Fix For Crashes from The Witcher Website

[Trekdork]

I have seen several posts about crashes. I have been looking over the forums, preparing myself for any potential issues while I finish downloading the game. I happened to come across this while looking for problems and their solutions at the Witcher website.

Game crashing or other issues on systems running Windows Vista/7

Tip0: Be sure to install the game as Administrator: right click on SETUP.EXE from the DVD and choose Run as Administrator, also do the same for TWEE_upgrade.exe and for TheWitcherPatch.1.5.exe too
Tip1: Be sure your Windows Vista/7 is up to date: "The Witcher may exhaust virtual address space when running on 32-bit Windows Vista. Microsoft has released a hotfix that addresses this problem. Please download the hotfix from the following location when playing the game on 32-bit Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940105 . If you have patched your installation of Vista to SP1 or have Windows 7, then you already have this hotfix. KB940105 is already included in Windows Vista Service Pack 1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f559842a-9c9b-4579-b64a-09146a0ba746&DisplayLang=en " ( 64-bit Vista and all Windows 7 versions do not have this problem )
Tip2: On nVidia hardware and VIsta Ultimate be sure to uninstall the DreamScene application as the it conflicts with the video driver ( read the Release Notes of the video driver )
Tip3: Get TweakUAC and set UAC to QUIET, not Disabled ( do run the application again if you want to restore you previous UAC mode )
Tip4: Set the game to run in Compatibility Mode: right-click on witcher.exe -> properties -> Compatibility -> Windows XP SP2 , also check the 640x480 mode, and the disable decorations, then press Apply and OK
Tip5: Run the game as Admin: right click on witcher.exe and RUN AS Administrator
Tip6: If running the game from an external USB drive be sure to set up the currently used Power Settings Profile so that USB devices are NEVER put to sleep/suspend ( the Performance profile is recommended when gaming anyway )

Also the link for the game faq is the following:

http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=17503.0

There is quite a bit of info there pertaining to several of the different issues being reported. Hope it helps us all, because it seems I will be having some issues once this downloads due to the similarity in pc setup.

Alienware Aurora
i7 quad core @ 2.67GHz
3GB Ram
Nvidia GeForce 240GTS
Windows 7 Premium 64-bit
Alienware 2310 3D Monitor 120Hz
Alienware TactX Gaming Keyboard/Mouse
Liquid Cooling
Harman Kardan Soundsticks II

[Redhand]

Thanks for the link Trekdork man what a lot of crud to contend with I am wondering about the part where they say....

"Tip4: Set the game to run in Compatibility Mode: right-click on witcher.exe -> properties -> Compatibility -> Windows XP SP2 , also check the 640x480 mode, and the disable decorations, then press Apply and OK"

Are they saying to play at that resolution?

[Trekdork]

I was wondering the same thing about the resolution. I got the game downloaded and once I launched the game, I was ending up with a black screen. I tried the few solutions that I found searching thru the forums and nothing worked, so I googled solutions and found one that said to restart steam. I went ahead and restarted my pc and now the game works. I have it set to 1980 X 1020 res and the game looks great. I wish I new what to tell all of you guys who are having probs. I'm not a self proclaimed know it all when it comes to pcs, therefore I don't know of anymore solutions other than updating your video card drivers. I will keep looking for solutions maybe I will find more. Hang in there.

[Redhand]

Well I have restarted steam many times since and while it works until the next crash I have mine at my native res of 1920x1200 at the highest settings. I have no stutter or lag or blurring just freezes forcing me to cold boot :(

Want to say it crashes at the lowest res to the highest and all points in between.

I am sure the Skunks at the witcher could afford to have somebody write a patch for this lousy deal.

After all if they only sold a thousand copies @ $5 they make 50K!

[liveviper474]

After all if they only sold a thousand copies @ $5 they make 50K!
I saw this same thing on a different thread, not sure if it was you but... Last time I checked: 1,000 * $5 = $5,000. That is all, other than my copy from steam crashes as well. Other than that, I'm really enjoying the game elements and story.

[Undying Zombie]

My copy does crash as well, though its not often thankfully. Seems like a rare thing for it to do really.

Thank goodness for the auto saves and the fact that I do have a habit of saving often. ( I suggest to others who have crash issues, to also save often. )

[bobsbarricades]

I"m in XP pro and I just crashed =,( made me sad, but I just saved so no biggie. Hope it doesn't happen again though!

[agen.fi]

Can't get through Salamandra Base because game crash after killing the Salamadras.