Windows 10: Fable 3 on Windows 10

Ok, so I recently purchased a physical copy of fable 3 to play on PC


I quickly discovered that to install and run this game, you are required to install Games for Windows - LIVE which is currently outdated/unsupported. Through some research I found a potential fix - installing a remover which can be extracted to the games folder after uninstalling GFWL. I have tried this multiple times yet the game still tries to verify through GFWL...


Has anyone had this similar situation and managed to get this game running?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

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Fable 3 and the xbox play

I have Re-Installed fable 3 games for windows live using the cd I bought a few years ago,

I have installed the client Games for windows live and signed in, (as apparently it could still connect to the network to play fable 3)

I then done some research and found out it runs through steam as well (fable 3 is not on steam or atleast any more)

I signed in the xbox live in windows 10 as normal created a short cut to add the games to the list and it still doesnt work.

I still keep getting the error that it cannot connect I have run in admin mode as well to see if that helps an no go, the xbox live recognizes that I have played it in the past in 2015 but this does me know good, any suggestions would be appreciated

 

Fable 3 failed to install

Hello Austin,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per description, you are getting cyclic redundancy error while installing Fable 3 on your system.

I would suggest you to download the latest graphics card drivers from the manufacturer website.

You may also try installing the game in compatibility mode.
Follow these steps to install the game software in compatibility mode and check if that helps.

• Right-click on the game setup file and click on
  ‘properties’.
• Click on the ‘compatibility’ tab and check the box
  ‘Run this program in compatibility mode for’ and select (previous windows) operating system from the drop down menu and proceed with the installation. Once this is done, restart the computer and check if the issue persists.

Keep us posted if you face any issues on windows in future. We will be glad to help you.

 

Fable 3 and the xbox play

Am i right that doing this method is only to see if an app could conflict with fable 3 not installing correctly ? I'm asking because i do a lot of system scans to keep my system clean, but i think that disabling services or startup items as you suggest in
your method is only temporarily to check if there are conflicts, and does not change system settings Permanently. So it is trying each app/service after the other which could make problems, right?

Anyway, i don't need to do this method because i got Fable 3 to work now - not only by copying the fable 3 folders from my old windows installation. Maybe some people can be helped by my method to make the game work:

I copied all the fable 3 folders (also those from "Users"-"AppData") to my new windows installation (Savegame Transfer). Then i uninstalled fable 3, saved games remained after uninstall.

In the meantime, i installed another GamesForWindowsLive game: Batman Arkham City. This game worked (Verifying purchase date) by changing the computer's time to year 2012 or similar during the verify process.

Then, i made a clean fable 3 install, started the game and the Windows-Live-ID-Purchase-Date-Verifier passed directly and the GAME WORKS.

So, i think it really has something to do with the GFWL correctly installed and up-to-date, like suggested in other forums or guides.

By the way, download content in fable 3 is NOT working, is there anyone who could get this to work ?