Crysis demo problems/crashes etc. list

[Behemoko]

Yesterday, I had it running fine. Now today, even after an un-install, and re-installation, whenever I try to run either the game, or one of its benchmarks, the screen goes black for half a second, and returns to normal without the game or benchmark ever starting. Any suggestions?

This is the message I get now, which is complete and utter bullshit as I was running the game fine, albeit slowly yesterday.. :-( I can't seem to override it, but I haven't tryed anything, so any suggestion would be much appreciated, I can't believe i am the only person playing this game getting this message.. :-(

 

[niko084]

32-bit version runs fine on my 64-bit vista, 64-bit just locks up first thing and doesn't go anywhere... Intro graphics are screwed, like half of them show the other don't work at all..
But once it hits the menu its fine... Really odd, w/e..

 

[tkpenalty]

Ran fine without any probs... except for once where the game decided to change resolution.

 

[newconroer]

@Morgoth

Glad to hear you sorted the HDR.


@Behemko

I know you were experiencing contrast/gamma issues, I suspect you got that sorted, but how did you go about doing it?



For those having 64bit executable issues with Nvidia cards. One known cause of the hang/lock up, is when using the 169.01 drivers, the nvapps.xml file contains a new configuration profile for Crysis. Make sure you do not have a duplicate profile. This can be viewed/changed with Nvcontrol panel or Nhancer. Once you have sorted the crashing, you can play it with the 169 drivers, however only Ntune and Expertool programs will allow you to overclock. Rivatuner does not support it at all, it will not register core/memory values. It is suggested to not bother with 169.01, as 163.69 works well. You can also use the new DX9c November package, but it is not required.



It is believed there are several reasons behind the 64 bit crashing, but this is one that stands out as the most likely culprit.

 

[Behemoko]

@Behemko

I know you were experiencing contrast/gamma issues, I suspect you got that sorted, but how did you go about doing it?

When I loaded up the demo a second time, and changed the contrast and brightness to 60% and the gamma all the way up to 75% it worked the second time. I don't know why, it just did. And it looked pretty good in those respective areas until the game said it would no longer play for me.

 

[X800]

I had a broblem with the sound when i use the realteks hd driver ver 1,79 .The sound disapeared but i uppdated to 1.80 and now the sound works perectly.

 

[tomgregory]

Help!!!

hi im not sure if this is the right place but anyway...
i downloaded the crysis demo yesterday and tried to start playing - as you do
however in the images you can see there is like a weird rectangle in the upper left 1/4 and that my rifle is see-through, like a cloack but with nothing engaged. also the scenery is invisible and mucked up, meaning that it is completely unplayable because i cant see enemies or scenery.
i opened up the text thingy and it mentions some errors which i think could be related to it.

i would be grateful if someone could propose a way to rectify it
thanks

also my system specs
amd x2 4200+ (2x 2.2ghz)
2gb OCZ DDR2 RAM
OC'ed pre-OC'ed 7900gs
HDD- do you really care???

 

[Zotie]

Crysis and my computer

Ok, my set up is a Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 ghz, 4 gbs of ram, HTO Striker, and a 8800 Gts 320...
and my computer is crapin out! its says i shuld run it on medium, and its still lagging, i get like 30 and below frames. I reinstalled the game, my drivers for the graphics card and the sound card and my mobo... idk wtf is wrong, some 1 HELP ME!

 

[niko084]

tomgregory-

Are your drivers the newest, I know Nvidia already had released a driver that specifically fixed a few problems with Crysis...

Also pre-overclocked, it may be getting hot and artifacting, although it doesn't look like artifacting I am used to seeing its worth checking how hot its getting.

 

[niko084]

Ok, my set up is a Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 ghz, 4 gbs of ram, HTO Striker, and a 8800 Gts 320...
and my computer is crapin out! its says i shuld run it on medium, and its still lagging, i get like 30 and below frames. I reinstalled the game, my drivers for the graphics card and the sound card and my mobo... idk wtf is wrong, some 1 HELP ME!

What os?
What resolution?

 

[JC316]

I am having graphics glitches. Sometimes a mountain will vanish, sometimes a box and sometimes my gun. It's really annoying.

 

[Behemoko]

Anybody know how to override this? I had the demo running 2 days ago @ 10-20 FPS, so I know this isn't true, but I don't know how to override it..

 

[Steevo]

It wont run for me. When I look at the game file it states that it has a runaway thread.




I hate games like this, a completely stable systems, and it fucks up. Almost like TDU by Atardi.

 

[AsRock]

I didn't see one of these up yet.

64bit crysis.exe hangs at the first .bik screen where it mentions not to redistribute the demo blahblah.
32 bit Crysis.exe runs, but the current issue is random crash, even while in options menu.




I have read elsewhere that the demo released for EA preorder customers had issues with the 64bit.

