Mids Reborn for Windows 7? Or Online?

[Ultimo]

So, my regular PC is in the shop, and I'm stuck using my old PC, which still has Windows 7 on it... which Mids won't install into.  Is there a version of Mids out there that will install on Windows 7?  Or, failing that, is there an online version?

[GM_GooglyMoogly]

Moved to see if the folks from Mids will see it here.

 

They also have a Discord here:  https://discord.gg/eAUuNQ3nxk  and that's probably the fastest way to reach them.

[Maelwys]

IIRC the last supported version of the .NET Framework on Win7 was 4.8

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/microsoft-net-framework-4-8-offline-installer-for-windows-9d23f658-3b97-68ab-d013-aa3c3e7495e0

 

AFAIK most of Mids Reborn functionality uses the v4.8 framework plus .Net 8 Desktop. You might be able to get a working copy cobbled together as long as you don't mind not being able to take database updates.

 

Maybe as a first step try installing the above framework, then downloading https://updates.midsreborn.com/full_updates/mids_3.7.14.3%2Bdb_25.6.1082.zip and extract it + see if it opens. If it doesn't work then you'll need an older version of Mids which can run on the older Win7 compatible .Net 6 Desktop instead of .Net 8 Desktop (looks like the last version using that older code was Mids Reborn v3.7.5.31). Providing you can get a reasonably recent copy of the app to open, then all you should need is the current copy of the Homecoming database to manually download into the right subfolder.

 

EDIT: Looks like there's still an older copy of the main program available at https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn/releases/tag/3.7.4.8 if the above doesn't work, which might at least get you going on Win7 (assuming you have the DotNet 6 desktop installed!) and should be able to patch itself up as far as v3.7.5.31. After that you'll likely want to ignore program updates but manually replace the database with an updated version from https://updates.midsreborn.com/full_updates/hcdb/ (back up the original contents of your \Data\Homecoming subfolder first!!)

 

Edited Sunday at 09:04 PM by Maelwys

[Ultimo]

3 hours ago, Maelwys said:

IIRC the last supported version of the .NET Framework on Win7 was 4.8

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/microsoft-net-framework-4-8-offline-installer-for-windows-9d23f658-3b97-68ab-d013-aa3c3e7495e0

 

AFAIK most of Mids Reborn functionality uses the v4.8 framework plus .Net 8 Desktop. You might be able to get a working copy cobbled together as long as you don't mind not being able to take database updates.

 

Maybe as a first step try installing the above framework, then downloading https://updates.midsreborn.com/full_updates/mids_3.7.14.3%2Bdb_25.6.1082.zip and extract it + see if it opens. If it doesn't work then you'll need an older version of Mids which can run on the older Win7 compatible .Net 6 Desktop instead of .Net 8 Desktop (looks like the last version using that older code was Mids Reborn v3.7.5.31). Providing you can get a reasonably recent copy of the app to open, then all you should need is the current copy of the Homecoming database to manually download into the right subfolder.

 

EDIT: Looks like there's still an older copy of the main program available at https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn/releases/tag/3.7.4.8 if the above doesn't work, which might at least get you going on Win7 (assuming you have the DotNet 6 desktop installed!) and should be able to patch itself up as far as v3.7.5.31. After that you'll likely want to ignore program updates but manually replace the database with an updated version from https://updates.midsreborn.com/full_updates/hcdb/ (back up the original contents of your \Data\Homecoming subfolder first!!)

 

Cool, I'll give that a try!

 

Update!  It works, I can again plan a build.  The numbers might not be correct, and some powers won't be available for use, but I'm planning for an older character, so he's got older powers.

Edited Sunday at 11:58 PM by Ultimo
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