Why does Crysis keep crashing on my MacBook Pro?

[smallnshort247]

Hey guys,

So I've heard everyone and their moms use the phrase "but can it run Crysis" as if it's a benchmark for how good of a computer you really have. So I figured, why not buy it and try it out. So via bootcamp I installed Crysis on my MBP via Steam. Installed it and tried playing it, but it keeps crashing. It works till I get to the actual loading screen to begin the first mission, and then the screen goes black. Then I usually shut the lid and open it back up..then I have to login to Windows 7 again, only to see a "Crysis crashed" pop up. I didn't raise the graphics settings. In fact, I tried lowering them all the way to 800 something, and it's still crashing. What's wrong? Read my signature to see the specs of my 2010MBP. I figured it could run it, and I've seen other MBP's of my same year and model run it too (on youtube).

 

[Hellhammer]

Have you installed the latest GPU drivers?

 

[smallnshort247]

Have you installed the latest GPU drivers?

How can I check? I installed the Apple drivers, would those be it?

 

[Huntn]

FYI, Crysis runs on my 3 year old MBP in the range of 15-25fps. Off hand I don't know why it's crashing for you.

 

[smallnshort247]

For the first mission, once the loading bar gets to about 80% it stops moving and sometimes the screen goes black but the MBP is clearly still on. I may have to try reinstalling the game and see if that works.

 

[Hellhammer]

How can I check? I installed the Apple drivers, would those be it?

Should be these.

 

[smallnshort247]

That didn't seem to work either

 

[fortunecookie]

Did reinstalling work? If not, try downloading the installer again or try the dvd version of the installer if you get one.

 

[Ace134blue]

Should be these.

How do you know hes on 64bit?

That didn't seem to work either

Try 32bit drivers OP. Also make sure you have Crysis Patched.

 

[smallnshort247]

How do you know hes on 64bit?



Try 32bit drivers OP. Also make sure you have Crysis Patched.

When you say try 32bit do you mean reinstall windows 7 as 32 bit? Because right now I have 64bit installed. And reinstalling the game didn't seem to work either.

 

[smallnshort247]

I do see that I have about 60 Windows updates I need to install since I just installed Windows 7 on it. Hopefully that fixes the problem! I'll keep you guys posted, thanks for the help!

 

[Hellhammer]

When you say try 32bit do you mean reinstall windows 7 as 32 bit? Because right now I have 64bit installed. And reinstalling the game didn't seem to work either.

Oh, sorry, I though you had 2011 MBP. Here are the drivers you need. Installing the Windows updates may fix it though.

 

[smallnshort247]

Oh, sorry, I though you had 2011 MBP. Here are the drivers you need. Installing the Windows updates may fix it though.

I'll download that too along w/ updating Windows and I'll see if that works! By the way, is there anyway to zoom in on the screen like we can in OS X? I think that's one of my favorite features on the Mac, and I'm always having a hard time reading the small letters if I can't zoom in :/

 

[smallnshort247]

Oh, sorry, I though you had 2011 MBP. Here are the drivers you need. Installing the Windows updates may fix it though.

Thanks everyone for your help! The game runs now!

 

[Huntn]

So did you update drivers or run Windows update or both?
Thanks!

 

[Ace134blue]

Oh, sorry, I though you had 2011 MBP. Here are the drivers you need. Installing the Windows updates may fix it though.

I thought so too. lol

 

[smallnshort247]

So did you update drivers or run Windows update or both?
Thanks!

I did both, so I'm not exactly sure which one was the true fix..or maybe both of them were. The is however another problem. It seems as if Crysis only starts/allows me to play when it randomly wants to. It worked earlier today but I tried starting it up again now and it is crashing again. Not sure what to think.

 

[smallnshort247]

So now it's not letting me even get to the menu screen. When I boot the game up It goes to a black screen and stays there. Then I shut the laptop because I can't do anything else and then when I log back in it says something about it not working. Do you think if I installed Windows 7 in 32bit instead of 64 bit that it would help the issue?

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

I did both, so I'm not exactly sure which one was the true fix..or maybe both of them were. The is however another problem. It seems as if Crysis only starts/allows me to play when it randomly wants to. It worked earlier today but I tried starting it up again now and it is crashing again. Not sure what to think.

I hear that the 80% loading crash is a problem with ported version also, not certain about the Mac driver updates.

 

[Consultant]

Crysis runs fine for me under 64bit windows. Contact software maker for support.

You DID buy it didn't you?

 

[smallnshort247]

Crysis runs fine for me under 64bit windows. Contact software maker for support.

You DID buy it didn't you?

Yeah, I purchased it off Steam. I usually play all my Mac or PC games through Steam and just use Bootcamp for the games that aren't Mac supported.

 

[smallnshort247]

So I have another update for you guys. I ended up reinstalling Windows 7 as 32bit then reinstalled Steam and the games etc. Crysis ran fine both times before I even installed the Windows 7 updates. So once again, thank you guys for your help. Hopefully this thread helps anyone out there in the future who also came across this problem..because I was depending on a few threads as old as 5 or more years old from other forums