Judging from some old posts, there even used to be a 'secret' folder where DLCs would reside. GFWL is kept there for some online functionality but activating CD keys is not one. Copy protection is handled directly through Steam according to this article(1). As I said, Bethesda changed the way some things work with this game. Let it do it.Ī small note on why I don't believe this is circumventing copy protection. It will offer to also disable an entry in the game's menu which is tied to GFWL. Press only the button which disables GFWL ( or G4FL as they call it). Now the 'Run Command' and choose the 'Games for Windows LIVE Disabler.exe' file from Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Fallout 3 goty Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Fallout 3 gotyįrom this same folder, you need to copy the file Fallout_default.ini to the folder the launcher created at step 1) and rename it to Fallout.ini To do this you need the open Tools -> Manage Bottles then click on the Fallout 3 bottle, press the 'Open C: drive' button and navigate to It won't work *Ĭopy it to the game's install folder. On Mac OS X this will probably be /Users/$USER/My Games/Fallout3 On Linux this might be either $HOME/My Games/Fallout3 or $HOME/Documents/My Games/Fallout3 Press the 'Play' button to run the launcher which will create the folder where the game will keep its save files and configuration data. The 1% requires you to use a tool which disables GFWL(more on this later) and adjusting a configuration file with a text editor.ġ) Click on the big green button which downloads the crosstie to your computer and let CrossOver deal with installing Steam and the game. The new crosstie that I've created takes you 99% of the way. I do not know exactly when some of the changes were made by Bethesda but now it's easier to get this game to work on Linux (and Mac probably) as a consequence.

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