{"id":132,"date":"2016-02-13T12:16:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T12:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2018-10-18T14:51:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T14:51:32","slug":"how-to-fix-common-problems-crashes-in-fallout-4-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/13\/how-to-fix-common-problems-crashes-in-fallout-4-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Common Problems, Crashes in Fallout 4 in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Games designed by Bethesda Softworks are quite notorious for zero day bugs as they are based on an engine which isn\u2019t really optimized for modern day\u2019s hardware.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This article discusses the common problems related to Fallout 4 and how to fix them. You can try out <strong>ST Cleaner<\/strong> to scan and remove all System + Software junk and witness the positive impact these cleanups have on the game. Download <strong>ST Cleaner<\/strong> here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/download\/ibx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-452 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fallout-crashes-and-lags.png\" alt=\"Fallout crashes and lags\" width=\"510\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fallout-crashes-and-lags.png 510w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fallout-crashes-and-lags-300x28.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><strong>ST Cleaner is a digitally signed, verified software<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Problems and Solutions<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we talk about the problems and their solutions, it\u2019s important to understand that having at least the minimum system requirements is a must for Fallout 4. It might just be able to run even below the minimum system requirements level, but it\u2019s advisable to meet the minimum requirements in order to make sure there won\u2019t be any issues during gameplay.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Checking the Runtime Environments and Updates<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like any other software, Fallout 4 requires certain runtime softwares to be installed in order to launch the game. Go through the following listed runtime environments and make sure all of them are installed in the system.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graphic Card Driver<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INTEL : https:\/\/downloadcenter.intel.com\/<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMD : support.amd.com\/en-us\/download<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NVIDIA : https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/Download\/index.aspx<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DirectX Runtime Environment<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-in\/download\/details.aspx?id=8109\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-in\/download\/details.aspx?id=8109<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual C++ 2005\/2008\/2010\/2012\/2013 <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softpedia.com\/get\/System\/System-Miscellaneous\/VC-Redist-Installer.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.softpedia.com\/get\/System\/System-Miscellaneous\/VC-Redist-Installer.shtml<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.NET Framework 4.6<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itechtics.com\/download-microsoft-net-framework-4-6-offline-installer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.itechtics.com\/download-microsoft-net-framework-4-6-offline-installer\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound Driver and Chipset Driver<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the Sound\/Chipset Driver from Speccy, search it on Google, download and install<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.piriform.com\/speccy\/download\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.piriform.com\/speccy\/download<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Update the game to the latest version via Steam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update Windows through Windows Updates (It usually happens automatically)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Troubleshooting Game Crashes<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><b>Xlive.Dll\/ Xinput1_3.Dll is Missing or Misplaced <\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download and Install DirectX runtime environment as mentioned in the 2nd step of the previous section.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>The Game Crashes and Complains About Low System Memory <\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the system memory is less than 6GB, then consider upgrading to 6GB as bare minimum. Even though 8GB is highly recommended<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the system has enough system memory and yet the error persists, increase the virtual memory by following these steps: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Open the start menu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Start-Menu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Start-Menu.png\" alt=\"Start-Menu\" width=\"55\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Type Run and open it when it shows up in the search result<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Run.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Run.png\" alt=\"Run\" width=\"164\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Type the following address and press ENTER<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">%windir%\\system32\\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/System-Properties-Performance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/System-Properties-Performance-300x153.png\" alt=\"System-Properties-Performance\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/System-Properties-Performance-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/System-Properties-Performance.png 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Switch to the \u201cAdvanced\u201d tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Advanced.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Advanced.png\" alt=\"Advanced\" width=\"70\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Click on the \u201cChange&#8230;\u201d button in the \u201cVirtual Memory\u201d group<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Virtual-Memory.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Virtual-Memory-300x111.png\" alt=\"Virtual-Memory\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Virtual-Memory-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Virtual-Memory.png 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Try either of the following methods<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. Either set the virtual memory to auto manage <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. Set the virtual memory manually (Make it the amount of the system memory)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Disk Write Error<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Click on the start button<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Start-Menu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Start-Menu.png\" alt=\"Start-Menu\" width=\"55\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Search by typing CMD and open it in Admin mode<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Command-Prompt1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Command-Prompt1.png\" alt=\"Command-Prompt\" width=\"189\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Type the following command and then press ENTER<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chkdsk \/f C:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. This will scan the whole C drive for errors and if any errors are found, it will fix them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>The Game Doesn\u2019t Launch <\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Verify the game cache files are in Steam <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Open the Steam<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Find the Game<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Right Click on it and open Properties<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Find this Button<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Verify-Integrity-of-Game-Cache.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Verify-Integrity-of-Game-Cache.png\" alt=\"Verify-Integrity-of-Game-Cache\" width=\"274\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Click on it and proceed to Restore the missing\/corrupted filed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. Reinstall the game<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. Restart the computer <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. Open the game in admin mode <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. Lower the settings and re-launch it<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11. Click on Reset | Low<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12. Click OK<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fallout4-Options.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fallout4-Options-300x227.png\" alt=\"Fallout4-Options\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fallout4-Options-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Fallout4-Options.png 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fix the Mouse Acceleration Issue<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Go to C:\\Users\\USER_NAME\\documents\\My Games\\Fallout4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Open Fallout 4 Configuration File and Fallout4prefs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Change \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iPresentInterval=1\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iPresentInterval=0\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. And in the Fallout4prefs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Change \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bForceIgnoreSmoothness=0\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bForceIgnoreSmoothness=1\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h4><b>The Game Froze While Loading<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This happens when either the currently saved file is corrupted or when the anti-virus guard blocks the game from running properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Add the game\u2019s executable file as well as the root folder into the exception list of the anti-virus guard<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. You will have to Save another file as repairing saved files isn\u2019t possible currently<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>X3d_Audio_7 Module Crashes<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Install the DirectX runtime environment as mentioned earlier<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Download and Install the sound driver, this is already covered in the 6<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> step of the \u201c<\/span><b>Checking the Runtime Environments and Updates\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>No Save Folder in the Library of Fallout 4<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Go to C:\\Users\\USER_NAME\\documents\\My Games<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Create a backup of the Fallout 4 Folder on any other drive<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Delete the Fallout 4 Folder<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Run the game again. If the previously saved files are required, use the files from the backup you just created.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Games designed by Bethesda Softworks are quite notorious for zero day bugs as they are based on an engine which isn\u2019t really optimized for modern day\u2019s hardware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[151,154,150,153,152,155],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-fallout-4-crash","tag-fallout-4-crash-win10","tag-fallout-4-crashes","tag-fallout-4-crashes-windows-10","tag-fallout-4-crashing","tag-fix-fallout-4-crashes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}