Game crash during load (Mac)

[sicknantos]

Game crash during load (Mac)

I have a MacBook Pro (Retina) running Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8.2), a 2.6GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB 1600MHzDDR3 RAM memory, and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB video board. I have been playing The Witcher 2 without a problem up until now. Whenever I try to load a saved game once I reach the main menu, the entire game crashes. The screen that shows you your saves and which you'd like to choose from doesn't come up; when I choose Load Game form the main menu, the screen stays on the main menu, continues to play the menu music, then bombs out. I access The Witcher 2 via Steam, I use a wired XBox 360 controller via USB, and I always choose the optimum performance choices for my laptop (Low-spec, ideal resolution, etc.).

Again, this has never happened before now. I am currently in chapter two and in the middle of two quests: killing the harpy queen and finishing the succubus investigation.

Once in a while, the game will load, and that's when I try to get my gaming in, but the vast majority of the time it crashes when I try to load a saved game. What can I do to get my game back?

 

[tommy5761]

Are you using steam cloud for saving? If so then try disabling the cloud and then copy the saves that are there into whatever Mac uses for Documents>Witcher 2>saves

 

[sicknantos]

Are you using steam cloud for saving? If so then try disabling the cloud and then copy the saves that are there into whatever Mac uses for Documents>Witcher 2>saves

I was able to do that and get into my saves. I tried saving locally, but when I came to a point where I died, I tried loading the last save and the game crashed again. I am now having trouble getting back in again.

 

[tommy5761]

ok instead of loading your last save can you load any saves prior to the last one? Might also do a game cache integrity check if you haven`t done one already.

 

[sicknantos]

ok instead of loading your last save can you load any saves prior to the last one? Might also do a game cache integrity check if you haven`t done one already.

I tried a previous save when it crashed, but nothing changed. And my game cache always checks out okay.

What other things might cause this? I want to check any issues with the game before I start asking Steam techs if there's something that their client may be causing.

 

[sicknantos]

ok instead of loading your last save can you load any saves prior to the last one? Might also do a game cache integrity check if you haven`t done one already.

I've figured out what the problem was: my game was crashing because I had too many save files stored on my laptop. I deleted about 50 out of 70 and the game started up faster than it has recently, and my saves loaded without a problem.

I think others have had this problem from what I've read on the forums here, but I hope they check this before they go trying other things.

So to anyone else who reads this and is having the problems I described in earlier posts: try deleting old save files if your game keeps crashing!