every time i try to start the game it comes up with a black screen then it goes back to the desktop and says faltal error.

plz help i really want to play this game. thx

How about a log? In your WoG program folder, there should be a file called "crash.txt". Paste it here. BTW, what does the error look like? A "X" icon for the window? A whole bunch of dump text in a box with a flat-ish button below that? Just checking because I don't know if it's issued from WoG or Windows.

i think it is windows that is the problem and here is the crash text u wanted.



Exception: Access Violation (code 0xc0000005) at address 00489273 in thread 1A28

Module: WorldOfGoo.exe

Logical Address: 0001:00088273



0012EDA4 00489273 0001:00088273 WorldOfGoo.exe

Params: 00070B40 00000200 00000000 012C0192



StackWalk failed (error 299)



EAX:00000000 EBX:00000000 ECX:0061AE48 EDX:0049B180 ESI:00000000 EDI:00000200

EIP:00489273 ESP:0012ECF4  EBP:0012EDA4

CS:001B SS:0023 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000

Flags:00210206



Windows Ver: NT 6.0 Service Pack 1 Build 6001

How much RAM do you have? And are you trying to run a Steam version without launching it from Steam? Those are the two commonest problems regarding memory access violations.

i have 2 ram  and  i am going to steam and starting the game from there

2 RAM... as in 2 GB of RAM? And did you buy WoG from Steam? If you did, there's your problem.

yes 2 gb ram and yes i did buy it from steam. oh well :(

Yeah, quite unfortunate. But you can free yourself from the Steam monster. Just install the 1.3 patch into your Steam\steamapps\common\world of goo folder to upgrade. You won't get achievements, but you'll get a less buggy and untethered version of World of Goo.

GMMan, I don't quite understand what you mean by the Steam version being the problem.  I bought the game through Steam a long time ago, and it works just fine. 

For some reason, I'm having the same problem, but with the Games for Windows Live version:http://2dboy.com/forum/index.php/topic,2371.0.html

Does the 1.3 patch fix the "Fatal Error!" problem?

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GMMan, I don't quite understand what you mean by the Steam version being the problem.  I bought the game through Steam a long time ago, and it works just fine. 

For some reason, I'm having the same problem, but with the Games for Windows Live version:http://2dboy.com/forum/index.php/topic,2371.0.html

Does the 1.3 patch fix the "Fatal Error!" problem?


Do you have the ThreatFire turned on? Try disabling it and see what happens. That goes for 'the lion' as well...

No, I don't have anything called ThreatFire.  lol and I don't know what "the lion" is.

the lion is the on who made this thread in the firs place ;)

ThreatFire is anti spyware/malware program like SpyDoctor. If you have any of those uninstall it, disabling in might not work.

and...

1. try running the game under an account that has administrative privileges.

2. make sure your sound device is enabled.  in windows vista the sound device is automatically disabled if no speakers or earphones are connected.

I uninstalled avast! (my trial was over anyway), and I am the adminstrator, and my sound device is working properly.  As I pointed out in my own post, my Steam version works perfectly, for some reason my GFWL version is the one doing this.

Maybe you can have more then one version of WoG on your PC? Try uninstalling Steam version. I'm out of ideas... ???

I've had the same prob.  I checked the READ ME & it said it Was compadible for XP & Vista.  Guess it won't work.  Srry.  :'(

That is my problem too!