A couple issues I am having with the game, any ideas?

[Rau]

The first problem is the game crashing with an error box upon loading a game file or starting a new game. This does not happen every time, and I have found that changing the resolution to 4:3 and 1024x768 before loading, and then switching back to the correct resolution once in game seems to prevent this crash from happening. I don't remember the exact words of the error box, but it said something about memory not able to be "read"

The other issue is that the brightness setting does nto work at all. It constantly auto adjusts to the same setting no matter where I move it, so I am stuck with a pretty dark game. I tried turning off the gamma auto correction on my nvidia control panel and it still does it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: The error I am getting is as follows:

mm.exe Application Error

The instruction at "0x2408b179" referenced memory at "0x20421ea8". The memory could not be "read".

I have encountered this error from the following: Trying to load a save game, trying to start a new game, while loading the main menu screen, while entering the crystal chamber in the prologue.

[5M0k1N]

did you try running the game in compatibility mode with xp? also try using admin privileges

[Rau]

Originally posted by 5M0k1N:

did you try running the game in compatibility mode with xp? also try using admin privileges

I am actually still running XP. It's an old desktop computer but I built it two years after this game came out, so it should be sufficient.

I just got the same error as I entered the crystal chamber in the Prologue, here is the error:

mm.exe Application Error

The instruction at "0x2408b179" referenced memory at "0x20421ea8". The memory could not be "read".

[5M0k1N]

did you try verifying game cache?

[Rau]

Originally posted by 5M0k1N:

did you try verifying game cache?

Yes.

Strangely enough, after the last crash I had it wouldnt' let me print screen the error, saying there was insufficient memory to create a bitmap.

[5M0k1N]

sounds like your pc is running out of memory. next time i guess you could try checking its memory usage to make sure but i suspect it gets pretty high
found this which might be relevant http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=500883

[Rau]

I haven't found a fix yet, though I'm still trying, I don't want to give up yet.

I have also gotten a crash error a couple times:

"failed to lock vertex buffer in CMeshDX8::LockVertexBuffer"

Which is immediately followed by the first error I mentioned. Googling these issues, it seems they have been affecting people ever since the game came out in 2006. Surely over the course of these 10 years someone knows how to fix this?

[5M0k1N]

did you check the link?

[Igris]

my game crashes once in a while. verifying game cache fixes it for a while again but eventualy the same thing happens and i have to verifying game cache again to continue.
it's rather annoying. probaly windows 10 issue -_-

[Rau]

Originally posted by 5M0k1N:

did you check the link?

I did check it, yeah.

I ended up fixing my problem (finally) after following some troubleshooting advice I found here: http://www.blindnero.com/forums/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=2

If anyone else is having similar issues I would advise to read the troubleshooting guide there, hopefully it will help.

[hexaae]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=307579490