Fallout 3 Patch Released, And You're Gonna Need It

[The Rogue Wolf]

Well, Steam just automatically patched my installation of Fallout 3, and I can no longer play the game. I'm getting the (by now) infamous "ordinal 5360" error. It would be bad enough if the problem was in the game itself... but it's infuriating that some idiotic problem with Live is keeping me from playing a PC game.

Well, now I have a pile of wasted space on my hard drive until Bethesda fixes this issue. I have other games to play and I'm not interested in jumping through arbitrary hoops in the flimsy hope that some magic combination of actions will let me play the game I paid for again.

 

[thurauh1]

First of all, I'm sorry for all your troubles after the Fallout 3 patch. In Oblivion, I believe, a guy was also falling through the floor/ground (isn't this called clipping?)

Second, I don't know why Bethesda thought it was a smart move to get the DLC out through Windows Live, forcing PC owners to get onto Windows Live. (unless they're planning TES V as a MMO?) And even for PC, I think we have to pay MS points? to get the DLC, if we want it.

On the Bethesda forums, I think there is a post where you can learn how to disable Windows Live...

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I appreciate the thought. Thankfully I've managed to work my way around the problem, by uninstalling all Live software and then installing the 2.0 version (which is a real pain to find through normal searching, by the way). There were apparently a bunch of other issues introduced in the game as well, though I've only seen a couple of them personally.

Y'know, I try to be a open-minded gamer when it comes to PC vs. consoles, I don't mind if other folks get their gaming on in other ways. I have no animosity towards consoles themselves. But when my PC game is rendered unplayable due to a bug in a multiplayer service meant for the XBox... well, that's when I start shaking my cane and telling those damn kids to get off my lawn.

 

[Lt. Sera]

Though the patch did fix one problem for me (Jefferson Memorial crash bug) it did not fix anything else. Ah well, at least I can finish the game on my own PC now.

On the bright side, there is a thread on the official forums asking for bugreports so that modders can fix it, since Bethesda is being a real slowpoke in this department.

 

[itchytriggerfinger]

Right now I can't play Broken Steel even with the patch. The only downloads that show are Pitt and Op: Anchorage, and those I bought retail.