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<h4>DLL for class not found:</h4>
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This error can occur when you run the game from inside a OneDrive folder like Downloads/Documents or even from the Desktop, <strong>move your game folder to your disk</strong>, C:/ or D:/, and it should work.</p></blockquote>
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<h4>Missing DLL files</h4>
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This error occurs because of missing visual c++ dll files, you can <strong>get them by following this quick installation</strong> from Microsoft: <a href="https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe" rel="nofollow ugc">https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe</a></p></blockquote>
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<h4>Unspecified error on Mac (using parallels)</h4>
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The solution to this is to change the game's resolution (using the config.ini file from the game folder) to the Mac aspect ratio of 16:10, for example from 1280x720 (default) to 1280x800</p></blockquote>
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