I fixed Windows 7 compatibility issue. (Updated it for the Update 3 normal and enhanced executable)

[Filip Kowalski]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTnxWTtZZhs

The lock is completely artificial, the game works just fine on Windows 7.

--Edited--
I removed the artificial block for Windows 7 in the full retail executable. Video description is updated with link to the patched exe.

[DrewmorKuZy]

Thanks Filip Kowalski <3 This is the second game you are doing this right? First game was Spelunky 2 and now this one. Can't believe they are keep blocking windows 7. You think a company paying the developers for this? This is maybe the 10th+ game i saw on steam with this attitude against win7. And 1 Dev was so rude against us when someone asked the win7 support for their game, i mean it was crazy rude. It is sad. (i am on dual boot win7 win10) I gave up buying this game after seeing your topic. I remember Spelunky 2 worked great on win7 without bugs. Thanks

[Filip Kowalski]

For the people who have Fatal Error on start, can you try disabling Steam Overlay from Steam settings and try again.

@DrewmorKuZy, I fixed Spelunky 2, you are correct. But the dev contacted me and implemented my fix in the official builds from that point on.

[Joe]

Originally posted by Filip Kowalski:

For the people who have Fatal Error on start, can you try disabling Steam Overlay from Steam settings and try again.

@DrewmorKuZy, I fixed Spelunky 2, you are correct. But the dev contacted me and implemented my fix in the official builds from that point on.

That's cool that the devs acknowledged your fix. I hope they do so here too.

[Estranged2]

In my case it works with the Steam overlay. If I run the exe directly it has no overlay and doesn't see my cloud saves. If I run the game through the Steam launcher, Steam sees both the cloud saves and shows the overlay. I hope it works with the Achievements, too.

[Filip Kowalski]

@Estranged2

If you want to run it directly through exe, create steam_appid.txt with contents "860510" without quotes, near the executable.
Then you will be able to run directly through exe with all Steam features working.

[m0sscreep]

Idk how to do that? Also I have windows 10 and I hope this would help if I just could do this,,,, I feel kinda stupid lol. But I just cant find where and how I can do that thing in the video haha

[Filip Kowalski]

@Iiris,

Download the patched exe from the video description.
Go to your steam installation folder, then .\steamapps\common\Little Nightmares II\Helios\Binaries\Win64 and you replace it there.
Then you can start the game normally from Steam.

[AguilaDeAcero]

Wow.. completely artificial lock, Guess it's all about the money.

[Estranged2]

I think "money" is not a good explanation: Win 7 users may be less than 3% according to the last Steam survey but that's still about 3 000 000 people if I calculate it correctly. And these people can bring money that will pay for the effort (of course not everyone will play this but that's still a part of the audience).

I think it's about people being lazy (which, given that making games is quite hard, is understandable), and making stupid decisions (which happens easily in large groups). They were ready to sacrifice money just to not bother with fixing more potential bugs. Really disappointing but I've seen the people that make these decisions and they really exaggerate the cost of the effort in their mind.

Smaller studios make better decisions. The guy who made Teardown put special effort into getting his engine to run on Win7 which didn't work at first when he published it because of some DirectX compatibility problem if I remember correctly. And you know what happened with Spelunky 2.

I think Tarsier don't understand that you don't have to fix Win 7 bugs if you officially claim you don't support it, and even if you have to, it's not such a big deal. But big groups of people get stupid very fast even if the individuals in them make wonderful art that nobody else does.

[OakTrees-RX]

I find it disgusting that the game can play on Windows 7 but the devs just maliciously block it to make it easier on themselves. Thanks guys, I literally have to hack my own game to play it because I committed the crime of not preferring Windows 10.

[✠ SandMan]

Originally posted by rs_cupcake:

I find it disgusting that the game can play on Windows 7 but the devs just maliciously block it to make it easier on themselves. Thanks guys, I literally have to hack my own game to play it because I committed the crime of not preferring Windows 10.

but you can upgrade for FREE! ignore the ads and built in spyware! just game on bro

[Joe]

Originally posted by ✠ SandMan:

Originally posted by rs_cupcake:

I find it disgusting that the game can play on Windows 7 but the devs just maliciously block it to make it easier on themselves. Thanks guys, I literally have to hack my own game to play it because I committed the crime of not preferring Windows 10.

but you can upgrade for FREE! ignore the ads and built in spyware! just game on bro

Upgrade's free, so are the bugfixes for it to be honest. I've tried Windows 10, and it's great I have to say. The updates just ruin it for me every now and then where I'm either forced to roll back to the previous update or reinstall the entire thing all over after it crashes something new on my system.

It'd be fine if people were just gaming in general, there's cloud saving for that, but it's a horror to have to keep on backing up your important work files over and over again since an update can break your OS at any given time, and the updates are the legit thing.

[Iki10]

Thank you for taking your time to do this. I appreciate it a lot.

I didn't realize they only supported win 10 until I tried to run the game :(

It's sad that I'll have to watch out for this in other games going forward. @Filip Kowalski could you point me in a direction to start learning the skills to able to do these 'fixes' my self?

[AdelineRG]

Originally posted by ✠ SandMan:

Originally posted by rs_cupcake:

I find it disgusting that the game can play on Windows 7 but the devs just maliciously block it to make it easier on themselves. Thanks guys, I literally have to hack my own game to play it because I committed the crime of not preferring Windows 10.

but you can upgrade for FREE! ignore the ads and built in spyware! just game on bro

Windows 10 Pro isn't free, the free update microsoft campaign is over for a while.

So you can try, but at your own risk.
The problem is after the migration, we can't go back easily.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-you-can-still-get-a-free-windows-10-upgrade/

[Nimras]

Originally posted by ✠ SandMan:

Originally posted by rs_cupcake:

I find it disgusting that the game can play on Windows 7 but the devs just maliciously block it to make it easier on themselves. Thanks guys, I literally have to hack my own game to play it because I committed the crime of not preferring Windows 10.

but you can upgrade for FREE! ignore the ads and built in spyware! just game on bro

Yes lets ignore Microsoft spy on you on purpose, sell your information and own everything on your windows 10 machine, and has a 24/7 backdoor and you can't block it.

Originally posted by Joe:

Originally posted by ✠ SandMan:

but you can upgrade for FREE! ignore the ads and built in spyware! just game on bro

Upgrade's free, so are the bugfixes for it to be honest. I've tried Windows 10, and it's great I have to say. The updates just ruin it for me every now and then where I'm either forced to roll back to the previous update or reinstall the entire thing all over after it crashes something new on my system.

It'd be fine if people were just gaming in general, there's cloud saving for that, but it's a horror to have to keep on backing up your important work files over and over again since an update can break your OS at any given time, and the updates are the legit thing.

Your right the bugs are a pest, but cloud solutions need to go so does many of the stuff steam does, we need to be back at physical media and it has to happen soon.