Ive heard FO3 basically won't run at all on windows 10 without MAJOR tweaking. Im running windows 7 which I think actually helps Fallout 3. I don't know why they were off but i turned all of them on and now I have all the bonus DLC.Īs for my computer, it was a TOP of the line gaming PC back in. Read below to see what I did.Īnd no, I didn't even have the DLC ESM mods active when I started my new game. However I still should verify the game on steam. (TLDR below) So, I fixed my game and it runs great. TLDR: Please if anybody knows why my Fallout 3 game is freezing every few minutes and knows how to fix it PLEASE respond. I'm really upset an I hope there is a definite fix for this problem so I can play normally My gamer experience will be ruined if the game keeps randomly freezing. I REALLY want to play this game and I like it SO much better than Fallout 4. Basically I get 5 minutes of play and then have to close and restart the game, with the constant threat and stress from being afraid to lose progress, and panic save ever minute. I can't play the game like this it is a disaster.

I tried playing in a window, lowering the graphics settings, and gave administrator privilage to fallout3.exe and tried running in different compatibility modes. When the game freezes like that, its done. It's really ruining the awesome game experience because I keep losing progress or am in the middle of a big fight and the darn game just FREEZES!!! The sound and music keep playing but the game wont respond even if I let it sit for half an hour. However, every few minutes, the game completely freezes like its trying to load something, but it just sits there frozen for several minutes and I have to kill Fallout3.exe in the task manager and restart the game. The game was GREAT and I really love to play.

(TLDR below) I purchased and installed Fallout 3 Game of the Year edition on my computer and started playing.

Windows 10 fallout 3 fix