Crash Update - Workaround Test

[Cogsy666]

We are preparing it as we speak.

Putting my .exe back to default now then ready

[BucksNBuffalo]

We are preparing it as we speak.

Putting my .exe back to default now then ready

Same, but will not lie. I am quite wary and skeptical at the moment. We shall see, DLing the official patch now.

[Rumpingkadoo]

Just wanted to thank all of those who worked on this fix. A round of applause and an enormous amount of appreciation on behalf of us lesser mortals.
T H A N K Y O U - Excellent job! and a virtual basket of fruit for PrettyBoy

[Jimbodaddy]

Important information for everyone who has the workaround .exe file installed: there will be a game patch later today, please follow the instructions in the OP on how to revert the fix back BEFORE the patch tries to download.

Does this fix mean that XP and Vista users could have kept playing the game?

No, XP is not supported by Microsoft any more and Vista is soon to follow. We would have to drop support for them sooner or later, regardless.

oh no. got this message after the the game automatically started its new patch down load. the original hunter.exe was not put back in time.
a full installation is know being downloaded . any ideas???? Will this be ok? or will i be sent to computer hell?? i am running windows 10.

[Daugr]

damn steam auto update couldn't change before I got the new patch ... now I get the message "could not connect to game server" dobn't tell me I have to reinstall the game now.

that's so typical for me i thought to me today 'Hey ... give the workaround a chance .... yay, that works fantastic' few houres of hunting on wrr later ... " cool an update, lets see what it can ... reading 'DO NOT INSTALL BEFOTE...' "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" *facepalm*

[Cartoon Head]

This is what I am worried about, if steam updates automatically how can I sort this out before the update starts?

[killertut]

This is what I am worried about, if steam updates automatically how can I sort this out before the update starts?

1) change the .exe
2) start steam

[Daugr]

This is what I am worried about, if steam updates automatically how can I sort this out before the update starts?

1) change the .exe
2) start steam

XD I would have done that if I would have had the chance for it before

[Dirtclod]

Important information for everyone who has the workaround .exe file installed: there will be a game patch later today, please follow the instructions in the OP on how to revert the fix back BEFORE the patch tries to download.

Thank you for the head's up.

Dang. Glad I checked this thread. Thanks.

[Sal_Monella]

Acknowledgements
On behalf of the community I would like to acknowledge Pretty_Boy for discovering and sharing this solution. I would also like to acknowledge the group of players who put in lots of effort and tested this workaround, as well as John (Fletchette) for his help with rolling the solution out and coordinating testing with other players.

I'm glad this is finally being implemented, but I actually discovered this some time ago and shared it several times over the past couple of years in as many places as I could think of, including:

- Support Request #37658 - Change theHunter.exe to be Large Address Aware to prevent crashes (October 1, 2014);
- Forum Post: Board index\Bug Reports\Miscellaneous\Re: Game Crashes (http://forum.thehunter.com/viewtopic.ph ... 38#p746838) (November 21, 2015);
- 2016 Annual Player Survey, (April 2016).

Would anyone care to tell me what else I should have done to get this taken more seriously?

Soren
Sal_Monella