ini file - I can tell you that changing any of the 'threaded' values in the. Here are a couple of suggestions along with my results:Ĭhanging 'bUseThreadedAI=1' and adding 'iNumHWThreads=2' to the.

There are many often-cited solutions (even by mods) that some report as being successful but this has not been the case in my extensive testing. If you have an Intel i3, i5, i7, or any triple/quad+ core AMD CPU you WILL have this freezing issue REGARDLESS of operating system (it will happen on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 in all their 32/64-bit variants) I'll repeat that again, Windows 7 is NOT the problem, it has something to do with having more than two CPU cores. The reason it is more common now is because quad cores and Intel i5 CPUs with four threads are very common and in most instances they run Windows 7 so it is mistaken as a Windows 7 issue. The truth is that this very issue has been encountered since the game was released and is directly attributed to having more than two CPU cores, not the operating system. Underneath the hood, Windows 7 is not much different than Windows Vista. The issue is often attributed to Windows 7 but this is NOT TRUE! Windows 7 is used a scapegoat because the game's official requirements do no support it. Many of us unlucky players may run into it more often than not including several times in under an hour! This is a random occurrence, you can so several hours without seeing it or you might see it immediately upon beginning a new game. This can also occur randomly while roaming the wasteland, usually right around the time the game loads new assets (which in non-freezing instances is accompanied by a brief 'stutter' as data is streamed off the hd) and again the game will suddenly freeze with the music continuing to play. The music continues but you are unable to control the game in any way and MUST ctrl-alt-del fallout3.exe from task manager to exit the game. This is the most common complaint: Randomly, right after opening a door the screen will freeze. This is a fact and there is no available solution to remedy this.

It would be nice if a mod created a sticky topic regarding this issue as the vast majority of new topics repeat the exact same thing- Fallout 3 freezes on modern systems.

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