Constant crashing W11

[Si Cwan]

Has anyone got this to work in Win11? I keep getting crashes either in the menu, or right when the game loads. I've tired some of the fixes here but none of the helped

[MisusedPower]

not sure if your still playing but if you go to the games properties and go to the comparability tab change it to run in windows 7 should fix the crashing

[Si Cwan]

Originally posted by MisusedPower:

not sure if your still playing but if you go to the games properties and go to the comparability tab change it to run in windows 7 should fix the crashing

it didn't. but I found an app called DxWnd that fixed it right up

[Cöunt Eastwood]

Originally posted by MisusedPower:

not sure if your still playing but if you go to the games properties and go to the comparability tab change it to run in windows 7 should fix the crashing

Thank you sir, that's all I needed

[BlueAuran]

Now you should grab the OTHER fix that is available in the forums post just above this one. I am on Win10 and it was PURE choppy making it unplayable, with the voodooFx or whatever fix it plays pure dreamy now :)

[MisusedPower]

Originally posted by BlueAuran:

Now you should grab the OTHER fix that is available in the forums post just above this one. I am on Win10 and it was PURE choppy making it unplayable, with the voodooFx or whatever fix it plays pure dreamy now :)

again what I posted on the compatibility usage should fix that also.. you dont need 3rd party patches and such "which most likely have a virus"

[Dark Lord Thalius]

Originally posted by MisusedPower:

Originally posted by BlueAuran:

Now you should grab the OTHER fix that is available in the forums post just above this one. I am on Win10 and it was PURE choppy making it unplayable, with the voodooFx or whatever fix it plays pure dreamy now :)

again what I posted on the compatibility usage should fix that also.. you dont need 3rd party patches and such "which most likely have a virus"

DGVoodoo2 is on Github, which is owned by Microsoft, that scans all codebases for malicious items.

I have used it on many other "abandonware" games like Lego Island, Lego Creator Knights Kingdom, and now this one.

it works like a charm and is 100% safe.

[Ludendus]

Originally posted by Si Cwan:

Has anyone got this to work in Win11? I keep getting crashes either in the menu, or right when the game loads. I've tired some of the fixes here but none of the helped

I am using Win11 and for me setting the screen to 1280x1024 or 1280x800 and scaling to 100% was sufficient.

Changing the DPI scaling of HostileWaters.exe and HostileSetup.exe to Application by setting the checkbox also works. Other compatibility settings are not helpful.
Edit: But then you can't launch the game via the Steam client because that will undo the change you made to HostileSetup.exe. Starting the game HostileWaters.exe directly is working stable though.

HRTF Light Audio Processing works, HRTF Full does not.