A message "Cougar Engine V4.1 runtime has stopped working that I got while running this game and I had to close the window.


Anyone know if there's a patch for this or what I can do about it??

thanks,
Marie

No patches. Not that it doesn't need one.
"Scrapper" asked this same question yesterday about the Cougar error ***here***.

SSorry Jenny100 I didn't see the one from Scrapper.

I guess I just won't be able to play the game, and I just started it. Oh Well

I know the feeling.
You could try different video drivers, but I think the Cougar error is a problem with the game not being compatible with all computers -- and unless someone sends you a compatible computer you'll keep getting the errors. Some people even claim the game was a beta and not fully tested. If you Google, you can find a lot of people having the Cougar errors (Cougar is the game engine), but no real solutions. The game really needed a patch, but the company doesn't seem interested in making one.

If you want to know what the game is about, there's a series of playthrough videos that starts ***here*** at Youtube.

Jenny100,
I have another computer that has WinXP I might try it on that but I will have to ck the systems req. for the game because my computer is about 7 yrs old.

Thanks,
Marie

It might work. The system requirements are fairly low. The only problem might be the video card. I don't know how many 7 year old computers had graphics cards with 256 MB of video memory.

It has the GeForce 6800 Series with 256 of memory so I might give it a shot.

I've read that this game works better on old computers than newer ones, so you've got a good chance. Good luck.

It's a no go on my WinXP same error message,with an dditional message when I tried in compatability mode:game cannot be played on WinXp, Vista or newer versions or something like that. Go figure

Are you able to make any progress at all before the crashes? There's a thread ***here*** where people got past the crashes using other peoples' saved games. Of course if it crashes every 3 minutes that wouldn't help much.

I got farther with Win7 than with WinXP, but I have uninstalled the game from both PC's at this point and I probabley not going to do anything else with the game since its such a big pain the the you know what. Thanks for your help Jenny100.

Marie

I bought this game unaware of the Cougar Engine crash which I encountered while playing as Jack when he tries to use the computer in the van. I searched the web to find a solution only to discover not much (I did find this thread though) and that there were others in the same predicament. Anyhow, I went back to a previous save and changed a bunch of game settings:

Changed resolution to 1024 x 768
Turned off Anti-Alaising
Set texture details to Lower
Un-checked Per Pixel Lighting, Shadows, Post Effects, Shadow Filtering.

This got me back in the game this time at least (as I go and re-set the options) but I am nervous as to what might happen the next time.

Thanks for the suggestion, RayB.
Let us know if that makes the game playable or if the Cougar error pops up again later.