Fable TLC Profile Problem Fix

[Dark Drakan]

Thanks to eumesmo12e for researching this fix and posting about it. This solution is for anyone who has been having Fable TLC crash when they have tried to load a profile or at the menu. Only way they could get around it before is to keep deleting the profile over and over. However thanks to eumesmo12e we now have a solution.

Originally Posted by eumesmo12e

Its a problem related to K-lite Codec Pack. To solve it:

1 - Uninstall K-lite Codec Pack
2 - Delete your profile.bin (my documents\my games\fable\saves\yourpro filename)
3 - Play normally

But, if you need K-lite Codec Pack installed, after the steps above, do this:

1 - Installed K-lite Codec Pack
2 - Using notepad, create a c:\fable.bat file with this in it:

@ echo off
cd "\Program files"
if exist "K-Lite Codec Pack" ren "K-Lite Codec Pack" "K-Lite Codec Pack.old"
"C:\Program files\Microsoft Games\Fable - The Lost Chapters\Fable.exe"
if exist "K-Lite Codec Pack.old" ren "K-Lite Codec Pack.old" "K-Lite Codec Pack"

3 - Create a shortcurt to c:\fable.bat and put it in your desktop. Delete the old shortcut to fable and just use this new one

Thats it.

Can Read More About It Here: Lionhead Community - TLC profile problem.

[firemarshal]

I would like to ask for help fishing I cant get nastro sheld to coplelt the set Iam playing fable tlc/pc

[xSiLeNtxD34tHx]

Do you have a fishing pole?

[textyrael]

Originally Posted by Dark Drakan

Thanks to eumesmo12e for researching this fix and posting about it. This solution is for anyone who has been having Fable TLC crash when they have tried to load a profile or at the menu. Only way they could get around it before is to keep deleting the profile over and over. However thanks to eumesmo12e we now have a solution.



Can Read More About It Here: Lionhead Community - TLC profile problem.

i didn't understand any of that, what is k-lite codec?
how do i make a fable.bat file?
what new exe.?
can someone explain this so its easier to understand?

[Dark Drakan]

Originally Posted by textyrael

i didn't understand any of that, what is k-lite codec?
how do i make a fable.bat file?
what new exe.?
can someone explain this so its easier to understand?

The K-Lite Codec pack is the following:

K-Lite Codec Pack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Codec Guide: K-Lite Codec Pack and other useful stuff

If you have it installed then its best to Uninstall it then Uninstall Fable and then reinstall Fable without the Codec and see if it works.

Lionheads site suggests the following...

Not to use media codec packages like K-lite and instead of them download and install only the codecs you need directly from their developers.

eumesmo12e said he did the following.

Originally Posted by eumesmo12e

Using notepad, I created this "c:\fable.bat":

@ echo off
cd "\Program files"
if exist "K-Lite Codec Pack" ren "K-Lite Codec Pack" "K-Lite Codec Pack.old"
"C:\Program files\Microsoft Games\Fable - The Lost Chapters\Fable.exe"
if exist "K-Lite Codec Pack.old" ren "K-Lite Codec Pack.old" "K-Lite Codec Pack"

Now, I just call this fable.bat and it renames k-lite folder and re-renames it after I get out of the game. I dont need uninstall and install nothing anymore and its fast! Problem "solved"!

[xxXDETHXxx]

Hey me is new. i am having a prob when ever i try on clicking on fable to play is says A problem occurred initializing DirectDraw. Hardware acceleration may be disabled, please run DXDIAG. PLEASE HELP.

[JohnDoe]

Originally Posted by xxXDETHXxx

Hey me is new. i am having a prob when ever i try on clicking on fable to play is says A problem occurred initializing DirectDraw. Hardware acceleration may be disabled, please run DXDIAG. PLEASE HELP.

This is an unrelated problem.

1. Your hardware sucks so much that it can't play Fable (I don't think this is the case, mine sucks and I can still play), or
2. There is something else using DirectDraw, or
3. Hardware acceleration may be disabled and you need to run dxdiag like it tells you.

Do you use XP? Run dxdiag by going to the start menu, run, typing in "dxdiag" and pressing enter. Seriously, it's that easy.
Vista? Same thing, but with a search bar. I've not used Vista so I'm unfamiliar with where this is.

Errr, oops. Super-late reply, sorry guys.