Let's disable it with a program specially for Fallout 3. DON'T DO ANY OTHER STEPS UNTIL YOU'VE SUCCESSFULLY CLICKED PLAY.Ģ) OPTIONAL: 'Games for Windows Live' may cause problems. In rare cases (bad prior installs and bad guides) it might be necessary to delete the 3 files found in C:\users\yourname\Documents\My Games\Fallout 3Īn alternate method of getting past this 'Play' crash is installing 'FOSE' as shown in the second section of this guide, step 1. If that doesn't work, click 'options' and set your resolution to your desktop res, or try windowed mode. IF CRASHING WHEN CLICKING 'PLAY' in the fallout launcher, update Games for Windows Live (click). * Causes fallout 3 crashes: teamspeak 'overwolf', ASUS xonar 'gx' & GamerOSD. * Dual monitors? Either disable 2nd monitor (Windows key + P) or set same res on both. It will validate your game, detect your graphics card and create a fallout.ini.
Start Fallout, click Play, push the escape key and Quit.
