Kotaku: Fallout 3 Still Broken

Post by **King of Creation** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:29 am

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<a href="http://kotaku.com/5082934/broken-fallou ... ill-broken" target="_self">Kotaku is not too happy </a>about the state of Fallout 3:<blockquote>Been sitting on this for a few days, just in case Bethesda <a href="http://kotaku.com/5072534/ps3-fallout-3 ... n">managed to get their act together since Fahey's post</a>, but the number of users affected and time that's passed is getting a little much. Seems Fallout 3 is still broken. It's broken on PS3, it's broken on 360, it's especially
broken on PC. The console versions are still crashing and freezing and
corrupting in various spots, while the PC version...well, where do we
start.
OK, let's start with my copy.I got my copy off Steam on launch day. Love the convenience. Anyway, when I picked it up, the game ran fine. Ran like a dream,
on full settings, and I was having a blast. Then a patch was released.
Steam being Steam, it installed the patch automatically.Now I can't play the game.I try to load any of my games and the game locks up. Lovely
that a patch meant to fix things instead broke my game that,
previously, wasn't broken at all.Course, that's just my story. PC gaming is rife with this sort of
stuff, and normally, issues affecting one man aren't enough to kick up
a stink over. But take a look at the game's official support boards.
The <a href="http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... um=37">360 boards</a>, the <a href="http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... um=38">PS3 boards</a>, the <a href="http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... rum=36">PC boards</a>. It's not my game that's broken. It's a ton
of people whose games are broken, across all three platforms, and
they're broken in a variety of places (ie, this isn't a single issue,
it's a wide variety of issues).Now, before we get too down on Bethesda, the same thing happened
with Oblivion. Game was all kinds of broken, eventually patches came
out, game stopped being broken, everyone got on with their lives. And
the same will no doubt happen with Fallout 3. It's just a shame that,
over two years on, people throwing down good money on a Bethesda game
have had to put up with the same mess all over again.</blockquote>
I'm not very happy either. I was able to play for a few hours until the game crashed, and now I can't even start the program without it crashing. Something has got to be done soon.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:56 am

I still haven't had any dramas with mine, I also haven't patched it, mainly because unless it fixed quest bugs, balance issues it isn't worth me worrying about.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:24 am

My computer is way under the specs to run it, but it ran. Last night I patched Windows - not the game - and they apparently changed something in Vista that uses a whole shit ton of RAM while the computer is doing nothing. So now I get "Not enough memory to start application" when I try and play it.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:29 am

Retlaw83 wrote:My computer is way under the specs to run it, but it ran. Last night I patched Windows - not the game - and they apparently changed something in Vista that uses a whole shit ton of RAM while the computer is doing nothing. So now I get "Not enough memory to start application" when I try and play it.

System Restore

You did set a Restore Point before updating, right?

Also- try this.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:41 am

Trying system restore now, hopefully it takes care of it. One of the updates says it's unremovable, so with my luck it'll probably be that one causing the trouble.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:46 am

Could someone fix the shitty dialogue bug?

Post by **Retlaw83** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:49 am

And system restore failed epically at curing the problem.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:02 am

Retlaw83 wrote:And system restore failed epically at curing the problem.

Strip it down.

Or install XP.

Which will give you a whole new set of problems.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:30 pm

That strip down thing you posted looks like it needs a fresh install of Vista, which I don't want to deal with.

I'm hopefully getting more RAM soon, though.

AnneGwish · Post by **AnneGwish** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:15 pm

Still haven't had any major troubles with mine :piracywinz:

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:55 am

Mine hasn't crashed or anything at all and I'm playing it on xbox. My guess with all the xbox problems its mainly related to shittiness of the system. PS3 problems are just them being lazy with a port and the PC is the same with the added benefit of being on PC.

Actually come to think of it my achievements aren't showing up on LIve, but I don't really consider that much of a problem.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:13 am

I gave in a got a copy. 20 Minutes of play. System Failure.

Reboot.

Repeat. (different area, different situation)

Reboot.

Repeat. (different area, different situation)

Reboot.

Delete.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:23 am

It suddenly, inexplicably, works for me again.