Kreuvf commented

Most likely, you are experiencing the same problem as reported here:
inet_ntop not available on XP

We're getting some reports from users that running the VM on XP (Windows XP - x86 5.1) gives this error:

"the procedure entry point inet_ntop could not be located in the dynamic link library, WS2_32.dll"

From doing a little searching, it looks like the inet_ntop() function is not available on XP. Some background is available here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/e40465f2-41b7-4243-ad33-15ae9366f4e6/. That page gives some options - ifdefing and falling back on the inet_ntoa() function.

I'm not sure whether XP is a supported target for us or not. If not we may want to fast fail / provide a little bit better error message.

The game wants to use a function which does not exist under Windows XP. Therefore, it is very likely that Windows XP is not supported anymore. A quick forum search did not bring up relevant information, so you should wait for a response from someone who also does the releases und can tell you if Windows XP support was removed deliberately or not.

klasskill commented

install linux on your machine since XP does not have that function

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Cyp commented

The inet_ntop call seems to be introduced in cfd1e4a813c1235163a85c47dba6763ed5038377. No idea what the priority of XP support is.

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vexed commented

Technically, we only support Vista or higher since the release of 3.1.x.
Issue here is we are using a new function that isn't available to XP, and there is no way to code around it without making specific builds for XP.
(Well, let me rephrase that, it is possible to re-code this, by remaking the same ntop calls that the system uses, but that would be a ton of work)

Sorry about that.