[Lennye80]

Hello everyone!

I am new to the forum. Well, let's get to the point..
I own Gothic 2 Gold Edition on Steam, the game worked perfectly fine with g2notr system pack,2.6.00 rev2 fix and player kit until I chose to mod it (I have not installed mods before). I've been following the instructions from this video for G2 L'Hiver EN mod [Here] with DirectX 11, highres textures etc., all looks good but it looks like I have to start Gothic 2 with GothicStarter.exe, not a big deal BUT the game crashes after it nearly finishes loading (you can hear the background music though) and get this error.

Pic1 and Pic2.
Any ideas what might cause the error?
PS: I am running the game on Windows 10 64bits.

[Paladinlord André]

Hmm, try to start the game as Admin, maybe this could help.

[Lennye80]

I've always ran the game in Administrator mode and tried compatibility mode for XP and Vista too. Same error. If I start it without the GameStarter.exe an error will pop up saying "Failed to find the Game-Executable! Continuing without version-check..."

I've reinstalled the game about 3 times now, both english and german versions (even though I am not that good at german) but yeah, same error literally.

Edit: I hope to hear good news from you (hopefully). I just thought about it but would I need the german language pack to run the game with the mods in case I install them in german?

Update: Asked some people around and it looks like those who own Gothic II Gold on Steam should disable SteamOverlay so there is no Access Violation error. Another thing I found is this. I will try both fixes tomorrow (today) and post feedback if it works or not or if something new pops up.

[Lennye80]

Obviously disabling steam overlay was not going to fix it.. moving on to the other fix.. well, it does not look like it worked, instead I got this, get a black screen then this...
PS: already have downloaded the .dll file and put it in the exact directory and even in the Gothic II system folder..

======================================= UNHANDLED EXCEPTION OCCURED ======================================================
======================================= CRASH INFOS: =====================================================================
Startup Options:-game:gothicgame.ini
=============================================== CALLSTACK : ==============================================================
0023:62BA99B4 (0x0DB98698 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x0135F97C) wined3d.DLL, WineDirect3DCreateClipper()+347716 byte(s)
0023:62BAFC71 (0x0DB98698 0x00000040 0x00000000 0x00000000) wined3d.DLL, WineDirect3DCreateClipper()+372993 byte(s)
0023:62BAB95B (0x0DB98698 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) wined3d.DLL, WineDirect3DCreateClipper()+355819 byte(s)
0023:657DCC5C (0x002798D8 0x00000000 0x0082E6F0 0x0043F21A) DDRAW.dll
0023:00657A1E (0x008C1ED1 0x0143C034 0x0135FBA4 0x00000000) Gothic2.exe, zCRnd_D3D::Vid_Unlock()+30 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_kurt\zRndD3D_Vid.cpp, line 162
0023:0043F21A (0x00000000 0x0143C034 0x0046E82D 0x00000000) Gothic2.exe, zCBinkPlayer::PlayInit()+410 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_bert\zBinkPlayer.cpp, line 1720023:00422C4C (0x00000000 0x0C87358E 0x00890A6D 0x0135FCA0) Gothic2.exe, oCBinkPlayer::PlayInit()+44 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\Gothic\_bert\oBinkPlayer.cpp, line 39
0023:00422C4C (0x00000000 0x0C87358E 0x00890A6D 0x0135FCA0) Gothic2.exe, oCBinkPlayer::PlayInit()+44 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\Gothic\_bert\oBinkPlayer.cpp, line 39
0023:0046E82D (0x00000000 0x0089026A 0x0135FC04 0x0135FCA0) Gothic2.exe, zCVideoPlayer::Play()+93 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_bert\zVideoPlayer.cpp, line 620023:00502DFD (0x0135FEC8 0x00000000 0x002137A7 0x00000001) Gothic2.exe, WinMain()+141 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_carsten\zWin32.cpp, line 1054+17 byte(s)
0023:0042BA98 (0x0082E6F0 0x00426800 0x0C87370D 0x00000009) Gothic2.exe, CGameManager::PlayVideo()+344 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\Gothic\_bert\oGameManager.cpp, line 1972
0023:004268E1 (0x00400000 0x002137A7 0x0135FEC4 0x7FFDE000) Gothic2.exe, CGameManager:ameInit()+273 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\Gothic\_bert\oGameManager.cpp, line 968
0023:00424DEE (0x008D422C 0x0082F0EC 0x03940600 0x000E07D0) Gothic2.exe, CGameManager::Init()+382 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\Gothic\_bert\oGameManager.cpp, line 493
0023:00781882 (0x0000002C 0x005C801B 0x00000033 0x00000000) Gothic2.exe, MainProg()+66 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\Gothic\_ulf\Phoenix.cpp, line 110
0023:00503270 (0x00400000 0x00000000 0x002137A7 0x00000001) Gothic2.exe, HandledWinMain()+928 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_carsten\zWin32.cpp, line 1169
0023:00502DFD (0x0135FEC8 0x00000000 0x002137A7 0x00000001) Gothic2.exe, WinMain()+141 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_carsten\zWin32.cpp, line 1054+17 byte(s)
0023:007D43F8 (0x00000004 0x0000FFFF 0x000000B8 0x00000000) Gothic2.exe, WinMainCRTStartup()+224 byte(s)

[Lennye80]

Update: I replaced the ddraw.dll file from that fix with the original one, the game opens as it should but still crashes when I try to start a new game, it loads about 99% or even 'finishes loading' but I can still see the loading screen then I can see my cursor then the error pops-up.

