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How to ACTUALLY get Fallout To Run

By Aperture Kills

Having troubles launching Fallout 1? Try this!

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Category: Modding or Configuration

Languages: English

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8 Oct, 2015 @ 10:15pm

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Overview

Make it work!

Navigate to the Steam directory for Fallout

Run the patcher config

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Make it work!

This is how I have gotten Fallout to run on multiple devices.
I'm not 100% positive, but this seemed to help one instance of the "failed to initialize input device" bug, as well as the game just stopping at the launcher.

Navigate to the Steam directory for Fallout

-You can do this by right-clicking "Fallout" in your game library> "Local Files" tab> "Browse Local Files..."

-It should also just be under Program Files (x86)> Steam> steamapps> Common> Fallout

Run the patcher config

-Run f1_res_Config

-Make sure it's set to your native resolution

-Make sure Hi-Res patch is enabled

-There are a few other options you can mess with too (DirectX, Refresh Rate, etc.)

-Hit "Done" and try again.

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cavscout678 1 May, 2024 @ 1:19am

Worked for me after I tried to set the res too high. Thank you!

Oranges0ul_TTV 27 Apr, 2024 @ 10:03pm

Jotaykra Rodgers 1 Feb, 2021 @ 12:27am

(SPOILER WARNING) I got all the way to Vault 15 and the game gives me "The Instruction at x referenced memory at y. The Memory could not be read from." error. I don't know really anything about PC's so I have no clue what I'm doing. If anyone can help with it giving great detail as I am new to this, that would be awesome!

thekiller 50l 27 Jul, 2020 @ 6:32am

i was hoping it would of helped but no

Joobert1 3 Jan, 2017 @ 7:08am

You could also try right clicking on the falloutwHR application file and select properties, followed by the Compatibility tab. Then in the Compatibility mode box check the Run this program in compatibility for: box and select the operating system from the list below it. Might work but I don't know which operating system you'd need, just experiment and you might find the right one.

Aperture Kills [author] 28 Dec, 2016 @ 11:15am

What do you propose I change it to? It's helped some people so far, and that's about all I was going for. I'm not a programmer or free tech support. I just posted a guide on how to fix a few problems.

zeo 28 Dec, 2016 @ 11:00am

not working for me. Maybe you should change the title

Joobert1 7 Nov, 2016 @ 3:12am

Worked for me running Windows 10

Aperture Kills [author] 20 Nov, 2015 @ 9:05pm

Sorry to all those this hasn't worked for. I'm starting to wonder how many people have had success with it.

TheCup 20 Nov, 2015 @ 6:50pm

not for me

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