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Gothic DEMO doesn't function with ATI 8500
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braga
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This is the error message when i can try to load the demo:

"Gothic 1.08j has causes an acces violation at address 007853ADh by attempting to read from address FFFFFFFFh."

My configuration: Athlon 850 Asus A7V 384mb RAMpc133 ATI 8500 retail (driver 9016) Sblive! Win ME DX 8.1

What can i do to fix my problem??
Post Thu Feb 28, 2002 10:36 am
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The full version also had problems with newer ATI cards. Maybe one of the solutions works for the demo, which is based on the same build.
1.: if you have a tv or a second monitor near your pc you can consume another output signal. It should work when you have access to the dualhead features.

2.: you could try patch 1.08k. Itīs only for the full version, but at least itīs worth a try.
Post Thu Feb 28, 2002 6:10 pm
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The 1.08k patch addresses exactly this issue:
"This patch fixes occasional crashes during gamestart. Especially if you play under Windows 98 and use some weird graphiccard/driver combination there is a possibilty that the game crashes with an illegal call to a directx utility function named "D3DXGetDeviceCount". This misbehaviour is now corrected as we do now link the gothic.exe with the directx 8 libraries, which do better support the newer driver and graphiccards. We suggest to use this exe only if you encounter crashes during gamestart (in detail: if you encounter crashes with the radeon 8500 or the Geforce 3 under Win98) This version is not supported by Piranha-Bytes."

But I doubt it works on the demo
Post Thu Feb 28, 2002 6:23 pm
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braga
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exatly. The patch doesn't work with the demo.
Post Fri Mar 01, 2002 12:07 am
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WHITE x CHOCO
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i believe i saw a 8500 radeon patch today (24 i think give or take 2 days) on xicat.com then to games and at the bottom where it says gothic

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Post Fri Mar 01, 2002 4:56 am
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So this means the Gothic demo does not and will not work with a Radeon 8500?
Post Wed Mar 06, 2002 7:52 pm
 
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Yes, unless ATI fixes the driver problems.
Post Thu Mar 07, 2002 6:12 am
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quote:

On 2002-03-07 00:12, Gorath wrote:
Yes, unless ATI fixes the driver problems.


Heh, knowing their hurry to release new drivers, you'll be dead untill its released

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where is the 1.08k patch?
Post Mon Mar 11, 2002 4:42 am
 
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Maybe the new drivers help.
Post Sun Mar 17, 2002 3:34 pm
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quote:

On 2002-03-17 09:34, Gorath wrote:
Maybe the new drivers help.


Wonders seems to happend

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