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sismondo
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 12
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Been playing only for a little while, but it's been crashing to windows when I'm talking to an NPC at night in the city, generally in the middle of a conversation.
Hardware spec:
2.6 Gz, 1 gig mem, 60 gig hardrive, 5200 geforce fx, flatscreen, play on 1280x1024
Based on the error report, I assume something is going on with it's memory management. Any help would be appreciated, I love the game, just having an anoying, semi-consisten bug.
Here is the head of the error report generated by Gothic II:
/======================UNHANDLED EXCEPTION======================
Gothic2.exe caused a EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module D3DIM700.DLL at 001B:5C01419F
EAX=00000000 EBX=00061E04 ECX=00017C00 EDX=00060000 ESI=00031000
EDI=293F1506 EBP=0124F814 ESP=0124F800 EIP=5C01419F FLG=00010206
CS=001B DS=0023 SS=0023 ES=0023 FS=003B GS=0000
//===================== INFOS =========================
Gothic II - 1.31, Parser Version: 50
User: CPUType: 586, Mem: 1024 MB total, 427 MB free
Camera: Pos(6298.40869/425.501129/-3420.89282), At(0.701626897/-0.0901875719/-0.706813991)
//====================== CALLSTACK ========================
001B:5C01419F (0x0FD9CF80 0x00061E00 0x00000000 0x00000018) D3DIM700.DLL
001B:5C019A7D (0x00061E00 0x00000004 0x00000001 0x0000053D) D3DIM700.DLL
001B:5C01A331 (0x00061E00 0x00000004 0x0FD9CF80 0x0000053D) D3DIM700.DLL
001B:006EBD64 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) Gothic2.exe
//
Last edited by sismondo on Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:57 am |
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Gorath
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Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
D3DIM700.dll is part of DirectX.
I see the following possibilities for the crash (in no order):
-bug in Gothic 2
-bug in D3D/DX
-incompatible DirectX version; maybe 9 instead of 8.
-crappy sound drivers (because it happened during a conversation).
-RAM timing is too aggressive
-RAM module defective
-programs running in the background -->see FAQ for incompatibilities
Try to exclude some of the possibilities.
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Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:28 am |
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sismondo
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 12
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I do have directX9b, are there problems with that?
It crashes in the city outside night and outside conversation, as I have recently discovered.
That eliminates sound, no programs are in the background, Ram module checks out. |
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Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:26 am |
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Gorath
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Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
Yes, there are problems with DirectX9. They´re hard to nail down. Afaik during the development no proper documenatation for DirectX9 was available. So if your graphics card doesn´t require DirectX9 you should go back.
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Mon Aug 25, 2003 10:48 am |
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sismondo
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 12
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Where would I find a version of directx 8? They don't have it on the directx site... |
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Tue Aug 26, 2003 4:33 am |
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sismondo
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 12
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Okay, regressed to 8.1b,
regressed nvidia drivers
updated all XP patches
Still get the error. Before teh nvidia upgrade, I still got:
//======================UNHANDLED EXCEPTION======================
//======================UNHANDLED EXCEPTION======================
Gothic2.exe caused a EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in module Gothic2.exe at 001B:0050366E
EAX=00000000 EBX=24C39360 ECX=24C39234 EDX=00005790 ESI=000000B4
EDI=000000B1 EBP=00000015 ESP=0124F5A4 EIP=0050366E FLG=00010206
CS=001B DS=0023 SS=0023 ES=0023 FS=003B GS=0000
//===================== INFOS =========================
Gothic II - 1.31, Parser Version: 50
User: NAME, CPUType: 586, Mem: 1024 MB total, 368 MB free
Camera: Pos(1373.32666/486.156677/4071.95752), At(0.982826948/-0.0906630307/0.160721704)
//====================== CALLSTACK ========================
001B:0050366E (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) Gothic2.exe
//=====================================================
//===================== MODULES =======================
After I regressed the nvidia driver, I go a C++ module error (generic pointer bug error).
I am a coder, been a long time, this looks like a memory violation error. It crashed once in the middle of a load, so I am inclinded to believe it may have something to do with the funky memory management of the Gothic II system.
I really like the game, but 10->15 minutes of running around the city and talking cause it to crash. Is there any other help to be had? I read a few other posts which had similar problems, no resolution posted. Any clue on a patch?
support@piranha-bytes.com bounced as well, so is this the only supported help?
For good measure I did Memtest and the memory unit is fine. |
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Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:27 am |
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sismondo
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 12
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So, I may have been able to fix the problem. I increased the cache values for texture and sound memory (Figured the city has the most flying through it). I also set the flashing polygon flag to 0. I noticed a strange blackout behaviour when talking to npcs, but I ran all over town and talked to a bunch of people with little problems.
I'll post again if I continue to have the problem, but for others who have the same problem, try it out. |
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Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:10 am |
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sismondo
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 12
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Game still crashes, however less frequently after adjustments. |
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Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:07 am |
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sismondo
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 12
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======================================= UNHANDLED EXCEPTION OCCURED ======================================================
======================================= CRASH INFOS: =====================================================================
Gothic II - 1.31, Parser Version: 50
User: , CPUType: 586, Mem: 1024 MB total, 418 MB free001B:004FF9F8 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) Gothic2.exe
Camera: Pos(6137.4834/518.222107/-2197.5332), At(-0.786436737/-0.123629227/-0.605171978)
Startup Options:
=============================================== CALLSTACK : ==============================================================
001B:004FF9F8 (0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) Gothic2.exe
At this point, any additional help would be welcome. |
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Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:34 am |
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