Pages: [1]
  Print  
Author Topic: Question:Windows Vista and Open Arena?  (Read 19380 times)
marine1992
Nub


Cakes 0
Posts: 3


« on: August 05, 2007, 09:01:58 AM »

My friend and I were thinking on upgrading our computer(me upgrading to Macbook pro while his upgrading to hi-end PC) after my PMR(Malaysian public examination taken by Malaysian Junior High Schools) and we're also thinking to throw away our windows xp and upgrade to windows vista.I have no problem running Open Arena since I have Ubuntu installed but my friend was afraid to use linux on his PC(even dual-booting) and he doesn't even want to use mac because he thought Vista is better than Mac OS X(yeah right).So the question is will Open Arena works with Windows Vista?Does there any small issues in it?Thanks!
Logged
Kojiro_S
Lesser Nub


Cakes 2
Posts: 143


Har har har...


WWW
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2007, 10:01:42 AM »

According to a friend who was testing Vista with some games, OpenArena 0.6.0 runs just fine.


Edited to make the statement clearer.
« Last Edit: August 09, 2007, 11:10:17 AM by Kojiro_S » Logged


*ROOOAAAR*
amdfanatyk
Nub


Cakes 0
Posts: 19



WWW
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2007, 10:14:41 AM »

Hasta la vista - only LINUX rox, everything else sux.
Logged

Occupation:
programmer

Fluent in:
Polish, Assembler, C/C++, Java, bash/awk
fromhell
Administrator
GET A LIFE!
**********

Cakes 35
Posts: 14520



WWW
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2007, 11:21:56 AM »

That wasn't necessary.
Logged

asking when OA3 will be done won't get OA3 done.
Progress of OA3 currently occurs behind closed doors alone

I do not provide technical support either.

new code development on github
marine1992
Nub


Cakes 0
Posts: 3


« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2007, 04:56:02 AM »

According to a friend OA runs fine with Vista.

Does there any small issues in it like performance or something?I really need to know!

Hasta la vista - only LINUX rox, everything else sux.

Yeah,Mac OS X and Linux is better than any windows but my friend refused to listen!He's a stubborn Microsoft fanboy!
Logged
w1zrd
Member


Cakes 2
Posts: 582


Give to life what you expect back


WWW
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2007, 08:20:39 AM »

Quote
Yeah,Mac OS X and Linux is better than any windows
That is entirely down to personal preferences and the various operating systems will always have pros & cons compared to others, there is no such thing as a perfect world, nor a perfect OS, it's just an illusion Tongue
Logged

'Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.'


marine1992
Nub


Cakes 0
Posts: 3


« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2007, 09:19:29 AM »

Quote
Yeah,Mac OS X and Linux is better than any windows
That is entirely down to personal preferences and the various operating systems will always have pros & cons compared to others, there is no such thing as a perfect world, nor a perfect OS, it's just an illusion Tongue

Those are the words that i wanna say to him but he still stubborn.Anyway even if vista's running open arena perfectly,does there any small issues in it like performance,compatibilities or anything else that people might experienced in vista?

PS:Sorry for my poor english!
Logged
iLeft.bye
Member


Cakes 1
Posts: 187



« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2007, 09:54:27 AM »

vista is the same as XP. you cant run opengl apps directly after just after a new windows installation. at this point you can find your card's drivers for XP supporting opengl. but on vista ... dunno. it looks like the companies provide crappy drivers. but with the proper drivers it runs as good as it runs on XP
http://www.opengl.org/pipeline/article/vol003_9/
Logged
Linux
Nub


Cakes 0
Posts: 11


Head Admin On European OA 0.7.0 (24/7) Server


WWW
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2007, 03:18:35 PM »

Download 1st drivers to your graphic card and it should work...


Linux / Unix / MacOS ROX!!!

Windows... S*X Tongue
Logged

If you have problem with our server - fell free to mail me (sa-mp@szybki-serwer.pl)
Fragmonkey
Nub


Cakes 0
Posts: 16


Fraggin' Monkeey


« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2007, 09:25:56 AM »

Quote
Yeah,Mac OS X and Linux is better than any windows
That is entirely down to personal preferences and the various operating systems will always have pros & cons compared to others, there is no such thing as a perfect world, nor a perfect OS, it's just an illusion Tongue

Sabayon OS is Perfect!
Windows sux way to easy to hack punched
Vista is for n00bheads who dont know what they just took.
Vista has alot of graphical interfaces that linux already had :@
Logged

My Brain Is Green, My Eyes Are Pointing To A White Dot On Your Head Waiting To Send A Birthday Rifle With A Mauser K48 Rifle.
Kojiro_S
Lesser Nub


Cakes 2
Posts: 143


Har har har...


WWW
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2007, 10:07:27 AM »

No offense, but the title of this topic isn't Windows vs the World Tongue
Logged


*ROOOAAAR*
dmn_clown
Posts a lot
*

Cakes 1
Posts: 1324


« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2007, 10:54:26 AM »

*sigh*

All of the reports of OA on Vista have been favorable, if you want to bash Microsoft start a thread in club nub where the topic belongs.
Logged

Sausage
Half-Nub


Cakes 0
Posts: 92


Ilaa


« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2007, 09:22:28 AM »

Microsoft Vista Does Support Openarena, just fine.Cheesy But, If you are a mapper, then you do have a problem...
Well, a problem i havent solved yet anyways. Can't get radiant working yet.
Logged

- Sausage
kaiwinthrop
THIS ONE POST HERE SHOULD DO IT.


Cakes 0
Posts: 1


« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2007, 11:20:47 AM »

I ran OA on a satelite a100 on Vista, It ran OK most of the time but there were problems when the fighting got too hot and heavy, it would crash. there are a lot of settings to play with though. Also whenever i exit the game the display color would revert to 16 bit.
k.
Logged
next_ghost
Half-Nub


Cakes 0
Posts: 76


« Reply #14 on: October 06, 2007, 01:18:09 PM »

If he really wants to be sure that OA will run on Vista, he should wait at least another year for a little more stable drivers AND make sure he has a video card with hardware vendor drivers for Vista. Video drivers from Microsoft don't support OpenGL.
Logged
mondo1287
Nub


Cakes 0
Posts: 22


« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2007, 01:25:45 PM »

OA runs just fine on Vista, both 32 and 64 bit versions.
Logged
Pages: [1]
  Print  
 
Jump to: