Consistent Crashing At Beginning Of Chapter 17

Sneaksie · #1 09-10-2010, 08:33 AM

Well, i was able to load your save and successfully load the next level after entering the door. Here's the autosave the game made after loading 17th level.
If the game fails to load it, try to update or downgrade your video driver, including PhysX. However, i have an old 7950GT card, 182.08 driver and PhysX 8.09.04 (installed by 1.1 patch?) here at work. In addition, i have patched '505 games' version, not the patched Aspyr version of the game you have (they should be the same, though).

Lazarus187 · #2 09-10-2010, 11:17 PM

You're not going to believe this, but your autosaved game dosen't even show up in the main game menu! I unzipped all three files you posted to the Cryostasis Save folder, so there shouldn't be any issues. It's like my version of Cryostasis isn't recognizing yours.

Sneaksie · #3 09-12-2010, 11:45 AM

Look for a save named 17. Chronos, maybe this save replaced some of yours.

Lazarus187 · #4 09-15-2010, 08:20 AM

Still can't find it. Would it be possible for you to post several saves from Chapter 17, say at the beginning, and perhaps several minutes in? Thanks!

Sneaksie · #5 09-15-2010, 08:57 AM

Here is a quicksave from the beginning of chapter 17. Unpack thiz archive into Cryostasis\Data\Save folder overwriting existing files.

Lazarus187 · #6 09-17-2010, 01:06 AM

Alright, found your saved game this time. Attempted to load it, and.... same issue I was having, with the same exact error message regarding "too many script variables".

I really don't understand what the issue is with Chapter 17, and ONLY Chapter 17. I swear I haven't had any problems like this with any other chapter, and other than an intermittent and annoyingly low frame rate due to the game's inefficient use of resources, it generally runs fine.

Sneaksie · #7 09-17-2010, 07:02 AM

Puzzling... I suggest you do the following:

1) Install AMD Dual Core Optimizer from AMD site.
2) Download and install latest video drivers for XP from nVidia site. Make sure PhysX is updated as well in the process.
3) Go to nVidia Control Panel and set PhysX to be calculated on CPU, not your video card (it helped me in one place in Cryostasis where i got a PhysX error).
4) Run the game and temporarily set all options to low or off, then try to load the save.

If problem persists, uninstalling the game, deleting its folder and reinstalling it and 1.1 patch may also help.