Fallout 3
Fallout 3 is a post-apocalyptic first person shooter role playing game. It is set in a destroyed Washington D.C. following a nuclear war with communist China. It has been praised for its strong setting and open world.
Patches
Official
Direct download from publisher
Unofficial
Nexus link
Mods
Known Issues
Windows 7
Symptoms
- Game crashes after install
- Cannot start a new game
Solutions
These behaviors are the result of Fallout 3 not being compatible with Windows 7. The following steps may help the game run correctly.
- Start the installer in compatability mode for Windows XP SP3 and as an Administrator
- Download D3D9.dll from MediaFire or a similar source
- Open up the fallout.ini file in: My Documents\My Games\Fallout3
- Find the line:
- bUseThreadedAI=0
- Change it to:
- bUseThreadedAI=1
- Add another line after it and insert:
- iNumHWThreads=2
- This will limit the game to 2 cores and prevent the engine bug from causing the game to freeze.
System Requirements:
Minimum
- Windows XP/Vista
- 1GB System RAM (XP)/ 2GB System RAM (Vista)
- 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
- Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)
Recommended
- Intel Core 2 Duo processor
- 2 GB System RAM
- Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)
- Supported Video Card Chipsets:
- NVIDIA GeForce 200 series
- NVIDIA Geforce 9800 series
- NVIDIA Geforce 9600 series
- NVIDIA Geforce 8800 series
- NVIDIA Geforce 8600 series
- NVIDIA Geforce 8500 series
- NVIDIA Geforce 8400 series
- NVIDIA Geforce 7900 series
- NVIDIA Geforce 7800 series
- NVIDIA Geforce 7600 series
- NVIDIA Geforce 7300 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
- ATI HD 4800 series
- ATI HD 4600 series
- ATI HD 3800 series
- ATI HD 3600 series
- ATI HD 3400 series
- ATI HD 2900 series
- ATI HD 2600 series
- ATI HD 2400 series
- ATI X1900 series
- ATI X1800 series
- ATI X1600 series
- ATI X1300 series
- ATI X850 series