Arcanum keeps crashing on startup, and I can't figure out why. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit, Intel 2.20 GHz, with 6 GB ram, and an NVidia GeForce 525M . When the game starts, I hear the Sierra start up, and see a couple letters flying, but it lags real hard and crashes after a second or two. I get the pop-up 'Arcanum has stopped working', and that's it. I've tried patching, high-res, running as admin, installing as admin, updating drivers. I've looked around for an answer, but I haven't seen anything. Help?

Have you read and [url=http://www.gog.com/support/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura/graphical_and_launch_problems]this, following every instruction you can find there?

Another question: did you install any mod/patch such as high res/widescreen patch?

Yeah, I've tried all that jazz, with the exception of installing 18x series drivers (I can't find them). Rolling back DirectX was more difficult than I expected.

Did you try making a DEP exception? I had to do this to get 2 other older games working and it worked perfectly.

I just tried it now, and no dice :(

Fixed it. I had to delete ddraw.dll, install the patches as admin, create a new shortcut with -no3d, and run the shortcut as admin. I still can't see the movies, but at least it's playable now!

Send a support ticket to gog maybe they can help you out, plus there is a 30 days money back thing...
Does running in compatibility mode as win XP/SP2 don't change anything for you?