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Blake00
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posted December 30, 2023 01:02 PM |
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Edited by Blake00 at 06:33, 01 Jan 2024.
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Heroes 6 via Ubisoft Connect launcher no longer working on Windows 7
Just in case there's any other crazy old Windows 7 users like me here (yeah yeah I know, I'll update eventually lol) I thought I'd post about this issue and the fix I found.
Ironically while trying to test a possible fix for the darkness issue in the expansion & DLC content (which worked WOOHOO!) I encountered a whole new issue where I couldn't even launch Heroes 6 anymore due to the Ubisoft Connect launcher auto updating to a newer version that no longer supports Windows 7 resulting in you getting this message:
"ubisoft connect / uplay / upc.exe: entry point DiscardVirtualMemory not found in DLL KERNEL32.dll"
A google search showed most people saying "oh there's no way around that other than updating to Windows 10" but sure enough a few clever people did find a way around it that basically involves rolling back your Ubisoft Connect launcher to the last version that still worked on Win 7 and then changing a simple version.txt file to the latest version number to trick the launcher into thinking you have the latest so it stops auto updating and Heroes 6 starts up!
Here's the instructions...
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/13ur7m1/comment/jm6od0g/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Note: I've modified his quote below to fixed some typos, use the true last version number before the change and added a download link for it.
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Yes it works on Windows 7 64 bit user. I also found out that it worked, as suggested above, using the following sequence:
1. Run the game that runs Ubisoft Connect's uplay.exe.
2. It will update itself, restart it, error message, crash..
3. Go to the folder C:/Program Files (x86)/Ubisoft/Ubisoft Game launcher.
4. Delete the folder and restore it from a backup containing a version 10857 or earlier (Or download a fresh 10857 from here & install).
5. Edit version.txt (it contains just a line with "10857" in it) as 10872 (or latest version number now).
6. Now you can restart the game or Ubisoft connect: it will believe it is still v10872 or latest version and will no longer try to update, and the version 10857 or earlier will work fine.
7. Next time Ubisoft Connect updates (usually ever 1-2 months), it will fail again. So you will have to repeat the above and use whatever the latest version number is instead.
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LordCameron
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posted December 30, 2023 05:22 PM |
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yogi
Promising
Famous Hero
of picnics
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posted December 30, 2023 08:33 PM |
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LordCameron said:
Any fixes for people running Windows 3.1?
*chuckle, thx for the laugh
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NimoStar
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Modding the Unmoddable
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posted December 30, 2023 09:32 PM |
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Edited by NimoStar at 21:32, 30 Dec 2023.
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Actually, it can probably be made to work in 3.1 if you manage to somehow install all prerequisites (if all executable components of H6 are 32 bits at assembly, and not any 64)
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flammingpython
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posted December 31, 2023 11:05 AM |
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There's a solution for Windows 7 here
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/3971673333118124096/
Worked just fine for me
Bit annoying to have to reinstall Ubisoft Connect and disconnect, connect my internet connection every time I want to play the game, but hey it'll do until the plug is pulled on this game for good in a month's time I guess.
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Blake00
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posted January 01, 2024 06:24 AM |
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Edited by Blake00 at 06:25, 01 Jan 2024.
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flammingpython said:
There's a solution for Windows 7 here
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/3971673333118124096/
Worked just fine for me
Bit annoying to have to reinstall Ubisoft Connect and disconnect, connect my internet connection every time I want to play the game, but hey it'll do until the plug is pulled on this game for good in a month's time I guess.
Yeah that way is similar but a bit excessive lol. I don't have to do all that extra internet disconnect & 2 factor disabling stuff he lists. I can now run the game whenever I want with online connection just fine. The way I posted above is only needed once and just falls over when Ubisoft updates the tool which they only seem to do every few months thankfully.
At some point they may change their version check system which will mean the way you posted will become the only way which will suck but hopefully they won't!
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flammingpython
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posted January 01, 2024 02:58 PM |
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Yeah your way is definitely better 
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unknown_dark_g
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heroes galopping in his heart
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posted February 13, 2024 01:07 PM |
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You can actually create a map, in which you instantly win. That way the map gets you the option to play the game when testing it, because you get sent into the main menu. You can also use the hotkeys to loadd and save files.
I am saying this, because the versions.txt reset seems to have gotten a backupped double-check somewhere.
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