======================================= UNHANDLED EXCEPTION OCCURED ======================================================
======================================= CRASH INFOS: =====================================================================
Gothic II - 2.6 (fix), Parser Version: 50
User: --, CPUType: 586, Mem: 1024 MB total, 1024 MB free
Camera: Pos(29986.0469/5396.39355/-16045.5156), At(-0.10691303/-0.125058547/0.986372113)
Startup Options:-game:gothicgame.ini
=============================================== CALLSTACK : ==============================================================
0023:6A3FD25C (0x07EE9A84 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) d3d11.dll
0023:60EAE270 (0x5B844034 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000000) DDRAW.dll
0023:60EB2F27 (0x27B373C4 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000001) DDRAW.dll
0023:00653B57 (0x25AA188C 0x5B81F810 0x00000001 0x0000000C) Gothic2.exe, zCTex_D3D::Unlock()+103 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_kurt\zRndD3D_Texture.cpp, line 332
0023:005F8272 (0x00000001 0x0A1F213C 0x00002000 0x00000001) Gothic2.exe, zCTextureExchange::CopyContents()+242 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_dieter\zTexture.cpp, line 1742+8 byte(s)
0023:59FA6127 (0x186194B2 0xFF5F57A1 0x77776666 0x66657777) vdfs32g.dll, Ordinal5()+24871 byte(s)


And if I delete the other 3 files from the fix (d3d8.dll, libwine.dll and wined3d.dll) I get this (is it just me or is it the same?):

======================================= UNHANDLED EXCEPTION OCCURED ======================================================
======================================= CRASH INFOS: =====================================================================
Gothic II - 2.6 (fix), Parser Version: 50
User: --, CPUType: 586, Mem: 1024 MB total, 1024 MB free
Camera: Pos(29986.0293/5396.39697/-16045.5176), At(-0.106878385/-0.125037506/0.986378551)
Startup Options:-game:gothicgame.ini
=============================================== CALLSTACK : ==============================================================
0023:6A3FD25C (0x073CE194 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) d3d11.dll
0023:67EDE270 (0x58B58034 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000000) DDRAW.dll
0023:67EE2F27 (0x28BC6D84 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000001) DDRAW.dll
0023:00653B57 (0x26A4188C 0x52D18724 0x00000001 0x0000000C) Gothic2.exe, zCTex_D3D::Unlock()+103 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_kurt\zRndD3D_Texture.cpp, line 332
0023:005F8272 (0x00000001 0x0A1D7004 0x00002000 0x00000001) Gothic2.exe, zCTextureExchange::CopyContents()+242 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_dieter\zTexture.cpp, line 1742+8 byte(s)
0023:59FA6127 (0x186194B2 0xFF5F57A1 0x77776666 0x66657777) vdfs32g.dll, Ordinal5()+24871 byte(s)

[Lennye80]

Alright, it looks like the game will run if I install the mods in german..
On the other side, I've reinstalled Gothic II again this time with the EN mods, used 2.6 rev2, playerkit2.6f and systempack1.1, then extracted the EN L'Hiver mod to the G2 root folder, installed D3D11 X17.1 and it downloaded the textures for me as it should. But the downside is that the game still crashes after just loading, I can not see the characters only the loading screen, music in the background as usually and the Access Violation error.

======================================= UNHANDLED EXCEPTION OCCURED ======================================================
======================================= CRASH INFOS: =====================================================================
Gothic II - 2.6 (fix), Parser Version: 50
User: --, CPUType: 586, Mem: 2048 MB total, 2048 MB free
Camera: Pos(29986.0313/5396.4043/-16045.5322), At(-0.10695827/-0.125037462/0.986369908)
Startup Options:
=============================================== CALLSTACK : ==============================================================
0023:68E0D25C (0x0C040044 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000) d3d11.dll
0023:0FDCE270 (0x5F030034 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000000) DDRAW.dll
0023:0FDD2F27 (0x2B7636E4 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000001) DDRAW.dll
0023:00653B57 (0x2A92588C 0x5F02D5E8 0x00000001 0x0000000C) Gothic2.exe, zCTex_D3D::Unlock()+103 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_kurt\zRndD3D_Texture.cpp, line 332
0023:005F8272 (0x00000001 0x0D597A8C 0x00002000 0x00000001) Gothic2.exe, zCTextureExchange::CopyContents()+242 byte(s), P:\dev\g2addon\release\ZenGin\_dieter\zTexture.cpp, line 1742+8 byte(s)
0023:0F556127 (0x186194B2 0xFF5F57A1 0x77776666 0x66657777) vdfs32g.dll, Ordinal5()+24871 byte(s)

I literally followed the instructions to the book but the EN version just doesn't seem to work, only the german version but I have like 6fps in Xardas' Tower and about 20fps outside so the game is unplayable...
Any ideas what might cause the error with the EN version?

[Xr900]

Hello! I am in dire need of some help!

I am experiencing an issue with D3D11 mod in both Gothic 1 and Gothic 2 NoTR.

After few seconds my game crashes with error

Device Removed! (DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG)

In worst case scenario my PC crashes/freezes and I need to restart it. This is my graphic card: http://www.gigabyte.pl/products/page/vga/gv-r787oc-2gd/
Altough my friend experiences same issues as well, so I have no idea whether it's my graphic card fault or something else.

Is there any solution for this? I would appreciate any help

@Edit
I have tested this a bit, and found at that tesselation is most likely the cause of that. I flew around in camera mode with and without it, and once I turned it on and moved a bit faster, game crashed with the 'device removed...' error. I really hate that, because tesselation makes a HUGE difference in the way the game object looks.

Is there a way to make d3d11 tesselation not screw up my graphic card and PC?