32-bit Problem

June 21, 2017, 09:40:42 am

Hi again!

I was trying to send my game to someone for testing, and when he tried to open it, he said he got the following error:

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I downloaded your game and applied the 0.4 patch. When I run "DragonBallZ - Saiyajin Legend.exe" the following error shows up and the games doesn't start:

"DragonBallZ - Saiyajin Legend.exe is not a valid Win32 application"

Is the executable a 32-bit version?

I figured that I had the 64-bit version of the miniSphere engine which I distributed along with the game, so I started to look for a 32-bit version, and couldn't find any. In fact, I couldn't find any 64-bit version as well, which made me think the installation program auto-detects your hardware type and installs the right version for you. So I let the guy download miniSphere from the sexy new Spheredev homepage, but then he said that:

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I installed miniSphere (default option list) but got the following error:
Unable to execute file:
C:\Program Files\miniSphere\ide\Sphere Studio.exe

CreateProcess failed; code 3.
The system cannot find the path specified.

I re installed miniSphere, checking all options in the list, and got a different error:
Unable to execute file:
C:\Program Files\miniSphere\ide\Sphere Studio.exe

CreateProcess failed; code 193.
%1 is not a valid Win32 application

He's not the first person that tested the game, but it's the first time anyone is getting this error.

Any idea what to make of this?

Re: 32-bit Problem

Reply #1 – June 21, 2017, 09:54:33 am

If he has a 32-bit machine, then the miniSphere installer should install 32-bit executables. What Windows version is this? I know there have been issues in the past with XP and Vista; Win7 or later should be fine however.

Note that Sphere Studio requires .NET 4.5 or later to be installed.

Re: 32-bit Problem

Reply #2 – June 21, 2017, 10:01:49 am

I did have a problem running it on windows XP once (took it to an old computer at work to see if it's working). I'll ask him what's his OS and stuff.