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Fallout SeriesWhat's the difference between the Steam and GOG version of Fallout 3?(21 posts)(21 posts)
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Posted June 20, 2018
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FireDrakeZ: Hello, I just bought Fallout 2, Fallout NV and Fallout Tactics during the GOG summer sale. However I already have Fallout 3 GOTY edition on steam as well as the base game on Xbox and didn't want to pay for a 3rd copy on GOG.

I was able to start Fallout 3 GOTY edition on steam by signing up with GFWL. Are there any patches you recommend for the steam edition you think I would need to avoid crashes? Thank you.
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Jack-Terrac: I personnally spent 2 years trying to make it work on steam, never succeeded. Reason why I bought it a 2nd time on GoG
If the Nexus unofficial patch, the 2 modified lines in the ini files (see my post above) and other fix you can find on the forums don't work, then it will probably never work on steam.
I wish you luck
I tried starting Fallout 3 GOTY recently but it initially wouldn't work n my Windows 10 PC, without first signing up with GFWL. Once I did that, I was able to start and begin the game. I am not sure if I will encounter other issues down the line, but at least I have been able to start and play the beginning of the game.

Perhaps you could also do this with your steam copy.

Anyways, if I do encounter issues with my steam copy down the line, I will just play the base version on my Xbox One X especially since it has been enhanced for that console. It just doesn't have the dlcs which never go on sale on Xbox.
Post edited June 20, 2018 by FireDrakeZ
Posted December 15, 2018
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pmc64: Did they just prepatch it with a xlive.dll to remove gfwl?
Basically the gog version works while you have too patch the steam version yourself
Posted December 19, 2018
take in consideration that GOG games are all well-adapted to run with your specs AND OS.

FO3 steam version crashes, freezes and even the compatibility mode is bugged (W8/W8.1/W10)

The GOG version seems to have fixed that.
Posted October 21, 2019
I have the steam version it works fine but have to put the parameters on the cfg file
Posted October 24, 2019
Does this GOG version of Fallout 3 run at 2560x1440 screen resolution?
Posted October 27, 2019
I'd love to revisit both 3 and FNV on my PC now however many years later.

I purchased FNV off steam in August, spent an entire weak tweaking settings, core restrictions, fps clamps, stutter mods/patches, etc. Never was able to get it to run without this camera stutter that made the game impossible to enjoy.

I was really curious if GOG threw any fixes in their files, but seeing as "bUseThreadedAI=1" and "iNumHWThreads=2" type tweaks didn't work for FNV, I doubt they'll work for F3 :(
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