Probably a silly question, but... WinXP? (rev. 2 by snowbadger on 05-20-17, 06:40 am)
Posted at 05-20-17, 05:35 am Link | #1
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Heya. I used to play Mabi years ago on an old PC running Windows XP and was hoping to let a friend use it to play along.

It's giving a "not a valid Win32 application" error when trying to start the launcher, so I'm just trying to figure out if that's from OS incompatibility or some other reason. I haven't come across any system requirements listed for the launcher. Thanks for any help!
post rev. 1 by Flipend0 on 05-20-17, 06:55 am
Posted at 05-20-17, 06:55 am Link | #2
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You are most likely getting this because you do not have .NET 2.0 Framework or higher redistributable files. The launcher was coded in C# (CLI Language), so the framework is required to launch the launcher

Please report back after installing the .NET Framework redistributable files, this includes 2.0, 3.0, and possibly 4.0
Posted at 05-20-17, 07:38 am Link | #3
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Hey, thanks for the reply. Looks like I do already have those installed.
post rev. 1 by Drahan on 05-20-17, 05:32 pm
Posted at 05-20-17, 05:32 pm Link | #4
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The launcher requires .NET 4.0. If you see this error, you most certainly do not have .NET 4.0 installed.
Posted at 05-21-17, 02:21 am Link | #5
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This is what I installed. It says redistributable but is the wrong version?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17718
Posted at 05-21-17, 02:29 am Link | #6
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Posted by snowbadger


This is what I installed. It says redistributable but is the wrong version?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17718
Oh, I see the problem.

Actually, the launcher is built against .NET 4.5 (which you don't have) not .NET 4.0.
This is unfortunate because .NET 4.5 cannot be ran on Windows XP.

We're unable to build it against anything lower than 4.5 due to underlying code requirements for libraries that only exist in 4.5 and above.
Posted at 05-21-17, 02:41 am Link | #7
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Ah, well that is unfortunate indeed. But thanks so much for clearing it up!
Posted at 05-21-17, 02:42 am Link | #8
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Posted by snowbadger
Ah, well that is unfortunate indeed. But thanks so much for clearing it up!

Yeah, however if we see a high demand for XP, we can certainly backport it to 4.0..it's just a lot of effort for a single person though.
post rev. 1 by Flipend0 on 05-21-17, 02:54 am
Posted at 05-21-17, 02:54 am Link | #9
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Just a small reminder, you can still play the game on a XP computer! Just follow the manual patching tutorial and direct launch the client.

If you need the logip and chatip, its login.mabi.pro
Posted at 05-21-17, 10:18 pm Link | #10
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Posted by Flipend0
Just a small reminder, you can still play the game on a XP computer! Just follow the manual patching tutorial and direct launch the client.

If you need the logip and chatip, its login.mabi.pro
Yeah almost forgot to mention that, you can certainly manually patch the game and direct launch it as well.
The launcher is not required to play.
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