I have to say, the game is great. Its been an adventure trying to make it playable. Except for in the latest spot, I've been able to fix or work around the issues. Here's what I'm experiencing:
Maybe these all have something in common:
1. Rescuing Riliy's rangers, as we kill the last Super Mutant, one of the NPCs start to say something and then the game locks/crashes. I ran out the front door during the fight and then the quest objective didn't get completed, so that was left unfinshed, but I was able to continue the game.
2. When talking with Roy Phillips about his entry to Tenpenny Tower, the quest gets activated and then the game locks up as the green quest text appears on the screen. Just don't talk to Roy, no lockup/crash to worry about, game continues.
3. Listening to the emergency radio broadcast from Vault 101, at the end as the quest gets activated, lockup/crash. Don't listen, game continues.
4. As I am leaving Raven Rock, I see Fawkes doing his thing. But as soon as I hit that top step, the game locks up and then crashes to desktop. I can wait for him to come to me, and he can leave, but every time I hit that step, crash/lockup. This one I can't work around. I've tried fast travelling, same thing.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the questing script, but don't know enough about program to offer anything more than a guess.
Here's what I've tried so far:
No DLC or mods at all
Installed/Reinstalled in both XP and Win7 RC. Same thing, reproducible in both OS.
Drivers updated
Patched to 1.7
Tested without any patches after reinstall
Multi thread ini fix
FFShow ins't installed, so I did install it to add FO3 to the expection list
Disable audio device
.net framework update
Keyboard and device keys to default
Returned all overclocks to stock speeds.
Completing Raven Rock quest at command prompt
G4WL never runs
Removed the saved games and started fresh - This presented the issue that the game now crashes just after the character creation when the mother starts to bite it in the OR. I really don't want to use a very early saved game to try getting back to the same spots only for the same thing to happen.
As you can see, I've tried every fix I've been able to find on the net. Support from the bethesda website is useless too. I'm hoping someone has knowledge of the backside of the program and can identify a path towards a fix. Otherwise, I might just have to walk away from this great game and never give bethesda another dollar of my hard earned money. Yep, I'm on the far edge of frustration with this.
Maybe these all have something in common:
1. Rescuing Riliy's rangers, as we kill the last Super Mutant, one of the NPCs start to say something and then the game locks/crashes. I ran out the front door during the fight and then the quest objective didn't get completed, so that was left unfinshed, but I was able to continue the game.
2. When talking with Roy Phillips about his entry to Tenpenny Tower, the quest gets activated and then the game locks up as the green quest text appears on the screen. Just don't talk to Roy, no lockup/crash to worry about, game continues.
3. Listening to the emergency radio broadcast from Vault 101, at the end as the quest gets activated, lockup/crash. Don't listen, game continues.
4. As I am leaving Raven Rock, I see Fawkes doing his thing. But as soon as I hit that top step, the game locks up and then crashes to desktop. I can wait for him to come to me, and he can leave, but every time I hit that step, crash/lockup. This one I can't work around. I've tried fast travelling, same thing.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the questing script, but don't know enough about program to offer anything more than a guess.
Here's what I've tried so far:
No DLC or mods at all
Installed/Reinstalled in both XP and Win7 RC. Same thing, reproducible in both OS.
Drivers updated
Patched to 1.7
Tested without any patches after reinstall
Multi thread ini fix
FFShow ins't installed, so I did install it to add FO3 to the expection list
Disable audio device
.net framework update
Keyboard and device keys to default
Returned all overclocks to stock speeds.
Completing Raven Rock quest at command prompt
G4WL never runs
Removed the saved games and started fresh - This presented the issue that the game now crashes just after the character creation when the mother starts to bite it in the OR. I really don't want to use a very early saved game to try getting back to the same spots only for the same thing to happen.
As you can see, I've tried every fix I've been able to find on the net. Support from the bethesda website is useless too. I'm hoping someone has knowledge of the backside of the program and can identify a path towards a fix. Otherwise, I might just have to walk away from this great game and never give bethesda another dollar of my hard earned money. Yep, I'm on the far edge of frustration with this.