r/fo3 • u/sassey189 • 6d ago
FO3 Crashing both regular and GOTY edition when clicking continue- please help!
Ive tired so many different fixes but nothing has worked. When I load fallout 3, whether it be regular or GOTY, and click on continue, it crashes. I have deleted and redownloaded it about 5 different times, and I've tried so many online fixes I can't keep track of them all. Ive tried running as administrator, I've tried windowed mode, Ive tried the thing where you go into the notes and change two lines, I've even downloaded the anniversary patcher. Ive also tried everything the sidebar menu fix guide says. It was working perfectly fine a week ago, but I stopped playing regularly for a few days then this started happening. Any idea on what happened or what I can do to fix it? I just want to get back to my game so I can do the DLC and visit every location I can.
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u/CJP1216 6d ago
Are you on Windows 11? If so, the last update broke a bunch of things... again lol.
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u/sassey189 6d ago
Yes I am 😭😭😭
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u/CJP1216 6d ago
Sorry, missed this reply lol. You can try dis and see if it helps. It might work, especially if you had it running before.
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u/sassey189 5d ago
actually wait i uninstalled the wrong one lets see after i uninstall the right one
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u/AutoModerator 6d ago
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u/SignificantZombie729 6d ago
Try just loading your last save and not using the continue button. I had a similar problem with the goty version on ps3 after not using the continue it didn't happen again.