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Any Windows 10 testing done yet
- Thread starter Exmortis
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Hi Exmortis,
I haven't tested it with the Windows beta they just released, but Hero Lab ran fine under the original developer preview of Windows 10, so it should still work correctly. That said, a friend of mine had some problems with the new Windows beta on his Surface Pro 3 - the graphics drivers it included were bad (and needed to be uninstalled in safe mode), and it apparently has pretty awful battery life, so I recommend being ready to restore to an earlier version of Windows if you want to try this. However, Hero Lab should work fine.
Hope this helps!
I haven't tested it with the Windows beta they just released, but Hero Lab ran fine under the original developer preview of Windows 10, so it should still work correctly. That said, a friend of mine had some problems with the new Windows beta on his Surface Pro 3 - the graphics drivers it included were bad (and needed to be uninstalled in safe mode), and it apparently has pretty awful battery life, so I recommend being ready to restore to an earlier version of Windows if you want to try this. However, Hero Lab should work fine.
Hope this helps!
Awesome thanks for the update!
I will go Jan 23rd release, from what I am hearing in the SP3 community it is much better and rock solid stable so far.
If I run into any issues with HL ill report them.
I have been meaning to get it on one of my systems since they started releasing it.
I will go Jan 23rd release, from what I am hearing in the SP3 community it is much better and rock solid stable so far.
If I run into any issues with HL ill report them.
I have been meaning to get it on one of my systems since they started releasing it.
OK so I have transitioned my SP3 to Windows 10. Have to say, very simple and straight forward, a few caveats that are epxlained on the web, but once you get all the updates down, they all go away.
I have built a character on Hero Lab (including customized RotRL version of the Yokai Ranger type), levelled it from 1 to 20, loaded up several of my existing characters. Everything without even a flinch, crash, slow down, nada!
Will report back after Wed nights game.
I also loaded up Realm Works, sync'd my world, checked it, all working flawlessly as an aside.
So far, windows 10 Preview Jan 23rd is rock solid.
I have built a character on Hero Lab (including customized RotRL version of the Yokai Ranger type), levelled it from 1 to 20, loaded up several of my existing characters. Everything without even a flinch, crash, slow down, nada!
Will report back after Wed nights game.
I also loaded up Realm Works, sync'd my world, checked it, all working flawlessly as an aside.
So far, windows 10 Preview Jan 23rd is rock solid.
OK first full game day down, as well as many hours working in Hero Lab working on the new campaign we have starting in a month or so, so that means dozen of "test" builds.
I have to say so far Win10 has been ROCK solid, and Hero Lab flawless on it.
If I could register and keep the preview install right through to release? I would seriously consider moving my other three systems to it now.
I have to say so far Win10 has been ROCK solid, and Hero Lab flawless on it.
If I could register and keep the preview install right through to release? I would seriously consider moving my other three systems to it now.
Kendall-DM
Spy
Nice! I'm looking forward to the release, maybe I will take the excuse to build a new computer while I upgrade from Windows 7.
Nothing wrong with Windows 7, especially Pro, it's been stellar for me. But I'm looking forward to 10 as well, but I'll wait for the first SP release before I get on board.
ShadowChemosh
Well-known member
Yea I am thinking the same thing (wait to SP1). Though I may be upgrading to new laptop and maybe I will get it with 10.
So when exactly is the full version of 10 out?
Current belief is October, but its still beta right? Show-stopping Bugies can crop up at any time.
I will say this, I'm so happy with win 10, waiting for SP1 seems a waste of time on a lesser OS, and I ALWAYS wait for new OS to mature......Well I used to wait that is.
charlieluce
Well-known member
I have to admit that even with Windows 8 I was happier after 8.1 came out - but my understanding is that Windows 10 marks the end of the whole Service Pack model in favor of a continuous update cycle the way Office 365 (and most browsers and apps these days) does it.
I've been playing with Win 10 on an eight year old PC, and it runs amazingly well. I plan on upgrading not just my Win 8.1 laptop, but our two Win 7 desktops come the official release.
I've been playing with Win 10 on an eight year old PC, and it runs amazingly well. I plan on upgrading not just my Win 8.1 laptop, but our two Win 7 desktops come the official release.
Kendall-DM
Spy
Personally, I don't trust Microsoft products to be complete on release, that has been a pretty consistent enough thing they have done that I just can't jump on board until they prove otherwise.
The SP model is gone in favor of updates (which happen somewhat quarterly, or bi-yearly). However, since they have gone to this approach, everyone that I've talked to in the industry about it thinks there are two things going on. First, that the 'updates' are just mini-SP (they are structured and released in nearly the same way, at least for Win 8.1 it has been). Second, the reason to move away from the 'model' of SP releases is it has a sort of negative stigma for Microsoft, so they've just re-branded it with the hopes that everyone will see it more positively.
I, for one, am not holding my breath. Visual Studio 2014 still has some crash bugs that that were supposed to get fixed in 'updates' but still occur on Win 8.1 occasionally. Their KB approach is really not user-friendly in the least. Add to that the November update for Win 8.1 required me to get the May update first before I could install it. That sounds a lot like what we did with SPs. So I intend to wait, but I will eventually get it onto most of my machines (though I will keep VMs with other versions, you know, because that's what developers need to do).
My two cents, for what it's worth.
The SP model is gone in favor of updates (which happen somewhat quarterly, or bi-yearly). However, since they have gone to this approach, everyone that I've talked to in the industry about it thinks there are two things going on. First, that the 'updates' are just mini-SP (they are structured and released in nearly the same way, at least for Win 8.1 it has been). Second, the reason to move away from the 'model' of SP releases is it has a sort of negative stigma for Microsoft, so they've just re-branded it with the hopes that everyone will see it more positively.
I, for one, am not holding my breath. Visual Studio 2014 still has some crash bugs that that were supposed to get fixed in 'updates' but still occur on Win 8.1 occasionally. Their KB approach is really not user-friendly in the least. Add to that the November update for Win 8.1 required me to get the May update first before I could install it. That sounds a lot like what we did with SPs. So I intend to wait, but I will eventually get it onto most of my machines (though I will keep VMs with other versions, you know, because that's what developers need to do).
My two cents, for what it's worth.
Software complete on release? No such thing, in the past, now, or the future. From Microsoft or otherwise.
Version 1.0 is merely a state of being for the software package, it is between v0.90 and v1.1, no more no less. It has just become a "recognized" state for general consumption by its intended consumer base. Again nothing more, nothing less.
IF completeness were the case, no software would ever mature from v1.0, and you would have to purchase again for v2.0 (which would really be just v1.1).
Take Hero Lab, we are at 6.xx and yet to this day features in the CoreRule Book for Pathfinder remain missing from it. So do you trust Lone Wolf? Did you have to pay beyond v1.0?
Datasets are not part of the Hero Lab core, those are add-ons and totally out of scope.