
Open the Documents folder, followed by the My Games folder and then Fallout 3. Click “Users”, followed by the name of your computer. In the left-hand sidebar under “Computer”, select “OS (C:)”.

If you have already launched the game in the past, assuming you’re using Windows 7, open the Start Menu and select Computer. How to fix radio music stuttering in Fallout 3.įixing crash, screen freeze and error messages at random points in the game :.How to make Fallout 3 compatible with Windows 8.How to fix crashes, screen freezes and error messages during gameplay in Fallout 3.If you use one of the operating systems that are not optimized for Fallout 3, you can follow the instructions from this guide to play the game without experiencing much error messages, crashes or game-breaking glitches. It may cause the game to not run smoothly on your computer if you use one of the mentioned Windows OS. The fact that this is also the THIRD game on this engine just makes me wonder why it wasn't fixed or addressed.Īnd it really makes me wonder why a community based fix for this very problem would be not only ignored, but CENSORED - instead of welcomed.If you open Steam’s page for Fallout 3, you will find a notice telling you the game is not optimized for Windows 7 and later Windows operating systems. Not to mention that a problem this widespread and basically game breaking must have been known well before release. The thing I find sad is that while removing the helpful links forum members have posted, I still do not see a patch or fix for this problem from the game developers.

Who cares what it does as long as it works (my opinion anyways).

Yes it changed my card from a 9800gtx+ to a 7900gs, it ALSO allowed me to actually play and enjoy the game with ZERO framerate issues around NPC's. It did NOT have a virus or was NOT infected or malicious as apparently some have complained (which is laughable). The file I downloaded from these forums yesterday (before the thread was locked and the link removed) fixed the NPC framerate issue, plain and simple.

I really think the fact that other threads posting links to this file have been removed is pure and utter BS.
