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Fallout 3 can't even use GFWL disabler because can't create Fallout.ini. Alright, so I've had the Steam version of the game for years now,. Fallout 3 is an action role-playing open world game created by Bethesda and released. Solution 3: Download And Install the Games for Windows Live Application. Cases by editing the falloutprefs.ini file – a config file belonging to Fallout 3.
I do not know exactly when some of the changes were made by Bethesda but now it's easier to get this game to work on Linux (and Mac probably) as a consequence.
The new crosstie that I've created takes you 99% of the way. The 1% requires you to use a tool which disables GFWL(more on this later) and adjusting a configuration file with a text editor.
Steps to install Fallout 3:
1) Click on the big green button which downloads the crosstie to your computer and let CrossOver deal with installing Steam and the game.
Press the 'Play' button to run the launcher which will create the folder where the game will keep its save files and configuration data.
On Linux this might be either $HOME/My Games/Fallout3 or $HOME/Documents/My Games/Fallout3
On Mac OS X this will probably be /Users/$USER/My Games/Fallout3
* Do not attempt to play at this time. It won't work *
2) Download this utility from Nexusmods:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/1086/?
Copy it to the game's install folder. To do this you need the open Tools -> Manage Bottles then click on the Fallout 3 bottle, press the 'Open C: drive' button and navigate to
From this same folder, you need to copy the file Fallout_default.ini to the folder the launcher created at step 1) and rename it to Fallout.ini
Now the 'Run Command' and choose the 'Games for Windows LIVE Disabler.exe' file from
Press only the button which disables GFWL ( or G4FL as they call it). It will offer to also disable an entry in the game's menu which is tied to GFWL. Let it do it.
A small note on why I don't believe this is circumventing copy protection. As I said, Bethesda changed the way some things work with this game. Copy protection is handled directly through Steam according to this article(1). GFWL is kept there for some online functionality but activating CD keys is not one. Judging from some old posts, there even used to be a 'secret' folder where DLCs would reside. This is no longer the case. All the DLCs reside in the game's data folder. Also, here's a Bethesda employee giving advice to some people on moving DLC files around.
http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/952244-getting-started-with-dlc/?p=23242105
3) Disable the Steam overlay.
4) Now press the 'Play' button in Steam and adjust settings. Click on 'Options' in the launcher. I run this game in windowed mode and I also turned off vsync (because Compiz handles it) and screen effects. Press OK and exit the launcher.
Note: I did 3 and 4 because at time I would get some video corruption when using VATS but also randomly in the game. I don't get it anymore.
5) Open the Fallout.ini file we created earlier with a text editor (double-clicking on it should do the trick) and find this line:
Change the value to 1
Right underneath that line create one that looks like this:
Save the file and exit the editor.
6) Now you should be ready to play the game.
Optional:
7) Using this mod to make the executable large address aware might also improve things for you. Please READ the instructions that come with it. Running the .bat file is as easy as pressing the 'Run command' button in CrossOver and pointing it at the .bat. It's a good idea to just copy the folder from this archive to your Fallout 3 bottle.
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/6510/?
Link to the article I referenced on copy protection:
(1) http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/17/games-for-windows-live-is-dying-we-check-the-life-support-of-ga/
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System specs for my machine
CPU: Intel i2500K
RAM: 8GB
GPU: GTX 660 (driver 352.21)
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 64bit with the 3.13 series kernel
The new crosstie that I've created takes you 99% of the way. The 1% requires you to use a tool which disables GFWL(more on this later) and adjusting a configuration file with a text editor.
Steps to install Fallout 3:
1) Click on the big green button which downloads the crosstie to your computer and let CrossOver deal with installing Steam and the game.
Press the 'Play' button to run the launcher which will create the folder where the game will keep its save files and configuration data.
On Linux this might be either $HOME/My Games/Fallout3 or $HOME/Documents/My Games/Fallout3
On Mac OS X this will probably be /Users/$USER/My Games/Fallout3
* Do not attempt to play at this time. It won't work *
2) Download this utility from Nexusmods:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/1086/?
