Fallout 3 Crashing on Loading Screen Fix! (Windows 10)

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Fallout 3
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Fallout 3 (2008)
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The Issue 0:08
Fallout 3 GOTY crashes when I selected 'New game', ‘Continue’, or ‘Load’.

The Red Herring 0:31
I came across a Steam forum that highlighted how Fallout can sometimes get the details of the graphics card wrong:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/22380/discussions/0/343786745995848552/

Download DLL to force Fallout3 to "see" an NVIDIA Geforce card.
It stopped the crash on the loading screen, but Fallout3 ran very laggy.
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/34970/?

Another DLL to force Fallout3 to "bypass" Intel integrated graphics. This is the solution I currently use to play Fallout3!
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/17209

Another option is the unofficial Fallout3 patch which may fix it for you:
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/19122/?tab=files

The Chase 2:52
To get Fallout3 to "see" the AMD graphics card on my laptop, I went into my Device Manager in Windows, and under Display Adapters I updated the drivers for both (Intel integrated graphics was already up to date, the AMD dedicated graphics needed an update).

So What? 5:27
So I don’t have a concrete fix for you unfortunately, but I do have suggestions:
1. Go into your Device Manager (right click the windows icon) and see what you have listed under ‘Display Adapters’
2. On the Fallout3 game launcher, select ‘Options’ and see what graphics Fallout is looking to use to render the game
3. If it is looking at an Intel integrated graphics, try to get it to point to your dedicated graphics card instead by updating it’s drivers
If it is correctly looking at your dedicated graphics card, see if there are newer drivers and make it up to date
4. If none of the above works, use the DLL file method described in the Steam forum (or check out the other nexusmod links above)



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