Fallout 3 3gb enabler mod#
Fallout 3 3gb enabler drivers#
Fallout 3 3gb enabler driver#

Fallout 3 3gb enabler driver#

(The remainder of 4 GB is allocated to the kernel and can result in failing driver and service configurations. IncreaseUserVa can have a value ranging from 2048, the default, to 3072 (which matches the amount of memory configured by the /3gb boot option on Windows XP). * Fallout 3 with the /LARGEADDRESSAWARE:YES linker flag on 32-bit versions of Windows Vista, can address memory up to the number specified by the boot configuration data (BCD) element 'IncreaseUserVa'.

Fallout 3 3gb enabler drivers#

* Fallout 3 with the /LARGEADDRESSAWARE:YES linker flag on 32-bit Windows XP with the special /3gb * boot option can address up to 3 GB, ie an extra 1GB.(This however, limits the kernel to only 1 GB which may cause some drivers and/or services to fail- but not so much a problem with XP than Vista 32bit). * Fallout 3 (WITHOUT the 3gb switch and NOT large Address Aware) on 32-bit platforms can address up to only 2 GB. This additional virtual address space helps reduce the amount of memory fragmentation in the virtual address space of the Exchange information store process. On systems that have 1 GB or more of physical memory, these two startup switches (see below), can be used to allocate more memory to applications (3 GB) and less memory to the operating system (1 GB). Regardless of the amount of physical memory in your system, Windows uses a virtual address space of 4 GB, with 2 GB allocated to user-mode processes (for example, applications) and 2 GB allocated to kernel-mode processes (for example, the operating system and kernel-mode drivers). you also need to enable the '3gb switch' (except in Vista 64 bit). That is what this utility does it adds makes Fallout 3 'large-address-aware'. In general, enabling the /LARGEADDRESSAWARE flag is a good practice, which is not enabled in Fallout 3. (Info From Microsoft)Įnabling this large-address-aware flag for software allows a 32-bit program to access more memory (with special boot options on a 32-bit OS or on a 64-bit OS- see instructions below). It is a good practice to specify large-address-aware for 32-bit applications (such as Fallout 3), by using the linker flag /LARGEADDRESSAWARE, *even if the application is not intended for a 64-bit platform*, because of the advantages that are gained at no cost.

Read all about the original utility here. I (NMC) have simply tweaked the program to work with Fallout 3. The utility was originally programmed and released by MadBoris, for the game Supreme Commander. I am releasing this application as it may help with crashing and performance issues with Fallout 3, particularly when using my larger texture packs. (Thanks to creedofheresy for the information! Go into the save folder, and pull the files out of your profile, and put in just the SAVES folder, NOT the one for your profile. If the DLCs are already in the DATA folder: when starting up the game, go into data files on the launcher and check them again.

Fallout 3 3gb enabler mod#

*** This mod is not required if you are using the GOG version of FO3, as GOG have already made their release Large Address Aware *** NOTE: Not compatible with Games For Windows LIVE. FOSE from 1.1 beta 8 onwards is compatible with this mod