potential FIX for npc slowdown : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:15 pm

You bring up a good point. So will this dll file work in Windows 7 64 bit?

Yes. Yes it does. See my post on page 2 of this thread.

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:49 am

Although on the bright side this game series must be pretty fantastic for it to have the support group it does have. The fallout community in general is pretty darn awesome. I can't wait to see the mods. Funny part is, while the dev's drink their margaritas - the game is in essence FIXING ITSELF.

This, a lot of us have been around most of the night tonight bouncing this issue around the forum. Beth/Obsi need to give their consumers some TLC... we are starved for it... rofl.

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:24 pm

You bring up a good point. So will this dll file work in Windows 7 64 bit?

Yes.

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:13 pm

hmmm endless loop of checking my video settings here

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:11 am

I can confirm this works for me on Windows 7 64-bit with a GTX 295. No more NPC lag at all. Great discovery, amazed it was such a simple fix!

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:31 pm

hmmm endless loop of checking my video settings here

Same! :C

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 4:46 pm

Seems like there is more to this than meets the eye. Latest d3d9.dll for Windows XP SP3 runs at about 1.6 MEG while this file runs at about 100KB. Curiouser and curiouser. Maybe I'll try both when I get home if someone hasn't already gotten to the bottom of this.

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 4:52 pm

can i turn the water multisampling back on now?

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:19 am

This works like a charm on my Windows 7 X64. It even fixed the VATS delay that I've had since Fallout 3. Amazing!

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:25 am

Same! :C

well after i restarted steam it fixed it but now its not showing my correct video card lol

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:02 am

Let me first say i've only been browsing steam forums for two days....signed up yesterday because of this new vegas catastrophe...and am so pleased how dedicated you guys are. I'm definitley excited to try this fix when i get home. I'm using an ATI HD Radeon 5830 and didnt get nailed half as bad as the NVIDIA users but it was still very noticeable. My FPS dropped as low as 15 sometimes. Thank you so much for the temp fix :points finger at the genious:

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:43 am

Finally. After giving it some face time on Kotaku we get this from our buddy Pete Hines:

http://kotaku.com/5668552/fallout-new-vegas-has-bug-issues

Update: Patches are coming. Pete Hines, marketing man at Fallout studio Bethesda Softworks, tells Kotaku that "We are currently working on releasing patches/updates as quickly as possible for Fallout: New Vegas, for all platforms. Announcements regarding the patches are forthcoming." He advises anyone seeing this head-turning bug to re-verify their files on Steam, as the issue is due to a "corrupt mesh file." Also notable: The head-turning bug here was highlighted two days ago in a blog post by one of the game's producers, who identified it as a known bug that was "eradicated" prior to the game's official release.

They really need to post a sticky of this in here. Like now.

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:43 pm

well after i restarted steam it fixed it but now its not showing my correct video card lol

Restarting steam worked and I tested it... WORKING 100%

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:14 am

For the faint at heart. I ran the file through Virus Total (scans with 40 some virus scanners) and it comes up clean. You can do it yourself. just Google virus total and submit the file.

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:32 am

i didnt have problems with slowdowns, just minor fps lose in conversations, my problem was enormous number of CTD's while using vats, loading from main menu, random chrashes and mostly transition between outdoor and indoor. Now with that d3d9.dll all is gone, played few minutes, tried to provoke some crash and nothing happens. Thank you. And people with random ctd should at least try this.

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:29 am

Confirmed .dll for working.

As soon as I opened the New Vegas directory I noticed that the dx9.dll wasn't there...it's supposed to be there. Looks like they forgot to package the game with that .dll. Look at many of your other games directories, they all have it as well. Frames are back to normal!

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:00 pm

Works great!!!

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:37 pm

Wow this really works for frame rates and slow downs!

Alas it did not fix my frameskipping which is a gamebyro engine / graphics driver fault

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:14 am

Working for me thus far, game feels very smooth outdoors, thanks!!!

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:47 am

Tried this on my laptop and Fallout New Vegas doesn't start up after pressing play on the splash screen. Any reason for that?

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:29 pm

Well until the patch comes out, this fix is the next greatest thing, even though it says i have 7800m gs but i really have a 9800m gs :blush:

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:31 pm

I can confirm this worked; the game runs much better now!

» Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:50 am

Can confirm this works. Can now run the game with settings on high with perfect FPS.

Release broken game
customers fix it for you
???????
profit

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:59 pm

Confirmed working for me, had to restart Steam to get out of a detecting settings loop.

» Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:50 pm

GUYS!!!! I AM CONSIDERING DOING THIS FIX RIGHT NOW.....BUT HERE IS MY SIMPLE QUESTION. WHEN THEY ACTUALLY PATCH AND FIX THIS, WILL I WANT TO REVERT/GO BACK TO HOW THINGS WERE BEFORE I DO WHAT YOU ARE SUGGESTING HERE? BASICALLY....CAN I UN-DO WHAT THIS FIX DOES ONCE THE GAME IS PATCHED AND WORKING??????