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Been testing Oolite on Windows 8 Developers Preview



I'm running Windows 8 Developers Preview on VMWare Workstation 8.0.1 (Virtual Machine)

So far so good with no issues or problems. Also nothing indicated in the log. I have been testing with a clean Oolite 1.76 install with no OXP's.
What is quite surprising is that I get full shader support and texture detail with a frame rate of between 75 and 99. I expect that to drop dramatically when I start installing OXP's. The graphics drivers on the VM are as follows. (From the Oolite log)

23:17:50.461 [rendering.opengl.version]: OpenGL renderer version: 2.1.0 ("2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel"). Vendor: "VMware, Inc.". Renderer: "Gallium 0.4 on SVGA3D; build: RELEASE; ".
23:17:50.461 [rendering.opengl.extensions]: OpenGL extensions (113):
<snip>
23:17:50.490 [rendering.opengl.shader.support]: Shaders are supported.

Errr, why should it drop???

Kerisha wrote:

Errr, why should it drop???

Because I'm running this on a virtual machine under VMWare. So, when I bring in OXP's with higher memory, graphics and CPU demands, I expect the VM to struggle. I'm actually very surprised that it runs as well as it does. I tried this on a Win7 VM under VMWare Workstation 7, and that gave some rather disappointing results. With Workstation 8, results have been far better, both with Win7 and Win8.

Also, in general, quite a few OXPs put some heavy demands on the system (especially the graphics card). So restraining the amount of OXPs is good for preserving performance.

Also, hi Kerisha, and welcome to the Friendliest Boards This Side Of Riedquat™!

Commander McLane wrote:

Also, hi Kerisha, and welcome to the Friendliest Boards This Side Of Riedquat™!

Sorry, I forgot. Welcome Kerisha. Please excuse my bad manners.

Kerisha wrote:

Errr, why should it drop???

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Hello there fellow commanders, Newbie to this forum but not a Newbie to Oolite. Have just got a new laptop, running Windows 8 and downloaded the latest version of Oolite to it. Played a few time up to competent when lo and behold my save files have gone missing. They do not show at all in the Load option, but if I use the save option the files are there because it warns me not to overwrite the existing files. I can see the files in the oolite.app/oolite-save folder, but I can't access them. HELLLLLPPPP!

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Bryanpoprobson wrote:

Hello there fellow commanders, Newbie to this forum but not a Newbie to Oolite. Have just got a new laptop, running Windows 8 and downloaded the latest version of Oolite to it. Played a few time up to competent when lo and behold my save files have gone missing. They do not show at all in the Load option, but if I use the save option the files are there because it warns me not to overwrite the existing files. I can see the files in the oolite.app/oolite-save folder, but I can't access them. HELLLLLPPPP!

Additionally the strangest thing is, I had been playing for a few days on and off and had saved and loaded several times with no problems whatsoever. I have tried reloading the game, no dice.

Have tried as administrator, files are still missing...

Had no reason to edit them at all, one day it worked one day it didn't. PLUS if I start the game and make up a random name and save the game, that file disappears but I can see it in the correct directory.. I am totally confused..

Thanks for trying, I will have to stay competent. I may try moving the file doing a complete un-install and then a reload, it may be related to windows somehow.