5.2.1 - patch notes

[Laz]

Is there any chance of working around it for win7? at all?

The reason for the failure is that the FLUF.UI module that this depends upon is linking against windows api features that were introduced inside Windows 10 (specifically for calculating the DPI of the current Window for UI scaling). DirectX is a dependency that was added as a byproduct of the RML ui mode that is not currently being used by Discovery, but the libraries are required nonetheless in order for the library to run. While the DX9 runtime is required and does work on Windows 7, the aforementioned DPI method is not present so it does not matter. The only scenario where this would start working was if I was to split up the UI module into various sub-modules for the different UI modes. Suffice to say that is work I will not be doing to support an EOL operating system.

Explanation aside, you should not be using Windows 7 anymore unless you know what you are doing; it's a security risk to do so. While I cannot speak for the Discovery developers, no code I write will be aimed for compatibility with Windows 7, and wont be tested for it either. This means if the code I write is being leveraged, you're going to have these issues.

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