Computer restarts whenever I try to play the game!

[pikmintaro]

I bought this game quite awhile ago, and I really enjoyed what I could play of it, but after playing for a little bit my computer always restarts for no reason! I gave up on playing it for awhile after messing with some of the game settings, but I just tried to run it again today, my computer suddenly restarted right at the start of the game (My saves were all deleted for some reason.)

I'm getting really tired of this because I want to play the game! is there a known fix for this or should I just give up?

[False.Genesis]

[...] but after playing for a little bit my computer always restarts for no reason! I gave up on playing it for awhile after messing with some of the game settings, but I just tried to run it again today, my computer suddenly restarted right at the start of the game

Looks like a driver or system issue to me. Which OS are you using? Graphics card? Aquaria version?
Another possibility is that your system is overheating, but if it happens right after starting the game it's less likely.

If you're using windows, first disable autoreboot on bluescreen. If it bluescreens that may at least give you some info of what is wrong.

To be sure your system isn't overheating, run this for 10-15 mins: http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/
If your machine doesn't reboot or produce garbage in that time, it's ok.

My saves were all deleted for some reason.

I assume you run Vista or win7.
First, Aquaria doesn't delete saves (there is no such function in the code).
Some win7/vista virtual file system compatibility layer bullshit likes to put them somewhere into hard to find folders in your user profile directories; was discussed in this topic: http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=464.0

(I still use XP so I can't help you with this)

[pikmintaro]

[...] but after playing for a little bit my computer always restarts for no reason! I gave up on playing it for awhile after messing with some of the game settings, but I just tried to run it again today, my computer suddenly restarted right at the start of the game

Looks like a driver or system issue to me. Which OS are you using? Graphics card? Aquaria version?
Another possibility is that your system is overheating, but if it happens right after starting the game it's less likely.

If you're using windows, first disable autoreboot on bluescreen. If it bluescreens that may at least give you some info of what is wrong.

To be sure your system isn't overheating, run this for 10-15 mins: http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/
If your machine doesn't reboot or produce garbage in that time, it's ok.

My saves were all deleted for some reason.

I assume you run Vista or win7.
First, Aquaria doesn't delete saves (there is no such function in the code).
Some win7/vista virtual file system compatibility layer bullshit likes to put them somewhere into hard to find folders in your user profile directories; was discussed in this topic: http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=464.0

(I still use XP so I can't help you with this)

Ok thanks I am using Windows Vista, for Graphics Card I'm not sure how do you find that out? and the version of Aquaria said it was like 1.1.1 or something like that.
And how do you disable the autoreboot?

[False.Genesis]

for Graphics Card I'm not sure how do you find that out

Start > Run > "dxdiag", then check out the "Display" tab. Or just punch it into the start menu search bar, forgot how the vista start menu looks like. Or just press Winkey+R, that opens a "Run program" dialog.
As soon as you know which card you have, update your graphics drivers; in most cases these are the problem.
(Until recently I used an old Nvidia driver from 2009 that locked up about 2-3x a week specifically when running Aquaria. After I updated it this was gone.)

and the version of Aquaria said it was like 1.1.1 or something like that.

Old. Get one of my updates (as linked in my sig).

And how do you disable the autoreboot?

Any search engine is your friend: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=vista+disable+autoreboot 

[pikmintaro]

for Graphics Card I'm not sure how do you find that out

Start > Run > "dxdiag", then check out the "Display" tab. Or just punch it into the start menu search bar, forgot how the vista start menu looks like. Or just press Winkey+R, that opens a "Run program" dialog.
As soon as you know which card you have, update your graphics drivers; in most cases these are the problem.
(Until recently I used an old Nvidia driver from 2009 that locked up about 2-3x a week specifically when running Aquaria. After I updated it this was gone.)

and the version of Aquaria said it was like 1.1.1 or something like that.

Old. Get one of my updates (as linked in my sig).

And how do you disable the autoreboot?

Any search engine is your friend: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=vista+disable+autoreboot 

Ok thanks for all the help! I'm downloading the drivers from the website, so I will see if it stops restarting once I've updated them.

[GMMan]

I remember the integrated Intel graphics from my old Dell would act up if you tried running certain Source games on it. Aquaria is nowhere near as demanding, but the heat generated may cause driver crashes.