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captan2er0
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For the upcoming game requirements changes next year, the blog mentions needing either Windows 8 or Windows 10.
Does anyone know if the Windows 8 requirement also includes Windows 8.1? Genuinely curious to this as I have systems that run Windows 8.1 due to some legacy programs I have, and I've also had problems the last month and a half getting the game to launch in Windows 8.1.
Does anyone know if the Windows 8 requirement also includes Windows 8.1? Genuinely curious to this as I have systems that run Windows 8.1 due to some legacy programs I have, and I've also had problems the last month and a half getting the game to launch in Windows 8.1.
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Drivers are up-to-date across the board for both OS's. To try and pinpoint what was going on, I did an install of STO via an independent launcher to a 128GB flash drive. Under Windows 8.1, I can patch the game, but it immediately crashes upon hitting "Engage" when I hit the the black Cryptic loading screen. Under Windows 10, running the same copy of the game off the same flash drive, I can load the game just fine.
I have tried multiple reinstalls, have run through several rounds of OS updates, and have also tried previous graphics drivers before bringing those back up-to-date for later reinstall checks.
I first noticed this back on August 15, 2021 after loading the game up on my laptop for the first time in a few weeks as power flickers had taken my desktop down the evening before. I didn't have any problems playing in Windows 8.1 on my desktop the previous morning, but I unfortunately cannot verify if this is still the case as I am still waiting on parts to fix the problem caused when my power flickered the evening before. Whenever I get that back up and running, I will check to see if running the game off of Windows 8.1 is still an issue for me on that system as well.
For sake of clarity, I am including the specs for both the laptop and desktop that I use below.
Desktop:
i7 4770K
MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Motherboard
16GB (4x4GB) G Skill DDR3 2400 C10
AMD Raedon R9 390 8GB
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500 GB (Windows 8.1 Boot Drive)
Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB (Windows 10 Boot Drive)
Seagate Baracuda 3TB/7200 RPM/ 64MB Cache
Seagate Constellation 4TB/7200 RPM/ 128MB Cache
Laptop:
i7-7700HQ
MSI GE72-7RD Model - https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GE72-7RD-Apache/Specification
32GB (2x16GB) Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14
GeForce GTX 1050 4GB
HGST 1TB HDD/7200 RPM/ 32MB Cache (Windows 8.1 Booth Drive)
Samsung 960EVO 500GB NVMe M.2 (Windows 10 Boot Drive)
EDIT:
Helps if I actually type the year right.......