Hello! Beatstar (the electron version) is 32 bits and should, in theory, support xp. Let me know if this is not the case, please.
El El jue, 14 nov 2019 a las 11:52, Stephen <whocr...@internode.on.net> escribió: > I must add this method of adjusting the headers > in a windows executable is not foolproof. > I've tried this on games like beatstar and was > met by an avalanche of dotnet errors and other cryptic error messages. > When psychostrike and the gate was released, > Aaron baker made a pact on the audiogames forum > to try and remedy the issue with XP users. For > one reason or another, Aaron didn't get around to > fixing the problem, but I happened upon the > solution quite by accident (thank you very much > heaven-tools) and HXD Hex editor. > At 01:34 AM 11/7/2019, you wrote: > >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If you're the type that likes to hack your way around an outdated 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. 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