Riven X 0.9 is a massive release which brings the project to near-completion. The gameplay is fully functional, fullscreen is available, a new welcome screen replaces the old editions window to make installation much easier and many issues in the engine have been fixed. Please read the incompatibilities with previous beta versions section below.

• Every age and puzzle is now fully functional. This includes all the game endings, the rebel age, the fissure telescope, Gehn's office and the prison island.
• Implemented all the internal Riven commands, enabling many special effects and other niceties within Riven. For example, on Jungle island random beetles will fly around in the jungle and the sunners will act like in the original game.
• The inventory now shows the correct items as you play the game.

• The current game is now automatically saved as "Autosave" every 30 seconds. It is also saved when you quit the game.
• The most recently saved game is now loaded at launch.
• Fully functional fullscreen mode. You can switch at any time using Command-F or by using the Dock or Window menus.
• Fixed a commonly reported exception in Gehn's office age.
• Improved detection of necessary graphics support. Riven X should now give a useful error message if the computer does not meet minimum requirements.
• Brand new Welcome screen to replace the old edition manager.
• Fixed an issue in the installer when installing from a multi-disc edition. Fixed in Riven X 0.9.1.
• Fixed an issue in the installer where a_Data.MHK would not be installed from a multi-disc edition. Fixed in Riven X 0.9.2.
• Fixed an issue in the installer on Tiger where an exception was thrown in the media scanning thread. Fixed in Riven X 0.9.3.
• Fixed an issue with the village trapeze where clicking on it did not work as expected. Fixed in Riven X 0.9.4.
• Fixed a crash at launch on Tiger. Fixed in Riven X 0.9.5.
• Fixed a crash on Tiger in the render view caused by referencing symbols only available on Leopard and later. Fixed in Riven X 0.9.6.

See the list of features and bugs addressed in this release.

Riven X 0.9 is a major update and may not load saved games created with previous versions of Riven X correctly, or may even crash. Therefore, it is recommended to create a new game. Also, Riven X 0.9 will require the game to be installed again. Note that the previous data files will be deleted the first time Riven X launches.

• The flies special effect is not implemented. This is a graphics special effect only and does not affect gameplay.
• Zip mode is not implemented.
• Certain miscellaneous application features are missing, such as an easy way to uninstall the game.

Riven X requires QuickTime 7.6.2 or later, which is a free update available from Apple via Software Update or apple.com.