, Samsung DVD burner, X-Fi Gamer sound card, and Vista 64bit Ultimate OS.
Originally posted by: Golgatha
I installed Fallout 3, got everything configured, and then went to playing. Game crashed to the desktop at my 10 year old birthday party every time Dad tried to say something. I was only 5 min into the game for crying out loud!
Rebooted my computer at this point and started up a new game. Everything went smooth for nearly an hour, but when I exited the game I got another crash to the desktop (CTD). I get the CTD whether or not I'm running the cracked game executable, so I don't think the copy protection is at fault here. I honestly think the game is just buggy. Hopefully it will get officially and unofficially patched like Oblivion did, but it sucks to have to wait such a long time to play such a great game.
Update (11/03/2008):
The game will play fairly reliably with no AA or 2x AA enabled. I also reduced the AF setting to 8 samples (down from 15) and this seemed to help as well. I've been able to play about 8 hours worth of the game with only a random crash thrown in here and there. The key to success is to have 3-4 gamesave files to revert to after a crash. I swear I'm saving the game like every 10-15 minutes to make sure I don't lose precious progress in the game.
I still stand behind my stance that the current state of this game is absolutely unacceptable. I have around 50 other games on my system, which all seem to run with near perfect stability. I sincerely hope Bethesda gets on a real patch before the first dog armor DLC comes out or I'm going to be one pissed off gamer.
Originally posted by: CVSiN
using an Audigy2 ZS with mine.
E8400 non OC 8 gigs of Patriot non OCed 8800GTS 512 not OCed on Vista Home Premium x64 and not one issue not even the crash on exit.
the one thing I have noticed is that the game does have a mem leak.
Originally posted by: Golgatha
Originally posted by: CVSiN
using an Audigy2 ZS with mine.
E8400 non OC 8 gigs of Patriot non OCed 8800GTS 512 not OCed on Vista Home Premium x64 and not one issue not even the crash on exit.
the one thing I have noticed is that the game does have a mem leak.
Hmm, I might uninstall my X-Fi for the onboard Azalia HD. They're both optical output anyway and I have a 2.1 setup using a stereo Yamaha amp with a powered sub, so 3D EAX isn't much of any issue anyway.
Originally posted by: AdamK47
Originally posted by: waggy
i so want the game. but the wife said i can't buy anything until after Christmas LOL damn.
That's why I have a "secret" bank account where I have $125 from my paycheck direct deposited. I get $250 a month to spend on computer games.
Originally posted by: Shiningfury
This game was crashing constantly on my system (talking a crash every 10 minutes). I have CCCP (this might also apply to K-Lite) and apparently Fallout 3 uses the same codecs. That causes problems. After every crash I'd see the FFDSHOW icon in the task tray. I'm at work and don't remember where I found the specific directions, but basically you exclude FFDSHOW audio and video from running for fallout.exe. This allows F3 to use its own codecs.
This simple change reduced my crashes dramatically; down to crashes maybe once every few hours.
Originally posted by: HumblePie
Originally posted by: Shiningfury
This game was crashing constantly on my system (talking a crash every 10 minutes). I have CCCP (this might also apply to K-Lite) and apparently Fallout 3 uses the same codecs. That causes problems. After every crash I'd see the FFDSHOW icon in the task tray. I'm at work and don't remember where I found the specific directions, but basically you exclude FFDSHOW audio and video from running for fallout.exe. This allows F3 to use its own codecs.
This simple change reduced my crashes dramatically; down to crashes maybe once every few hours.
I noticed this as well, although I can go much longer than 10 minutes before a random lock out usually in Vista 64. How do you exclude FFDSHOW from fallout3?