Unity 3.0 (free) crashes at startup.

I am running windows Vista 32-bit on an HP G60 235-DX. I could run Unity 2.x fine. I am using this for my game design class, so I need to get this fixed!

Due to a bug in Vista, some machines need to have "Data Execution Prevention" disabled before the Unity Editor will run. To disable it, go to Start->Settings->Control Panel (Classic View)->Performance Information and Tools->Adjust Visual Effects->Data Execution Prevention. Enable the option "Turn on DEP for all programs except:", then click Add, and add the Unity Editor.

Hope this helps

don't work for me >< (Vista x86). I could run 2.x but i can't run 3.x ><

In case any Mac OS users land here with the same problem, i.e., "Unity crashes immediately on startup", please try the following.

It requires the root password.

From the terminal:

sudo su

Then run:

/Applications/Unity/Unity.app/Contents/MacOS/Unity

If it says it requires read and write permissions, allow it. It will then go on to import the bootcamp assets and start Unity without crashing.

If not, please contact support@unity3d.com

Cheers, Raja

You should get a different version of Unity.