[electroflux]

Hi./>

Enjoying the game but it's been a bit unstable. I searched for info on here previously and came across Soluto which has been logging the issues and i get:

Example 1
Application name The Witcher Enhanced
Application full name The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Version
Vendor CD Projekt RED
Crash date 1/5/2013
Process up time 00:33:48
Application installed for 166 days
Exception type access violation
Exception code c0000005
Exception help
Instruction
Original stack depth 1


Stack Trace
Module Offset
witcher.exe:4910475cf35000 0x14faff
Running modules during crash
Module File Size Version Vendor MD5
msssrs.flt 28,672 7.2.2.0 RAD Game Tools, Inc. 9f3ae611-0290-03ec-3ccd-2a1b407d8879
witcher.exe 15,945,728 1.5.0.1304 CD Projekt Red 1e0945b2-8500-03c1-0f6a-c9e1fd54d2e4
mssogg.asi 110,592 0.0.0.0 90137fd6-08e3-e484-e2d8-c4d821d2f227
msseax.flt 69,632 0.0.0.0 c650a74c-e4ea-487e-e073-e2e1d391c63d
commonlibs.dll 528,384 1.4.5.1304 CD Projekt Red 18c69516-522f-33d0-ae05-a7fa361f2aad
binkw32.dll 225,280 1.9.8.0 RAD Game Tools, Inc. 14eeaf9e-03c4-e262-4f3e-d4a2d680bd99
mss32.dll 626,688 7.2.2.0 RAD Game Tools, Inc. a1f6b3c7-1eed-cc28-c10e-c06851ffbd03
mssds3d.flt 24,576 0.0.0.0 849572fd-e944-68b6-fd50-6f64cdd7ae22
mssdolby.flt 24,576 7.2.2.0 RAD Game Tools, Inc. 0b81e293-9c53-6422-685f-025dc64f89cb
mssdsp.flt 73,728 7.2.2.0 RAD Game Tools, Inc. 486b5afc-0d09-92ec-da38-22d3f2f0afde
mssvoice.asi 172,032 0.0.0.0 18f0140c-1db2-9647-40ae-c84f1f65a684
mssmp3.asi 135,168 0.0.0.0 e70c4f8d-dc1c-8563-a330-9053d7c2be88
d3dx9_35.dll 3,833,856 9.19.949.1104 Microsoft Corporation 6af13a1b-d327-0990-6925-576202a64037
atiumdva.dll 2,736,128 8.14.10.370 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
atiumdag.dll 5,582,848 9.14.10.926 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
netutils.dll 36,864 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation c6a4ec6c-89a4-b2c9-e607-3afdaae3f607
samlib.dll 73,728 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation c3bf3e5b-14da-2423-b388-ddcc4465e1ff
samcli.dll 61,440 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 9c2251fc-4a7d-0dfa-6f18-6133728b95ab
aticfx32.dll 954,368 8.17.10.1151 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
atiu9pag.dll 102,400 8.14.1.6278 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
gameoverlayrenderer.dll 622,592 1.61.88.88 Valve Corporation 521e8d94-52b6-361a-f6fa-761de54a23c5
dbghelp.dll 962,560 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 53caa8a7-c9d9-90fd-c07a-b0eb38e5316b
ntdsapi.dll 98,304 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 30d126ee-8d80-c016-e417-bbbed0451b34
fastprox.dll 614,400 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation ece8f5a3-1613-e2c3-562b-82694a251c9e
wbemsvc.dll 61,440 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 516f8b71-7fab-e26f-988a-36868f9ad3ab
wbemprox.dll 40,960 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation f6606a66-e7f5-8519-6ff6-254e0966eff7
wbemcomn.dll 376,832 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 22aab57d-a8a8-c2e5-d335-f44853c1f6de
audioses.dll 221,184 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation e60a22dc-48f6-0919-9f7e-bd6f137e32e7
avrt.dll 28,672 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 52e6a178-4807-7f4b-8d32-17507745f47c
mmdevapi.dll 233,472 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 382c7e22-1e2a-f802-d496-5e664d3bbe43
hid.dll 36,864 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation a6156f89-4d43-ed93-b425-19d5e18e6b50
dinput8.dll 196,608 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 75d6426e-f29e-369a-ba32-1823494ccb35
rpcrtremote.dll 57,344 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 12cba8c2-ec75-5db8-246a-9ecc02a728e3
