Fallout 3 on Windows 10

[Spirit_Hunter]

Hey guys, 

 

This is Austin. 

 

Just kidding. 

 

I recently purchased fallout 3 from the steam winter sale and am having trouble getting the game to run now. Im not really sure how to apply the fixes that are online since the game is from steam and I dont want to mess with it in any way that could get me banned or something. Any suggestions on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks   

[Josephdalepi]

Hey guys, 

 

This is Austin. 

 

Just kidding. 

 

I recently purchased fallout 3 from the steam winter sale and am having trouble getting the game to run now. Im not really sure how to apply the fixes that are online since the game is from steam and I dont want to mess with it in any way that could get me banned or something. Any suggestions on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks   

its not a multi player game

there is nothing you can do to it that will get you banned

[slightlyjaded]

the easy solution is just to run it in compatibility mode for an older version of windows. Windows 7 is stable with fallout 3 from personal experience, you'd have to check other versions.

[Ophidio]

Just run the game in Windows 7 compatibility mode, and what exactly would get you banned from a single player game? 

[Spirit_Hunter]

its not a multi player game

there is nothing you can do to it that will get you banned

 

I thought screwing around with the game files would be against steam's policies or something. I guess it isn't then. 

[Spirit_Hunter]

the easy solution is just to run it in compatibility mode for an older version of windows. Windows 7 is stable with fallout 3 from personal experience, you'd have to check other versions.

How do I run it in compatibility mode? 

[Josephdalepi]

I thought screwing around with the game files would be against steam's policies or something. I guess it isn't then. 

theres no freaking way

skyrim is literally called "mod it til it crashes"

[MilkJugg24]

How do you think mods are made?

 

Valve can't ban you for tampering with any kind of files on your own PC. No one can actually... unless you're planning on distributing ripped game files to people. Then that's extremely illegal.

 

But yea, right click fallout in steam, go to properties, local files tab, browse local files, right click the fallout3.exe file, go to properties, compatibility tab, check the "run this program in compatibility mode for.." box, select windows 7, press ok, and try running the game again.

[slightlyjaded]

How do I run it in compatibility mode? 

the easy way if you have a desktop icon for it is to right click on it, select properties, select the compatibility tab, check run this program in compatibility mode, and selct windows 7 from the drop down list....

 

If you don't have a desktop icon, there's one more step, you have to find the exe file, usually found by right clicking on the game on your steam library, and browse local content...then follow the above mentioned steps.