"Defold is not a valid win32 application" error

Questions
#1

I have downloaded the engine and when I
try to open defold after extracting the folder I am getting this error. Please help.

#2

Which version of Windows are you using? Which version of Defold did you download and from where? Can you share the link?

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#3

Hi @hakash2001!

This typically happens when you try to run the 64-bit version on a 32-bit windows.
If that is the case here, just download the 32-bit version.

Good luck!
Erik

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#4

Thank you for your replies .I have downloaded from the official defold website and my computer has 32bit windows xp and also I have downloaded 32bit version of defold only but I am getting this error.

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#5

You should install a free version of Linux that would work on your computer. Linux Mint for example is really nice. Windows XP is really old and you can’t reasonably expect support for it.

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#6

Hi @hakash2001!

We’ve tried running the editor on Vista (32-bits) once, and that sorta kinda worked. We don’t test it on anything older than Windows 7 regularly. For mac & linux we only build 64-bit versions.

Erik

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#7

I just tested the exported game, it runs on Windows 7/10, Linux Mint 18.3.

Defold is not compatible with Windows XP, CentOS 6.4 (need OpenAL).

It’s probably because Defold is build without XP support on Visual Studio.

#8

The FAQ lists minimum target platforms: https://www.defold.com/faq/#_platform_questions

And the FAQ also mentions OpenAL issue and how to solve it: https://www.defold.com/faq/#_linux_issues

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