Windows 11

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Was anyone able to get Marine Aquarium 2.6 working with Windows 11?

[rhaythorne]

Yes, it works perfectly for me. Why, are you experiencing a problem with it?

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"Marine Aquarium 2 + Time" & Windows 11 -> Black screen that flickers.

vQ224.2.6.475

[rhaythorne]

I'd suggest it's due to an incompatibility with your graphics card drivers. My MA2.6 works OK with my basic Intel UHD 630 drivers. If you're using a graphics card from a different manufacturer, check what drivers are available and perhaps try one that has more support for legacy applications.

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HP laptop with Intel Iris Xe Graphics

[rhaythorne]

The Intel Iris graphics drivers are known to be problematic with MA3.x as well. It's mentioned in this related thread:

https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...t=26071&page=3

Perhaps keep an eye on that thread and see if anyone can provide a solution that may also work for MA2.x

[Jim Sachs]

Ma2 uses DirectX 5, which has been abandoned by Microsoft for about 20 years. MA3 uses DirectX 9, which has only been abandoned for about 10 years. It's sort of a miracle that either one still works.

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Originally posted by Jim Sachs:

Ma2 uses DirectX 5, which has been abandoned by Microsoft for about 20 years. MA3 uses DirectX 9, which has only been abandoned for about 10 years. It's sort of a miracle that either one still works.  

It turns out that MA2.6+Time does work on Windows 11, it's driver issue (can't update subject)!

On MA3, I got the fish trails; someone reported that there were no fish trails on MA2.6, so I tried it. The fish trails were from the driver, and it looks like my MA2 issue is a driver also, not the OS!