GZDoom 1.8.5 released.
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GZDoom 1.8.5 released.
A new release is online.
This contains all the bugfixes from the last 8 months and a few minor new features.
Please note: This is the first official release that was built with Visual Studio 2013. Although I have set the project to create an XP compatible binary I have no means to check if that worked. Please report if it doesn't, I'll try to fix it then if necessary.
EDIT: link taken down due to 1.8.6 release which contains some critical changes.
This contains all the bugfixes from the last 8 months and a few minor new features.
Please note: This is the first official release that was built with Visual Studio 2013. Although I have set the project to create an XP compatible binary I have no means to check if that worked. Please report if it doesn't, I'll try to fix it then if necessary.
EDIT: link taken down due to 1.8.6 release which contains some critical changes.
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Re: GZDoom 1.8.5 released.
Thanks very much for the release. It seems to work just fine on my Win7-64 system but that won't be a surprise. I can't check my XP machine right now but I'll be able to do so later if no one else has reported back by that point.
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Re: GZDoom 1.8.5 released.
I received a "Not a Valid Win32 Application" error message on XP (SP3).
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Argh. I have to find a way to set this from within CMake then. Changing it in the project manually seems to get reset immediately...
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Re: GZDoom 1.8.5 released.
I apologize for opening my thoughts like this, but why even bother supporting such an ancient and yet no longer a supported Operating System?
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Maybe...
...because it still has a market share of of 30%, probably even more among retro gamers?
...because it still has a market share of of 30%, probably even more among retro gamers?
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Can someone please test this one?
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OK, sorry for the delay. I can confirm that I too got this with the first version:
But with the newer version:
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It seems to be working just fine.
But with the newer version:
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It seems to be working just fine.
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Re: GZDoom 1.8.5 released.
GZDoom is now ready for XP
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Are you sure that the 30% is not mostly because of some businesses (ATM machines included in the US) and governments (UK, US, Chinese, and the Dutch) that are refusing or simply neglected to move over to a modern OS?Graf Zahl wrote:Maybe...
...because it still has a market share of of 30%, probably even more among retro gamers?
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Whatever. I know for certain that among retro gamers old hardware (and along, old OSs) are a lot more widespread than in the general public.
And since GZDoom doesn't use any post-XP feature I find it rather pointless to drop support for no good reason. It's just a single compiler setting that needs to be changed.
And since GZDoom doesn't use any post-XP feature I find it rather pointless to drop support for no good reason. It's just a single compiler setting that needs to be changed.
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Fair enough. The reason why I posted the links is merely to outline that some of the market shares are probably skewed to one region.Graf Zahl wrote: I know for certain that among retro gamers old hardware (and along, old OSs) are a lot more widespread than in the general public.
I guess I don't see any harm in that.Graf Zahl wrote:And since GZDoom doesn't use any post-XP feature I find it rather pointless to drop support for no good reason. It's just a single compiler setting that needs to be changed.
I register this as an attack; keep in mind that I was merely pondering - not challenging you....Graf Zahl wrote:Whatever.
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Re: GZDoom 1.8.5 released.
If XP compatibility is taken away then I can't be able to play Doom in school at free time without my favorite hardware rendering program.
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Re: GZDoom 1.8.5 released.
Any unauthorised EXE is blocked at my school anyway. So, yes, most machines are still XP (though that is slowly changing to 7) but I wouldn't be able to start the gzdoom.exe anyway. Then, if I could, the graphics card in most of the machines would say "nope". Basically, no GZDoom at my school for anyone.