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Fallout Seriesfallout 1 game simply won't start :s(10 posts)(10 posts)
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Posted December 07, 2013
whenever i try and start the game as an administrator or normally it starts up then goes immediately to a blank black screen and stays there...there are no colour problems, no wiping and it goes away, its just a plain black screen and the computer then simply wont respond, not even to ctrl+alt+del. any ideas on how i can fix this? i have the updates and its works fine before, but for some reason is now acting up. and the administrator symbol is permanently attached to the desktop icon :s
Posted December 07, 2013
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sharpey: whenever i try and start the game as an administrator or normally it starts up then goes immediately to a blank black screen and stays there...there are no colour problems, no wiping and it goes away, its just a plain black screen and the computer then simply wont respond, not even to ctrl+alt+del. any ideas on how i can fix this? i have the updates and its works fine before, but for some reason is now acting up. and the administrator symbol is permanently attached to the desktop icon :s
Reinstall the game?
Update you drivers?
Use the DOS version with DOSBox instead?
Posted December 07, 2013
as far as i am aware everything is up to date and compatible. i re-installed it and it got to the rocket ship flying around the earth in the Beginning video then just froze completely and i had to shut down the computer again like all the other times.
Posted December 07, 2013
Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode for Windows 95/98?

Where do you have the game installed? I remember reading that newer versions of Windows have UAC which may be causing some problems.
Post edited December 07, 2013 by Pseudoman
Posted December 07, 2013
i have it installed on my c drive in it's own folder. how do i adjust it to 95/96 compatibility mode? will it even run then because im using windows 7? :s
Posted December 07, 2013
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sharpey: i have it installed on my c drive in it's own folder. how do i adjust it to 95/96 compatibility mode? will it even run then because im using windows 7? :s
I think you can right-click the icon and go to properties to find the compatibility settings.

Is it installed in something like c:\program files (x86)\gog\fallout\ OR c:\fallout ?

It should work on Windows 7 (I don't have it, so I don't know for sure), but the game page says it is compatible.
Post edited December 07, 2013 by Pseudoman
Posted December 08, 2013
its installed in C:/GoG games/ Fallout :s

okay ill give compatibility mode a try
Posted December 08, 2013
nope i've tried changing it to windows 7, windows 95 etc etc etc I've tried running as admin with other things to make it run smoother also and nothing changes. :( gonna refur to gog tech support
Posted December 12, 2013
I too am having the same problem. Just got the game today :/
Posted December 12, 2013
First post in this thread tells you how to play the game in DOSBox.
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