I need help getting fallout 3 running?

Question

ok so im having alot of trouble getting fallout 3 goty to run, when I click Play on the launcher it goes to a full black screen then crashes so hard I need to stop the process through task manager. It should also be noted in running fallout version 1.7.

my specs are:
Windows 7 Professional N 64 bit OS

Intel Xeon E3-1275 Processor (3.40GHz)

EVGA GeForce 670 FTW video card (4gb video ram)

8 GB DDR3-2133MHz system RAM

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 Motherboard


I have tried the following:

-running on different graphic settings from low to ultra (fallout 3 suggested ultra for my hardware)

-running with and without DLC enabled

-running with admin rights

-running in compatibility mode for windows XP

-changing the fallout default text settings to edit following: changed "bUseThreadedAI=0" into bUseThreadedAI=1" and added iNumHWThreads=2 one line lower

-added d3d9.dll to fallout 3 folder


And thats about it, im running out of ideas so any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you everyone who answers this question.

Answer 1

properly....the minimum standards are merely standards that the activity will run in any respect. Fallout 3 is an relatively image extensive activity and in case you haven't any longer have been given a reliable photos card, cpu and ram there is no way you are able to run it easily. sorry

Answer 2

You need a program called "Games for Windows Live" It's needed for Fallout 3. I had the same problem, so i tried running the .exe but it said that it need "gfwl.dll" so I just guessed, and it worked! Enjoy the best game in the world!

Answer 3

Try re-installing it if you haven't already, and if you have it on Steam, I think you have the option to "verify the integrity" or something. It scans the game and makes sure you have all the proper files.

Also, if you have a cracked version, it will not run (obviously).