Patch = Fallout 3 has stopped working

Goonit · 01-16-2009, 12:24 AM

I click the icon and the launcher pops up, as soon as i click Play: "Fallout 3 has stopped working" (Vista 32)

It has worked fine until the Steam auto-update, and now wont play at all.

I have no mods or custom files, is there a fix for this? System restore to before the update and start it offline every time?

Posting this on the Steam forum because I purchased the game through Steam and was forced to update by Steam.

01-16-2009, 05:36 PM

As a lot of people have said in the forums, try this
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

I give credit to Codemorseman for that link above

Sabster · 01-16-2009, 05:53 PM

Would be nice - but your link is broken...

01-16-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sabster

Would be nice - but your link is broken...

Sorry about that. Try again please

Fragtastic · 01-17-2009, 10:36 PM

I hope u fixed your problem, i too had the same problem with my fo3 and gta4, after updating my direct x at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en i too was able to play them again. hope that helps.

some_guy · 01-18-2009, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goonit

I click the icon and the launcher pops up, as soon as i click Play: "Fallout 3 has stopped working" (Vista 32)

It has worked fine until the Steam auto-update, and now wont play at all.

I have no mods or custom files, is there a fix for this? System restore to before the update and start it offline every time?

Posting this on the Steam forum because I purchased the game through Steam and was forced to update by Steam.

You need to install Games for Windows - Live 2.0 to mke the game work. Then it's fine! It's a problem that has nothing to do with steam or valve just useless patching.

rta · 01-18-2009, 07:07 AM

THIS is the one time where having bought the dvd would be nice. Bummer we can't choose to reinstall without the patch.

Sierra Oscar · 01-18-2009, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rta

THIS is the one time where having bought the dvd would be nice. Bummer we can't choose to reinstall without the patch.

Well, is the patch not being distributed via GFWL? So we can install the game, but just not log into GFWL once its installed? Would that not mean that the patch would not be downloaded?

Steam is not installing the patches for FO3, GFWL is.

Sabster · 01-18-2009, 12:02 PM

Thanks for fixing link above!

But FO3 crashes constantly now - I've installed 2.0 and everything else

Goonit · 01-20-2009, 11:33 AM

Games for Windows fixed it.

Thanks for the help.

rta · 01-21-2009, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sierra Oscar

Well, is the patch not being distributed via GFWL? So we can install the game, but just not log into GFWL once its installed? Would that not mean that the patch would not be downloaded?

Steam is not installing the patches for FO3, GFWL is.

the steam updater ran upon steams starting up. im pretty dang sure i never pressed the gfwl update, because i was making a point NOT to use gfwl. And yes, i knew i could turn off steams auto updates and thought i had (to my dismay...). live and learn i guess! auto updates are goin off for all my working games! lol

Cake = Pie · 03-07-2009, 05:55 PM

sorry guys, had to bump, have same problem and downloaded thing with no help...

ive verified the integrity of the game cache and defragmented the cache files and still no luck

03-10-2009, 03:28 PM

Is there any update on this?

I get the same problem. I load a game and within 30 seconds the game crashes and minimises to desktop, saying “Fallout3 has stopped working”.

I downloaded the game/update via Steam and have also downloaded the latest version of Games for Windows Live. I have Vista & yet the problem still persists.

02-09-2010, 08:13 AM

I have the exactr same problem, I just wish that thw steam forum was active enough to be practical. If the guys who have helped can atleast say "I don't know" then that would be better than what is happening, I keep feeling like I've been abandoned

02-23-2010, 05:56 PM

i have the same problem. and im running windows 7 64bit. i updated every driver on my computer even bios. is there no one who knows how to fix this?

01-16-2009, 12:24 AM	#1
Goonit Join Date: Jan 2006 Reputation: 11 Posts: 50	Patch = Fallout 3 has stopped working I click the icon and the launcher pops up, as soon as i click Play: "Fallout 3 has stopped working" (Vista 32) It has worked fine until the Steam auto-update, and now wont play at all. I have no mods or custom files, is there a fix for this? System restore to before the update and start it offline every time? Posting this on the Steam forum because I purchased the game through Steam and was forced to update by Steam.

01-16-2009, 05:36 PM	#2
krocodile Guest Posts: n/a	As a lot of people have said in the forums, try this http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en I give credit to Codemorseman for that link above Last edited by krocodile: 01-16-2009 at 07:04 PM.

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01-16-2009, 05:53 PM	#3
Sabster Join Date: May 2007 Reputation: 17 Posts: 510	Would be nice - but your link is broken...

01-17-2009, 10:36 PM	#5
Fragtastic Join Date: Mar 2008 Reputation: 1 Posts: 44	I hope u fixed your problem, i too had the same problem with my fo3 and gta4, after updating my direct x at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en i too was able to play them again. hope that helps.

01-18-2009, 07:07 AM	#7
rta Join Date: Feb 2005 Reputation: 112 Posts: 609	THIS is the one time where having bought the dvd would be nice. Bummer we can't choose to reinstall without the patch.

01-18-2009, 12:02 PM	#9
Sabster Join Date: May 2007 Reputation: 17 Posts: 510	Thanks for fixing link above! But FO3 crashes constantly now - I've installed 2.0 and everything else

01-20-2009, 11:33 AM	#10
Goonit Join Date: Jan 2006 Reputation: 11 Posts: 50	Games for Windows fixed it. Thanks for the help.

03-07-2009, 05:55 PM	#12
Cake = Pie Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 31 Posts: 615	sorry guys, had to bump, have same problem and downloaded thing with no help... ive verified the integrity of the game cache and defragmented the cache files and still no luck

03-10-2009, 03:28 PM	#13
Danomasey Guest Posts: n/a	Is there any update on this? I get the same problem. I load a game and within 30 seconds the game crashes and minimises to desktop, saying “Fallout3 has stopped working”. I downloaded the game/update via Steam and have also downloaded the latest version of Games for Windows Live. I have Vista & yet the problem still persists.

02-09-2010, 08:13 AM	#14
Zomborobo Guest Posts: n/a	I have the exactr same problem, I just wish that thw steam forum was active enough to be practical. If the guys who have helped can atleast say "I don't know" then that would be better than what is happening, I keep feeling like I've been abandoned

02-23-2010, 05:56 PM	#15
jwhit3367 Guest Posts: n/a	i have the same problem. and im running windows 7 64bit. i updated every driver on my computer even bios. is there no one who knows how to fix this?