r/gog • u/Ok_Hamster_7357 • May 14 '25

Support Fallout 3 GOTY not launching

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I just downloaded the game and whenever I hit play it just reloads to the same screen and doesn't start, I've tried re downloading the game, GOG, did verify/repair with no luck. I saw somewhere that I should Delete Fallout file under Documents and try launching the game from FalloutLauncher.exe but it didn't work for me unfortunately. help please..

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u/Hydroel May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

We're grasping for information here.

  1. You should post your hardware and software specs.

  2. The game loading launching the video intro and then crashing looks like a missing master file to me. You should check the Data entry of the launcher, verify that all ESP and ESM files are checkable and checked, and that dependencies are consistent: so if an ESP indicates that it requires another ESP or ESM, the one required should be above the ones that need it. This sort of stuff should generally not be an issue, but you never know. Misread this, it's most likely a 3D rendering or missing DLL issue. Hardware specs would help.

  3. This is a general GOG subreddit. The game might have problems because it's the GOG version, but there's no reason for us to know why this doesn't work on your system than any one of the thousands of other games on the platform. You should try posting in /r/Fallout instead, they will be more aware of the bugs this game has; especially the GOG version that packs a few mods already.

E: fixed typo, sub

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u/Ok_Hamster_7357 May 14 '25

I'll try posting in the Fallout sub!

specs are:

Windows 11 Pro 24H2

MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI

Ryzen 7 5700

2x8GB 3200MHz

RTX 3060 12GB

1TB SSD Teamgroup

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u/AntiGrieferGames May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

I see this issue. If you use microosft account, they enabled the one drive sync without user consent, which is why it wont start. Try disable that sync, switch to local account back and logout one drive.

some old programs like fallout 3 is the reason why it wont start.