Will post here, but I have the same issue on 32 bit Vista.

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Application Error
Date:          10/7/2008 5:25:25 PM
Event ID:      1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:        Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      ROGUESEVEN
Description:
Faulting application WorldOfGoo.exe, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x48e2b56c, faulting module WorldOfGoo.exe, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x48e2b56c, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00088693, process id 0x1514, application start time 0x01c928c335b3135c.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-10-07T21:25:25.000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>7653</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>ROGUESEVEN</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>WorldOfGoo.exe</Data>
    <Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data>48e2b56c</Data>
    <Data>WorldOfGoo.exe</Data>
    <Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data>48e2b56c</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>00088693</Data>
    <Data>1514</Data>
    <Data>01c928c335b3135c</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

I'm having the same problem...Vista 32 and crash on startup.  I re-installed the Chapter 1 Preview and it still loaded fine.  Just for kicks I tried copying the "WorldOfGoo.exe" from the Chapter 1 preview into the full version install, but of course that didn't work and it crashed as well.  So to check again I reinstalled Chapter 1 preview and it started fine.  Deleted and installed final version...back to crashing.

Here's a cut-and-paste from the "Crash.txt" file that was deposited in my World of Goo folder:


Exception: Access Violation (code 0xc0000005) at address 00488693 in thread 1074
Module: WorldOfGoo.exe
Logical Address: 0001:00087693

0012E9D0 00488693 0001:00087693 WorldOfGoo.exe
Params: 004700C4 00000200 00000000 012C0190

StackWalk failed (error 299)

EAX:00000000 EBX:00000000 ECX:00618C88 EDX:0049A560 ESI:00000000 EDI:00000200
EIP:00488693 ESP:0012E934  EBP:0012E9D0
CS:001B SS:0023 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00210202

Windows Ver: NT 6.0 Service Pack 1 Build 6001

I had the same problem (Exception on startup/StackWalk failed (error 299)). Turned out that I hadn’t attached my speakers to my computer and therefore did not have a sound device.

Make sure you have a sound device installed, otherwise World Of Goo won't start. There are virtual sound drivers if you do not have a soundcard.

Hope that this will somebody. Cheers!

[quote author=Oboema link=topic=236.msg2110#msg2110 date=1223492983]
I had the same problem (Exception on startup/StackWalk failed (error 299)). Turned out that I hadn’t attached my speakers to my computer and therefore did not have a sound device.

Make sure you have a sound device installed, otherwise World Of Goo won't start. There are virtual sound drivers if you do not have a soundcard.

Hope that this will somebody. Cheers!



Nope, I definitely have a sound device installed (IDT Audio driver for Intel P35-based board, zero issues with any other game or piece of software I have installed). Still getting the error though. As I said, the Chapter 1 Preview of the game still works fine, so something is different in this new .exe that is causing the error.

Adding crash.txt and system specs.

Exception: Access Violation (code 0xc0000005) at address 00488693 in thread 1100
Module: WorldOfGoo.exe
Logical Address: 0001:00087693

0012E9D0 00488693 0001:00087693 WorldOfGoo.exe
Params: 000201A0 00000200 00000000 012B0182

StackWalk failed (error 299)

EAX:00000000 EBX:00000000 ECX:00618C88 EDX:0049A560 ESI:00000000 EDI:00000200
EIP:00488693 ESP:0012E934  EBP:0012E9D0
CS:001B SS:0023 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00210202

Windows Ver: NT 6.0 Service Pack 1 Build 6001

Intel Q6600
4 Gigs RAM
8800 GTX
Windows Vista SP1

Sent an e-mail to and got a response from Ron. We went back-and-forth a couple of times and finally traced the problem. We became really perplexed when I installed the game on another machine with WinXP and I still had the crash. Long story short, it turns out the anti-malware app ThreatFire (which I was running on both machines) has a conflict with World of Goo right now.

Are you running ThreatFire on your machine?  If so, uninstall it completely and the crashing should go away.  It's not enough to disable scanning (I tried that)...you must remove it completely. It worked for me on both machines, and I hope it works for you.

By the way, the only other app I've had that conflicted with ThreatFire was Joost. I've been pretty happy with it, but maybe it's time to switch to another AntiVirus app?

According to ThreatFire technical support this is a known issue associated with the DRM software used by World of Goo.  The following is an alternative to uninstalling ThreatFire.  Provided by ThreatFire support:

"As of yet, the only way to solve this issue is to shut down ThreatFire before
playing your game, however this will compromise the security of your
system. In order to shut down ThreatFire, you must hold ctrl and
right-click on the tray icon, selecting "exit." then, in a run command,
type "net stop threatfire" and this will shut down ThreatFire, instead of
having to uninstall."

There's no DRM in World of Goo.