Major issues/unplayable

[askreet]

So I'm going to throw a wrench in this awesome thread where all of you with this issue have ATI drivers on laptops!

Just grabbed the Humble Bundle, fired it up on my Windows 7 x64 desktop with a 9800GT (1G) nVidia video card!  Same issue.

I'm going to investigate some more after work, I'll let you know if I find anything.  It does seem like it's using software rendering...

[Alec]

It does seem like it's using software rendering...

Wtf, wow.

[ArigusX207]

I was looking for a solution to the OpenGL problem, and I really can't find any sort of good legacy support for OpenGL... it's like it just didn't exist under Windows Vista! I'm running an ATI Radeon Mobility x1400, and it really should be able to run this. Sadness!

Anyway, Nvidia guy, you might be in more luck than the rest of us. Nvidia seems to have much better support for OpenGL drivers. Here's their page for OGL drivers, check that out and see if it helps.

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/opengl_driver.html

[luminehall]

Hey, I just got this from the humble indie bundle.
I tried playing full screen on my mac, and it works just fine.
However, I tried playing full screen on my pc and the screen flickers, as if it is in incompatible refresh rates. Trying to change my refresh rates did not solve the problem. However the game displays just fine in windowed mode, however I prefer to play in full screen mode.

[ArigusX207]

So I figured out my OpenGL issue, but now I have a new host of problems. I think it has a lot to do with Windows 7 and Microsoft's aversion to OpenGL (and who can blame them... they do own the competing rendering library) since I was able to install Dell's (outdated) Vista drivers (btw, I'm running a Dell E1705 with a Mobility Radeon X1400). It fixed all of my OpenGl issues, Aquaria ran at a good framerate (with stipulations, more on that), but Prey and Doom 3 both ran perfectly well earlier today for the first time since I've had Windows 7.

As for the driver version, I'm pretty sure that Dell was just installing a custom version of the ATI Catalyst 8.6 drivers, so for people that don't own Dell laptops I would try that.

Now the new issue is that the title screen is all black and I can't see the option to start a new game, but there are other forums topics for that issue, so that's the last I'll say about that.

[Phlimm]

Do you have a link to those drivers Arigus?  I have the exact same video card.

[tivasyk]

problem: aquaria runs at 0.5…1 fps fullscreen with minimum graphics setiings

setup: aspire one l110 — atom n270, ram 1.5 gb, video 8 gb + shared memory… yeah, i know it's not a gaming monster, but there're many visually similar titles running at least decently. linux mint 8 xfce (ubuntu 9.10).

has anyone managed to run aquaria on similar setups?

p.s. fixed! runs fine.

[jonathanbruder]

problem: aquaria runs at 0.5…1 fps fullscreen with minimum graphics setiings

setup: aspire one l110 ....yeah, i know it's not a gaming monster, but there're many visually similar titles running at least decently.  (ubuntu 9.10).

has anyone managed to run aquaria on similar setups?

I'm also on an aspire one, on lucid (ubuntu 10.04). It's the only game from the HIB that lags for me; it definitely feels like it's using software rendering on linux as well. Aquaria is 1 fps before it even gets to the main menu. The problem may be different, but the symptoms are exactly as described for windows.

[tivasyk]

I'm also on an aspire one, on lucid (ubuntu 10.04). It's the only game from the HIB that lags for me; it definitely feels like it's using software rendering on linux as well. Aquaria is 1 fps before it even gets to the main menu. The problem may be different, but the symptoms are exactly as described for windows.

oh sorry i panicked =( got it working ok — just manually edited every relevant setting in ~/.Aquaria/preferences/usersettings.xml down to minimal value:

    Blur on="0"
    NumParticles v="128"
    ScreenMode resx="1024" resy="600" bits="24" fbuffer="0" full="1" vsync="0" darkfbuffer="0" darkbuffersize="256"

now it runs fine.

p.s. special thankx to everyone who helped bring the humble indie bundle to all the indie-loving gamers out there!

[Alec]

I'm guessing it's just the fbuffer settings that really matter there..?

[tivasyk]

I'm guessing it's just the fbuffer settings that really matter there..?

i was feeling way too lazy (and eager to give this great adventure a try) to test the settings one by one. but probably you are right. want me to check?