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Fallout 3 has stopped working Error

Discussion in 'PC' started by stirgo1212, Apr 2, 2010.

  1. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

    So im running Fallout 3 on Win7 home premium and every time i start up the game and load a file it crashes and it says "fallout 3 has stopped working" Sometimes it goes further but eventually it also crashes.
    ALSO ( i dont know weather this is relevant) when i start the game up it says "windows has changed the colour sceme to basic"
    thanks ::)
     
  2. matty999555

    matty999555 Well-Known Member

    Try reinstalling, The colour scheme change basically means that its changing from 32bit colour to 16bit or from 64bit to 32bit (Just a guess as I don't have a 64bit computer)
     
  3. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

    I tried but it still does it. What about compatibility mode?
     
  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    I had this problem, but I cant remember what I had to do to fix it.
     
  5. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

    So you fixed it somehow? Ill start Google'ing
     
  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    whatever you do, DONT install the operation anchorage DLC, its horribly buggy.
     
  7. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

  8. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    definitely worth trying the patch, the ffdshow fix has never worked/been relevant for me.
     
  9. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

    thanks, i fixed it. I set the water multisampling to low and it worked.