Post #2314980

2026-04-22 01:36 UTC

I never played new Vegas. I hadn't played a fallout game since fallout 2. I bought new Vegas when it was on steam sale for $0.99. I was having fun playing, exploring the wastes. Got about 20 hours into it and now it won't open. Game crashes as soon as i click load save. So disappointing. I finally get to new Vegas and meet mr house. And i can't do anything else.

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@scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2026-04-22 02:16

If you're on windows this is a relatively easy fix, I believe you're looking for the "4GB patch". I believe anyway. There's a patcher out there that fixes it up easy. I hate to say it but... Linux really shines here. The backwards compatibility is insane and it really does just work. If you have a deck it just sings, in fact the deck is one of the best ways to play the older games

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@kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-22 01:40

You absolutely have to play with mods. I'd recommend doing at least the basics of [Viva New Vegas](https://vivanewvegas.moddinglinked.com/). Sadly NV is old enough now and from that era where compatibility wasn't quite figured out yet. Thankfully, if you do the basic installation (and likely even the full install), you should be able to play your old save as it doesn't add any content to the game, just bug fixes and QoL features

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@Kolanaki@pawb.social 2026-04-22 02:19

As was mentioned a moment ago, you may need the 4GB+ patch if your system has more than 4 gigs of RAM, but it would also help to use the Unofficial Patch too.

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