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Apologies for my foolishness, but does anybody know how to fix Steam Fallout 3? I play on a desktop 64 I7. I've been capable of playing varying amounts of time before it freezes and I have to reboot to get back to normal. I looked up one or two patches but they always seemed to have risk of adware and the sorts. Any hints or pointers? Sorry if this is a lazy or foolish question.

Have you any mods installed? If so remove them all and start a clean save.

Download the unofficial patch (IRC there's some other crash fixing patches on that site too), and the script extender.

Backup and delete all your saves and start a new game.

Fallout 3 (and every other game on that engine) is unstable as hell, though you shouldn't be experiencing too many issues with an unmodded game. If you do have mods installed its a simple matter of just removing them each one by one and seeing if the game works. From what you're discribing though, ie playing it for a time before the crash occurs, it could be down to a few things. Does it happen in a particular area for one? It could be a dodgy script in one area, or an enemy spawning incorrectly, or umpteen other things. =P

Thank you very much! I actually was able to play Fallout New Vegas with no difficulty in comparison to fallout 3. Anyways, thank you very much for this.