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* Some sound clips get stuck and loop until very far away from source. Possibly due to bumping the ~,which opens the console to input cheats, directly above the TAB. * Player stuck unable to move, HUD also missing. * Game sometimes crashes on exiting with a send/don't send error report. * VATS - related severe performance issues. * Memory leak related to excess processes, on-board sound card, and/or SLI. * Game crashing when 'Play' is pressed in the launcher splash screen (discuss specific issues/solutions on Talk:Fallout_3_bugs). * Game crashing when 'New Game' is pressed in the main menu (related to ffdshow - adding fallout3.exe to the exception list off directshow audio/video apparently fixes this, but still remains an issue with others). * Disk unable to be read, viewed or otherwise seen as media on some DVD drives such as a Sony DRU-720A. * Sudden crash to desktop without a send/don't send error report. * after speaking with silver in springvale, cannot find moriarty anywhere As such, I didn't know it was a bug that would affect anything. * Related to the previous bug: The robots actually flew through the air and died at my feet as I entered the town for the first time. A reload to an earlier save did NOT correct this issue. * During the Big Trouble in Big Town quest, after bringing Red and Shorty back to Big Town, when presented with the option to defend the town by repairing the damaged robots, the game will glitch and the robots will not be in the town. * Unable to proceed past the book when you are a baby. * Missing head/face in haircut screen - using the robot in the Megaton house to change appearance, you can still make the change in appearance, but you cannot preview what the change will look like because your face is missing * It is possible to get 'stuck' between rocks with no way of escaping (jumping, crouching, etc.) User can fast travel to escape (if no baddies near by.) There is a section on their site for all three platform issues

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