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Menkent
Posted on 01-09-25 10:11 AM (rev. 4 of 01-10-25 05:13 AM) Link | #7362
Bad News, any devices with Windows 8.1 and lower using the provided 1.0 build WILL NOT WORK due to fact that this emulator now uses Qt6, which unfortunately only supports Windows 10 and above.

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Using the official 1.0 build

Fortunately, support for Qt5 is still NOT DROPPED yet (Thanks 'Scar), so for those who wanted to play on MelonDS, either upgrade Windows, use version 0.9.5 or compile the source code yourself.

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Saizo7
Posted on 01-09-25 10:20 AM Link | #7363
Posted by Menkent
due to fact that this emulator now uses DirectX 12


Not true, it uses OpenGL

CasualPokePlayer
Posted on 01-09-25 10:53 AM Link | #7364
It IS true, but it's not the emulator directly using D3D12. It's just Qt6 internally using such, which one of several reasons why it dropped support for pre-Windows 10, and thus melonDS has also dropped support for pre-Windows 10.

'Scar
Posted on 01-10-25 03:33 AM Link | #7365
It's exclusively a QT6 issue, other than that, support for Windows 8.1 is still there

Thankfully Qt5 support hasn't been completely dropped and, using the source code, you can compile your own Qt5 build, so technically speaking, it's still compatible with Windows 8.1, you just gotta compile it yourself using their guide

I'm still using Windows 8.1 to this day, and it works just fine on my end on a 1.0 build

Menkent
Posted on 01-10-25 04:57 AM (rev. 3 of 01-10-25 05:09 AM) Link | #7366
Posted by Saizo7
Not true, it uses OpenGL


Well then why using the latest release provided, I get this:

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Posted by 'Scar
It's exclusively a QT6 issue, other than that, support for Windows 8.1 is still there


So its still compatible, just you have to compile it yourself. (I hate compiling)

Ill update the thread on this, thanks

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Ainsworth
Posted on 02-02-25 12:25 PM Link | #7471
Confirmed that the provided version 1.0 RC on download page does not work on Windows 7. The notification popped up and said something about missing d3d12. Version 0.9.5 works fine.

May I take this chance to ask where one might find the nightly version of melonds between version 0.9.5 and version 1.0 RC ? I would like to grab the latest nightly version available for running in windows 7 before support dropped, as I'm not knowledgeable enough to compile stuff myself.

keisui
Posted on 02-03-25 12:29 AM Link | #7472
theres been a lot in the past couple years via the action builds tab on their github , though most have probably expired by now

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Ainsworth
Posted on 02-03-25 05:57 AM Link | #7473
There's nothing left on github of the builds between 0.9.5 and 1.0, and google seemed to fail as it does lately.


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