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If, like me, you've been plagued by repeated freeze-ups and crashes in Fallout 3 (and maybe NV, since it's much the same engine), I finally found this fix that worked for me. Yeah... it's nothing that Google won't find you, but still. From http://www.gamingnewslink.com/2008/10/29/fixing-fallout-3-crashing-freezing-and-installation-errors/: Quote:Problem #1 : Fallout 3 crashing / Fallout 3 crash to desktop (ctd) | Fallout 3 crashing at the start of the game
Solution : (from Bethesda website)
1. Click Start
2. Click “All Programs” (or just Programs, depending on the version of Windows, whether they’re using “classic,” etc.)
3. Go to the ffdshow folder.
4. Click “Audio decoder configuration.”
5. In the left hand pane, click “Info & debug.” This is the second entry in the list.
6. In the right hand pane, near the bottom, find a check box labelled “Don’t use ffdshow in:”
7. Check that box, and in the text box underneath (it lights up when you check the check box), add “fallout3.exe” (don’t include the quotes). If there is already something in that box, put a semi-colon ( ; ) after what’s already there, and fallout3.exe after that. Do NOT use spaces, since ffdshow will think that’s part of the filename. A valid entry would be “explorer.exe;fallout3.exe” (without quotes).
8. Finally, click “Ok” and start Fallout 3. And from the comments: I still get the periodic freeze-up but not even close to how often I did before. The game was nearly unplayable before. And it was happening with a stand-alone copy of the game AND the Steam version (yeah.. bought it twice) so it wasn't a simple install problem.
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