Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition Forum

Hi there,

I realise this is perhaps the noobest of noob questions, but I can't seem to find a simple yes/no answer anywhere.

1. I run CO > Install software > other application > setup.exe > new WinXP bottle > install
2. the Fallout installer pops up and installs without a hitch.
3. I run the game (which crashes as soon as i click play - i haven't patched it yet so fingers crossed)
4. but CO never finishes its install...

question: I noticed when I tried to install lord of the rings, that along with the installer file it installed Direct X, .NET, fonts and a whole bunch of other software... should this be installed with my Fallout Install? Do I have to manually select it? or does CO auto-detect required "other" windows software...?

question: CO never finishes installing... Am I missing something?

sorry for the ridiculous questions.

Thanks in advance,

Tegyn wrote:

Hi there,

I realise this is perhaps the noobest of noob questions, but I can't
seem to find a simple yes/no answer anywhere.

1. I run CO > Install software > other application > setup.exe > new
   WinXP bottle > install
2. the Fallout installer pops up and installs without a hitch.
3. I run the game (which crashes as soon as i click play - i haven't
   patched it yet so fingers crossed)
4. but CO never finishes its install...

question: I noticed when I tried to install lord of the rings, that
along with the installer file it installed Direct X, .NET, fonts and
a whole bunch of other software... should this be installed with my
Fallout Install? Do I have to manually select it? or does CO
auto-detect required "other" windows software...?

question: CO never finishes installing... Am I missing something?

sorry for the ridiculous questions.

Thanks in advance,

Hi...

...you haven't indicated exactly which version of this title
you have...ie; Steam, DVD, other...however, as for installing the
game, I would follow Jack's advice in the following Tip&Trick...

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=4639;tips=1

...now for your question...

• ...whether or not an app requires additional dependencies is app
  specific -- some do, some don't and run fine with builtin winelibs.
  Crossover knows aught about this, nor can it discern whether the
  app needs anything else. In the case of LoTRO (and any other app
  that has a crosstie installation profile), the creator of that
  crosstie has already determined the app needs additional dependencies
  and included same in the crosstie profile ; cxinstaller is merely
  following the directives contain in that profile, nothing more...

• ... at a guess, you're installing from disc media, and often there
  is a win32 install helper process that 'hangs around' (keeps running)
  in the background, even though the installation process itself has
  seemingly completed successfully. A something named 'idriver.exe' is
  an example of such. Usually speaking, and then only if the installation
  process appears to have completed properly, it's safe to click on the
  'Quit Bottle' button in the Bottle Manager if this happens -- that
  should allow the -crossover- installer to complete it's tasks successfully
  as well. Alternately, you could use the 'Run Command' function of the
  Bottle Manager, and run the command taskmgr ; that will popup the
  windows-like task-manager GUI, where you can view which processes are
  still running, and kill the appropriate one accordingly...

..hope this helps...

Cheers!

yep, you should be able to just quit the bottle or if necessary force quit the bottle through the crossover bottle manager. Then apply the patch and attempt to play it again.
let us know how it goes.

Thanks very much guys.
After reading through the links you suggested I spent an hour or two trying to get it to work - no dice.
I then navigated to the forum for fallout3 - saw the references to parallels - got a trial version of that and it worked first time, no glitches, no crashes, straight out of the box and i played it for two hours with no issues. AWESOME!

Thanks very much for your time and responses