Anachronox Install problems

[Whipporowill]

In my quest to play the nuggets of yore I may have missed I've again come to try my luck with Anachronox. Last time I failed miserable since it crasched during a re-install (tried to get around video crasching) and now I can't fully remove it - so no new installation is possible. I tried the boards over at planetanachronox, but I can't seem to get out of the loop.

I've tried several regedit programs (registry mechanic amongst other) and even used my l338 skills to manually look for entries related to "eidos", "ion storm","Anox" and "Anachronox" of which I have found several. But still it won't budge - it's still mentioned in my add/remove programs as a 1.09 mb app. The recover option does nothing, and trying to install the game just gives me the opportunity to modify (no go), repair (nothing happens, though stated otherwise) and remove (zilch even though it says so).

So, what do I do? Seems like I won't be able to play the game...

 

[dunduks]

In which registry trees were you looking?
To make it dissapear from uninstall window, try looking in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

or

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

what happens when you do a reinstall?

 

[Whipporowill]

It takes 5 seconds and then it says it's finished. Riiiight.

 

[dunduks]

So, did you try to remove registry entries from uninstall and then installing (you should try and remove all entries about anachronox)? Also are you sure that your cd's are fine, perhaps try to copy contents of cd's to harddrive and run setup from there. Once doing a clean install, do you get any errors or other messages?

 

[littleboy]

A similar thing happend to me when I installed McGee's Alice, but there was a patch and help.
Never played anachronox, was it any good?

 

[Andyman Messiah]

Anachronox is a really good game. It's got a great story and FF7-esque combat. There are some nasty bugs however, but overall it's a great console-style RPG.

 

[dagamer667]

Yes, definitely patch the game to the last official patch. There is also an unofficial patch that's highly recommended, but it's up to you.

 

[Whipporowill]

Hey. That uninstall thing in the registry was the beef... for some reason neither regedit or any registry cleaners failed to find it. Now to try to get it to install... reporting back.

 

[Whipporowill]

I'm using the 46 update, but the game lags during dialogue - very odd. They keep repeating themselves...

 

[dunduks]

I'm using the 46 update, but the game lags during dialogue - very odd. They keep repeating themselves...

Lags as in the last sound loops? What kind of soundcard do you have? There are 2 things you can try: first update sound drivers and/or second - go to dxdiag -> sound and move the sound acceleration slider one notch left.

 

[Whipporowill]

The lag in the sound occurs at the same time as slowdowns in the animations - like when the camera swoops or there's some kind of lighting effect. I have a Radeon 9800 Pro, so the card shouldn't be the problem - unless there's some compatiliy issue.

 

[dunduks]

The lag in the sound occurs at the same time as slowdowns in the animations - like when the camera swoops or there's some kind of lighting effect. I have a Radeon 9800 Pro, so the card shouldn't be the problem - unless there's some compatiliy issue.

Check this thread, it has various workarounds, but basically you should update your ATI drivers (or try different releases).

 

[Whipporowill]

I have the catalyst 4.9 driver, so I don't think there's much chance of finding a more updated one...

... but I'll make sure to check the thread. Great game this far, after approx 2 hours game time.

 

[Sol Invictus]

The 4.9 drivers might be the issue. Grab the 4.8 drivers from ATI.com

ATI pulled the 4.9 drivers back and advises every Radeon user to grab the official/WHQL tested 4.8 drivers that they released a week ago. Compatability issues galore with the 4.9's and all of the tweaks they made for Doom 3 in the 4.9 come in the 4.8, so you should be fine.