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Aquaria => Support => Topic started by: quamper on December 10, 2007, 04:27:59 am

Title: Demo = Fail
Post by: quamper on December 10, 2007, 04:27:59 am

So well the demo flat out doesn't work.. See attached screenshot.

The bit-blot logo is fine, and the small scene right after that is fine, but the menu is what's shown in the screenshot.

Windows Vista Business 32bit
Intel Dual Core 2ghz
2gb ram
Radeon Mobility X1400

I've got the latest drivers. Everything is default in Catalyst Control Center, I've tried other options as well to see if that made any difference.

Tried multiple settings for running the game in the configuration. With all the lowest possible settings it still does it, windowed or fullscreen.

Demo = fail

:(

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: Alec on December 10, 2007, 04:34:59 am

Do you have the latest ATI drivers (http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html)?

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: Quemaqua on December 10, 2007, 08:36:50 am

A friend of mine had a similar problem, though not identical.  But he has an nvidia card.  Anyway, he was using beta drivers.  Rolling them back to the last official release solved the problem.  I doubt this will help you, but it's worth mentioning just in case.

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: quamper on December 10, 2007, 01:35:35 pm

Quote from: Alec on December 10, 2007, 04:34:59 am

Do you have the latest ATI drivers (http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html)?

As I said in my original post, I do.

I noticed someone else posted after me with the same problem, with a similar video card.

I've never had any graphical problems with games before, and I've played quite a few graphically intense games with this pc.

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: Alec on December 10, 2007, 01:54:27 pm

Ah, sorry I didn't see that.

That's unfortunate, and I'm not quite sure what we can do about it, seeing as the game works fine on XP and some other Vista installs just fine.

Maybe I can look up your card and see if the OpenGL support is at the same point that the other cards are.

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: Alec on December 10, 2007, 01:56:21 pm

Found this thread:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;jsessionid=990ECBC2EF5AF0615A06EC72D307C626?topicId=86647698&sid=1

Looks like the mobility Vista drivers may be a version behind.

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: quamper on December 10, 2007, 02:29:27 pm

Ok well no aquaria then.

I'm just surprised because I've never had any problems with any other games ever.

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: Alec on December 10, 2007, 02:30:24 pm

Do you play other games that use OpenGL on your system?

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: quamper on December 10, 2007, 02:35:55 pm

Yes quite a few different games.

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: Alec on December 10, 2007, 02:38:39 pm

I think the problem is the "dark layer".

There's a special blend effect used for it that may not be supported by those drivers yet. (hence it looks like random garbage)

I could probably disable it and you'd be able to play the demo, but for areas in the rest of the full game its important that it stays on.

In any case, it seems like something that'll be supported once the new drivers come out.

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: quamper on December 10, 2007, 02:40:46 pm

I'm going to try out that link someone else posted for the mobility mod tool and see if that works or makes any difference.

Title: Re: Demo = Fail
Post by: quamper on December 10, 2007, 03:06:42 pm

Awesome that does seem to have fixed it.