xoreos 0.0.5 tools won't run on Windows 7

[JCarter426]

I did some poking around and according to what I've found, this is probably a Windows problem rather than a xoreos problem and might not be worth fixing. But I figured I ought to make it known that there is an issue in case it becomes a problem for someone else.

Whenever I try to use at tool from the 0.0.5 release, I get the following error message:
The procedure entry point _create_locale could not be located in the dynamic link library msvcrt.dll.
I found some old error reports for other software that suggest this issue is specific to Visual C++ on Windows 7. According to users from ages past, it shouldn't happen on Windows 8 or 10. And of course I know people who can run the 0.0.5 release tools on Windows 10 successfully, and they work for me on Linux. The 0.0.4 release tools also do run on Windows 7 for me, so the issue is probably limited to the most recent update. I can run the tools just fine on Linux or by downgrading for Windows 7, so no pressure or anything to fix them on my account.

[DrMcCoy]

That's our precompiled package from the releases page here on GitHub?

Those weren't even compiled with Visual C++, but with a cross-compiling mingw-w64 on my Linux box. I did upgrade it between the 0.0.4 and 0.0.5 release, though (it's a mingw-w64 7.3.0 now)

[DrMcCoy]

Maybe relevant: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/issues/2534#issuecomment-306141803

[JCarter426]

Yup, that sounds like it all right.

[DrMcCoy]

Seems to be some weird interplay between ICU and mingw. I'll see if I can resolve that somehow when I find some time.

Thanks for notifying us! :)

[DrMcCoy]

Oh, I still need to look at that as well. I consider that a blocker for a new release (which we've been talking about).

I do have a mingw-w64 8.3.0 set up now as well. If I throw a new test build of the xoreos-tools your way, @JCarter426, on the weekend, could you test it for me?

[JCarter426]

Sure.

[DrMcCoy]

• xoreos-tools-0.0.5-win32.zip
• xoreos-tools-0.0.5-win64.zip

Based on 93122d5, built with mingw-w64 8.3.0 and ICU 63.1.

Please tell me if it's still broken with these.

[JCarter426]

I can confirm that tools now work on Windows 7 64-bit. I tested tlk2xml, xml2tlk, all with no errors. I also ran the help option on a few others and that displayed correctly too, so I assume they're all working. Good job!

[DrMcCoy]

Yay. Thanks for alerting and checking! :)