Same issue, something changed in the launcher and its calling for a kernel32 file that doesn't exist on windows 7 pc's
Does not look good if it only win 7 cause this is how they phased out XP. It worked fine and then one month after a patch the launcher would not load and after a lot of posts about it the devs said We quit supporting XP 3 months ago but looks like we forgot to mention it. And then changed the system requirements to show that. Not that I don't trust them and I truly hope it is fixable.
I logged in fine this morning, then logged out for lunch and cannot get back in. I have 3 accounts broken...
Is it crazy to notice that it happened right at the time they posted the update about DX11? I got the discord notification and then boom, broken launcher.
I haven't logged out, just set pc to never sleep mode, maybe I can ride it out till a dev reads this lol
Well, this is the death of EQ for me then. I paused over buying LS expansion due to DX11 proposed release. After reading that it was being postponed, I pre-ordered LS. Guess I still have time to petition a refund.
The game runs with -patchme, yes. But I have a bit of a problem. I changed the PW to my box accounts a few years back and apparently didn't write one of the PW's down correctly, so now I can't log in that character without the patcher. The email it's linked to is gone due to being so old and not on a mainstream mail service.
I can't explain how I wrote my PW down wrong. The email is gone and I cannot login to one account without the launcher. I don't even have a way to tell if someone hacked the email and reset the PW. So yes, I need the launcher.
Support for WIn7 ended almost four years ago. Stop playing trying to play on potatoes. You can buy a cheap mini-PC for less than $200 bucks that will likely play the game better than your current spud.
Thanks this may be a temporary solution for raid tomorrow. If I crash somehow. It would be nice to know if this is intended, and we have to begin upgrades to stay online?