Access violation

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Hello, so I was 30 hours deep into the game without crashes ( had some bugs that prevented me from pushing the main story line). All of a sudden now the game crashes every time I try to launch it. Access violation window shows and I cannot play any more and I really got into the game and would like to play it muuuuuch more. So far I have tried everything the zStartupWindowed=1 thing, reinstalling. Even getting the game on a new account. Nothing help. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks

[eartahhj | GamingHouse]

from what you say it sounds like a hardware issue.
some things to try:
1) check files integrity in steam (right click on the game > properties)
2) install the game on another hard drive
3) update drivers or check if some drivers got updated recently
4) if you use spine or have other mods installed on Archolos, try removing them
5) if you use antivirus, disable it
6) did you try restarting the pc?
7) if you can at least start the game to the main menu, try changing all the settings
8) try deleting the savegames folder for a moment and launch the game, of course make a backup of your saves before

[Smartik1]

Does it crash before getting to menu screen? Or when trying to load a savegame. If when trying to load a savegame, it means the savegame is corrupted. This game does it often and it is best to keep 3-4 save slots that you cycle between.

[dog_1]

After last update i have lot of problems with saves. Random saves has been corrupted. After first crash i played on two saves(lost 2 hours), now i have 5 save slots.

[Smartik1]

If you also used quicksave (not visible in saves list), you can start a new game just to get yourself in and then press F9 to load your last quicksave. That's probably your last chance in case you only had 1 save that corrupted.
Note: Quicksaving only works if you enabled it in Gothic.ini and has the shortcut F5.

[Hidden]

Problem is that the game crashes just before the menu shows up.

[Skurczybyks]

I got the same problem, game doesnt start beacause of the access violation shows up, even if i already have over 40h played until now ;/

[Smartik1]

I've not seen crashes before the main menu. Try this:
1. Rename the entire game folder and download a clean copy.
2. Test if the game runs. If it does, move your savegames into it and try again.
3. If it works, try load into the game.
4. If it works, you can try adding DX11 in. The version might matter.
Whenever you are trying a new install you need to remember to clean up all manual leftovers from the folder, which is why renaming the whole folder is a good way to have a full backup.

Access Violation tends to be because this game writes to very specific memory addresses. 32 bit games are restricted to specific memory spaces and can't see outside if you have more RAM.

There is a universal 4gb patch that allows 32-bit applications to use full 4gb of RAM, becuase old games could only use 2gb because the other 2gb were reserved for the system. You can try use this on the Gothic executables in your game folder (the patch program makes its own backups, so no need to do it yourself).
https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371

[Fi]

What do I do if I didn't even get to play the game?

I got an 'Access Violation' error that still persisted even after reinstalling the game; I don't have any save files either.

[Zemyk]

Did anyone solve this? Literally same situation, 30 hours in I tried installing dtx11. It didn't work, I re-installed the game and now cannot launch it at all. No mods.

[X4vv]

How can we solve anything if there's no pc specs provided, crash logs etc.

[elysion]

Had the same issue with the sudden Access violation on startup.
According to what i found apparently in 2022 some windows services got an update and changed settings in DEP (Data exploit protection). a windows internal service

Fixing Access Violation errors on launch:

1. Go to Windows 10 settings > Exploit protection > Program settings
2. Add a program > Enter "Gothic2.exe"
3. Scroll to "Data Execution Prevention (DEP)" and check "Override..."
4. Set it to "Off"
5. Launch the game!

This fixed it for me, dont thank me. I just found it somewhere else and wanted to add it here too :)

[Dart_VeDroid]

Originally posted by elysion:

Scroll to "Data Execution Prevention (DEP)" and check "Override..."

IIRC, that's just like saying the process "don't crash when error occures". So you're probably gonna see various other bugs.

[baalnazzar]

Originally posted by elysion:

Had the same issue with the sudden Access violation on startup.
According to what i found apparently in 2022 some windows services got an update and changed settings in DEP (Data exploit protection). a windows internal service

Fixing Access Violation errors on launch:

1. Go to Windows 10 settings > Exploit protection > Program settings
2. Add a program > Enter "Gothic2.exe"
3. Scroll to "Data Execution Prevention (DEP)" and check "Override..."
4. Set it to "Off"
5. Launch the game!

This fixed it for me, dont thank me. I just found it somewhere else and wanted to add it here too :)

I'll thank you anyway. I tried other solutions but that's the only one that helped :)

[Kombo_Miadzaki]

Originally posted by elysion:

Had the same issue with the sudden Access violation on startup.
According to what i found apparently in 2022 some windows services got an update and changed settings in DEP (Data exploit protection). a windows internal service

Fixing Access Violation errors on launch:

1. Go to Windows 10 settings > Exploit protection > Program settings
2. Add a program > Enter "Gothic2.exe"
3. Scroll to "Data Execution Prevention (DEP)" and check "Override..."
4. Set it to "Off"
5. Launch the game!

This fixed it for me, dont thank me. I just found it somewhere else and wanted to add it here too :)

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