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Fallout 3

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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

1.7 US English

1.7 UK English

Unofficial

Nexus link

Unofficial Patch

Mods

Nexus site for Fallout 3

Known Issues

Windows 7

Symptoms

  • Eyefinity resolution not detected automatically

Solutions

  1. Manually open your My Documents->My Games->Fallout3
  2. Right click on "FalloutPrefs.ini" Open With -> Notepad
  3. Modify Lines 15 and 16 titled "iSize W" and "iSize H" modify after the = and enter a number that your graphics card supports.
  4. Save the file File->Save then close notepad and launch the game


Symptoms

  • Game crashes after install


Solutions

These behaviors are the result of Fallout 3 not being compatible with Windows 7. The following steps may help the game run correctly.

  1. Start the installer in compatability mode for Windows XP SP3 and as an Administrator
  2. Download D3D9.dll from MediaFire or a similar source
  3. 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.

Widescreen

HUD Fix (display on middle monitor):

Go to "\My Documents\My Games\Fallout3",

Open "FALLOUT.INI" with notepad/text editor (the game needs to be run once for this to appear,)

Find:

iSafeZoneXWide=15

iSafeZoneYWide=15

iSafeZoneX=15


Replace with (depending on your resolution):

3840x1024

Code:

iSafeZoneXWide=610

iSafeZoneYWide=15

iSafeZoneX=610


OR


5040x1050

Code:

iSafeZoneXWide=770

iSafeZoneYWide=15

iSafeZoneX=770


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