I think from now on I might scan these help pages before I hit that 'purchase' button. Does anyone else have any more options to try? I am getting really frustrated with this access violation error. I have tried the 'world of gothic' system fix/patch and that doesn't help at all. I now buy it from GoG thinking that would fix it but I get exactly the same thing. I tried running it in compatibility mode and even tried the 'administrator' idea. I owned Gothic 1 on steam but was continuously getting an access violation everytime I ran it.