Gothic 1 from Steam

Heya,

I downloaded Gothic from Steam and am getting the following error whenever I try to start a new game. Any thoughts?

======================================= UNHANDLED EXCEPTION OCCURED ================================================== ====
======================================= CRASH INFOS: ================================================== ===================
GOTHIC 1.08j, Parser Version: 50
User: Gaming Rig, CPUType: 586, Mem: 0 MB total, 0 MB free
Startup Options:
=============================================== CALLSTACK : ================================================== ============
0023:7265666C (0x008A39C0 0x038FDD68 0x00000000 0x0087CF90) dwmapi.dll, DwmUnregisterThumbnail()+6096 byte(s)
0023:00741226 (0x0FEE0034 0x151AC034 0x00000000 0x0A93C31A) GOTHIC.EXE, zCVertexBuffer_D3D::Optimize()+38 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\ZenGin\_Kurt\zRndD3D_Ve rtexbuffer.cpp, line 310+20 byte(s)
0023:005E4017 (0x007F66DC 0x0FEE6274 0x0FEE0034 0x00000002) GOTHIC.EXE, zCVertexBufferManager::UnlockOpenVertexBuffers()+2 63 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\ZenGin\_Dieter\zVertexB uffer.cpp, line 387
0023:0060C320 (0x00000001 0x00000000 0x007F66DC 0x0160FB40) GOTHIC.EXE, zCWorld::LoadWorld()+352 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\ZenGin\_Dieter\zWorld.c pp, line 2351
0023:006F470B (0x0160FB40 0x00000000 0x0160FBFC 0x0FE904EC) GOTHIC.EXE, oCWorld::LoadWorld()+731 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\gothic\_Ulf\oWorld.cpp, line 447+20 byte(s)
0023:006561C5 (0x0160FB40 0x0160FB70 0xFFFFFFFE 0x0160FB6C) GOTHIC.EXE, oCGame::LoadWorldStartup()+277 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\gothic\_Ulf\oGame.cpp, line 2935+65 byte(s)
0023:00655505 (0xFFFFFFFE 0x0160FBF8 0x0160FCB4 0x00000011) GOTHIC.EXE, oCGame::LoadWorld()+421 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\gothic\_Ulf\oGame.cpp, line 26800023:00652D44 (0xFFFFFFFE 0x0160FBF8 0x00000000 0x0160FC6C) GOTHIC.EXE, oCGame::LoadGame()+260 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\gothic\_Ulf\oGame.cpp, line 2017
0023:00652D44 (0xFFFFFFFE 0x0160FBF8 0x00000000 0x0160FC6C) GOTHIC.EXE, oCGame::LoadGame()+260 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\gothic\_Ulf\oGame.cpp, line 2017
0023:0042A890 (0x00000000 0x002233B1 0x002233B0 0x0160FE84) GOTHIC.EXE, CGameManager::Menu()+2528 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\gothic\_Bert\oGameManag er.cpp, line 1439+331 byte(s)
0023:004271F8 (0x007F7038 0x74914BB7 0x001402C4 0x0FE904EC) GOTHIC.EXE, CGameManager::Run()+1064 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\gothic\_Bert\oGameManag er.cpp, line 679
0023:006F627B (0x6B636F4C 0x544F475F 0x00434948 0x00720065) GOTHIC.EXE, MainProg()+75 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\gothic\_Ulf\Phoenix.cpp , line 115
0023:00500533 (0x2168527D 0x430C0032 0x5C003A00 0x69005700) GOTHIC.EXE, HandledWinMain()+963 byte(s), D:\dev\Gothic\current_work\ZenGin\_Carsten\zWin32. cpp, line 772

What OS are you using and what are the stats for your rig? There could be several reasons for your problem, but we need more info.

I had a lot of problems getting Gothic 1 to work as well. I think I had to install a couple of the community patches and something that makes it compatible with Win7. Maybe you also need to run as administrator, or in compatibility mode?

Uh oh, that's the next game on my list to play on Win7 once I get over my ME3 MP addiction. Please let us know what you discover.

Runs fine for me in Win 7 64. I have the compatibility setting on Windows XP with service pack 2.

As far as I know, this is a Steam specific issue. To resolve it, disable steam overlay specifically for Gothic (see point 3 on the following page):
http://www.ehow.com/how_10004514_dis…m-overlay.html

Should do the trick. If it doesn't, try setting it to XP compatibility mode and run as administrator.

Thanks for the info. My version is the original, out of the box.