How long was it between when you edited the save and when you noticed the problem? Try loading the most recent save you have before editing, and see if you had a problem then in Ars Magicana, or any saves you have just after editing.
Is the crash in the centre of the southern path? (ie where the cut scene conversations with Marcus and Moll are triggered)
it was almost immediate. it started with the game crashing every few minutes. this was either because of or related to the tons of pop up ads that suddenly started popping up! even just on desktop or internet they just kept coming and coming.. (and we have an ad filter that always blocks them) also the game started slowing down as if in slow motion. after that i started doing the trouble shooting tips. nothing worked and the only thing we found was some saves without all 27 files at verdistis. the two savegames which had the full 27 files still crash. it happens when my character runs to the right of the town(ars magicana). if i stay to the west of town im usually ok but a little further east past the men in the cutscene is when it usually happens and always near the blacksmith. i've gone to a few other areas since this happened and i can move around for a while but inevitably the game will crash. also, i cant load the save from before the editor.
