Game not launching issues - please post here

[Tikipod]

Hi, if you are having issues launching the game, please post in this thread and we will try to resolve any problems as soon as possible, thank you.

[SoleSoul]

For the record, I haven't heard from them since then and wasn't able to launch the game even once since I bought it.

[Tikipod]

Hi - extremely sorry for the delay looking into this.
Will try testing on win10 this week to see if can get similar results - then see if can work out what the issue is.

[Tikipod]

Hi - we have tested on Win10 and the game runs ok, so its not that Win10 is explicitly the problem. So next to narrow things down a bit - anyone having issues with Win10 could they please check the following:

Look at your installed programs, and check if `XNA 4.0 refresh` is there.

Thanks.
This should be installed when the game is first installed (if you dont have it already). But let us know your results on your pcs please.

[SoleSoul]

Thanks for replying. I does work now, for me at least. Here are the details:

Why didn't the game launch?
"Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0" was missing.
It wasn't obvious because the game doesn't complain, it silently doesn't launch.

How to make it work?
Download "Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0" from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914 and install it.

Why was a component missing in the first place?
One possibility is that the installation process did not install it. I'm not sure why. Maybe because I have "Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 3.1" already installed for another game.
Another option is that it was installed but has been removed by another uninstaller. In any case, reinstallations of Aqua Kitty did not install it.

[Tikipod]

Hi SoleSoul - we doubled checked and Steam should definately install xna 4.0 as a prerequisite. We are not sure why it didn't.

[SoleSoul]

Ok. Thank you for checking. I believe you of course, and I don't know how to explain what happened here apart from the possibility that something else removed XNA 4. Did you check what happens if you remove XNA 4 and then reinstall the game?

Anyway, we can wait and see if others say that it's the same case for them or not.

[Hexxy]

I have the GOG version of this game and did a fresh install on my windows 10 machine today. The XNA Framework 4 install seems to have fixed the problem.

[Mugyver]

Tried the fix here, didn't work. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game as well as XNA. Still not working.

[Tikipod]

Hello - sorry to hear you are having problems.
Can you check the game exe is in the game folder - just in case antivirus deleted it. Also could you post the error message as an image? Or explain clearly what it is and says (is it a steam panel - or xna related for example?)

[Tikipod]

Could you please delete local content (the game) and reinstall the game again from steam.

[Mugyver]

Tikipod eredeti hozzászólása:

Could you please delete local content (the game) and reinstall the game again from steam.

You know, I give this a try already a few times and I still can't get the game to run. It ran fine before I upgraded to Windows 10 a while back.

[Tikipod]

Ok - just needed to check. Sounds like win10 is the culprit in these cases, like something is not being installed which the game requires. I`ll ask the games' coder if he has any further ideas on how to track down your particular issues.

[Game? More like Grift.]

Sadly all this time later, still won't launch...weee.

[Pifou]

Hi, game not running on Deck.

[CornetTheory]

Pifou eredeti hozzászólása:

Hi, game not running on Deck.

same ;-;