Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Technical Problems Help, tha game crashes to windows at random places

have we tried changing attributes, from read only?

If that was the problem, though, the saves would not load at all.

but you may still get the loading screen??..... or not? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

My problem is not only loading saved games (which happnes occasionally). My problem is that it crashes during the game. And also after the clean install the savegames where in the same system, so no need for changing attributes.

[color:"orange"]but you may still get the loading screen??..... or not?[/color]

When the files in a save folder are marked as read-only, Divinity will start to load the save normally, but when the progress bar is just about complete, it will abruptly exit to the windows desktop.

The savegames where made on the same system, why would they be read only in the first place? And also the game loads properly, I can actually move around with my character, it will crash at one random point or (this is where it always crashes) when I try to enter the castle to meet boy Duke for the first time.

i don't get it? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />
something is missing.

are you sure there are no "hidden" or unknown progs running in the systray?

I can email you a snap shot with my task manager if you want to check it out, but Im pretty sure that nothing is running in the background.

Also if I change it to software mode and try to enter the castle it crashes to windows as usual but a error window appears saying:
"div.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows. You will need to restart the program."

Not sure if that helps <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

try to reset the configuration and then do it a second time....to be sure..
i remember i had this problem once....
and i did an unnecessary re-install....
and all i needed to do was reset the config tool twice.....and skip test!

When it crashes to windows I have to reconfigure the settings anyway,isnt this the same thing? And also I have tried all the combinations (with or without testing)

try software, no alphabit, smoothness off, no test,
apply and close.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Tried it in two different systems with two different saved games (a few seconds difference) and still the same <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />

@ Boubounas are you Greek?

Sorry for the off topic but if you are we can solve it in Greek. (Afraid to use English for help.)

Yes I am, not sure if Im allowed to talk Greek in here... If not just send me a private message

Well this forum is the most friendly I have ever been in but since it is not polite to write in Greeklish and nobody understands you have a pm from me in your inbox.

I am so glad that you are here! Welcome to the forum <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

- How much disk space have you free (especially a) on the drive where the game resides and b) where temp is directed to (SET variable) ?

- defragmenting often helps, too. I know I'm considered notorious for adding the "defrag" thing by the Germans here, but I do have a point : In some cases unreproductible (right word?) errors vanish with defragmenting; I've seen it myself a few times and some other guys as well.

yes it's true! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> agreed Alrik....

Well on both systems I've got a lot of space more than 30Gb <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
And also both systems are quite new and especially one has a brand new HDD on with very few stuff in it, so it should be ok. But yes you are right sometimes the defragment fixes mistakes that you dont expect.
Raze figured out that the story files are the problem. He has emailed me with a solution and what to do with some story files that work so I'll try this and hopefully it would fix the problem <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

I could have emailed you a (hopefully) fixed save, but it would have been after the cut scenes when you enter the castle. Janus' quests just wouldn't have the same effect if you didn't get to know him a bit first. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />