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CLBrown 21 Sep, 2022 @ 7:55am
Warning - Latest update disables the game for Win7 users
I realize that most users, at this point, have "upgraded" to Win10/11, but for those who still use Windows 7, be aware that the update goes to a new revision of the Unreal Engine 4, which will not run under Windows 7 (or, rather, is designed to refuse to run under Windows 7).

As a result, this (as well as quite a few other games) which used to run fine on Win7 no longer will. I strongly recommend any Win7 users playing this game disable the "auto update" and avoid installing it manually as well.

I know that the devs need to keep up with the latest engines, but honestly, any "update" which breaks the game for users currently able to run it, ought to be ANNOUNCED as doing so.

I have several computers, two of which still run Win7 (a home theater PC... I don't want to have to start over with another media center, as everything on it is built around WIndows Media Center... and TON of hours would be required to "update" this to some other center... something I don't feel especially inclined to do just because "Microsoft sez so") and this one... my main gaming machine (there are still way too many software items which were able to run on Win7 which are no longer able to run on Win10/11... not to mention how annoying it is to be in the middle of a really immersive game experience and suddenly have Microsoft decide that it's time to force an "update" on me... and worse, one which breaks a lot of things on my system (as just happened to me yesterday on my Win11 MSI Pro machine).

So, no, I'm not inclined to "upgrade" either system at present... not until the issues get resolved (and it took a long time for the issues to get fully ironed out in Win7, so I expect at least another year... maybe two... before Win11 has enough fixes and work-arounds to get around its designed-in pitfalls!)

Which means that I will not be playing "CAT Interstellar" again anytime soon.

Honestly, that's not THAT much of a loss, but I really was curious where the developer was going with his story.
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Chazz the Elder 21 Sep, 2022 @ 8:04am 
Vexing, this. Thank you for the warning. I don't know if Steam will allow you to disable updates, so it may be that the only way to run this, after disabling auto updates, is to also go offline before starting the game.
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IonizedGames  [developer] 21 Sep, 2022 @ 2:34pm 
Interesting, I didn’t fully understand what you were saying in the IMs Chazz. As an immediate fix I can always create another beta branch for win7 user. It will not have the most recent updates but it will ensure the game is still playable on older windows machines.
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Jimmy Rustles 29 Dec, 2022 @ 2:43pm 
I wanted to chime in and say that's super cool of dev to consider this, instead of just putting up a wall, saying "lol get with the times".

I'm sure many others keep a windows install handy just for playing games, and with all the issues win10 (and beyond) have brought, such as control over patches, and privacy/security related trojans/worms baked in by MS, it is a dealbreaker for me, as well. And that has been an increasingly difficult challenge, as some games don't play well with nix/VM/wine/proton, and win7. seemingly the last MS OS that can be made tolerable, is being forced into obscurity.

I will keep this thread bookmarked to see how things develop.
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