Access violation after loading when running through Steam

[fat chicken with a cigarette]

The game crashes with an access violation error after loading (new game or from a save), but only when launched through Steam. Runs fine when launched directly. Disabling the overlay didn't fix the problem. Pls help I want Steam to count my playtime :(

[Stefan]

Hey Soku,
I found this solution online. It is in the Spine FAQ (Spine is a Mod Manager) though, so I don't know if it applies to your case:

"Gothic 1 crashes when starting/loading a game with an Access Violation.
That’s caused by the data execution prevention (DEP) on Windows. To fix the crashes you just need to disable the DEP for Gothic. Therefore just follow these steps: Press Windows + Pause, “Advanced System Settings”, press the upper button “Settings” below “Performance”, choose the tab “DEP” and add all EXE files from the Gothic 2 folder (3, Gothic.exe, GothicMod.exe and KillHelp.exe)."

You could also join our Community Discord where you'll find lots of helpful people.
discord.gg/gothic

[fat chicken with a cigarette]

Originally posted by Stefan:

Hey Soku,
I found this solution online. It is in the Spine FAQ (Spine is a Mod Manager) though, so I don't know if it applies to your case:

"Gothic 1 crashes when starting/loading a game with an Access Violation.
That’s caused by the data execution prevention (DEP) on Windows. To fix the crashes you just need to disable the DEP for Gothic. Therefore just follow these steps: Press Windows + Pause, “Advanced System Settings”, press the upper button “Settings” below “Performance”, choose the tab “DEP” and add all EXE files from the Gothic 2 folder (3, Gothic.exe, GothicMod.exe and KillHelp.exe)."

You could also join our Community Discord where you'll find lots of helpful people.
discord.gg/gothic

This didn't help unfortunately. I tried it even though DEP was disabled by default. But thanks anyway

[fat chicken with a cigarette]

Running both GothicStarter and GothicMod in win XP SP3 compatibility mode helped for some reason though

[r3d834rd]

same thing happening here. compatibility mode not helping either.

[HeavenBlart]

Originally posted by Red:

same thing happening here. compatibility mode not helping either.

download the resource manager for gothic 1 and 2, install the player kit 2.8 patch and Union 1.0k or whatever the latest version is, worked for me and i dont have any issues

[HeavenBlart]

Originally posted by Red:

same thing happening here. compatibility mode not helping either.

this is the link from the gothic reddit discord, hopefully this helps
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/582321096095694850/809229429515091998/Resource_Manager.rar

[r3d834rd]

thanks, I'll check it out.

[Rogue]

The DEP setting seems to help for users experiencing the issue upon launching the game, however I was still getting a high occurrance of access violation errors when saving or loading, which was making the game almost unplayable. Soku's suggestion of running the game EXE files in WinXP SP3 compatibility mode seemed to have resolved that issue though, so thanks!

[Raven ♥ [UK]]

i wanted to test this game out on my dual epyc storage server, i tried the DEP thing but that didnt work, but the resource manager patch worked a treat, im not what the issue was im guessing its either having 120GB of system memory or multiple cores over 2 cpu's? there epyc 7302's which have 16 core 32 threads each upto 3.3ghz boost, question is now should i use the resource manager on my gaming rig as well does it help with game crashes as well as start up crashes?

[Mardoin69]

Originally posted by Raven ♥ UK:

i wanted to test this game out on my dual epyc storage server, i tried the DEP thing but that didnt work, but the resource manager patch worked a treat, im not what the issue was im guessing its either having 120GB of system memory or multiple cores over 2 cpu's? there epyc 7302's which have 16 core 32 threads each upto 3.3ghz boost, question is now should i use the resource manager on my gaming rig as well does it help with game crashes as well as start up crashes?

Resource manager doesn't really do anything TO the game. It's used to add 'Union' mod into the game. It's basically similar to a 'Mod Launcher' app. It can keep track of which Union versions are used and installed along with the modlets (Plug-ins) that get installed. Really, it's not the 'Resource Manager' that is fixing any of the issues... It's the version of Union that's getting installed using the Resource Manager.

Whether or not you should use Resource Manager + Union just depends on what mods you may want to install. There is a bunch of mods that don't require Union. There's also a bunch that do. So, read up on the prerequisites for each mod you're interested in and see if it's something you need. If not, then no... you don't need it. I would encourage you to check out my guide which describes a proper install and modification of the game for modern systems. It's up to date versus all those old outdated one's.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3298742376