Gothic III Community Patch

[AuliX]

Pakhan's crack doesn't seem to work for me either. I got everything newest and I installed everything in this order:

- Gothic 3 polish
- patch 1.12
- community patch v1.5
- Pakhan's crack

This way, after I start the game and splash screen disappears, I got black screen for a while and then... Back to desktop. No gothic3.exe process running. I've tried removing all lines from intro.ini (however this file names)

[LoedD]

Same here.
Tried varios combination of crackfiles. Found out that the exe of the 1.12 crack seems to work better. That means it works after a few runs. Seems to be a random effect

[supermestari]

Strange, first I got the error too, but when I tried to launch it again, it started. :O

[wolfsrain]

The only problem is when skipping the movies at the beginning. It crashes to desktop. So you need to let those pesky movies to roll.

[supermestari]

Originally Posted by wolfsrain

The only problem is when skipping the movies at the beginning. It crashes to desktop. So you need to let those pesky movies to roll.

Strange, I have no probs skipping them with ESC.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Try to reduce the movies to a few (0, 1) of their first frames with some software. (That's what I do in my rips...)

[tyrone biggums]

are you guys talking about the v1.12 crack or the v1.5 crack? also do any you people have trouble starting the game? specifically the error i get: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005)."

[TippeX]

check dep, check compatability mode, check directx / drivers are up to date...
check game is properly installed... all of the above can cause a 0xC0000005 error
(In Page Error).....

[LoedD]

@ TippeX
dep doesn't matter, comp mode doesn't work, DX up 2 date, no errors, driver up 2 date too, game properly installed. ;D
As I said after a few trys the game starts but the netxt time I try it won't! ???
Skipping vids is no problem (but making the game start so I can see vids is one)
got no idea what the problem is.

@tyrone biggums
what hardware and software do u use?
I have Radeon X800GTO with catalyst 7.10 and win Vista

[TippeX]

hmm cant remember, but was it protected with xprot as well? if so, that *could* be the issue (especially for vista users)

[tyrone biggums]

XP Media Center
Nvidia 7950GT ForceWare v163.75
3 GB Ram
X-Fi sound card
3.2 Ghz Dual Core

DEP aint the problem, checked it. drivers are up 2 date. gets past 0xC0000005 error when started in compatibility modes but freezes at the logo. if it gets past that, then it freezes at a black screen. game is installed correctly. during installation, though, you have to install a directx that has special files specifically for the game. does that replace the newest direct x (for xp)?

[supermestari]

Originally Posted by tyrone biggums

are you guys talking about the v1.12 crack or the v1.5 crack? also do any you people have trouble starting the game? specifically the error i get: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005)."

1.5 patch and 1.5 crack. Yes I get that error too a lot. It's superweird, because sometimes the game just starts after a few of those error even though _nothing_ has changed. This is not how computers are supposed to work...

I just like try to start it and get the error. Again and error. Then I like start mozilla or whatever and try again and tada G3 starts...?

[Joe Forster/STA]

The newest DirectX at this moment is 9.21 (Nov 2007). See the version number of X3DAUDIO1_2.DLL in the Windows system directory. If you have a previous version, see the forum FAQ for the DirectX download URL.

[JedipC]

Hello, a new (I think) problem.
The CP works fine, but when I use the nocd patch, I'm not seeing my savegames anymore

They are in the right folder, and if I restore the files from the CP, I can load my savegames... I can also use the nocd for the 1.12 official patch and see my saved games, but I lose some advantages of the CP

Some ideas??

[Joe Forster/STA]

Use FileMon to see what files the v1.5 crack is trying to access and compare it with how the v1.5 patch or the v1.12 patch/crack accesses files.