Thank you that worked perfictly for me also.

I have also noticed that you can seclect in the same propertys you can have steam not auto update fallout.

NVSE at least will be updated soon. I'm not sure what can be done about Archive Invalidation.

Is everyone affected here so far running an ATI Card?
When was the last time you updated video card drivers?
I'm using a Radeon HD4800, and can load the game. But I am using the Cat10.9 drivers, holding off for 10.11.

@Moirai, yes, NVSE will need to be updated with each game .exe update.

I am using a Nvidia 460 with 260.99 drivers, win7 64bit
The only things I changed from my prepatch setup were removing the d3d.dll and nvse

once i remove the reference to archive invalidated.bsa in default ini or delete the bsa from Data i can load

nope an issue on friends computer running a fermi had the same issues. they are rockin the latest drivers from nvidia, creative (xfi) and thier asus mobo.

My FONV is still fuffxxxxxhored rite now

Thanks. Just spotted that. The NVSE guys have said they should have an update later this evening.

The problem for me it turns out was the 'ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated!.bsa' entry in the default ini, as others have mentioned. Remove that, and it's fine. That's rather annoying, but I need to do more testing.

Running an nVidia GTS250 with latest drivers, just for the record though.

removing 'ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated!.bsa' from the ini resolved the appcrash for me too

same but is there any workaround to get it functioning again or are we all going to have to go back to archive invalidation.txt ? I honeslty don't see them fixing this with any sense of urgency

Is there any way to automatically generate the archive invalidation.txt?

Finally got my game working after total re-install and patch update, archiveinvalidate.bsa is not causing me any problems, mods are working, the only thing broken that I see so far is NVSE, but that's down to the creators to update it, performance is certainly better, got rid of the D3D9 fix, not needed anymore.

Specs

AMD AM3 quad core 3.0ghz
4 gig system memory
HD5870 1 gig vid memory

Same problem for me as well. It svcks, but at least I'm not the only one. Maybe it will get fixed... ha.

Fixed it for me. Curses. I have really enjoyed invalidated.

newb question here: new to windows 7, have no idea where to find this invalidation file that i'm supposed to zap. heck, i can't even find the actual exe file and that's after combing everything just trying to figure out where Steam put the game on my pc (found most of the FONV files in steam apps),

So where is this thing in Win 7?

Newbs tend to install to C:, so C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\fallout new vegas\

i can confirm Archiveinvalidated is the problem.


so no body replacers or any mods that require any other textures over the default ones.


Nice job Obsidian/Bethesda for taking an incredibly mod friendly game and cutting it's Balls off.

Can fix by moving the ArchiveInvalidated.bsa entry and both fallout texture.bsa after the fallout meshes.bsa

mine looks like this now in fallout_default.ini and it seems to be working

SArchiveList=Fallout - Meshes.bsa, Fallout - Voices1.bsa, Fallout - Sound.bsa, Fallout - Misc.bsa, AII-FNV!.bsa, Fallout - Textures.bsa, Fallout - Textures2.bsa

That did it for me! I just copied that exact line and the game starts and runs fine with all of my mods, including body/texture mods. Thanks!

^this

everything works like a charm again. all my mods and everything

Okay, so I've been running NV with no probs up until now and of course, the new patch caused the game to refuse to start. Running with a Radeon 5850 in Vista. Anyways, after much frustration, here's what I did to get it going again:

1. I deleted the two .ini files in my documents/mygames/fallout NV
2. Edited the default.ini in the MAIN Fallout NV folder to use: SArchiveList=Fallout - Meshes.bsa, Fallout - Voices1.bsa, Fallout - Sound.bsa, Fallout - Misc.bsa, AII-FNV!.bsa, Fallout - Textures.bsa, Fallout - Textures2.bsa -- just as some previous posters suggested.
3. Lastly, ran the "file verification" via Steam which found a few files missing and updated them accordingly.
4. Ran the game and it booted right up with archiveinvalidationinvalidated.bsa (or AII-FNV.bsa) and all of my mods, exactly as they were before the new patch.
5. Turn off Steam Auto-Updates.

Anyways, I hope this helps ppl still experiencing recurring problems with the launch of their game! In the meantime, it's back to the Wasteland for me.

maelstrom post above thanks for the help

SAME PROBLEM HERE..

No doubt we are going to have to wait 2+ months to play the game we payed for now because they are so slow with releasing fixes

This is pathetic!


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Application Name: FalloutNV.exe
Application Version: 1.2.0.285
Application Timestamp: 4cd9d70b
Fault Module Name: FalloutNV.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.2.0.285
Fault Module Timestamp: 4cd9d70b
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00ac12ce
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Locale ID: 3081
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Same here. I deleted ini files, validated localfiles and game keeps crashing. First it crashed at launcher, but now when trying to continue game... crash.

If your using windows 7 most likely it's because game files that affect the game settings are stored in your virtual store file and no matter what you do to some of your game files the virtual store folder files override the game files. Uninstalling the game usually does not delete these files. location:.. users/[your name]/App Data (hidden folder)/local/virtual store. Delete any game files associated with Fallout New Vegas from this folder. Installing the game directly to C: will keep this from happening.

Thanks from the tip, but no go. Still keeps crashing.

Applying the .bsa reordering in the ini worked for me as well. whew... I started getting worried there.