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Ok so I recently rebought both fallout 1 &2 (got the set on amazon for only $3.49). So heres where the weirdness kicks in. I do the huge install and I can play the game 1 time then next time I try to play it I get this error message
"C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\fallout2\fallout.exe is not a valid Win32 application".
Now Ive tried it in every comatability mode and Ive tried makeing the .exe file read only but still get the error happens with both fallouts btw. Ive tried installing them straight from the disk, and copying th disk to my hard drive then going from there and nothing. So if anyone out there can help me it would be awsome I just want to go kill me some muties .

just incase I put the specs here if youneed them. thanks.
I have windows Xp (think I have service pack 1)
2.8 amd xp precesor
1gig ram
nvidia FX 5200 ultra (newest drivers)
and and creative SB audigy (latest drivers)

when u could firstplay and stopped did u do anything else? that maught cause this error?

nope i just quit the game went and got something to eat then came back and it did it. Ive tried reinstalling abunch of times and it still happens. Itslike I can play it once right after the install but after I exit the game it just doesnt work anymore. I really wish this comapny want in financial trouble cause then maybe they would have made a fix for this.

after u installed did u remove every entries from fallout too?
maybe that could help but i will check for more options that's all i can think for now

yes, i uninstalled though add/remove programs then deleted all the left over files (saves and such) from my hard drive, then went into my registry and removed any trace of it ever beeing on my computer.

also from interplay?

yeah Ive deleted any trace of any interplay product even being on my computer. ha I hope that what you ment by the previous post.

hmm
if your game run once..and then quit's after

maybe a dll file is overwritten?
or something?

i mean after uninstalling and installing again u can play one time again right?>

or some variables aren't correct

paste the fallout.cfg file as wel if u please

yes for every time I install I can play the game once, I actually played it for about 4 hours then left my computer on all night with fallout 2 still running andin the morning I could still play. It seems the problem only starts after I exit out of the game. Heres the .cfg
****
[sound]
music_path1=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data\sound\music\
music_path2=D:\data\sound\music\

[system]
cdlock=D:\cdlock.dat
critter_dat=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\critter.dat
critter_patches=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data
master_dat=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\master.dat
master_patches=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data
art_cache_size=524
**** end of .cfg

looks alot shorter than the fallout 1 .cfg, but fallout 1 also gives me this same exact problem. by the way, thanks for helping me out man.

[debug]
mode=environment
output_map_data_info=0
show_load_info=0
show_script_messages=0
show_tile_num=0

[preferences]
brightness=1.000000
combat_difficulty=2
combat_looks=0
combat_messages=1
combat_speed=0
combat_taunts=1
game_difficulty=2
item_highlight=1
language_filter=0
mouse_sensitivity=1.000000
player_speedup=0
running=1
subtitles=1
target_highlight=2
text_base_delay=3.500000
text_line_delay=1.000000
violence_level=3

[sound]
cache_size=448
device=-1
dma=-1
initialize=1
irq=-1
master_volume=32767
music=1
music_path1=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data\sound\music\
music_path2=F:\data\sound\music\
music_volume=32767
port=-1
sndfx_volume=32767
sounds=1
speech=1
speech_volume=32767

[system]
art_cache_size=261
cdlock=F:\cdlock.dat
color_cycling=1
critter_dat=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\critter.dat
critter_patches=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data
cycle_speed_factor=1
executable=game
free_space=20480
hashing=1
interrupt_walk=1
language=english
master_dat=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\master.dat
master_patches=C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\data
scroll_lock=0
splash=1
times_run=5

this is my fallout.cfg

you got a very weird problem indeed

what is your operating system? and what programs have you running on it?


and no problem for the help it's my pleasure

My OS is Win Xp home, currently the only programs being run by me (not the system) are explorer, wuauclt (which I think is my sound), firefox (internet), and taskmgr. I dont have any patches installed for fallout 1 or 2 right now eather incase that means anything to you. maybe Ill try copy pasteing your .cfg into mine who knows. ok damn it that didnt work

ahh no patches that might be the problem

what patch would you recommend? Ive had some trouble finding them. Mostly Ive just been able to find alot of unnofficial patches and somethingcalled the children patch but my version has children in it so that last one seems useless.

every patch i think is at

http://www.nma-fallout.com

Do you have WinXP Service Pack 2 installed? I have had problems with several games after I installed it.

Thanks for the patch link man,Im hopeing to god this works.

I dont think I have service pack 2 because everytime I try to get it I get some kind of weird error from the microsoft site.

holy ****, seriously thats all I have to say. I installed fallout 2 patch and it still didnt work, so I completely cleaned all interplay products from my computer then reinstalled both fallout 1 and 2 did the patch and still had the problem. BUT then I cleared them out and reinstalled them again then patched them again (because Im a stuborned bastard) and it now both fallout 1 and 2 work fine, Im not going to question it because sometimes computers just dont make sense so Im just going to take it and run with it. So thanks Da_venom very much, this is possibly the weirdest problem Ive ever had with a computer game.

So just for future reference if anyone gets this problem just install, patch, uninstall, reinstall, patch ect. untill the damn thing works.

*edit*
ok maybe not, son of a *****. This time both fallouts worked afew times each but now Im gettingthe same error!!!

lol omg

if u don't know wich windows version you got

type winver in ms-dos or by start>run>winver

that sure is a weird problem

u got a legal fallout?

version of windows is
Microsoft Windows
version 5.1 (build 2600.xpsp2.040919-1003: service pack 1)

yeah I have legal fallout

eh ****ing damn problem

you have updated all your drivers?