Any way to get the game to work with this OS? When I try and start it, I get the error of “is not a valid Win32 Application”.
Edit: Cause I goofed and bought this game before even finding out if I can run it under my OS (Windows XP Pro 64). Seems it will not work, and unless someone on here already has a solution to this problem then I am SOL.
According to the steam page, the minimum is Windows XP Service Pack 3. Can you check what service pack you are running
Service Pack 2, but there is No Service Pack 3 for XP 64-bit. The 32-bit and 64-bit versions use very different service pack deployments.
Are you running the steam version??
I am.
Try running the game in compatibility mode with Win XP SP3
Funny enough, the Demo works just fine under my OS. Anyway, attempted to run it under all compatability modes listed (A Windows XP Mode is listed) and nothing works.
Are there some core differences in the steam and normal versions? I don’t get why the demo works for me, but the full-steam version doesn’t.
Can you post a screen shot of what compatibility mode options you have??
No need for a screenshot, I can just type them out exactly as they appear, in the order they appear.
As stated however, none of the modes work. They all return the same error
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Game Dev Tycoon\GameDevTycoon.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
Well, Win XP SP3 is required, so of course non of the options would work
Win XP SP3 however is only for the 32 bit version of Win XP. I have the 64 bit version.
I know that, thats why i mentioned the devs
So how come the Demo version works just fine for me, but the Full version doesn’t?
I have no clue, could you try re installing the game
Did that. Didn’t work.
@Michael_Dodd If you need SP3 for 64-bit, it isn’t going to be released.
Don’t see why it wouldn’t exist though
I know it isn’t going to be released. Already did the research on it. They did Service Packs 1-3 for XP/32 and Service Packs 1-2 for XP/64. Still that doesn’t exactly help me. 