Crashes are one of the worst problems to experience and this game is plagued with them. They’re easy to solve though so do not worry.
“Game Launcher Crashes”
This can be caused from a couple of problems. Try one or more to get rid of the error. This usually happens for a non-Windows XP operating system, such as Windows 7 or Windows Vista, but it CAN happen on Windows XP. Note that if you have Windows XP, the compatibility mode solution will do nothing for you, so try one of the other methods.
1A. Load the game folder and set each EXE to run in “windows XP” compatibility mode (right click the exe’s -> properties -> compatibility -> check “run this program in compatibility mode for” -> select “Windows XP (Service Pack 3)”
AND/OR
1B. Do NOT run the game shortcut created on your desktop. Load Steam directly instead and select the game.
AND/OR
1C. Validate your game files
AND/OR
1D. Update your drivers
OR
1E. Reinstall the game
“Game Crashes After Cinematic Introduction (Intro Scene)”
You may be missing an important DLL file, especially if you are on a newer version of Windows. This error may pertain very well to DirectX 9. Thanks to ABC for alerting us of this method.
1. Download the dx9d9.dll: http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34778 (Nexus)
2. Put the file in your game folder
If that doesn’t work, then try the following:
1. Load the “fallout.ini” and “fallout_default.ini” (be sure to set both to NOT Read-Only and make backups of both files)
2. Locate SMainMenuMovieIntro= and delete the following lines:
SMainMenuMovieIntro=
SIntroSequence=
sIntroMovie=Fallout INTRO Vsk.bik
3. Save the files, then locate Fallout INTRO Vsk.bik and rename it to whatever you want (i.e. Fallout INTRO Vsk.bik BAK)
The problem should now no longer occur depending on what was causing the crash on your computer.
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