From a technical standpoint, your decision makes sense. All that XP users
have to do is to keep their OS current. What does it cost? Time and
effort, and not all that much of either.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Tomb Hunter Error
Hi,
Yeah, my decision to run Windows 7 is certainly a personal one, but
the decision to build my games using the latest Visual C++ compiler
and libraries is a technical one. A decision based on maintaining the
greatest amount of stability and compatibility across various Windows
versions from XP, Vista, and Windows 7. I can't help it if a user
chooses not to install the Windows updates or is running Service Pack
2 when they need Service Pack 3 etc. That is their decision to
continue running an out of date version of XP when what I'm trying to
do offers them a greater amount of stability and compatibility if the
ever should buy a new computer and end up having Windows 7 anyway. I
simply don't believe in using the lowest common denominator to pander
to a few users that don't believe they need to keep there XP, Vista,
or Windos 7 installation up to date for one reason or another.
Personally I find that both senseless and needless from a technical
point of view.
As far as running my games on 98 you really can't as the design is far
newer than the Windows 98 era stuff, but I certainly could, if I
wanted to, modify the source and recompile it with Visual C++ 6.0 and
create a 98 version. However, as Windows 98 is practically upgraded
out of existance it makes little sense to create a version to support
an os that old. I doubt there are many VI gamers still running 98 now
days.
On 7/8/10, Willem <dwill...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Jim.
While I am not Thomas, I think I understand what he is doing. His
decision
to run the latest and greatest is a personal one.
You could run his games on windows 98 if you wanted, all you need to
install
is at least directX 8 and the visual c++ runtimes. Visual basic also has
similar runtimes and they are less than 5 mb in size, as aposed to the
dotNet framework.
I also recommend you use firefox, because internet explorer is a pot of
nonsense, though you'll need at least jaws 8 or equivalent screen reader
to
use it. Nvda is free (
http://nvda-project.org
and works great with firefox.
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