Fallout 3: PC Broken Steel DLC has error after download

I’m afraid I’m getting the same error. I tried to download twice so far, even reinstalled Fallout 3 completely thinking that was the problem, no luck.

I’ve been so keen to get this DLC and now I’m just disappointed

Yup. I just downloaded this myself and received the same error message. When will the bugs end already with this game? I would much rather have to wait longer so they could correct their scripting than have errors in downloading the DLC on the release day.

Same problem here, after I updated GFWL, it doesn’t give the error message but gets stuck while trying to install it..

Same error here.

Also getting the error, just bought more points to download it too. :/

Don’t buy more points. It turns out Broken Steel has been removed from Marketplace. Hopefully, they’re trying to repair this embarrassment.

Yup, pulled from the marketplace.

Hopefully I didn’t waste 12.50 to get the points needed to purchase the DLC.

Ok, well I still see it on the marketplace, don’t know if its fixed.

Also shoot me down in flames here, is the XBOX download the same as the PC one?!?!?

Thanks in advance

Nope, seems the Xbox gamers are playing it right now, with no game breaking bugs. :]

God i’m really beginning to loathe Microsoft, so i shouldn’t download it from the XBox live website??

I think I’ve found another one for Games for Windows website, but seems as though its not available for download.

Thanks in advance

Think that’s bad, VATS has been fundamentally broken since the 1.1 patch was released in JANUARY. Bethesda seems to be devoted to screwing over PC users.

It’s a shame, Bethesda has some pretty good vision for gameplay but they don’t seem to check their code very well. I bought the PC copy just for the DLC’s, since Bethesda sold out anyone who had a PS3. It’s a little frustrating to give so much financial support to a company that still produces a bug-ridden product.

Jesus, it sounds like I’m talking about Microsoft. I guess I should go buy some stock in Bethesda.

I downloaded the DLC this morning as soon as it was released in my time zone, have spent and entire day trying to get the thing to work. It wont install for me but I have a diffrent error I get HRESULT 0x0800B0003. TO tell you the truth I personally think Bethesda should seriously reconsider jumping into bed with microsoft on the whold GFWL system, not one of the updates has worked. I mean come on the first one Operation Anchorage was unplayable unless the Fallout 3 game was installed on the C drive. It was this reason that why the registry was invented and the fact that microsoft cant even program that into the GFWL system shows how half arsed their mickey mouse operation is. After this update I have decided to call it quits with the GFWL system what a waste of money it has been!

Actually, Bethesda is saying it’s GFWL’s fault, since it’s an error code relating to it.
And I bought Fallout for PC for the same reason, and I’m sick of this DLC madness.

lost 20+ hours on oblivion due to bugs, lost count how many hours on fallout 3 and now after waiting ages for bs (brokensteel not b*** s**t or maybe it is!) that dont work either! i agree with jon, bethesda should just take more time to perfect the games rather than rip us off and waste our time!!!

I found a solution on here :
http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/sidebar/909182374/26871235/broken-steel-launch-woes-spur-fan-fallout.html

If you bought and tried to download the DLC before they took it of GFWL , look under My Media, and then History. You’ll see Broken steel and a blue arrow, click on that arrow. It downloads, installs, works fine. Hooray!!!

So guys any update on “fixed” steel yet? I was starting to think it was just my machine that could not download it and i was getting a bit mad I have played alot of fallout 3 (with the new patch) and i have yet to encounter some hardcore bugs that screws my gamer over Could anyone tell me what all this whine is about the bugs in the new patch(s). The only thing was that VATS got black every now and then and you had to aim without seeing the model your aiming at

Thanks alot!
A gamer that dont know shit about comps

I downloaded the Broken Steel dlc and it seemed to go smoothly, although I was not in the room for the last few seconds. Contrary-wise, when I went to play it it was nowhere to be found! Did the error message pop up and then disappear? Any word on a date for the fix on this or if we’ll get credit for being hosed?

This may be like the problem with Operation Anchorage, what drive is windows installed on and what drive is fallout on? if they are not in the same drive there is the chance that the registry entries have not been fixed therefor the game will not recognise the update

They honestly just need to stop using Games for Windows Live.

the problem has been fixed now, and ive been playing for 3 hours without a single crash! good times!

I’m not getting those errors but I am getting errors. The first one I noticed is that the texture for the right hand glove for the hellfire armor is missing. The one other error is that during the Old Olney quest, after entering the destroyed room where you first fight the Enclave soldiers, I go through the next door and it doesn’t stop loading, I waited hours and nothing happened so now I can’t continue Broken Steel

In my case, just launching the game results in a crash. The test pattern comes up and a second later *blink*.

After the initial problem with the download the addition has been “relatively” problem free. Here are the glitches that I’ve noticed:
1.)Difficult to use Dogmeat. The game wants to send him home, and since the Broken Steel Download Instead of the “Let’s go!” or whatever, my only choice is “Goodbye Dogmeat” 2.)The game IS erratic at loading, but not dramatically so, 3.) When exiting the game I ALWAYS get a freeze-frame and have to shut down my computer by turning off the power, although Control, Alt, Delete sometimes works.4.) the new bad guys are sometimes virtually impossible to kill. Have hit a Ghould Reaver 7 or more times with the alien blaster to no good effect 5.) Perhaps not a glitch, but be alert, after you hit level 24 all of the major bad guys become exponentially harder to kill, esp the Deathclaws6.) The weapon Id no.s do not seem to work with keyboard commands. So, if you want to hand Charon a Perforator, it’s your one and only.

On a different note, I wistfully wish that Broken Steel had been a true expansion pack. A new large area of wasteland with settlements, and say five highly populated Enclave bases to clear by plain frontal assault. The use of the occaisional motorcycle would have been great. In other words bring in a lot of the Halo game elements.

Big question, any other great games with controls similar to Fallout 3? I am a horrible typist, and the keyboard directional controls are extremely hard for me. Is a joystick feasable? I used to be a gamer jock but fell out of touch dring the 90′s and never mastered the XBOX type controller.(laugh it up guys, but I’d have kicked your but at arcade game and pinball during the 80′s)

actually my problem is different, the problem for mine isthat when i wake up from the coma nothing happens it just stays there, the screen isnt frozen its just that nobady is there just the robot and he doesnt even do anything the only thing i can do to interact is press “E” and the only thing that does is make my character moan and i dont know what to do

hey,

i got broken steel and i have folloed everything that i was told to do. i cant go in the purefire myself i have to send lyons in. then when i wake up in the citedel (if i go in the purefire i wake up under the bed)(after lyons has been in the purefire)i wake up standing beside the bed and then when the old lyons guy comes in i cant speek to him i need help have i missed a file??

i hAd that problem send lyons in u may wake up standing beside the bed and old guy comes in i cant talk to him reply back if u fugure it out.,..

i have another error here when i finish the main game i start broken steel i can see the ceiling but nothing else happens i tried writing enableplayercontrols on the console but i cant move

I'm unable to access my fallout 3 broken steel content I downloaded months ago. The game just ends normal for my 360. I redownloaded the content and am still getting nothing. Just the same. no leveling up past 20. My downloads are to harddrive and the game is on disk. Can anyone give me a clue to what is up?