In the mean time, Whinis, if you happen to be using GOG Galaxy, try uninstalling it and just downloading the standalone Riven installer from GOG.com. So if Gwelty is correct, and QT Lite is the problem, my theory is that GOG Galaxy is installing the *exact* same version of Riven, but it is also installing QT Lite without asking, and that is the cause of the crashes. If I say Yes, it gives an error: "You must remove Quicktime to install QT Lite." Note that at the end of the installer, it asks "Would you like to install QT Lite?" and I said No. I've gone and downloaded the latest version of Riven from the GOG.com website and (after removing all the other versions) it works perfectly fine on my system. I've done some further investigation and filed a bug on GOG Galaxy here: Do you remember if GOG Galaxy offered to install QT Lite at the end of the download or not? It may be that the problem is the QT Lite program is the problem. At the very least, this works for me on a Win7 64-bit machine.] So to summarize: update QuickTime to 7.7, Choose "Safe mode (GDI only)" under "Video" under the "Advanced" tab of the QuickTime Control Panel, and finally uncheck all compatibility checkboxes in the Properties for Riven.exe. Now run Riven (through Gog Galaxy if you have it, or directly if you don't).
Do this again under "Change settings for all users". Go to C:\GOG Games\Riven - The Sequel to Myst, where the game is installed, right-click Riven.exe, choose Properties, go to the Compatibility tab, and uncheck *all* compatibility mode checkboxes, under "Compatibility mode," "Settings," and "Privilege Level". [Edit2: OK, I got all video crashing to stop, so now it runs perfectly.
I think I'm about ready to give up on playing this game for nostalgia! (I played it back when it came on 5 or 6 CDs.) Of course, it now locks up when I click on the manhole cover on the telescope device just outside the starting area. So I updated to QuickTime 7.7, and the game runs fine, plays the videos, etc. The problem is that the QT Lite program is only QuickTime 7.6, but I read in another thread here at GOG that Riven needs 7.7, which is what the Apple website supplies. What I did was uninstall the "QT Lite" program that the Riven installer installs, and install just the "QT essential files" during a custom install of the latest Quicktime from Apple ( ). Launch Riven, get black screen for a few moments, then it quits to desktop. Changing compatibility settings does nothing, attempting to run in a window such as dxwnd also just leads to a blackscreen (without it ever launching in a window) I had this problem on my Win7 64-bit machine running Gog Galaxy Beta. Whinis: I installed riven on my computer and every time I attempt to launch it I get a quick blackscreen and the go back to desktop.
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