I've been busy playing Fallout 3 for the last few weeks. I'm playing the GOTY edition on Steam. After some troubleshooting at first I was able to launch and play the game without any issues for a significant while up until now. Altough the game launches without any issues the problem comes in once I click "Continue" on the main menu and click "Yes" to load the last saved game. The game then suddenly crashes. I'm still new to gaming and computers so I'm not 100% certain how to troubleshoot this. Any help would be much appreciated.

Some extra info that might help:

Mods: None

Laptop make and model: Lenovo LOQ15IAX9

OS: Windows 11

Processor: intel Core i5-12600HX

Graphics: NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3050 6GB

Thank you in advance

I have been trying to get Fo3 working, but it hasn't worked so far. First I downloaded the Intel HD graphics Bypass package, then I went to the properties for both fallout3.exe and the fallout3.exe launcher, and set them to run in compatibility mode for windows 8, and run as an adminstrator. I then tried to download the Fallout Anniversery Patcher, ran the anniversery patcher, and when I try right now, it says the game is already patched. I then double checked to run it as an adminstrator. None of it worked, and I am unsure what to try exactly, as the game crashes as soon as I press play on the launcher.

My processor is a 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13950HX (2.20 GHz)
My Windows edition is Windows 11 Enterprise
These are the videos I used as references for downloading the mods I listed, which I am listing in the order I watched them. Other than what I listed here, my game is unmodded:
https://youtu.be/zwb0Gijaj2A?si=WWhYifr9E7zFCogl
https://youtu.be/biMzj2-BOsg?si=cEntYqHqt_Hx63XP
https://youtu.be/9D9QTzezKRQ?si=c2R2J5U1UmDiu4rD
I don't really know what to do from this point, and I have no idea what else I could do.
(Update: I just bought it on GOG, and that has allowed it to load, so that’s good)

Same happens with Murphy after selling him Sugar Bombs.

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or does* not is does

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(I translated this text from my native language into English using Google Translate, so I apologize if anything doesn't make sense.)

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Merchant

• Enclave Armor
• Chinese Assault Rifle
• 5.56 mm Round
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Guard

• Enclave Armor
• Enclave Helmet
• Chinese Assault Rifle
• 5.56 mm Round
• 10 Stimpacks

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Fallout 3 GOTY Edition : Version 1.11

Downloaded from : Epic Games (Using Heroic Launcher for Linux)

Edit : It's now fixed along with another bug. See here https://steamcommunity.com/app/22370/discussions/0/4354494062098214593/

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(Shot from my playthrough.)