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Offline CT27

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Sorry for what may be a simple question but:

There has been talk on other boards on this forum about the upcoming release of Windows 10; do you think FS/FS2/FSO (all that good stuff) will still work on the upcoming new OS?  I.e., will I still be able to play mods and whatnot?

 

Offline Cyborg17

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We probably won't know until we try it.  Usually because programming is done best through distinct logical systems (functions, objects, breaking up project files by what system they govern, etc.), the whole program (both how its different parts work together and how its parts function individually) is difficult to perceive all at once.  It's much, much easier to just test compatibility between already written programs to see where they break then to try to prevent breaks before you test. 

(Although, the best way to prevent the issues is to write one program with the other one in mind, but this is not the case for either windows 10 or FSO.)

That said, FSO has some really good people coding and they should be able to eliminate issues should they come.

 

Offline jr2

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If someone gets ahold of the technical preview they could test it now.

 
Sorry for what may be a simple question but:

There has been talk on other boards on this forum about the upcoming release of Windows 10; do you think FS/FS2/FSO (all that good stuff) will still work on the upcoming new OS?  I.e., will I still be able to play mods and whatnot?

We're talking about an OS which has skipped over a version number to preserve backwards compatibility. I don't think we'll have much trouble.
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Offline Swifty

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I'm sure if it works with Windows 8/8.1 (which I have and develop on), it'll work no problem.

 

Offline LHN91

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I was able to compile FSO in VSExpress on Windows 10 without issue, but reformatted to try some other random things shortly after.

 

Offline Rhys

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I was able to run FSO with absolutely no problems in Windows 10. Didn't even have to do any of that OpenAL stuff.

 

Offline Edhotmetal

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I've been playing FSO on windows 10 for a while now. Works perfectly just like windows 8.1. FRED works fine as well.

 

Offline Charismatic

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No Windows 9? lol. 8 just came out recently.
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Offline Dragon

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A name like "Windows 9" would have engaged Win95/98 routines in some prominent programs... Call it however you like, I call it lousy coding, the industry seems call it "business as usual" (why can't they use the internal version number is beyond me). :) Still, it's good that MS cares about backwards compatibility.

 

Offline jr2

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Basically, some folks coded "Get OS Name, if OS Name begins with Windows 9, goto section Windows 9x"  (obviously in actual code, :P )

So "Windows 9" would have produced either a spectacular fail as the program tried to treat the OS as Win 9x, or a simple "sorry, this program is not compatible with your OS version".