Well after beating the original Fallout 3, getting platinum & logging in more than 150hrs. I put the game down and moved on. Recently I purchased the GOTY version of the game and was immediately disappointed to learn that the game has some major freezing and framerate issues. It's only after I started playing the GOTY version of the game that I came back to the Fallout forum here and read just how many people are experiencing these problems.
Anyway, last night I decided to give the game another go. I started up the Brotherhood of Steel mission "Death from Above". Almost immediately the game started dropping the framerate and froze on me twice in 1hr. I was about to call it quits when I decided to try something - I switched off my radio in my Pip Boy. The results were immediate! I could actually move around the Wasteland and fight enemies using VATS without the framerate dropping! I played for 2 more hours after turning the radio off and experienced no additional freezing that required a reload.
So maybe it's worth a shot?! Just try turning your radio off in your Pip Boy! Sorry if this has already been mentioned before. I ran a quick search and didn't see anyone else recommending this.
Jag_Stilvecchio wrote:Well after beating the original Fallout 3, getting platinum & logging in more than 150hrs. I put the game down and moved on. Recently I purchased the GOTY version of the game and was immediately disappointed to learn that the game has some major freezing and framerate issues. It's only after I started playing the GOTY version of the game that I came back to the Fallout forum here and read just how many people are experiencing these problems.
Anyway, last night I decided to give the game another go. I started up the Brotherhood of Steel mission "Death from Above". Almost immediately the game started dropping the framerate and froze on me twice in 1hr. I was about to call it quits when I decided to try something - I switched off my radio in my Pip Boy. The results were immediate! I could actually move around the Wasteland and fight enemies using VATS without the framerate dropping! I played for 2 more hours after turning the radio off and experienced no additional freezing that required a reload.
So maybe it's worth a shot?! Just try turning your radio off in your Pip Boy! Sorry if this has already been mentioned before. I ran a quick search and didn't see anyone else recommending this.
When i first started playing, I noticed that my radio would glitch and three dog would randomly burst into conversation(not normally, bursts in mid conversation after long silence)
MikaTheAss wrote:
Any other feedback on if this works? I'm interested in buying Fallout 3 GOTY, but have been deterred by the amount of bugs. If this reduces them significantly, maybe I will reconsider buying the game.
Unfortunately I'm not getting a lot of responses.
I did have some time to test my theory this afternoon and can confirm that there is a dramatic difference when I play the GOTY edition with the radio on or off. When I play with the Pip Boy radio on the game is extremely choppy and stalls frequently. Sometimes it takes a few seconds, sometimes more for the game to start working normally again. I also get a lot of game ending freezes when I have the radio on that require a restart of the system.
I played thru the entire Broken Steel expansion this weekend and I could not get thru the Adams Air Force Base part with the radio on. After I switched it off I had much better results. Though the framerate did drop at certain chaotic moments. However, I was able to get thru without any freezing or restarts.
Such a shame too as Fallout 3 is such a great game. The expansions seem great (at least Broken Steel has been thus far) and have rekindled my interest in the game.
Hopefully I get some other people that can try this out and see if they're seeing any differences as well.
Yep after testing this further it seems that my game is still freezing. I just completed Operation: Anchorage and parts of the game were very, very choppy. I didn't get any game-ending freezes but still had to restart frequently because it was the only way to get the framerate back to normal.
Ugh, this is so frustrating. Now I'm just playing the game to get thru it, not really enjoying it at all.
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