dwmapi.dll 77,824 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 75701bda-0f26-7238-585b-fcdd668c648b
profapi.dll 45,056 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 3327942c-98a5-d43d-5022-19ff37c7ebc7
rsaenh.dll 241,664 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation a874885d-1dc1-dedd-29e1-2de0e2013493
version.dll 36,864 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 8726e094-550a-eaaa-ff78-53c1754091e9
cryptsp.dll 90,112 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation b6fbc2d0-74d9-b016-1664-78fc7ae2b212
uxtheme.dll 524,288 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 8e999ed2-7782-6966-82b4-f0303bf4e7af
winmm.dll 204,800 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 3be42aef-46cd-b1ab-3fc3-e5b2b1935c73
dsound.dll 466,944 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation adff1091-4212-f383-7d38-771bb60556af
apphelp.dll 311,296 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 319f4990-a963-15f8-cf19-6a205ea3cd5d
msvcr80.dll 634,880 8.0.50727.6195 Microsoft Corporation f44c56c9-6e97-967e-b405-2737aa2492b4
msvcp80.dll 552,960 8.0.50727.6195 Microsoft Corporation a495350b-0bff-d636-8e5f-c67fd7d70fdc
powrprof.dll 151,552 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 02756171-da1b-0529-04ce-434273f666bc
d3d8thk.dll 24,576 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 7ad04430-f4bd-eabb-27e2-ee7b1e0c0c65
d3d9.dll 1,847,296 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation e6ae3d4c-b052-b405-83f1-6b8e9131c99d
propsys.dll 1,003,520 7.0.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation e3b46bf0-ea36-5157-1fdb-afafcc47de62
cryptbase.dll 49,152 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation cd6f8ff0-f909-94be-c37a-cc1b344685ff
sspicli.dll 393,216 6.1.7601.17856 Microsoft Corporation 21ada7ed-89df-5245-8f01-f0a86d69e524
oleaut32.dll 585,728 6.1.7601.17676 Microsoft Corporation 825e766c-7fb5-662e-ce9c-54ac238471d9
psapi.dll 20,480 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 1fac43a5-3871-6d37-778d-630a35fcbc4c
gdi32.dll 589,824 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 7badd3d6-d6f1-cef6-9547-613ed5e170a2
msctf.dll 835,584 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation c98b61c9-b0b2-7cfd-1138-d8774795a79b
crypt32.dll 1,171,456 6.1.7601.17827 Microsoft Corporation 8c339512-6ffe-9824-23ef-9bc8d4368a84
rpcrt4.dll 983,040 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 8380adc5-94cf-1f20-1f80-84ecc696a8b7
shell32.dll 12,886,016 6.1.7601.17859 Microsoft Corporation 4779e929-df08-db51-5dc8-9fb2e903a0f6
ws2_32.dll 217,088 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 4f5af17f-2c09-a9d4-6055-ba69f903e3e9
sechost.dll 102,400 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 077fc9cf-4090-a167-e5fa-e195d534da3a
ole32.dll 1,425,408 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 26f78c92-8680-1f63-54c3-d8e17238c6dd
msvcrt.dll 704,512 7.0.7601.17744 Microsoft Corporation 8a0ac89d-aaaa-97c3-bdab-3c67165a824e
user32.dll 1,048,576 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation d8b20d5e-75b2-4305-cd2e-bb9ea8e6cdd3
imm32.dll 393,216 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 569ef0a6-d969-90a1-35f6-d942caa15882
devobj.dll 73,728 6.1.7601.17621 Microsoft Corporation 50f4ef2e-5e2f-b113-bed4-a04ccad64c08
advapi32.dll 655,360 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 6b37e295-2333-62f0-eb56-2b8586d0f14a
lpk.dll 40,960 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation ef214738-2440-0089-9262-5e20cadfaf85
shlwapi.dll 356,352 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation 11c1c38c-53d6-6fe9-3ea1-590891491d71
cfgmgr32.dll 159,744 6.1.7601.17621 Microsoft Corporation 47e836f4-79fa-cd9e-75ad-8c313673f450