I use XP Pro x64 and i have had no problems at all..

 

[Zotie]

What os?
What resolution?

I !just! got Vista 64Bit, thats wut im using
and i tried it on my native 1680 1050, then 1440 900 and then i tried lower res's that didnt have widescreen and there was no or bairly ne difference.

 

[erocker]

I !just! got Vista 64Bit, thats wut im using
and i tried it on my native 1680 1050, then 1440 900 and then i tried lower res's that didnt have widescreen and there was no or bairly ne difference.

Your video card doesn't have enough vmem to keep up with Crysis on anything over medium. Your processor should be overclocked to at least 2.8ghz and most importantly make sure your computer is updated with all the latest drivers. 64-bit Vista is a complete waste as well.

 

[Zotie]

Your video card doesn't have enough vmem to keep up with Crysis on anything over medium. 64-bit Vista is a complete waste as well.

How do i not have enof Vmem to run ne thing over medium if my bro with the same card can run it on Very High perfectly fine!, i didnt buy 64bit btw
Let me rephrase, the max requirements is a 512, but still, thats dif even if i have 320, its the card more then the amount...

I have all the latest drivers for my vid card sound card and mobo

 

[tomgregory]

niko -

hi thanks i downloaded the new forceware patches, reinstalled it and restarted several times, but nothing seems to make a difference...

what else can i try?

 

[dliedke]

Yesterday, I had it running fine. Now today, even after an un-install, and re-installation, whenever I try to run either the game, or one of its benchmarks, the screen goes black for half a second, and returns to normal without the game or benchmark ever starting. Any suggestions?

This is the message I get now, which is complete and utter bullshit as I was running the game fine, albeit slowly yesterday.. :-( I can't seem to override it, but I haven't tryed anything, so any suggestion would be much appreciated, I can't believe i am the only person playing this game getting this message.. :-(

I got a similar issue. The problem was that when I loaded any save game the game aborts and return to Windows. If I start a new game, wait for the load and then load a save game it works.

 

[newconroer]

I doubt any of this will get stickied, as it's concerning the demo, but hopefully some of this information will still be accessible in a couple weeks, as it may indeed pertain to the retail as well.

For 64 bit executable issues (and possibly others) : (This is what I came up with so far, but it's not 100%)

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There are several reasons why the 64 bit may not work.

The first was the leaked pre-order version of the SP Demo. It had 64 bit executable issues.
It is recommended to use the rereleased public version.

The second was the 169.01 drivers. They apparently have done more harm than good, and their main focus was to help optimize some GPU hardware that had fallen by the wayside, which was a concern given that the SP demo is considerably old; rather than particularly increase performance, which, is a bit of a moot point, given the age of the demo. They also do not work with RivaTuner. And I suspect these new ones do not as well, as even the 2.06 version of Riva only covers the 163.7X series and older.

The third was some users, especially those using Nhancer, had multiple profiles in their Nvidia control panel or Nhancer database. Also, if you do not have duplicate or multiple profiles, you should at least remove the executable that the profile points to, and replace it with the newly installed 64 bit one. And, make sure that Vsync is OFF, through whatever tools you use to define game settings outside of the game, force Vsync OFF!!!



There is another quirky suggestion that seem to have 'done the trick for some. That was to set GPU to default clocks, run the game in 32bit mode, set your visuals, save and exit, reboot, then run in 64bit. If it works, then modify clock settings (Though this one sounds like 'hot-air,' and they probably just turned vsync off unknowingly and voila, it worked!).

 

[Nisei]

I ran the 64 bit exe under Vista x64 and changed my video settings. Then clicked OK and the thing crashed. Now whenever I get to the menu screen (64 and 32 bit versions) the thing locks up and ten seconds later I get a black screen and Vista says my video driver has crashed. I'm using the ForceWare 163.69 drivers. Is there any way to manually alter a cfg file to reset it to default graphics settings?

 

[newconroer]

Yes you could, but I don't know what the default amounts were. You could uninstall > reinstall, if you don't mind doing that, unless someone has a copy of the default .cfg.

 

[Lopez0101]

I can't even play the demo anymore. Even after a couple of uninstall and reinstalls all textures disappear and it's just a jumbled mass of flashing gray, other colors and bright light. No longer playable at all, dunno why either. All my other games and TimeShift run flawlessly.

 

[SpookyWillow]

try reinstalling your video drivers, if that doesn't work then install the drivers only without any CCC or other software like atitool

 

[Widjaja]

Loading savedgame crash bug:- Solutions

Just when I thought Crysis demo was running fine for me, I went to start it up again to find if I chose load game from the menu it will go to the loading screen, get to 100% then crash to windows.

Solutions
Start new game then load old game, this is the only way your save will load.
or
Start new game, all saves from this new game should load without crashes.