I have recently bought fallout 3 from my nearby store..

After opening the game a black screen appears and it closes immediately saying " fallout 3 has encountered a problem and needs to close." its details are
AppName: fallout3.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.12 ModName: fallout3.exe
ModVer: 1.0.0.12 Offset: 00748d95

Please help i really want this game.
i have intel pentium 4 processor 3.06 ghz.
OS : windows xp media center edition 2005.
i gb ram and ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 series graphic card (256 mb).
i could not understand why it is not running....plzzz helpppp...i would realllyyy apppreciate..

This would seem to be the problem, it is a very outdated card, which doesnt support the needed shader models in order for the game to run.

What shader model does fallout support...my video card supports 2.0 shader model..

Fallout 3 requires 2.0B

The difference is in the extra character.

can i play it using 3d anolyzer...or is there is any other way of playing it........

Your only option really is a new graphics card (Which won't even be an option if you're on a laptop)

Shader support is done via hardware rather than drivers.


Plus I wouldn't reccomend trying to force the game to run on that GPU. Even if you could get around the Shader requirement, and the game actually ran, it would be next to unplayable AND you'd be facing a serious risk of damaging your computer.

okkk...thnxxx fr d helpp.... and for your inf 3d anolyzer is a software not a driver

C'mon, now! You know what a DRIVER is. All drivers are just software, and 3danolyze is a software that attempts to do things in software that should be performed by hardware.