Look at point 4 in this link http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=5333.0beebender said:
Firstly I would like to offer a big old thank you to Mobidoy, you should be getting paid for all the support yer offering, secondly I too am having issues with this game. Vista 32bit (If somebody could post a link telling me how to get rid off this buggy pos so I could reformat to xp it would be appreciated)3g ramintell core 2 cpu 2.13ghzNvidia geforce 7300gsAll the latest drivers,fixes and fun stuff.Crashes happen every 10 to 15 mins in chapter 1(dont have the patience to get further) Tried running the game at low medium and high settings, and on several differant resolutions, no luck. I will try to run it in a window when I get homesee if that will help.I cant get the game running on my second computer because of the "insert dvd" pop up. Which sucks cause that runs on xp :'(
you can look up here... it is not finished yet but should help http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=8809.msg218783#msg218783Guilty1 said:
Hello you all ^^I know many of you have been having problems with game locking up and/or CTDing when playing on vista, there's apparently a "fix" posted on a sticky, but that one does not apply for x64-based systems, and it seems to not always work... Anyway, after doing a search on the forums, I found a solution that was posted on a thread that seems to be long dead. Long story short, it worked for me and game hasn't locked up once since I did it. Here's what I did:First, changed the shortcut so that it executed witcher.exe instead of the pre-game menu, that is, the game will load immediately after I click on the shortcut.Second, went into properties and changed to winXP SP2 compatibility mode, and put on administrator rights for the game.So far, I've been able to play over 5 hours without a single lock up, so I guess it could be worth trying =)
Hey guys,Okay, somewhat of a small success, the crashing problem I am having only limits to chapters 2 and 3. Chapter 1 and 4 were perfectly fine, I played through 4 again and took my time and left literally no stone unturned, no barrel unopened and no enemy and side quest standing, and not once has the game crashed on me. Obviously I pushed my luck by going back to a save game of chapter 3, and there they were - the crashes. So to me it really seems like a memory leak within Vizima's city. I'll have a play around with my pagefile to see if that make a difference, and I'll have a look if I can find any more information about my .net issue on MSDN.
Hi All...I've tried everything to get this thing to run on Vista32, and it won't even start!Is patched to 1.2, have also patched to launcher, tried the BCDEdit thing ... (4GB RAM). I've tried everything in this thread and others, and nothing works for me.(HP A8180 Media Centre PC w/- Intel Core 2 2.66, 4GB RAM, Nvidia 8500 w/- 169.xx drivers)I might not be the smartest egg on the planet, but I like to think I'm not the dumbest (though I might easily be the worst speller), but why should I have to go to all this trouble to get this game to even start when it has the new "Game for Windows" with the Vista logo on it?!?!?!?!I guess that tells me something about how rigorous Microsoft's standards are for whether a game actually work with windows or NOT ...Can someone please tell me why I shouldn't take this game back and go completely postal at the poor innocent retailer?!?!?ThxCoder
I've applied the patch. I've done the 2800 thing. I've upgraded to the latest Nvidia drivers. I've tried compatability mode. Some of the other fixes listed in this thread are just too damn invasive to even consider. Is it too much to ask that a game just work?I can't get past the opening of Chapter 1. I finish the dog fight, I talk to yet another hot redhead, and then if I do anything after the conversation ends -- try to save, examine a dead body, etc. -- it crashes. Every time.C2D E4300 @ 2.832 GB RAM @ 6677900GS
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had it crash on me a couple times due to the same thing boots me to desktop program not responding blah blah and i get a prompt that my display driver has successfully recovered but i still cant fire up the game again without it crashing or giving me massive lag spikes.specs are64 bit vista8800 ultra (with latest driver)4 gigs of rami rifled through a few threads but couldnt find anything that seemed to apply, anyone got a clue?thanks
It worked 100s Thank you VERY much. Not only has it stopped the crashes, but the game runs much smoother...way more enjoyable to play now.Thanks again!rafiki6 said:
Best guess would be check your account settings and see what type of account you have setup i.e. are you on an administrative account...For myself I am getting the random crashes that being said the crashes seem to happen most often if I have a new journal entry or if I have a level up and then try and access the character sheet / journal / save etc :S.The way that works for me out of all these is to play in windowed then looks like (touch wood) no crashes so it's playable even if only on a part of my screen.mike- said: