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taotm

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Windows XP, Vista

This is a dumb question, but does Open Surge work on Win XP

I got an error that said "The procedure entry point fopen_s could not be located in the dynamic link library msvcrt.dll"

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Alexandre

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Re: Windows XP, Vista

Hello taotm, and welcome to the forums.

Good question. Open Surge uses the Allegro 5 game library on the backend. As far as I know, Allegro 5 is compatible with Win XP. However, I investigated the issue and there's a zip module inside the game that makes (very few) calls that are not available on XP.

I'm currently without a XP machine, but if you're able to compile Open Surge from the source code, we may be able to get it working on this OS with a few modifications. In any case, it certainly works on Win 7, as I have tested it myself.

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taotm

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Re: Windows XP, Vista

Hello taotm, and welcome to the forums.

Good question. Open Surge uses the Allegro 5 game library on the backend. As far as I know, Allegro 5 is compatible with Win XP. However, I investigated the issue and there's a zip module inside the game that makes (very few) calls that are not available on XP.

I'm currently without a XP machine, but if you're able to compile Open Surge from the source code, we may be able to get it working on this OS with a few modifications. In any case, it certainly works on Win 7, as I have tested it myself.

Thanks for the reply, this is the first forum i have ever joined

I will try to compile the source code and try to make it work i guess

edit: the amount of the tools i need to download is ridiculous. don't do this kids!

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taotm

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Re: Windows XP, Vista

cmake_gui.exe is not a valid win32 application. i knew something like this was going to happen eventually

is there any other C compiler?

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taotm

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Re: Windows XP, Vista

did some research, there is no fopen_s in the win xp version of msvcrt.dll (big plot twist i know) i think it's possible to replace fopen_s with fopen

i am a beginner so i don't know much

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Alexandre

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Re: Windows XP, Vista

i think it's possible to replace fopen_s with fopen

Yes, indeed.

If you have difficulty compiling the sources, and this is a technical procedure, you may play the game right away on Linux or get a newer version of Windows without needing to compile anything (WinXP is a really old system).

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taotm

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Re: Windows XP, Vista

i think it's possible to replace fopen_s with fopen

Yes, indeed.

If you have difficulty compiling the sources, and this is a technical procedure, you may play the game right away on Linux or get a newer version of Windows without needing to compile anything (WinXP is a really old system).

I have linux, but some people don't (and mine boots up after 30min) so i would like to help others who can't play the game

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CrazyPencilDawg

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Re: Windows XP, Vista

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I'm making a game about a blue cartoon rat. I must have made some terrible life choices.