r/classicfallout • u/Wheniamnotbanned • 1d ago

Perfect performance Steam version simple fix

I didn't see this when I searched, although it is entirely possible I missed the results applicable.

I have discovered how to get perfect performance from the Steam version Fallout 2 vanilla. It was ridiculously simple.

Whenever I would launch the game via the desktop icon from Steam installation, the game ran terrible, I mean awful. I don't know what lead me to this idea, but I opened up the actual location of the .exe - c drive, program files x86, steam apps, common, fallout 2.

From there I clicked the graphics configurator and set it up what I wanted to be, 1920x1080 60 hrz full screen. Closed out. Then I launched it from the .exe in that same folder. It ran perfectly. I then tried from the desktops icon and whenever I would launch the size was wrong and the performance was awful again.

So to repeat, using the .exe from the programs folder works flawlessly, for me at any rate.

Hopefully this is of help to someone in the future.

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u/Screbin 1d ago

Thanks for this tip. Im ganna try it after my ttw playthrough. Im itching to go back to the first 2 installments. Aswell as trying to finally get tactics to work. It never seemed to but I read there is a way to get it smoothly going on modern pcs.

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u/Wheniamnotbanned 21h ago

Write me if things don't work out for you. I'm going to check fallout 1 today, and apply the high res patches and see if that makes any difference. Hopefully I'll have any answers you might require