AfterWorld Survival Forum
Officials => Tech Forum => Topic started by: Pila "Pila" Pila on September 19, 2014, 11:16:34 pm
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Are there any plans to code in Windows XP ?
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I will take no answer as a NO, just sad that there was no news (atleast i didnt see) that stated the running systems of the update :( :(
Wish i could bug test but it will be the 15 before i can update my system....
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to be honest win xp should not be officialy supported. it is a dead os, no longer updated or supported by microsoft. ALthough a statement regarding this should officially be made.
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But if your going to eliminate an OS used by 50% (OK 23%) of the world you should tell people ahead of time. yes it will be insecure, it is yet insecure to much effect.
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According to 2014 August, current OS share is:
Windows 7: 51.21%
Windows XP: 23.89%
Windows 8/8.1: 13.37%
(rest from 100% is Linux, Mac, etc. systems),
which gives us rougly 2 vs 1 ratio for 7/XP.
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one does not eliminate 23% of their possible sales just because..... Asking everyone to buy Windows is yes a nice thing... but your trying to sell a game, not a security product. And although M$ has done its best to scare the world about XP, really there is a lack of attacks on it because less and less people use it. One does not attack an OS that has decreasing people on it, they attack the brand new thing.
So as a security guy I agree get rid of XP. As a realist I known it is not that easy. As a sales guy, I know I have to cater to it. And as a gamer, I just need another beer (wine for XP users).
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It's quite possible that they didn't even realize what their most recent changes would do to the XP community. If they don't have any XP computers in their company - and I really hope they do not - they may have forgotten about the prevalence of XP and forgot to test it. Has anyone tried updating DirectX to version 10 on XP as described here (https://www.raymond.cc/blog/easily-install-and-download-directx-10-for-windows-xp/)?
@dale, Wine is for Linux users (which I believe still does not support AW, though I haven't tried it lately). XP users are more suited to mead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead).
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funny I thought weed was for Linux users... anyways. I believe it's just they haven't loaded the libraries needed for XP which im sure are easy enough to grab from a previous client. Unless something with the engine is De-xp/vista engine, Maybe they can even find libraries for the NT engine... DOS.... VMX... JCL..... Rocks....
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It fails for me on Vista in the same way as on XP, and I have DX11.
So until this is fixed, I am unable to log in.
[And I can't yet judge whether I wish to continue playing, after the changes]
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funny I thought weed was for Linux users... anyways. I believe it's just they haven't loaded the libraries needed for XP which im sure are easy enough to grab from a previous client. ..
Wine is definitely for Linux users: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software) :D
"Vote" for WinXP support too.
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one does not eliminate 23% of their possible sales just because..... Asking everyone to buy Windows is yes a nice thing... but your trying to sell a game, not a security product. And although M$ has done its best to scare the world about XP, really there is a lack of attacks on it because less and less people use it. One does not attack an OS that has decreasing people on it, they attack the brand new thing.
So as a security guy I agree get rid of XP. As a realist I known it is not that easy. As a sales guy, I know I have to cater to it. And as a gamer, I just need another beer (wine for XP users).
I am investing in lots of wine these nights :(
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OK still cant play, not sure if I am supposed to be able to or not.
I haven't seen a thing about system requirements or not supporting XP/vista.
Anyone able to play with the older windows versions ?
AND does PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help any? This WAS the only game i played... have ventured off to another ,but want to test/play AW.
Pila
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I am able to play on Windows Vista and gave the devs everything they need so everyone else should be able to play too.
I also asked for permission to disclose the temporary workaround procedure to others.
Quoting Dr. Butler's reply to one of my tickets: "P.S. We will try to release an updated version so it works on Pre-7 OS."
So one way or another you should be able to play again soon, their proper fix or my temporary one.