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Posted May 23, 2011
Hello.

I started playing the GOG-version of the Witcher about a week ago and I'm currently running around in chapter 2. I've spent a few hours in the Swamp and on my return to Vizima I get this error after the cutscene with the boat:
Unable to load module - IFO file invalid.
Then the game exits to main menu.

Anyone have any idea what could be causing this and how to fix it?
Posted May 23, 2011
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Unexpected: [...]
The save got corrupted. To try fixing it:

(First make a save backup)
Run the game, load your latest save.
Alt-Tab from the game, open the folder:
C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\The Witcher\temp\saves\<loaded savegame>
delete all *.sav files
return to game, make a new save, try changing location.
Posted May 23, 2011
Thank you so much, it worked like a charm :)
Posted May 23, 2011
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Unexpected: Thank you so much, it worked like a charm :)
Good to hear, I'm not certain if it doesn't reset the locations though (i.e. you would have to talk to people one again, or something like that). Hopefully not.
Posted July 14, 2015
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Unexpected: Thank you so much, it worked like a charm :)
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Thiev: Good to hear, I'm not certain if it doesn't reset the locations though (i.e. you would have to talk to people one again, or something like that). Hopefully not.
I know it's been awhile but I was trying to finish off a playthrough and all my most recent save files are corrupted. I get invalid .ifo or the game just crashes. I can go back a few saves to get it to load however when I view the save file location there are no files with a .sav extension. They all have .TheWitcherSave as an extension are these the same?
Posted July 16, 2015
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Lotus69: I know it's been awhile but I was trying to finish off a playthrough and all my most recent save files are corrupted. I get invalid .ifo or the game just crashes. I can go back a few saves to get it to load however when I view the save file location there are no files with a .sav extension. They all have .TheWitcherSave as an extension are these the same?
You are checking in the wrong folder. Like I wrote in the previous post:
- you need to start the game and load the save
- don't exit the game, just minimize it to taskbar
- open windows explorer, double-click the address bar, paste the following and press enter:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\The Witcher\temp\saves
- there you should find the folder named like the save that is currently loaded in-game
- enter it and there delete all .sav files
- return to game, make a new save and try changing location
Posted July 17, 2015
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Lotus69: I know it's been awhile but I was trying to finish off a playthrough and all my most recent save files are corrupted. I get invalid .ifo or the game just crashes. I can go back a few saves to get it to load however when I view the save file location there are no files with a .sav extension. They all have .TheWitcherSave as an extension are these the same?
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Thiev: You are checking in the wrong folder. Like I wrote in the previous post:
- you need to start the game and load the save
- don't exit the game, just minimize it to taskbar
- open windows explorer, double-click the address bar, paste the following and press enter:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\The Witcher\temp\saves
- there you should find the folder named like the save that is currently loaded in-game
- enter it and there delete all .sav files
- return to game, make a new save and try changing location
I apologize, because I moved the "My Documents" folder to it's own drive I assumed you were pointing to those saves and you know what "assuming" makes you right? ;) Thanks for your patience and taking the time to update the thread again. If I think back all those years ago I remember doing this soon after release as well.

Cheers!
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