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If you're the type that likes to hack your way around an outdated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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] BGT games and windows XPsp3
>>
>>
>> And thatâs great and all, but
developerâs really donât want to have to
>> support an OS that letâs be honest. Has been out of any sort of support
>> for
>> several years now.
>>
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>>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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>>
>> From: john
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 6:07 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> 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: [email protected]
>>
>> 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: [email protected]
>> 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.
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