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Gameplay / Re: Possible to replay Arnassi Race?

« on: June 30, 2013, 11:23:41 pm »

Uh... apparently I'm just an idiot. I decided to try to sing the race spell again before swimming away in defeat and it launched me into the race!! I must have either been hitting the wrong notes, singing in the wrong spot or something else equally embarrassing, because it appears that you CAN re-race after winning! Move along, nothing to see here! I'm a derp! 

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Gameplay / Possible to replay Arnassi Race?

« on: June 30, 2013, 11:12:28 pm »

I'm an avid OCD achievement hunter and because of this, I recently re-bought Aquaria for steam even though I already had a copy of the game before it came out on steam. Unfortunately I've run into an issue. I've already sunk 16 hours into the game and am not yet delved into the Abyss yet when I re-stumbled on the Arnassi ruins.  There is a steam achievement for beating the race in under a minute. I tried and failed over and over to even beat the 1:30 time until finally, I beat it with a time of 1:26 which caused the Seahorse outfit prize to appear in the statue's hand below. I collected my prize and intended to continue to try and beat the course in under a minute the next day so I swam to a save point and saved over my old save! I don't know why I didn't save in a new slot, but I didn't, so I can't go back. I can't go back to the save directly before I won the race! This is an issue because when I logged in today to try and race again, I could not! I played the song fast, I played it slow. Didn't matter. I wasn't allowed to race. I'm pretty upset because now I can't get that achievement unless I want to start the game over again and I'd rather not do that right now.

Is there any way to replay the race once you win? Is there a quick coding fix that can be pushed through in an update to allow players to reactivate the race to try and beat their old score? I am frustrated and disheartened that I didn't take precautions and save in a new spot. I just assumed that if there was an achievement for beating a race at a certain time, one would be allowed to race as many times as necessary until the goal was achieved. I didn't realize it was a one shot deal.

Is there anything that can be done?

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Modding / Re: Aquaria: Sacrifice v1.12

« on: May 26, 2012, 06:51:02 pm »

Thanks so much for the reply and all the hard work. I was desperate for more playtime after finishing the game yesterday and found this forum and mods to try and extend the pleasure just a little longer. <3

I'm glad for what is available because it's sure keeping me busy. (Already many hours into this mod and enjoying the hunt.) Tried labyrinth for about a half hour but it was seriously kicking my bum. No world map had me spinning in circles and I died numerous times getting ping-ponged between two sea anemones, unable to eject myself from the loop of death. =(

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Modding / Re: Aquaria: Sacrifice v1.12

« on: May 26, 2012, 09:18:46 am »

I upgraded the game to version 1.1.3 and then installed Sacrifice 1.12. Right after saving at the save crystal I tried to enter the next area and the game crashed with a flag set to 0 message. I then re-installed my original game version 1.1.1 over the upgrade and sacrifice is now working but there is a strange and annoying thing going on that I thought I'd bring up.

In the key-binds I have bound my map key to my left shift button so I can open up the map on the fly. I played through the whole original game with this ability and when trying to play through this mod, it feels like I'm missing a limb without a quick ability to glance at the map.  Just wondering if there was an easy fix for this. <3

In addition I noticed that when I move to a new area, the whole map is already filled in. This is problematic for two reasons. The first being that I derive great pleasure in opening every little crevice on the map and when it's already filled in, it sucks a bit of the joy out of the game for me and second, I can't keep track of where I've been vs where I have yet to go. Grey points on the map were the only way I was able to find a lot of treasures and things. When I'd get lost and not know where to go next... I'd pop open the map and look for a grey spot to head for and usually that would allow me to progress.