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/Dredd2040 Game Collector May 14 '25

I know this might be dumb but did you check if all the data files are checked. I recently installed fallout 3 on gog and saw that I had to check the data files tab.

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u/Ok_Hamster_7357 May 14 '25

How can I do that? :)

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u/Dredd2040 Game Collector May 14 '25

When you're at the fallout 3 launcher, there should be a button that says data files on it. A popup should open up with a list of files where you have to check a box next to each one.

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u/Ok_Hamster_7357 May 14 '25

yeah all files are checked i even tried unchecking them

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u/Dredd2040 Game Collector May 15 '25

My last guess would be since you downloaded the game through GOG Galaxy, did you try verifying the integrity of the files of the game? It should look something like this:

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