wintrust.dll 184,320 6.1.7601.17787 Microsoft Corporation 9f9ed7a7-0366-ab40-20cd-73f12910985f
usp10.dll 643,072 1.626.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation feaa4a80-3abb-f4d5-9334-dd906bcb1de5
nsi.dll 24,576 6.1.7600.16385 Microsoft Corporation 1c057763-d563-2a55-3119-35c67e9fdfdc
clbcatq.dll 536,576 2001.12.8530.16385 Microsoft Corporation d38856ff-3409-277f-2091-1d8796912834
setupapi.dll 1,691,648 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation b516fb10-ff0a-6dda-4458-8f3c445dc273
kernelbase.dll 286,720 6.1.7601.17651 Microsoft Corporation c9212d5c-b6b6-5b17-89bc-5d7e3cb979e1
kernel32.dll 1,114,112 6.1.7601.17651 Microsoft Corporation e9f8c399-59cc-56d9-66eb-8d8a8b4c2beb
msasn1.dll 49,152 6.1.7601.17514 Microsoft Corporation b5398f93-af0b-3de1-6f58-c7790682c010
ntdll.dll 1,572,864 6.1.7601.17725 Microsoft Corporation 180f3be7-6019-b62c-ef17-6fb78d76a47b
avrt.dll 28,672 Microsoft Corporation 52e6a178-4807-7f4b-8d32-17507745f47c
lightfx.dll 143,360 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
avrt.dll 28,672 Microsoft Corporation 52e6a178-4807-7f4b-8d32-17507745f47c
avrt.dll 28,672 Microsoft Corporation 52e6a178-4807-7f4b-8d32-17507745f47c
aticfx32.dll 954,368 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
atiumdag.dll 5,582,848 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
atiumdva.dll 2,736,128 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
dciman32.dll 24,576 Microsoft Corporation 4827c229-7f93-c245-6590-909e9f8e7137
ddraw.dll 946,176 Microsoft Corporation 2499c0a6-73c6-e80d-deed-9890a12aa691
aticfx32.dll 954,368 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
atiumdag.dll 5,582,848 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
atiumdva.dll 2,736,128 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
aticfx32.dll 954,368 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
atiumdag.dll 5,582,848 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
atiumdva.dll 2,736,128 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
comctl32.dll 1,695,744 Microsoft Corporation afdedf14-584e-d39e-f1ff-187a86b9408c
gdiplus.dll 1,638,400 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
xmllite.dll 192,512 Microsoft Corporation f3488b6f-43d3-b1e4-86ab-6a9e302b7e16
msasn1.dll 49,152 Microsoft Corporation bd154488-6942-2ec0-af8e-2613bf85500d
crypt32.dll 1,171,456 Microsoft Corporation 66baf1fa-840f-9c78-cce7-47ce6f9d055a
wer.dll 397,312 Microsoft Corporation c7a98996-c2f7-a4a1-23cd-a2c3b43fff65
gameux.dll 2,588,672 Microsoft Corporation 4cb30435-ded2-ba00-3cc1-a195f1b739bd
profapi.dll 45,056 Microsoft Corporation 3327942c-98a5-d43d-5022-19ff37c7ebc7
userenv.dll 94,208 Microsoft Corporation 5d48177a-d8c7-aca7-8132-1a42cd034519
wevtapi.dll 270,336 Microsoft Corporation 0c3b073c-6a59-f80a-4933-e7406766b040
wpc.dll 323,584 Microsoft Corporation 03147888-32d2-2baf-e781-ac12856bc533
msxml6.dll 1,409,024 Microsoft Corporation 8ce6fd4f-7c4b-9399-fa55-1e7e36ddb34d
msasn1.dll 49,152 Microsoft Corporation bd154488-6942-2ec0-af8e-2613bf85500d
crypt32.dll 1,171,456 Microsoft Corporation 66baf1fa-840f-9c78-cce7-47ce6f9d055a
imagehlp.dll 172,032 Microsoft Corporation 726abea1-020d-7fe3-72e9-cd89ae9cb3cf
tier0_s.dll 688,128 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
vstdlib_s.dll 286,720 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
pdh.dll 245,760 Microsoft Corporation a75068cf-eb2b-4548-a3bf-fb3f5e8014b2
winnsi.dll 28,672 Microsoft Corporation e810924c-e0f4-f652-a4eb-87716da0c24c
iphlpapi.dll 114,688 Microsoft Corporation 6d77812b-20a0-a317-7fe2-6c662827470e
secur32.dll 32,768 Microsoft Corporation d7d84401-0b5a-9312-8aee-e859e3310a46
steamclient.dll 7,151,616 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

