[V1.03] Fast travel broken

ProtoQBit · May 23, 2015

[V1.03] Fast travel broken

Description:
Trying use the Fast Travel to any other "zone" than the one I am currently in crashes the game. To prevent misunderstandings I will restate: Using Fast Travel in the same "zone" works fine, it is only trying to leave it for another that crashes the game to the desktop.
For instance; Crow's Perch to Hanged Man's Tree works fine, but trying to leave the zone via any location crashes the game irrespective of which zone I choose as destination.
I am currently stuck in Velen/Novigrad, I am trying to get to Skellige. The game crashes during the narration piece by Dandelion during the loading screen - let's call it a cutscene henceforth for brevity's sake. I have ruled out that it could be linked that that specific cutscene, as it crashes when I try to travel to any other zone as well.

Narrowing the problem down:

- It cannot be because of corrupted game files: I have verified game files, GoG Galaxy claims everything is shipshape. Additionally, I have gone though my backlog of Manual Saves - 20 hours of playtime ago, Fast Travel to Skellige works fine with nothing altered in my setup, I simply loaded an older save.
- It cannot be because of graphic settigns: Basically because of above reason, but I also tested it. Swapping between various states for the game window did nothing. VSync made no change. Frame limiting, also nothing.
- It cannot be because of a background application: Again, the Fast Travel works with an older save. Also, the only background applications I have running when I play the game are GoG Galaxy and my anti-virus.
Links to the same problem around the web:

- https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/36ewbt/official_bug_thread/criur7t (Not entirely the same problem, but...)
- https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/36ewbt/official_bug_thread/criamxf
- https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/36ewbt/official_bug_thread/crgr96j
- https://steamcommunity.com/app/292030/discussions/0/613958868352509445/
- https://steamcommunity.com/app/292030/discussions/0/617335934150920467/

Hardware specifications:

CPU: Intel i7-4790k
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970
Memory: 16GB 1866Mhz
I have not overclocked anything myself and am unsure if there are any factory overclocks in effect.

Software information and Crash Log:

Platform: PC - Win7; GoG Galaxy
Game version: v1.03
NVidia Graphics Driver: 352.86
Crash Log:

Red Engine Crash Log
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Build: Not Set [ Compiled May 20 2015 ]

Crash reason: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (3221225477), Error writing location 0x00000000

Crashed Thread:

Thread ID: 4128

callstack:
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0xb219fb - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0xb1d113 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0xb1ca4a - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x176b - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x3fad5 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x1bfd19 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x92237f - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x9225eb - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x9225eb - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x921be6 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x921c12 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x921c12 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x921c12 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x77581c - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x69adf6 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x1d156f - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x1c3b83 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x69d865 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x69a566 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix2x4<float>:

repend() + 0x111356 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0xaeb41 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix2x4<float>:

repend() + 0x10be2a - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0xaee47 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0xa66 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0x21cfd - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0xcc9 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0xdbc - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix2x4<float>:

repend() + 0x269498 - <Unknown File>(0)
BaseThreadInitThunk() + 0xd - <Unknown File>(0)
RtlUserThreadStart() + 0x21 - <Unknown File>(0)

Debug Information
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Commandline: "D:\Games\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\bin\x64\witcher3.exe"

Thread ID: 3836

callstack:
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0xb15437 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix4x4<float>::SetIdentity() + 0xb27bb0 - <Unknown File>(0)
Scaleform::Render::Matrix2x4<float>: