Fallout 3 crashing problem

Fallout 3 keeps on crashing. It only happens when im outside in the game.I installed the update and everything, i dont know what else to do. Any suggestions?

you using your budget PC? also, do you have operation anchorage installed? I am having the same issue since installing operation anchorage and the latest patch.

Yes i am use my budget PC. When i was using XP a month ago this wasnt happening. Now im using Vista 32bit. And no, i havnt got operation anchorage yet.

If your wondering what settings i have it on, I max out the settings at a 720p resolution.

Copy your game save file from the my games folder in my documents. Put it somewhere safe, reinstall the game.

run it windowed. thats how mine stopped crashing

21DD23 wrote 43 seconds ago »

run it windowed. thats how mine stopped crashing


I really dont wanna do that though cause i running Aero, which will cut the framerate. But ill try

Yep, it doesnt crash in windowed mode, but not really the solution im looking for. So ill try an re-install it.

once it crashes 3-4 times its good same thing happened for me and my real life friends it crashed 3-4 times like real bad crashes that made me manually reboot the computer and now it works like a charm

Metallica737 wrote 11 minutes ago »


21DD23 wrote 43 seconds ago »

run it windowed. thats how mine stopped crashing

I really dont wanna do that though cause i running Aero, which will cut the framerate. But ill try



go into the properties of the desktop shortcut and go to compatibility, then check "disable desktop composition"


this will disable Aero while using that App

You know i read that one of the recent Nvidia Drivers made FO3 crash, they said the new fixes it did u get that new one yet?

21DD23 wrote 1 minute ago »

You know i read that one of the recent Nvidia Drivers made FO3 crash, they said the new fixes it did u get that new one yet?


well, right now i have 181.20. The most recent is 181.22. Ill download it, I hope it works.