Aquaria will not start

[Fearless Son]

I have been looking forward to Aquaria since last spring, so when I saw at work today that it was finished, I made sure to download it when I got home, which I did.  Paid for the full version straight off the bat and got myself a copy.  However, I felt heartbroken when I could not get my copy of Aquaria to start up at all!  I started with whatever version was current for your full downloads, and I tried patching it after my first few failed attempts to start it, but still no luck. 

I am currently running Windows XP SP2, and when I start the game it gets as far as the initial loading screen then pops up a dialogue saying that Aquaria.exe has preformed an illegal opperation and needs to close.  I looked through the debug log, and it looks like it cannot find some of the graphical assets.  I have copied the last part of the log here: 

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Init Script Interface...
OK
pos [-1], file :gfx/font
***Could not find texture: gfx/font
LOADED TEXTURE FROM DISK: font ref: 1 idx: 0
pos [-1], file :gfx/cursor
***Could not find texture: gfx/cursor
LOADED TEXTURE FROM DISK: cursor ref: 1 idx: 1
Loading EXT_framebuffer_object (128, 128)
EXT_framebuffer_object extension was not found
registered [Colin Ferguson]
pos [-1], file :gfx/glow
***Could not find texture: gfx/glow
LOADED TEXTURE FROM DISK: glow ref: 1 idx: 2
pos [-1], file :gfx/hintbox
***Could not find texture: gfx/hintbox
LOADED TEXTURE FROM DISK: hintbox ref: 1 idx: 3
pos [-1], file :gfx/bitblot/logo-bg
***Could not find texture: gfx/bitblot/logo-bg
LOADED TEXTURE FROM DISK: bitblot/logo-bg ref: 1 idx: 4
Could not find animation: idle
Could not find bone with idx[0]
Please help me fix this.  I have wandered all over this forum and not seen anyone with the same problem. 

[Alec]

hmm I might know of someone with this problem. i think someone contacted me via email with a similar issue.

Couple things:

1) do you have the latest patch / version? version 1.0.3 otherwise known as installer 2007.12.17 is the latest i believe

2) does the demo run for you?

[Alec]

The patch is here btw.

If your installer is 2007.12.17, then you probably don't need it.

[Fearless Son]

Well, I downloaded the installer that you had up today, and I confirm that it is indeed version 2007.12.17. 

As well, I did not download the demo.  You already had me sold from the moment I saw the first trailer, and the anticipation has been building ever since.   

Maybe I should download the demo then, give it a shot, see if it makes a difference. 

[Alec]

Maybe I should download the demo then, give it a shot, see if it makes a difference. 

If you could, it would help narrow it down a bit.

Also if you have an IM (AIM/MSN) I could try to help you debug stuff in real time.

[Fearless Son]

Okay, I have confirmed that the demo version DOES work, just not the full one. 

Do you think that I might have a corrupt data file somewhere? 

[Alec]

Yeah, maybe. I'm not sure why.

One other person has the same problem (demo works, full doesn't). I don't think that reinstalling helped him, but you could give it a shot.

Otherwise I can try tweaking some settings and sending you some test builds to see if it changes anything.

[Fearless Son]

Okay,  the demo version works up to a point.  The game hangs when it tries to save at the first crystal.  I have seen this mentioned by others on the forums. 

Contact me in real time if you wish, I will PM you my IM info.  However, it is late and I need to be in bed for work tomorrow.  Plus having a cold does not help my midnight alertness much. 

[Fearless Son]

Okay, the next version release-canidate seems to have fixed the problem so far.  I will report any more bugs that I find.