I checked the game cache and changed compatibility to XP2. Read it crashes a lot on Steam forums so i guess it's inherent but any other settings i can try. Specs are:

AMD 560 be
Sapphire HD7850
4gb DDR3 ram
500gb sata hd

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

Thanks!

[*Tommy*]

Try disabling auto save and the Steam overlay. If autosave is disabled then be sure and do the F5 quite a bit. You probably need to clear out some saves from time to time by either moving them to another folder or deleting them.

[electroflux]

*Tommy* said:

Try disabling auto save and the Steam overlay. If autosave is disabled then be sure and do the F5 quite a bit. You probably need to clear out some saves from time to time by either moving them to another folder or deleting them. ›››

Thanks. Didn't work though, it seems to happen mostly during cutscenes. I have been saving regularly though but it's gonna be slow going at this rate! />/>

What else can i try? Oh and does my OP tell you anything? Thanks!

[*Tommy*]

Yes it tells me what .dll files are in use when the game crashes. Does it crash in other places like in opening doors or entering new areas? Where are you in the game?

[electroflux]

*Tommy* said:

Yes it tells me what .dll files are in use when the game crashes. Does it crash in other places like in opening doors or entering new areas? Where are you in the game? ›››

No the crashes seem fairly random. It crashed when i was speaking to Olaf at the Inn, when i was about to fight the bandits before escorting the woman and just after killing the beasts during the cutscene at grandmas house, the last one has happened a couple of times but it has crashed at random times. I was getting an irq not less or equal bsod previously if that means anything but i think it was due to my OC being a bit high as it's not happened since but i've just tried lowering the cpu speed a bit, will report back in a bit. Thanks.

[*Tommy*]

Any BSOD is not a good sign. Could possibly be driver issues or possibly something more serious. Might be a good idea to post your system specs.

[Guy N'wah]

The way AMD pushes their drivers, any overclocking is likely to destabilize some games. "IRQ not less or equal" is almost always a driver fault (or a hardware fault causing a driver fault). Cutscenes, opening doors, and events like that involve mode switches (between 2D and 3D, and at these times, the drivers are changing clock frequency and supply voltage. If anything can go wrong, it is most likely to go wrong at these times.

If you are overclocking, the first thing to try is to remove overclock (even factory overclock) and overvoltage settings. If that isn't enough, look for heating problems; this is especially a concern with TWEE, which (opposite of TW2) pushes the GPU hard in 2D mode (!). Especially if you see display artifacts before a crash, think heating problems.

This is not a criticism of AMD. nVidia does the same exact thing, because desktop GPU makers compete on 3D performance. Speed-selected chips have little margin of safety, and changes to get more performance out of DX11 reduce even that.

[electroflux]

*Tommy* said:

Any BSOD is not a good sign. Could possibly be driver issues or possibly something more serious. Might be a good idea to post your system specs. ›››

Hey i think it's sorted, i had tweaked the bios voltages a bit to try and get it more stable which stopped the bsods but i was still getting CTDs, i set everything to it's defaults apart from my oc which i lowered to 3.8ghz and bumped the voltage up and i played for a few hours yesterday without a single crash. />/>

My mobo is an Asus m4a78lt-m le which i'm thinking about upgrading so i can add more ram and a faster processor, my gpu is total overkill! />

[electroflux]

Guy N said:

The way AMD pushes their drivers, any overclocking is likely to destabilize some games. "IRQ not less or equal" is almost always a driver fault (or a hardware fault causing a driver fault). Cutscenes, opening doors, and events like that involve mode switches (between 2D and 3D, and at these times, the drivers are changing clock frequency and supply voltage. If anything can go wrong, it is most likely to go wrong at these times.

If you are overclocking, the first thing to try is to remove overclock (even factory overclock) and overvoltage settings. If that isn't enough, look for heating problems; this is especially a concern with TWEE, which (opposite of TW2) pushes the GPU hard in 2D mode (!). Especially if you see display artifacts before a crash, think heating problems.

This is not a criticism of AMD. nVidia does the same exact thing, because desktop GPU makers compete on 3D performance. Speed-selected chips have little margin of safety, and changes to get more performance out of DX11 reduce even that. ›››

Hey! Good info and it could explain some of what's been going on. I didn't think my system would have a problem as it's quite an old game although my machine isn't the fastest but i've tested it pretty well to find the best clock speeds, i can get 4ghz on air but with games i usually have to lower it to 3.8.

Oh by the way Soluto says i'm frustrated by the witcher grafik mod which i've since removed as i thought that was related to the bsod but i was thinking of reinstalling it, could it be responsible for any of the issues i've had?

Thanks!

[*Tommy*]

I wouldn`t think so . But to be sure play for awhile without the graphic mod say a couple of hours and see how many f any crashes you get. Then reinstall the graphic mod and try again.

[electroflux]

Yeah i thought not, it was fine for the few hours i played it yesterday so i'll reinstall the mod and see what happens. The bsods seemed to stop after i removed it which is why i was asking.