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Hey, I'm new to this storefront. After hearing the stories of how FO3 doesn't work on Steam without extra messing around, I'm thinking of buying it here, I'm already going to mod it so the sooner I can start tweaking the game to my liking the better, hence I'd like to avoid any issues.

Has anyone tried to play this version on an Optimus laptop? That's a laptop with an Intel integrated that's connected as the primary display but with a dedicated GPU that runs games. For me that would be a 970m 3 GB.

I'm a little worried because as far as I can tell I can't play Fallout 4 in Fullscreen (the steam version) because it seems like Bethesdas lousy coding is possibly trying to force my laptop to use the intel to render it whenever it's exclusive fullscreen, even when it's forced to do so via the Nviida Inspector. That's the root of the problem as I hear of course I have no solid proof but it seems like not many people have that issue or don't care. My hardware isn't the best so I want to be able to get all the frames I can.

Will I have a similar problem with Fallout 3? Even worse I'm worried it will try to use the integrated piece of junk and ignore my 970m, again even if I force it through Nvidia. A baseless fear perhaps but it does worry me a little considering this is Bethesda.

So, have you had any problems with similar systems?
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Sesheenku: Hey, I'm new to this storefront. After hearing the stories of how FO3 doesn't work on Steam without extra messing around, I'm thinking of buying it here, I'm already going to mod it so the sooner I can start tweaking the game to my liking the better, hence I'd like to avoid any issues.

Has anyone tried to play this version on an Optimus laptop? That's a laptop with an Intel integrated that's connected as the primary display but with a dedicated GPU that runs games. For me that would be a 970m 3 GB.

I'm a little worried because as far as I can tell I can't play Fallout 4 in Fullscreen (the steam version) because it seems like Bethesdas lousy coding is possibly trying to force my laptop to use the intel to render it whenever it's exclusive fullscreen, even when it's forced to do so via the Nviida Inspector. That's the root of the problem as I hear of course I have no solid proof but it seems like not many people have that issue or don't care. My hardware isn't the best so I want to be able to get all the frames I can.

Will I have a similar problem with Fallout 3? Even worse I'm worried it will try to use the integrated piece of junk and ignore my 970m, again even if I force it through Nvidia. A baseless fear perhaps but it does worry me a little considering this is Bethesda.

So, have you had any problems with similar systems?
This is an old issue resolved by this mod "nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33227?tab=posts&BH=0" I know, it says Skyrim but that is not the point. It is a .dll that will allow a DX9 game to use LOS (line of sight) to your 970m. Fallout 4 might be a stretch full screen but FO3 should be fine. Instruction for the simple install are in the mod readme file.
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Sesheenku: Hey, I'm new to this storefront. After hearing the stories of how FO3 doesn't work on Steam without extra messing around, I'm thinking of buying it here, I'm already going to mod it so the sooner I can start tweaking the game to my liking the better, hence I'd like to avoid any issues.

Has anyone tried to play this version on an Optimus laptop? That's a laptop with an Intel integrated that's connected as the primary display but with a dedicated GPU that runs games. For me that would be a 970m 3 GB.

I'm a little worried because as far as I can tell I can't play Fallout 4 in Fullscreen (the steam version) because it seems like Bethesdas lousy coding is possibly trying to force my laptop to use the intel to render it whenever it's exclusive fullscreen, even when it's forced to do so via the Nviida Inspector. That's the root of the problem as I hear of course I have no solid proof but it seems like not many people have that issue or don't care. My hardware isn't the best so I want to be able to get all the frames I can.

Will I have a similar problem with Fallout 3? Even worse I'm worried it will try to use the integrated piece of junk and ignore my 970m, again even if I force it through Nvidia. A baseless fear perhaps but it does worry me a little considering this is Bethesda.

So, have you had any problems with similar systems?
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RaztheDestroyer: This is an old issue resolved by this mod "nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33227?tab=posts&BH=0" I know, it says Skyrim but that is not the point. It is a .dll that will allow a DX9 game to use LOS (line of sight) to your 970m. Fallout 4 might be a stretch full screen but FO3 should be fine. Instruction for the simple install are in the mod readme file.
Hm well I tried it for FO4. Though the enb I use for that is a d3d11.dll, not to mention I have this issue with vanilla FO4 where it simply will not run in exclusive fullscreen. It will run in borderless but I'm sacrificing frames for that. Thanks for the suggestion though, I'll keep it in mind if FO3 gives me any similar problems.
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RaztheDestroyer: This is an old issue resolved by this mod "nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33227?tab=posts&BH=0" I know, it says Skyrim but that is not the point. It is a .dll that will allow a DX9 game to use LOS (line of sight) to your 970m. Fallout 4 might be a stretch full screen but FO3 should be fine. Instruction for the simple install are in the mod readme file.
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Sesheenku: Hm well I tried it for FO4. Though the enb I use for that is a d3d11.dll, not to mention I have this issue with vanilla FO4 where it simply will not run in exclusive fullscreen. It will run in borderless but I'm sacrificing frames for that. Thanks for the suggestion though, I'll keep it in mind if FO3 gives me any similar problems.
Yeah, I forgot FO4 was DX11, and you have the correct dll for that.