Crashes after prologue completion as loads into Chapter 1

[Rowan]

Completed prologue/training tutorial. After the cutscene it loads into first chapter or mission then just closes itself. Tried three times. Keeps doing it. Please help?

[QWERTY]

There are plenty of discussion about crashes, you can just google the problem and you will find a lot of ways to try to fix it.

If i don't want to spend time searching for a better solution for your specific PC configuration i can suggest these.

Set all the graphics options on low, you can set them back to high when the chapter is loaded.

You can try to download a tool to fix crashes on modern systems. Large Address aware.

Put that into the search bar here on the left ------------------------------------>>>>

There is a already a discussion about it

[Meier]

Check hits out. Info here got rid of my issues. https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dark_Messiah_of_Might_and_Magic

[Kingfisher]

Instead of being a ♥♥♥♥ and telling you to google it like *some* people, I'll update this post with useful info as it's the first result on Google.

This game is old and seems to have a compatibility problem with the memory in modern systems, most likely the much higher capacity of new ram sticks.

This reddit post solved the issue for me: https://www.reddit.com/r/darkmessiah/comments/jqixcy/fixing_crashes_for_dark_messiah/

The fix involves replacing the default game executable with a modified one made by some random internet person, which is a bit sketchy but I tested the modified file with VirusTotal and as far as I can tell, it's completely safe to use.

[Tamara]

Originally posted by Kingfisher:

Instead of being a ♥♥♥♥ and telling you to google it like *some* people, I'll update this post with useful info as it's the first result on Google.

This game is old and seems to have a compatibility problem with the memory in modern systems, most likely the much higher capacity of new ram sticks.

This reddit post solved the issue for me: https://www.reddit.com/r/darkmessiah/comments/jqixcy/fixing_crashes_for_dark_messiah/

The fix involves replacing the default game executable with a modified one made by some random internet person, which is a bit sketchy but I tested the modified file with VirusTotal and as far as I can tell, it's completely safe to use.

Got bless you dude. I got drunk and wanted to play this game so much, yet it kept crashing before the 1st chapter. That reddit ♥♥♥♥ helped to get it fixed, and I dont give a ♥♥♥♥ if that "game executable made by some random internet person" steals all the dickpics from my PC. What a luck someone still gives a ♥♥♥♥ even 17 years after.

[Kurinn Dian]

I found a work around that doesn't require the sketchy executable for chapter 1 atleast.

1. I ran the game with all sound on 0
2. I saved in the middle of the cutscene just in case.

I have no idea if this can be replicated.

My girlfriend is playing this on her steamdeck and is experiencing considerably less bugs. Something to consider.

[SilverSet]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378556750