Forum:Game freezes

I have the GOTY version of Fallout 3 on PC (through Steam, probably a mistake), and it is prone to freezing. Its pretty random though, sometimes it won't do it for hours or days and once in a while it will just keep doing it over and over again. Most recently it took me 15 minutes, a reboot, and probably 5 or 6 restarts of the game just to get to the top of the Washington Monument. Froze twice in row right inside the door, three times in the elevator going up, and twice more in the elevator going down. I eventually had to fast travel from the top of it just to get out.

Since I upgraded to Windows 7 I also get the occasional freeze-up. I used to play with Vista as OS and I can't remember it ever crashing then. BTW, my game froze too when I rode the elevator in the Washington Monument.

- Garamon - Garamon 101 18:37, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

Seems to be an issue software wise. I experience this periodically. Hopefully there will be a patch for it soon. That's the only thing I can think of.

I'm on xbox 360 and have recently got the goty edition and ever since installing the dlc's the game freezes heaps! Didn't do it before, not even once, now with this brand new disc, no scratches or anything it freezes all the time. Frustrating!! Jimbo2go 02:52, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Turn off the automatic saves. I only have the sleep one on. Improves performance IMMENSELY. Ferbil 19:27, June 21, 2010 (UTC)

I have the normal edition for xbox and my friend had the extra packs and let me download them. There were a lot of times when my game froze and at random times. When I turned back my xbox it was all better. Good advice is to save a lot. Torcida1950cro 9:42, June 28, 2010