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[skaldicpoet9]

So, today I tried to instlal the Aquaria demo again and much to my dismay it won't load at all. Every time it goes to fullscreen it gets stuck on the loading bar and then an error message saying "Aquaria has stopped working" pops up.

I tried uninstalling and re-installing, installing with Administrator rights, launching the game with admin rights and changing the resolution but to no avail.

The weird thing though is that I have played the game just fine on this computer before.

I am running Vista Ultimate x64 edition. If anyone could help me I'd be much obliged 

[Craig Stern]

I am running Vista Ultimate x64 edition. If anyone could help me I'd be much obliged 

Uh oh. I have Vista x64 also, and I get all kinds of problems trying to run certain programs (particularly music programs). I'd like to buy Aquaria one of these days, but not if it isn't Vista x64 compatible.

[skaldicpoet9]

Well, the thing is the demo used to work just fine but then I had to reinstall my OS and everything again and now it won't even load. I am planning on buying it but I wanted to try out the demo again before I did. I guess I'll just have to wait and figure it out.

[Melly]

Do you use an ATI card?

If so, revert your drivers to version 8.12

[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

I've been hearing tons of problems with games and Vista 64-bit, which is a pity because isn't it supposed to be fully backwards compatible with 32-bit software? Anyway, Aquaria works fine for me on Vista 32-bit.

[Craig Stern]

Vista x64 handles drivers differently than 32-bit Vista. In my experience, most games that run on XP run fine on Vista x64, but a few programs (mostly sound and music-editing programs) just plain don't work.

[skaldicpoet9]

I've been hearing tons of problems with games and Vista 64-bit, which is a pity because isn't it supposed to be fully backwards compatible with 32-bit software? Anyway, Aquaria works fine for me on Vista 32-bit.

I haven't had a problem with any of my old 32bit programs at all really. The only thing that won't work is Dev C++ and I just replaced it with C++ Express.

I do have an ATI card though so the drivers could be the issue but it is strange because I could have sworn I had the same drivers whenever the demo was working before. I'll try reverting to 8.12 and see what happens.

[Melly]

When I bought Aquaria I couldn't play it because the game crashed during the initial loading. It was because soemthing with the newer drivers broke what Alec did with OpenGL. REverting to 8.12 did the trick.

Also, reverting ATI drivers could be a pain in the ass. I'd advise you to do something like a restoration point or something similar before so.