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How to Fix the Infinite Loading Screen Problem in Fallout: New Vegas

With the Corona-19 virus curbing my outdoor activities I decided to have another go at playing Fallout: New Vegas on PC. For this play through I bought the game anew from GOG.com. GOG has done an excellent job of fixing most of the bugs, crashes and other problems that continue to plague the version of the game available from Steam. One intermittent problem that remains, however, is an an infinite loading screen. When this happens the actual game will not launch and game play cannot continue. Very annoying.

A simple work-around for this problem is to start a new game. Note that you’ll want to retain any saves you may have to this point. You’ll wake up Doc Mitchell’s house where you’ll once again be guided though creating your character. It doesn’t matter whether you create the same character or not. When Doc Mitchell is done with you and you’ve regained control of your character create a hard save at this point. Now, next time you encounter a loading screen that goes on forever, restart the game and load that save. Once in the game you can simply reload one of your old saves.

Good hunting!

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ICare says:

Not a fix, just a dumb workaround, that stupid nerd modder forum nexus ruined my game with their useless 4gb patch.

dfgf says:

That’s the worst “fix” I’ve ever heard.

iceflatline says:

Agree. Perhaps “work around” would be a better term.

Icare says:

Yes my previous comment had a lot of frustration but if you want a real fix: use the anti crash patch with nv mod loader..that fixes it. But the 4gb patch still remains useless.

iceflatline says:

Thanks, Icare. Yes, in hindsight the word “fix” was probably a poor choice. Anyway, thanks for offering the another solution.

Heiner says:

Thanks a lot! I’ve got trouble installing the fix, so this is just perfect for me. I mean, sucks to have such a bug, but at least I can play the game :-)

iceflatline says:

Heiner, thanks for the kind words. You’re welcome!

fgtranime says:

Just got all the DLCs and this happened your solution work like a charm

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