v1.0 system requirements on older windows versions

[LaramyFisk]

I bought KeeperRL many years ago on the Humble Store, haven't played much, just liked the concept and wanted to support the dev. So I haven't followed its development.

Recently version 1.0 became available, but I just realized Steam system requirements now state windows 10 as a minimum. That wasn't the case back then, as I ran some versions of the game on my old win7 desktop and win8 laptop. However, minimum system requirements on the Humble Store are still stated as "windows XP".

Is this just Steam no longer acknowledging the existence of any windowsOS prior to 10? Or has the game being developed to no longer work on older windows versions?

I'm asking this because I have a win8 laptop tuned for low/medium spec games and I was expecting to play KeeperRL on it. Will KeeperRL refuse to install on my laptop, become unstable if I run it, or will it work normally?

[Michal Brzozowski]

I think Steam no longer supports older Windows versions, that's why I put 10 as the minimum requirement. If KeeperRL ran fine on your Win 8 machine then it should continue to do so.

[LaramyFisk]

Thanks for your response.

Unfortunately, I couldn't make the game work on my old system. After displaying the first screen ("Electric Succubi"), the game gets unresponsive, then crashes.

I wonder if steam no longer caring for older Windows is causing this. I'm wondering that because the Humble version seems to have been exported from the Steam version (the game folder contains "steam_api64.dll"), so maybe it's using something not compatible with older windows.

The old version I ran in the past (keeperRL_alpha33_necromancer.zip) also has a "steam_api.dll" library. But that version still works right now.

[eddieballgame]

The latest 1.0 version runs great on my 12 year old 'win 7' gaming laptop. The Steam version (drm free) worked with no issues (had to copy over from my 'win 10' laptop); now that I have the GoG version (again no issues as some our having (apparently) with exiting...I don't have to deal with that. :)

[John Ron Bambo]

did you try compatibility mode? Idk if it would help/change anything tho, since theres that steam_api file.

[LaramyFisk]

Originally posted by ContingencyPlan:

did you try compatibility mode? Idk if it would help/change anything tho, since theres that steam_api file.

Just tried, with no avail.

However, if eddieballgame can run it on windows 7, then it's an issue of my machine.

[LaramyFisk]

It worked!!!!

After the game becomes unresponsive, if I wait enough time, and ignore the prompts of the OS, eventually the game gets into the menu and the game starts.

The prior version I had downloaded is alpha36. That works well, but has an opening animation of a wizard bashing a door that for some reason stutters heavily.

Does the full release have a similar animation at the beginning? Because that may be what is crashing the game on my computer. I don't get to see any animation, but the unstability happens only at that point, and lasts a similar amount of time as the animation, then the game runs smoothly.

Even if it's a hassle, I'm very happy to be able to play on my old gaming laptop.

Thanks everybody for your responses.

[eddieballgame]

One thing of note is the game's initial load time on my 'win 7' & 'win 10' is a little slow. Approximately 35+ seconds. The next load time is cut in half!