rockbiter68: I was just wondering if this game has had some of its compatibility issues ironed out. I know GOG tends to tweaks such games to make them more compatible with modern systems, and I was wondering if this was the case, here. I own the game on Steam, and it crashes constantly, and sometimes doesn't start at all, seemingly of its own will. I know there's guides and whatnot, and believe me, I've spent hours trying to tweak things to work, and the best I've ever gotten with the Steam version was a game that would crash so often I couldn't progress further than Level 1.

Not intending to bash Steam or anything here, I'm just wondering if the GOG version is more stable. If it is, I'd highly consider buying it, because as of right now, I can't get back into it.

hellcat75: Well, I have Windows 7 and GOG Fallout 3, so regret to inform you that the game does not responding immediately after launch. It seems to me the well-known problem wasn't fixed at all.

dudalb: A bit of a problem with the Fallout 3 launcher, but that cleared up after I hit the verify/repair button, and now it runs beautifully on Windows 7 64 bit.
BTW the majority of the crashing and instability problems were not with Windows 7, but with multi core computers with more then two cores. Fallout 3 did not like them. But that problem is fixed with a simple edit of the FO3 init file.
Win 7 got blamed because most computers that shipped with Win 7 were multicore computers.

rockbiter68: I was just wondering if this game has had some of its compatibility issues ironed out. I know GOG tends to tweaks such games to make them more compatible with modern systems, and I was wondering if this was the case, here. I own the game on Steam, and it crashes constantly, and sometimes doesn't start at all, seemingly of its own will. I know there's guides and whatnot, and believe me, I've spent hours trying to tweak things to work, and the best I've ever gotten with the Steam version was a game that would crash so often I couldn't progress further than Level 1.

Not intending to bash Steam or anything here, I'm just wondering if the GOG version is more stable. If it is, I'd highly consider buying it, because as of right now, I can't get back into it.

kyrillius: No problems for me on Win7 and it is Mod friendly also unlike the previous versions this is settup for 64x OS and it defaults for 4gb unlike the previous pathetic 1.8gb memory.. All the Bethesda title on here have been patched and upgraded I LOVE GOG!

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carinth01: Ya you're right, I decided to check the GOG notes rather than what everyone was saying and turns out it is LAA enabled. Just doesn't have the ini enhancements. But those can be added pretty easy.
Works on Win7 fine, using win7 pro. Set it up for my son earlier on his machine. Ran fine.

kyrillius: OKAY so FOR ME at least I cannot get FO3 to play worth a damn on Win7..

But then i did TALE OF TWO WASTELANDS mod and now plays great using the superior and more stable NV engine..

ALL the BETHESDA GAMES on GOG are LAA or 4GB enabled YESkyrillius: UPDATED - I COULD NOT GET FO3 STILL TO RUN PROPERLY AND STABLE SO I DID THE MOD THAT MERGES FO3 AND NV TOGETHER BASICALLY PUTTING FO3 INSIDE OF NV SO YOU CAN PLAY BOTH TRAVEL INGAME BETWEEN WASTELANDS AND THUS GIVING F03 IRON SITES AND ALL OTHER NV FEATURES:

https://taleoftwowastelands.com

carinth01: Ya that works if you have both or you can do the multicore fix if you just have the one.

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/21888/?
You can add the ini fixes and add fose, then add 4gb LAA to fose with the patch. Fixes most issues and you can still run ttw with it if you wanted.