Consistent Crashing At Beginning Of Chapter 17

[Sneaksie]

Unfortunately, there are no specific errors listed.
Just a thought, maybe the save game you're loading in Chapter 16 was made before the patch? Loading pre-patch save games in the patched versionof the game may fail immediately or cause problems during next load or level transition.
Zip your working save from level 16 and upload it here, let's try to load it on another PC.
BTW, you do realize that shaders 4.0 (and, consequently, advanced PhysX effects) aren't available on XP, right? They require Dx10.

[Lazarus187]

BTW, you do realize that shaders 4.0 (and, consequently, advanced PhysX effects) aren't available on XP, right? They require Dx10.

Yes, and as far as I know, I don't have the aforementioned features enabled. In any event, I've attached a save game from the very end of Chapter 16. Hopefully you can ascertain what's going on. Thanks a million for your assistance!

[Sneaksie]

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]

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]

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

[Lazarus187]

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]

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