HEXEN II community work and discussion

[Mathuzzz]

I just tried to run UQE Hexen 2 game (not compiling my map) and yes, it shows the error xxxxxx.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

[Korax]

I've done some reading.
It seems like OS targeting changes done for Windows within Visual Studio 2012.
From the looks of it by default VC++ 2012 targets newer non-legacy operating systems like Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
xxxxxx.exe is not a valid Win32 application

There's an alternative option to target Windows XP.

I'm not sure if this is the issue at hand here.
I'm presuming everyone that is getting this error is running an operating system older than Windows Vista?

If that's the case... could anyone test and see if there is no error on anything Windows Vista and newer?

[Korax]

Definitely.
The exact DLL name or the full error message, even a screenshot would go a long way to help find a solution.
I will run some tests on my other Windows Vista 32bit machine.

So far it sounds like some kind of Visual Studio dependency issue.

EDIT:
It works just fine on my older Vista machine.
The only thing both machines got in common is both got Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 installed.

Could anyone confirm that with this installed or not make any kind of difference?
It will help met get an idea where to start looking for whats missing.

PS: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 won't install on Windows XP.

[Mathuzzz]

But thatīs the point. It doesnīt say anything specific. It says:

Cannot execute this program :
...
Check the path and required DLLs.

[Spike]

'saying something about missing dll.'
it would help if you actually named the dll, then we'd likely be able to figure out what you need to install for it to work.