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Included some missing DLLs after submission. Will the game still be rated?

A topic by Fernando Aires Castello created Mar 21, 2023 Views: 87 Replies: 2
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Hi there!

A couple of days after I submitted my entry (MAGIC DUNGEON), someone alerted me to the fact that it wasn't working due to missing DLLs. Then I found out that I needed to include some Microsoft Visual C++ runtime DLLs along with the executable, so I removed the original ZIP  with the game files and uploaded a new one with the required DLLs.

There is actually a comment in the game page from someone who tried the original release and he said it wasn't working. After including the DLLs in the new release, I tested it in a different computer and it worked fine.

I noticed that apparently someone had already rated the game before I uploaded the new ZIP, so my question is if the original release actually worked for someone (probably because the system already had the MSVC redistributable installed), or it just didn't work and it was "rated" anyway?

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Note that the "rated by x people" message in the game submission page refers to peer reviews; the jurors don't interact with itch.  I'll double check if there's been CANT_RUN reports by the jurors and let them know they can retry now.

Got it, thanks!