BUG Black Screen. I just found a solution; compatibilty mode. Go to OSProgram Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonFallout. In the Fallout folder, click falloutwHR.exe (the other one is classic mode, which doesn't have issues) then rightclick and select Properties, then the Compatibility tab. Enable compatibility mode for Windows 95. Jun 27, 2017  Fallout 1 not working. Black screen.(Windows 10) When I load up the game, the audio is playing but its just a black screen. How do I fix this? Showing 1-6 of 6 comments. Another way to run it is to go to the game in the steam client (not double click on the icon) and atthe top left click the blue play button and it should give the option.

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I want to revisit Fallout 1, because I've never finished it. Time has passed and I'm on Windows 7 x64. I know the site No Mutants Allowed, however there's so much content there that I just feel utterly lost. Which patches (official or community) and mods should I install in order to improve how this game runs on Windows 7 on a modern machine and also fix the old bugs, etc.?

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Although I am looking for general answers, I actually already own the whole Fallout collection (F1, F2, FT) localized in my native language and would prefer to use that instead of having to buy the games again.

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I asked this question, because I remember when I tried to run this game on Windows 7 a year ago or so and failed, if I remember correctly I was getting a black screen.

After completing Fallout: New Vegas earlier this year I felt an enormous urge to sink in the post-apocalyptic world again and decided to finally finish Fallout 1 & 2 (I have played both when they came out, but I was a different type of gamer back then and never finished either), however remembering the issues I faced previously I figured I'd ask first. Shadur's answer is OK if you don't own the games already, but I do, so I didn't want to re-purchase them. Instead I decided to give it a try on my own again and here's what I came up with...

First of all, for some people your antivirus software may complain about trojans and other nasty things in some executables on the DVD. I am using NOD32, but I saw other users report the same issue with different antivirus solutions. My copy of the game is legitimate and bought in a game shop from official distribution, so this is a false alarm (I hope! :P). It's best if you disable the antivirus for the duration of game installation.

Run the installer with administrative privileges. So instead of letting the autorun program deal with the installation, close it and start the installer manually by running it as administrator. Then proceed normally.

The latest official version of the game is 1.2, which sadly still has bugs. That is why it's great to have a vibrant community and Fallout always had that (and still has)! Modders have released several unofficial patches to the game, so go to No Mutants Allowed and grab the newest one you can find that suits your version of the game (usually 1.3.4). Just unpack it to the folder where you have the game installed overwriting any files it asks you about.

Because we're on a modern machine, it would be good if the game could look a little bit better. You should get something called Sfall with the community patch. It's a modification that will allow you to run Fallout through DirectX 9 instead of DirectDraw, letting you to change the resolution and scale the graphics through the use of some scaling filters (known from console emulators, such as ZSNES). This one didn't work well for me, when I tried to run the game in a higher resolution in fullscreen it would crash. Higher resolutions worked in windowed mode, but then the performance was sluggish. There is another option, however, namely the Fallout 1 High Resolution Patch 2.2b. It adds a new set of options on the main game screen and you'll be able to change the resolution there. In order to make it work with Sfall properly, I'd recommend setting Mode=0 in ddraw.ini, so that Sfall doesn't try to use dx9, HRP will change the resolution and color depth instead. Good settings are probably 1024x768@16bit, higher resolutions may make the dialog windows too small.

When you run the game, it's probably good to do that with administrative privileges, just in case.

And that's it! The game runs very well on my Windows 7 x64, the performance is excellent and I didn't encounter a single crash yet. I am playing at 1024x768 resolution and have set HRP to resize the ingame movies while maintaining the aspect ratio. You should really review ddraw.ini (for Sfall) and f1_res.ini (for the High Resolution Patch) and modify the settings to your liking.

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Your best bet is probably to drop $6 on GOG.com and download a fully patched and fixed-for-windows-7 version of Fallout 1. As for community patches, I can only recommend you check NMA's forums and rating lists as that sounds like very subjective value judgement.

I can assert from experience that Fallout and Fallout 2 are perfectly playable without said community mods and patches, though.

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I recently got a copy on Steam and installed a Fallout FIXT mod (NMA thread). To my taste, it includes all I wanted, most notably:

• Crash fixes;
• Wasteland Ghost's Fallout 1 Restoration Project - adds content originally disabled/unfinished in F1;
• High resolution patch;
• sfall, a way to control game speed and use mouse wheel in inventory (sic!). Yes, once there was a version that worked with Fallout 1.

It runs fine on Windows 7/x64.

I have successfully installed Fallout 1 and 2 on a Windows XP Virtual Machine only with the official patches. It works fine, except for the usual Fallout 1&2 problems.

I use VM Ware Workstation, but I guess you can also get any other open source virtualization solution. The system requirements are very low and even an old computer can emulate it.

I like this solution best, because it works and I do not have to install some weird 3rd party patches or tools, plus even if the game crashes, which is quite often, only the virtual system will be affected.

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I've been playing and modding Fallout 4 since it first came out. What is weird - and something I've just put up with this whole time - is an issue I'm having with the startup of the game.

Without any mods installed, with just the base game, I have an inordinately long startup or black load screen time before the main menu comes up. I've clocked it between 5 and 8 minutes long before. With mods installed (I usually run about 100 to 180 mods at a time), this load time can increase and even be between 7 to 15 minutes long.

The reason why I've put up with it for so long is this only happens when I run the game the first time. The load times between cells in-game are fast and snappy. However, if I have to close the game and reopen it for any reason, such as a CTD, then I have to sit and twiddle my thumbs a while.

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I've Googled this issue many times in the past, and it seems no one else has reported this issue. Most people complain about long load times in-game, not before getting to the game. I don't have problems with long load times in-game, just on startup.

Here are my specs:

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit OS

AMD Phenom II X4 850 Processor 3.30 GHz

RAM 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti