Fallout 3 on Win 7?

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Toonces

March 08, 2012, 12:20:29 PM
Hello all.  I can't seem to get Fallout 3 to run stably on my new computer with windows 7.

After installation I was getting an error about a missing "ordnal 5670 xlive.dll" or something like that.  I googled it and it seems to be related to Games for Windows Live or something like that. 

A proposed solution was to use Fallout Manager (FMM), and under tools tick the box for "fake xlive" or something like that- basically trick the game into thinking you had a Games for Windows Live account.

It worked, I was able to get the game running and played it successfully for about a half hour.  But then it crashed (locked), and upon restart it played for about 5 minutes and then crashed again.  5 more minutes and another crash and that's when I moved on to Metro 2033.

Does anyone have F3 working with Win7, and if so, can you help me with this error?  I'm having real difficulty understanding a lot of the posts on other forums from people who had this problem...I guess I'm just too articulate.
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Fetrik

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March 08, 2012, 02:11:19 PM
The game haven't crashed for me a single time using win 7 x64. But tbh i've only played it 81 minutes...

James Sterrett

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March 08, 2012, 06:23:56 PM
Skip using Windows Live by launching it directly from the Fallout.exe (or similar named exe file) in the program's install directory.  Runs for me that way in Win7x64; there are periodic crashes (very unpredictably, but maybe every 8 hours or so?) so keep saving.

eyebiter

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May 27, 2012, 06:22:00 AM Last Edit: October 23, 2014, 11:44:47 PM by eyebiter
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Silent Disapproval Robot

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May 27, 2012, 11:54:34 AM
I had the same lockup issues and ended up going to an Arrrr Matey site to get a crack.  Kinda sad that I had to resort to that just to get a product that I paid for to work properly.

Nefaro

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May 27, 2012, 01:19:27 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on May 27, 2012, 11:54:34 AM
I had the same lockup issues and ended up going to an Arrrr Matey site to get a crack.  Kinda sad that I had to resort to that just to get a product that I paid for to work properly.

The wonders of modern DRM.  ::)

I've also had to resort to such measures to bypass buggy DRM.  Ridiculous.

Sad thing is - we'll all being digging for such workarounds a few years down the road, for some of these games we're currently buying.
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