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Game/Novel will not play on my PC. I run Win 11. Zip file downloads and is extracted without issue. However, 'ahitr.exe' begins to load then box appears saying - "ahitr.exe has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available."

Any advice would be appreciated. Other titles from itch.io work fine - Eternum, The Awakening to name two.

Hey Sktg51!

Sorry to hear the game has been giving you issues opening. I'd recommend checking to see if the download corrupted (which can sometimes happen on itch from interrupted/paused downloads).

You can also try to see if the 32-bit version of the game runs for you.

Alternatively, you can try one of the download links from our Patreon. Here's a link to the latest free version:

https://rift.ink/3OKj1oQ

Lemme know if this helps!

Thanks for advice, but no joy. Novel seems to load and get to stage where the title screen should appear, but I get a white window, then the Microsoft message immediately appears. (As an aside I have the same problem with only one other title called "Ripples").

Hey Sktg,

Sorry that those tips didn't help with getting AHITR up and running.

You could try holding shift while opening the game (holding shift and double clicking the .exe should bring up the options menu, you could try changing the renderer here, restarting and seeing if the game launches).

If by chance you're on an intel cpu (particularly i9) you can try this step (I found on Reddit):

Use Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. This is for Renpy games. Start it and in the first screen you'll have Performance Core Ratio 55x. Change this to 54x. This might help with the crashes.

Hi. Thanks for feedback. I am using and i9 CPU so will try your suggestion. Cheers