Copy it to the game's install folder. To do this you need the open Tools -> Manage Bottles then click on the Fallout 3 bottle, press the 'Open C: drive' button and navigate to
From this same folder, you need to copy the file Fallout_default.ini to the folder the launcher created at step 1) and rename it to Fallout.ini
Now the 'Run Command' and choose the 'Games for Windows LIVE Disabler.exe' file from
Press only the button which disables GFWL ( or G4FL as they call it). It will offer to also disable an entry in the game's menu which is tied to GFWL. Let it do it.
A small note on why I don't believe this is circumventing copy protection. As I said, Bethesda changed the way some things work with this game. Copy protection is handled directly through Steam according to this article(1). GFWL is kept there for some online functionality but activating CD keys is not one. Judging from some old posts, there even used to be a 'secret' folder where DLCs would reside. This is no longer the case. All the DLCs reside in the game's data folder. Also, here's a Bethesda employee giving advice to some people on moving DLC files around.
http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/952244-getting-started-with-dlc/?p=23242105
3) Disable the Steam overlay.
4) Now press the 'Play' button in Steam and adjust settings. Click on 'Options' in the launcher. I run this game in windowed mode and I also turned off vsync (because Compiz handles it) and screen effects. Press OK and exit the launcher.
Note: I did 3 and 4 because at time I would get some video corruption when using VATS but also randomly in the game. I don't get it anymore.
5) Open the Fallout.ini file we created earlier with a text editor (double-clicking on it should do the trick) and find this line:
Change the value to 1
Right underneath that line create one that looks like this:
Save the file and exit the editor.
6) Now you should be ready to play the game.
Optional:
7) Using this mod to make the executable large address aware might also improve things for you. Please READ the instructions that come with it. Running the .bat file is as easy as pressing the 'Run command' button in CrossOver and pointing it at the .bat. It's a good idea to just copy the folder from this archive to your Fallout 3 bottle.
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/6510/?
Link to the article I referenced on copy protection:
(1) http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/17/games-for-windows-live-is-dying-we-check-the-life-support-of-ga/
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System specs for my machine
CPU: Intel i2500K
RAM: 8GB
GPU: GTX 660 (driver 352.21)
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 64bit with the 3.13 series kernel
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I have had a slightly different problem that is related.Windows 10 informed me that FO3 might not work correctly with the message 'Fallout3.exe isn't compatible with this version of Windows. (which took me to a GFWL Installer) but it did load and allow me to create the default inis. I was able to use the GFWL Disabler exactly as expected but when I got to the fINIp 3 stage in the guide, I ran into a fatal error.Steps to reproduce in Win10.1. Back up your freshly created default inis.2. Run the fINIp 3 installer, select the default FO3 location and agree to allow the default.inis to be deleted.3. At this point, fINIp 3 has created its new, optimised raw.inis and wants to launch FO3 to allow the user-selected resolution etc.
You will get the following error.' Steam Error: Application Load Error 5:'Steps to resolve.Open Steam and manually click the Play button for FO3 GOTY and the launcher will run correctly. You will then be prompted to choose your resolution, AA and similar settings. These settings will then be applied over the top of the raw fINIp 3 files as appropriate. You can then proceed as usual. Those messages only show if you are trying to get Windows to 'Autoplay' the install disk. At least that is the result I saw when I installed this on my new system.If you open the drive in explorer and run 'setup.exe' it proceeds as expected.Edit: I'm now getting these messages after FO3 is installed and the solution seems to be 'install G4WL'.
However, even after doing so I can't get FO3 to launch and when I try to disable G4WL these messages return.Edit: Can't start game to generate INIs so I create new ones by hand. Still can't start game. Run G4WL disabler, informed all is good and yet still can't start Fallout3.exe.Circular solution is offered. Install G4WL to remove messages, try to start game and fail, disable G4WL, still fail with original message. Strange how my updated Win10 system can install this but my clean Win10 fails.Time to purge and retry.
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