Agreed with Liam and others. I see it rather illogical to expect developers to continue supporting a long since discontinued OS (approaching 6 years) riddled with vulnerabilities left right and center. Many platforms, steam for example, reportedly no longer work anyway... So a game focused box would end up a particularly limited game focused box. If you're the type that likes to hack your way around an outdated system, to each his own I suppose.
Back to the main point of the thread. Out of curiosity, how did you manage to pull that off? My understanding has it that "not a valid win32 application" can be caused by an invalid PE header or corrupt executable. On 11/6/19, Oriol Gómez <ogomez....@gmail.com> wrote: > bgt might support xp, but some underlying components that the game > uses might not. For instance, Elias does not support xp, and some > other dlls might not support it either. > > On 11/6/19, john <jpcarnemo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Fair point - and as somebody whose done work in Rust (which distinctly >> doesn't support xp well) I understand what you're saying. >> Bgt however, does support xp - or should - and I'd like to be able to >> take >> advantage of that. >> >> >> From: Liam Erven >> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 7:48 >> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] BGT games and windows XPsp3 >> >> >> And that’s great and all, but developer’s really don’t want to have to >> support an OS that let’s be honest. Has been out of any sort of support >> for >> several years now. >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> >> >> From: john >> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 6:07 AM >> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] BGT games and windows XPsp3 >> >> >> >> Xp shouldn't be used as a primary os, and it should avoid the internet >> where >> possible (which is probably what you're referring to here). >> >> That said, it still works just fine for a lot of things as long as you're >> careful, and plays some games significantly better (like GMA). >> >> So yeah, I'd like the ability to play games on xp, because it lets me use >> my >> xp machine as a gaming focused box when I want to, and makes me free to >> switch between computers more easily without having to judge what I can >> and >> can't do with any one of them. >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Liam Erven >> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2019 23:56 >> >> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >> >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] BGT games and windows XPsp3 >> >> >> >> Question. It is almost 2020 and people are still using xp? >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> >> >> From: Stephen >> Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 10:09 PM >> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >> Subject: [blind-gamers] BGT games and windows XPsp3 >> >> >> >> Aaron and other BGT developers. >> >> I managed to find a little hack to get past the "not a valid windows >> >> 32" application" error messages. >> >> I was successfully able to play and finish Manomon, the gate, and >> >> even do a few missions in psychostrike. >> >> However, I realise that playing the bad guy didn't really sit well >> >> with me, but I digress. >> >> With your permission, I was wondering if it would be OK if I either >> >> upload the patched executables to my webspace, or sent the patches to >> >> Aaron so that he could repackage them in his games? >> >> I'm sure there are still a few XP users out there who would dearly >> >> love to have a try at these titles. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- my github: http://github.com/cartertemm twitter: @cartertemm -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#121232): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/121232 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/43177938/21656 Group Owner: blind-gamers+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
