Hello,

I have two problems here. I will try to detail them both as best I can. The first problem leads to the second of course:

Prolougue

I have owned a copy of the Original Release of Fallout 3 for a few years now. My game is modded, of course. Recently, I decided to purchase a copy of the GOTY Edition online. This is apparently done with Steam. Np - I dl the package, move my saves, then revive my mods. I start the game without issue and play through to the end and complete the quest, Take it Back. After activating the purifier, I die and watch the cutscene. After the screen fades to black I am still in the purifier, prone, and unable to move. The only responsive key is 'e' which makes wheezing and gasping noises.

Searching for a solution I stumble upon things in google referring to needing patch 1.6. I download what appears to be the most recent patch, 1.7 from this site. And this creates a couple of issues...

Problem Number One

After downloading patch 1.7 I run it as an adminstrator. It goes through the motions, and starts my game up when it hits 100%. The game promptly crashes before reaching the game menu. I try this multiple times, and even started my game up with mods thinking it might have completed somehow. Still stuck wheezing at the purifier. A few non mentionable utterances later, it occurs to me that my old version was tied to Games for Windows Live. Since the new version of the game I purchased does not have the same code, I figure I need to enable GfWL(Games for Windows Live) in order for the patch to work. This leads to the second problem.

Problem Number Two

I create an account for GfWL and download the client. The client crashes every single time I try to run it. On their download page, Microsoft has a message detailing that as of 8/25 their involvement in that project is done. Since I have no way to even use the GFWL client, I cannot currently fathom how I am to finish patching the game.

Suffice to say, without being able to apply the patch, I cannot fix my problem with being stuck in the purifier unable to do anything but wheeze. Can you help me?

I am also noticing that the game itself will not start when using Steam. CTD every time. However if I use the 'FOSE' start option via Mod Manager, the game runs fine. I'm sure this is relevant, but I am not sure how as of yet.

Do you still have the old (pre-steam goty) fallout 3 on the computer? I wonder if there is a conflict between the two installations.

Note: Fallout 3 Goty has legit Unsteamed & steamed versions