You would think with all the time they took releasing the GOTY edition that they would have figured out this obvious issue. Now I'm stuck waiting for Bethesda to release a patch because not replaying my 100% complete data. This leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth and brings into question future purchases of Bethesda titles.

yes, this is somewhat similar to what I am thinking right now. Probably the fix will be out in a week or so then we can have our fix

they will fix this next week like the DLC for the PS3 came out in June.

is that sarcasm??

this time there are too many people who are having issue

like to see glass half full so am hoping that they will do it, otherwise will ask ppl to upload their saved game and start from the end of original fallout 3. I think that is the last option

yes, very sarcastic.

I am just disappointed because I had a version of the original fallout 3 that was not compatible with the DLC available online, so I thought that the best way around this was to buy the GOTY. I did this because bethesda said that the old saves would work with the GOTY.

but here I am, out $70+ and over 130 hours of game time.

while your glass is half full, mine has been smashed to pieces

Transferring saved games does not work. You will not be able to save if it was transferred from somewhere else. Your last option will be to start a new game if you really want to play the GOTY. Or you'll have to use your original game and download the DLC.

So now we play the waiting game.

I just hope that Bethesda will be able to fix this.

Just to report, picked up the UK version today and it's recognised my old saves. As for glitches and bugs, I've not yet had a chance to play, so nothing to report as of yet.

With regards to helping our Canadian brethen with their problem, I'm wondering whether its possible to convert their old saves into files that are compatible with their new GOTY copies, by loading up their saves with original versions of the game that match the BLU codes of the Canadian GOTY versions?

For instance, if we can get a list of people in this forum (most likely North Americans) who still have the original version of F3, which have the same BLU code as these Canadian GOTY editions, perhaps the Canadians could send their save files to these people, who could them load them up and 're-save' them with their copies of F3, thus making the save files compatible with the Canadian GOTY editions?

Not sure if that will work, or even if my suggestion makes sense?! It's worth a shot though; I'm sure there'll be a good few people here who have original F3 North American copies and will be willing to help out. I got pass the Vampire-Bloodgrass glitch in Oblivion GOTY in the same way - I sent my file to a kind chap who had an original copy of the game, he loaded it up, got passed the glithc, saved it and sent it back to me.

No one knows if there's a French-Canadian GOTY edition. It could just be the US version, even though there were two versions in Canada for the original game.

Second off, you cannot save on games that are transferred from another profile.

I think you're on to something... If we could send Bethesda 2-4 of our old save files, and they could convert them to the correct BLUS number to work with the GOTY, i would be happy enough with that. I would like to have all 100+ of my old save files work, but as long as I can get back to the highest point on my 2 characters I'd be more than happy.


question though: I copied one of my old save files to a flashstick using the "Copy" feature on the PS3.... but there is definitely no paste feature... because I tried adding them to the new Fallout 3 save folder... so even if we could have that done for us.. how would we add them to the correct folder!?!

I was thinking more along the lines of sending the files to other guys on this forum who have original F3 copies that are the right BLUS number. I don't think Bethesda would be able to handle a load of Canadians sending them their files!

However, I wasn't aware of this new Fallout 3 save folder feature. That might be a bit of an obstacle. Still, worth keeping this option open in the meantime.

Don't worry, lots of people have this problem. Pretty much all of Canada. :shakehead: ok now you can worry lol :dance:

Also aren't there like 10 different threads about this?

This option will never work. The way the save files are set up, as soon as someone sends another forum member the save file, that transferred save will be unusable in a practical sense for the new member. This means the new member cannot save it as a new file, because of trophy fraud protection etc.

gamesas needs to release a GOTY that is compatible with the French-Canadian version, anything else like getting rid of region restrictions on saves will just create a gigantic mess. That's if they intend to make saves compatible anyway. They could just end up doing nothing.

are you sure we need a GOTY compatible with the French-Canadian version, or do we need one compatible with the US version?

there must be a way they could create a conversion program, that we could download and do ourselves then, or something. We should start complaining to Sony too, but I have a feeling they could give about two [censored] about the canadian fallout GOTY crowd, lol.

I have a feeling somone will come up with a homebrew solution before we see a patch of any sorts on the PSN.

I've started a new game, but im not giving up hope.

The BLUS-30185, your original game, is the French-Canadian version of Fallout 3. The US version, BLUS-30234, was also sold in parts of Canada. 30185 never got patched, and as far as I know, is the only version of Fallout 3 that remains unpatched. Your saves were made with 30185, so the GOTY needs to work with that version.

Which patch? The trophy patch or something else? My version (which I sold) was patched with trophy support, but my save game files don't work with GOTY. Thanks.

30185 doesn't have any patches. So it doesn't have trophy support nor is it DLC capable. If your original game had trophies, then you didn't have the 30185 game.

Are you playing under the same profile as your old saves?

Are you smoking something? I had 30185 and have the trophy patch and although my ps3 is not running right now but am probably i had 1.1 patch too. I will confirm a bit later when I switch on my ps3

My mistake. I got the serial numbers switched around. 30234 didn't have the patch. 30185 is the US version.

This forum poster has confirmed that the 30455 is compatible with the French-Canadian 30234. The people with 30185 need to get the US GOTY. http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=fallout3&message.id=16161

I also have the 1.1 patch .

Mistakes happen

Hopefully the patch will be out pretty soon so that most of us can enjoy our copies of GOTY

In the meantime Uncharted 2

Oh I KNOW, we should get the GOTY from the US to make our saves work in Canada, but its a 10hour drive to New York. lol :facepalm:

Thank goodness, i bought both Uncharted2 and Fallout 3 GOTY at the same time or i'd be pissed! Hope they patch this up soon. Like before Modern Warfare 2.

Then my question is... why does my original game labeled 30234 produce 30185 saves?

I thought you said your game was 30216? I'm guessing you got the collector's edition?

And you probably won't have to drive down to the US to get a US version. If gamesas is on top of it, they will ship out the proper GOTY to parts of Canada and you should be able to exchange your copy for that one. That seems like the easiest thing for consumers, seeing as how I really don't see how a patch can resolve this. For starters, they have to make sure that only certain 30185 copies are affected by the patch, that it doesn't mess with people who already have working GOTY and some other logistical issues.

Then again, if they did that, we'll probably be hearing 30234 gamers that buy the wrong GOTY and this whole fiasco then continues. It's a real mess to have two versions of the same game in the same region that aren't interchangeable . . .