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Slick_R392 · 7/2/2009

Hey!! Got a original DVD of Fallout 3 Got a high End PC But Game crashes frequently Made my setting

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Slick_R392 posted on Jul 02, 2009 3:50:12 AM - Report post

Hey!!
Got a original DVD of Fallout 3
Got a high End PC
But Game crashes frequently
Made my setting to the lowest n mid n highest all same
Any patch required as a remedy to this problem!?

HEADSH(+)T!
Biatch you just got owned!
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HonestGamer posted on Jul 02, 2009 4:02:13 AM - Report post

Try patching it to 1.6!

And remember that Fallout 3 is a Windows LIVE game so it crashes if you use a Trainer that is not mastered (Not talking about the CH trainers).

Also, disabling Xlive by renaming the Catalog (.cat) file sometimes seem to bring up crashes or freezes.

The game can run well even on cheapish PC's, I am running it on high and it runs well.

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PandaTech posted on Jul 02, 2009 9:15:44 AM - Report post

quote:
originally posted by Slick_R392
Hey!!
Got a original DVD of Fallout 3
Got a high End PC
But Game crashes frequently
Made my setting to the lowest n mid n highest all same
Any patch required as a remedy to this problem!?
What are your PC Specs?
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Slick_R392 posted on Jul 02, 2009 10:35:40 AM - Report post

No cheats or trainer so far!

N PC specs

Windows Vista SP 1 Ultimate 64 bit
4GB Ram DDR2
Processor : Phenom II x4 920
Gfx Card : eVGA 9800 GTX SSC 512MB DDR3

HEADSH(+)T!
Biatch you just got owned!

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PandaTech posted on Jul 03, 2009 5:45:36 AM - Report post

quote:
originally posted by Slick_R392
No cheats or trainer so far!

N PC specs

Windows Vista SP 1 Ultimate 64 bit
4GB Ram DDR2
Processor : Phenom II x4 920
Gfx Card : eVGA 9800 GTX SSC 512MB DDR3
Your PC should play the game fine.

I'm still using Windows XP Pro SP3 (32 Bit) and had no problems.

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SecondLife posted on Jul 05, 2009 6:59:04 AM - Report post

I do get crashes every 5 minutes too. It's a major pain in the ass. It ran better without ANY crash on my old Laptop with 2.0 Core 2 Duo and 7900GS card. Now with a higher end Desktop it keeps constantly crashing

Patched up to 1.5, idk what the problem is.

EDIT: Problem seems to disappear when renaming that one .cat file.

[Edited by SecondLife, 7/5/2009 9:12:42 AM]

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RAF_MadMack posted on Jul 06, 2009 3:30:45 PM - Report post

Hey, can you give me the EXACT name of the cat file? All I see is a file Fallout3.exe that Vista says is a security catalog file. A bit afraid to mess with that...

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phobos_9 posted on Jul 06, 2009 4:32:03 PM - Report post

the real name for that file is fallout3.exe.cat
windows is cutting the filetype extension from the end of the name for some reason.
there should also be a fallout3.exe in the same folder, but i bet all you see is fallout3 - its the same deal, windows cutting off the filetype extension

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