Many thanks! Downloading now, I'll read it later and try it out. I'll post the results later

Can't say this categorically, but updating fallout3.exe to be large address aware seems to have virtually eliminated my arefu expanded crash issues. And FYI I don't use MasterUpdate.

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6510

No. I mean- my game crash only when I went away from Arefu and sometimes in Arefu itself. So when I stopped to visit Arefu, my crashes was gone.
Vault have alternative exit in the vasteland, so it is free from crashes

I forgot about that one, I'll try that one out first. :thumbsup:

I used the large address aware thing and it didn't really solve the problem. Did it make it better? I don't know. It still crashes at least once for every hour or two.

@Mr. Gary: With Arefu Expanded, there's a spot underneath the bridge that crashes for me no matter what I do with my game. The only way I could go to or leave Arefu is by fast-traveling. I tried taking a different character who had not visited Arefu yet to the area and crashed every time I tried to enter the cell from any direction. The numerous (14?) flaming barrels combined with the new activity were the bane of my existence. I eventually uninstalled it. It's a shame because I loved the quests and the new Arefu.

If you can get through the quests, you should be fine outside of Arefu again. The immediate area of Arefu itself may still give you problems.

So once the quests related to the mod are done, the crashing in areas away from Arefu stop? Once the quests are done I don't plan on visiting too often anyway, but it's such a nice mod

I'll deal with it for now and get those quests done even if I have to fudge my skills up to get them done (then of course set them back at what they were before).

They should. I had a few crashes around Megaton and inside that mine during the quests but after finishing the questline, Megaton and the rest of the wasteland went back to normal.

nah you dont' need high skills to do the quests...think a bit more about alternate solutions.

Yeah, its truly an awesome mod, but travelling under the bridge up towards the subway station seems to be an almost guaranteed full computer lockup for me.
Its a real shame because the quests and character development (and the reward) are absolutely top notch.

Yeah, it's a great mod, but it's just sooooo unstable. I just had to uninstall it because the crashing was getting unbearable