Posted August 17, 2023
I found a supposed "fix" from the BG3 Steam forums but It's from 2020 and does not work
for the current version (v4.1.1.3636828_Hotfix3) on Windows 7 SP1 x64.
Has anyone gotten the game to run on a Win7 machine?
Does anyone know of a way to mod/hack the game to work on Win7?
UPDATE:
The game just received the patch v4.1.1.3648072 - Hotfix4 Launcher fix.
It has not magically fixed BG3 for Windows 7 SP1 x64. Although trying to boot the game for the first time
after updating via shortcut got a black screen for the first and only time, but the possess crashed with
a mouse click. Have not been able to replicate.
I've also tried setting all exe's to Windows 7 compatibility mode with admin privilege. No dice.
Also attempted using -skip-launcher (no effect) & -vulkan shortcut arguments for bg3.exe which resulted
in the following attached image. (trying -dx11 or -d3d11 gave the same error)
UPDATE 2:
So far no alternative methods work so far:
- no permutation of holding down SHIFT for any exe's works
- no permutation of admin permissions for any exe's works
- no permutation of shortcut arguments for any exe's works
I think the only way for release BG3 to work on Windows 7 SP1 x64 is either through editing/deleting/adding/modding any of the files causing the incompatibility.
To anyone who is successfully running release BG3 on Windows 7 SP1 x64/Windows 7 x64 please share your specs.
Mine are:
Ryzen 7 3700X / Radeon RX 5700 XT / 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 / CT1000MX500SSD4 (BG3 installed here)
2D Driver Version - 8.1.1.1634
Direct3D Version - 9.14.10.01494
OpenGL Version - 29.20.11000.14831
AMD Audio Driver Version - 7.12.0.7736
Vulkan Driver Version - 2.0.179
Vulkan API Version - 1.2.170
for the current version (v4.1.1.3636828_Hotfix3) on Windows 7 SP1 x64.
Has anyone gotten the game to run on a Win7 machine?
Does anyone know of a way to mod/hack the game to work on Win7?
UPDATE:
The game just received the patch v4.1.1.3648072 - Hotfix4 Launcher fix.
It has not magically fixed BG3 for Windows 7 SP1 x64. Although trying to boot the game for the first time
after updating via shortcut got a black screen for the first and only time, but the possess crashed with
a mouse click. Have not been able to replicate.
I've also tried setting all exe's to Windows 7 compatibility mode with admin privilege. No dice.
Also attempted using -skip-launcher (no effect) & -vulkan shortcut arguments for bg3.exe which resulted
in the following attached image. (trying -dx11 or -d3d11 gave the same error)
UPDATE 2:
So far no alternative methods work so far:
- no permutation of holding down SHIFT for any exe's works
- no permutation of admin permissions for any exe's works
- no permutation of shortcut arguments for any exe's works
I think the only way for release BG3 to work on Windows 7 SP1 x64 is either through editing/deleting/adding/modding any of the files causing the incompatibility.
To anyone who is successfully running release BG3 on Windows 7 SP1 x64/Windows 7 x64 please share your specs.
Mine are:
Ryzen 7 3700X / Radeon RX 5700 XT / 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 / CT1000MX500SSD4 (BG3 installed here)
2D Driver Version - 8.1.1.1634
Direct3D Version - 9.14.10.01494
OpenGL Version - 29.20.11000.14831
AMD Audio Driver Version - 7.12.0.7736
Vulkan Driver Version - 2.0.179
Vulkan API Version - 1.2.170
Post edited August 21, 2023 by AussieDevil_3142
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