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Grim DawnWhy did this game stop working in Windows XP? Will it be fixed?(14 posts)(14 posts)
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Posted February 24, 2017
When Grim Dawn updated to version 1.0.0.4 the GOG version suddenly stopped working on Windows XP systems. When Grim Dawn.exe is run, a small black window pops up and then disappears a second later when the program terminates. No amount of reinstalling or repairing is going to fix this as it is being caused by code within the executable. While I suspect that this was an intentional malicious action on the part of GOG, for the sake of this post let's assume that it wasn't.

Why did the game suddenly stop working? Why hasn't it been fixed? Will it even be fixed?
Posted February 24, 2017
Probably not; game card says - Works on: Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 10)!
Posted February 24, 2017
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TicklePickler: When Grim Dawn updated to version 1.0.0.4 the GOG version suddenly stopped working on Windows XP systems. When Grim Dawn.exe is run, a small black window pops up and then disappears a second later when the program terminates. No amount of reinstalling or repairing is going to fix this as it is being caused by code within the executable. While I suspect that this was an intentional malicious action on the part of GOG, for the sake of this post let's assume that it wasn't.

Why did the game suddenly stop working? Why hasn't it been fixed? Will it even be fixed?
Unfortunately it seems your best bet now is to just reinstall (or roll back to) the old version and carry on playing that. Not ideal I know but better than nothing...
Posted February 24, 2017
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GlorFindel: Probably not; game card says - Works on: Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 10)!
http://www.grimdawn.com/guide/about/faq.php

The official site says it supports Windows XP. Both legitimate and pirated copies of the steam edition work on Windows XP, so this problem is exclusive to the gog edition. Why is gog changing the system requirements on a game they are distributing?
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Posted April 04, 2017
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GlorFindel: Probably not; game card says - Works on: Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 10)!
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TicklePickler: http://www.grimdawn.com/guide/about/faq.php

The official site says it supports Windows XP. Both legitimate and pirated copies of the steam edition work on Windows XP, so this problem is exclusive to the gog edition. Why is gog changing the system requirements on a game they are distributing?
Probably because they won't want to bother anymore with an OS whose support has stopped 3 years ago. Though it is kinda strange since gog also provides offline installers and you don't have to be online for it.
I've looked on steam and it says indeed Windows XP, though at the minimum requirements. At the recommend it says Windows 7/10.
Posted April 05, 2017
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candesco: Probably because they won't want to bother anymore
You missed the point. There is no bother. The game was working fine until they purposely made it stop working. All they need to do is stop fucking with a game they don't own.
Posted April 05, 2017
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candesco: Probably because they won't want to bother anymore
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TicklePickler: You missed the point. There is no bother. The game was working fine until they purposely made it stop working. All they need to do is stop fucking with a game they don't own.
most likely that would fix your game https://www.gog.com/forum/grim_dawn/lots_of_crashes/post14
Posted April 06, 2017
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Gremlion: most likely that would fix your game https://www.gog.com/forum/grim_dawn/lots_of_crashes/post14
Unbelievable! After removing those files, I now have Grim Dawn v1.0.0.9 working on my system. I can't thank you enough for posting that link. Thanks, Gremlion.
Posted October 14, 2017
This actually doubled my fps, thanks.
Posted October 15, 2017
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TicklePickler: Why did the game suddenly stop working? Why hasn't it been fixed? Will it even be fixed?
You can try the /d3d9 argument for launch options on the EXE this will negate the new render used.
Posted May 12, 2020
Latest version broken now on XP? Neither deleting the files nor /d3d9 seems to work. Anyone still cares?
Posted June 06, 2020
Sad this is starting a trend. Lots of games seem to push for win10 nowadays. Imo, nothing there is what we need. win xp was best os, no bs. win7 is last bastion. But its already "old" even though os never damn ages!!

All to push the spyware os that hijacks your abilities to use your pc anyway you want. (win10).
Posted June 07, 2020
Game still supports Vista onwards (base game Win XP) and recommended minimum is Win7 so I don't see how you can say the devs are pushing the game to support Win10 only.
Posted June 07, 2020
I was told the Steam version and original game still work on XP. It is GOG's fault. They modified the game. It now includes GOG Galaxy stuff that has nothing to do with the original game but breaks XP support.
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