I have a dual boot system I prefer to use XP. but a reinstalled it in vista, and it ran just fine. So I copied the vista Witcher files and pasted them over the XP install. Now it runs perfectly in XP. I even installed both of the new adventures, and no issues. So it obviously a detection error somewhere, as to what it relating too I have no idea.Oh and yes I am running a widescreen display Dell 24inch Ultrasharp.
Excuse my ignorance, but what is a MD5?TiLT said:NOW we're getting somewhere.TiLT said:Can you post the MD5 for your witcher.exe file? If it's different from ours, it would rock if you could make yours available to us so that we can play too.
Same prob here...Crash on startup - Tried turning down acceleration for audio, but still crashes, tried audio fix from the EAX-thread, still crashes...'Faulting application witcher.exe, version 1.4.5.1282, faulting module witcher.exe, version 1.4.5.1282, fault address 0x0042432a'AMD Turion64 X2 @ 2200MhzGeforce 8600GS newest driver etc.4 gig RAMon WinXP/64
Don't worry, it's not ignorance. MD5 is a somewhat advanced computer topic, so I'm not surprised you're not familiar with it.Cryocore said:
Here's what you should do:- Download MD5Deep at http://downloads.sourceforge.net/md5deep/md5deep-3.1.zip- Extract the md5deep.exe file to the folder where your witcher.exe can be found.- Open the command prompt (go to the start menu in windows, choose Run, type "cmd" and hit Enter.- Type "cd c:\program files\the witcher\system" (replace the path with the path where you installed the game) and hit Enter- Type "md5deep witcher.exe" and look at the results. You'll get a string of characters and numbers. Here's my MD5 for witcher.exe for example: 72f63761bed247a62a70e69033b07e13- Post the result here so we can see if there's a difference.Essentially, MD5 is a code generated based on the structure of a file. If even a single byte changes in the file, the MD5 code will be completely different. This is an easy way to see if two files are identical. Meanwhile, I'm downloading a DVD image of the enhanced edition so that I can see if the problem is in the patching process or in the game files themselves. This might take a while, but I'll post my results here when done.Yes I have, and no, it's not what's causing this problem. If this was the case, we'd get an error message notifying us that we're missing a Direct3D-related DLL-file, not a generic Windows crash. Windows has safeguards in place for things like these.Kamano said:Sorry to ask about that standard crap, but did everybody get an recent DirectX? ;DNo, I am serious! DirectX has nearly monthly updates, I think the latest is August 2008 or so. Just an idea...
I have an Asus widescreen running at 1680x1050.OS is XP x64 SP1 (yes I know, the minimum is supposed to be SP2)Tried upgrading from dx9.0c June 2008 to August 2008 but it didn't make a difference.Edit: also tried changing resolution in windows & in witcher registry key to 1280x960 to no avail.
Cheers72f63761bed247a62a70e69033b07e13Looks identical to yoursTiLT said:Don't worry, it's not ignorance. MD5 is a somewhat advanced computer topic, so I'm not surprised you're not familiar with it.TiLT said:
i have your same problemS:the gauntlet cursor turns into a black rectangular box some kind of button thing appears on the left side of the screen during video playbackthe game crashes after the video introBUT I SOLVED IT1. I have the EE file from 4players.de (it should have the same MD5 of yours)2. Uninstall the witcher2. Restart the computer (just to be extremely professional)3. Reinstall The witcher.4. In game deselect the EAX mode.5. Exit and reinstall the EE version (i have the two extra adventures, english and italian language pack selected).6. For now it works fine the only problem is the EAX mode: it cause more crashes if selected..Let me know if it works for you too.8)
I appreciate the effort, but please read the thread more thoroughly. What you're describing is NOT the same problem most of us in this thread are experiencing. We don't even get into the game's main screen, and this is completely unrelated to EAX. There are other threads dedicated to that issue.jeggred83 said:
Hang on a moment - can you clarify exactly what problem you're having?Mine is just as jegg described - boxy cursor, button glitch thing, then crash after the intro videos. (with a different offset to yours, but the same as that of some others and still in witcher.exe). I was getting the EAX crash on load until I replaced some of the miles sound system files or lowered the hardware acceleration settings (I think both worked) - now I'm getting the crash after the intro videos.I wonder whether jegg has resolved the problem because (s)he ran the 1.4 patch straight after installing 1.0, without jumping to 1.2 & 1.3?TiLT said:
everyone read: Getting tech help on the forum and attach that PCWizard report as instructed when you post your problem, oh, do look and seach around the forum if your problem has been mentioned before by someone else and if a known solution exists
I've just re-installed The Witcher and downloaded all files again from the polish site (@ about 300kb/s). So it patched from 1.0 > 1.4 and I still can't launch the game. So I think that after almost 2 days of this, I'm gonna quit. I'll probably check back on it in a couple of weeks.Good luck folks!. :-\
update DirectX to August 2008, update nVidia video drivers, BTW there is also a SP2 for Windows 2003 availableread a bit here: http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=5698.0segmentor said:See you when your patience returns and/or a fix appears, chip