install-fable-3.md

install-fable-3.md

These are the steps I took to install Fable 3 on my PC as of April 16, 2021.

Buy a Steam DRM Code from Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Fable-III-Online-Game-Code/dp/B00AR03O8I

Download Fable 3 in Steam

Go to Steam > Library > Add a Game > Activate a Product on Steam

Activate your new code and download Steam.

Fix Games for Windows Live

Fable 3 crashes on launch and that is due to some crap with Games for Windows Live.

So first, in Windows, go to Add or Remove Programs and remove the Games for Windows Live programs that Steam installed:

• Microsoft Games for Windows - LIVE Redistributable
• Microsoft Games for Windows Live Marketplace

Reboot (not sure if really necessary but I did it anyway).

Now we need to reinstall Games for Windows Live. A bunch of the other links I found online contained an installer that didn't work for me.

I used this link from archive.org for a working installer of Games for Windows Live.

Run the executable -- the install will fail and complain of a network error but DON'T CLOSE THE INSTALLER. There are two installer files that we need to install and closing the installer will remove them. The MSI files we need will be in the following folder:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\GFWLive\Downloads

If you press Command + R you can enter the following to open that location in File Explorer:

%APPDATA%\..\Local\Microsoft\GFWLive\Downloads

The two installers are named:

gfwlclient.msi
xliveredist.msi

Run both of the installers and you should have Games for Windows Live ready to go now.

As an extra step, I also opened the Games for Windows Marketplace app and logged into my Microsoft account. I'm not sure if that's necessary but I did it anyway.

Install the xlive.dll file:

In order to fully get Fable 3 working, I also had to install an xlive.dll file:

I got it from moddb.

Extract the 7z file and place xlive.dll in the Fable 3 game folder. If you installed Steam + Fable 3 in your C:\ drive then you would place xlive.dll in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fable 3.

Now it should be working

Feel free to comment on this gist if there were any issues encountered or if it didn't work for you.

Google Drive link:

I placed all of the files that my Windows machine needed in a Google Drive link if you decide to take the risk and trust me (I'm not malicious, but I guarantee nothing):

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YOjGTrn6V3xj_0vvaFcEbZUsKQMI8mpm?usp=sharing