Forum:Freezing Fallout 3 - DLC

Ok, I bought Fallout 3, ran fine and only froze a couple of times, nothing huge, just once every 2 weeks or so (what game doesn't?). I got to right after the Waters of Life quest, when I heard about the Fallout DLC's out and the then-yet-to-be-released Broken Steel coming soon. I was so excited I went out and bought the wireless adapter and a 4000 point card as soon as I could so I could upgrade my already awesome game.

Then, I downloaded the patches, and bought Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt as soon as I got my Xbox hooked up to LIVE. Then the next morning, when I decided to play em for the first time, it froze after only five minutes into the game. No biggy, I thought...I just restarted the console and got back to playing. another five minutes, another freeze. and so on, and so on. this has been going on for about 3-4 weeks now, and I am getting VERY frustated. Im afraid to even download Broken Steel now, as my game might just quit on me completely.

I really, REALLY don't want to make a totally new character, as I put much work into my current one. I also don't have a cooler, so maybe it might just be overheating.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks in advance for the help.

-snappyT-


 * When I first got F3 it froze on me constantly. After installing it on the hard drive it rarely freezes, it just pauses for a moment then lets me continue.  It still freezes once in a while but not until I have been playing for several hours.  Also, I recommend against getting a cooling unit, it actually seems to add more heat.  The one I got for my first 360 got so hot it melted itself to the back of the console.  If it gets hot just point a desk fan at the vent side.--JiNX Bloodfang 11:36, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok, so all I have to do is download it? does that mean I have to buy F3 all over again? =/

If it means that I can keep my current character I'm all for it, I'd much rather buy it all over again, but I also have one of the older 360's (you know, the kind with only 10 gigs on it) and I don't have enough money at the moment to go all out on the 120. Also, will it work with my current character, even though I'm going from the disk to a download? And will it cause problems with my already downloaded DLCs?

Thanks again for the help

-snappyT-