Windows 7 patch?

[delacroix01]

I was planning to get this game on launch (which is extremely rare for me btw), but the lack of W7 support is a bummer to me. Has anyone found a working solution yet? I have W10 installed on another drive but frankly I only use it when I have to since my Haswell system runs so much better on W7, and I have no intention of switching to W10 until I upgrade my PC.

[Faiyez]

Did you try running the demo on your machine?

[Newby24]

Originally posted by Faiyez:

Did you try running the demo on your machine?

Someone already did. It requires a specific DLL to function. So far the person trying the methods had been unsucessful, my only guess what would help is to grab that .dll from Windows 8.1 and put it next to the game's executable.

[delacroix01]

Originally posted by Faiyez:

Did you try running the demo on your machine?

Yeah I've tried a few times. The game just doesn't run on my W7 machine. I even tried putting that DDL from a W7 patch for another game that doesn't support W7, and it didn't work either.

[NeoStrayCat]

The Demo FAQ topic specifically mentions that Windows 7 is not officially supported for PBO, sadly.

That, and trying unofficial methods don't seem to work at the moment.

[QuantumKiller]

Trying to launch it on Windows 8.1 and keep crashing on the first loading screen.
https://imgur.com/a/EV6ZgwV

[delacroix01]

Hmm, after trying for a while, I could get API-MS-Win-Eventing-ClassicProvider-L1-1-0.dll and XInput1_4.dll from my W11 VM, but it also checks for api-ms-win-core-quirks-l1-1-0.dll when you try to run the game on W7, and this file doesn't seem to exist in W10 or W11, so I'm guessing that the API call is different depending on the OS. Has anyone found a way to patch this to run on W7? I would love to buy this game but I don't want to log into Steam from a VM just to play it.

[zero254]

I was somehow able to make this game run just fine on w7 but that was the demo. I didn't buy the full game yet due to the tiny lobby size. Needs to be 4 minimum at the very least so people can rotate or a 3rd party can manage to spectate or broadcast.

[Razor]

Originally posted by zero254:

I was somehow able to make this game run just fine on w7 but that was the demo. I didn't buy the full game yet due to the tiny lobby size. Needs to be 4 minimum at the very least so people can rotate or a 3rd party can manage to spectate or broadcast.

What did you do to run the demo on win 7?

[NeoStrayCat]

Originally posted by zero254:

I was somehow able to make this game run just fine on w7 but that was the demo. I didn't buy the full game yet due to the tiny lobby size. Needs to be 4 minimum at the very least so people can rotate or a 3rd party can manage to spectate or broadcast.

Sorry to disappoint you, but the game does not have lobbies. Player matches are strictly 1v1. And while, yes, in Extra, they did have player matches for up to 4 people and spectate, it is not in Omnia, reason being is to improve on the (delay-based) netcode.

However, who knows if they'll add them back in the future.

[Botan]

Originally posted by NeoStrayCat:

Originally posted by zero254:

or broadcast.

And while, yes, in Extra, they did have player matches for up to 4 people and spectate, it is not in Omnia, reason being is to improve on the (delay-based) netcode

Do you have source for this improved netcode? Tbh, it feels just how I remembered way back to Extra's netplay from my nostalgia x360 memories. Pretty okay compared to other non-rollback fighting games out on market once you have decent or better ping connection.

[delacroix01]

Originally posted by zero254:

I was somehow able to make this game run just fine on w7 but that was the demo. I didn't buy the full game yet due to the tiny lobby size. Needs to be 4 minimum at the very least so people can rotate or a 3rd party can manage to spectate or broadcast.

Please tell me how you did it. I'm super interested.

[NeoStrayCat]

Originally posted by Botan:

Originally posted by NeoStrayCat:

And while, yes, in Extra, they did have player matches for up to 4 people and spectate, it is not in Omnia, reason being is to improve on the (delay-based) netcode

Do you have source for this improved netcode? Tbh, it feels just how I remembered way back to Extra's netplay from my nostalgia x360 memories. Pretty okay compared to other non-rollback fighting games out on market once you have decent or better ping connection.

Yeah, should have mentioned a source, but anyways, there was somone that was translating an artcile about Omnia, I think, 1 or 2 months before the game's release and had some questions in it, one of these was related to the netcode, and no, its not the "R" word, if anyone's wondering, lol.

https://twitter.com/gosokkyu/status/1482960019645939715

[keogamer-NA/East]

Originally posted by Botan:

Originally posted by NeoStrayCat:

And while, yes, in Extra, they did have player matches for up to 4 people and spectate, it is not in Omnia, reason being is to improve on the (delay-based) netcode

Do you have source for this improved netcode? Tbh, it feels just how I remembered way back to Extra's netplay from my nostalgia x360 memories. Pretty okay compared to other non-rollback fighting games out on market once you have decent or better ping connection.

This may be teh case with the xbox360, but most folks experience is with the ps3 which even i say was a poor experience.

Actually one problem that plaqued the old game was the game freezing mid matches
pretty frequently

for what its worth others who tried Phantom breaker Omnia for the first time claim the experience feels better than Grandblue. DBFZ. Take that what you will of it.

[tantrum-bull]

Online wasn't perfect with the 360 version of Extra but it was better than the ps3 version due to MS having a better online service than sony. but of course connection status really depends on where the players are no matter how good a service is.

Battlegrounds on the other hand was terrible no matter what because of the terrible netcode. >_>