WIN-10 the Future for XNA-4 and ORTS

[seagoon]

If you don't care, then add us all, and this thread to your ignore list. No one is forcing you to read it.

Oh, ffs, don't start that rubbish!
I don't need to create an "ignore list" in order to not read a thread and I am entitled to make my comment. After all....it IS a game we are talking about with which a mere handful of people are taking a meagre income.

This is huge, and will affect many in the entire community, as well as the developers of ORTS and their plans for the future. Many of us a quite interested in what this now means, since this announcement might spell the end of ORTS all together......

Well, as much as I enjoy OR and appreciate the time and effort that the volunteers put into it, I won't lose any sleep if it all grinds to a halt further down the track (pun intended).

Just as I didn't cry in my beer when other favourite games came to an end, neither will I shed tears should OR disappear down the gurgler eventually.

[NorthernWarrior]

The point here being we can keep Win 7 running, but if my PC or laptop goes up in smoke 6 or 12 months down the road what then? The chances are the latter will only be offered with whatever the latest version of Windows is at the time and even building your own PC (not so easy these days with eyesight and manual dexterity not what it was) no guarantee you can track down an OEM version or that MS will unlock it.

There would be a certain irony if MSTS continued to work in Win 10 and ORTS didn't...

[slipperman]

Hi Gentlemen,
I am testing the Windows Technical Preview, which is Windows 10. It is updated, as of today, and runs Open Rails (X2778) without problem. I haven't checked all its functions, but I feel if it starts OK and runs an activity then we're most of the way there, as long as Microsoft don't change the fundamentals when it's released!

Cheers,
Ged

[OTTODAD]

The point here being we can keep Win 7 running, but if my PC or laptop goes up in smoke 6 or 12 months down the road what then? The chances are the latter will only be offered with whatever the latest version of Windows is at the time and even building your own PC (not so easy these days with eyesight and manual dexterity not what it was) no guarantee you can track down an OEM version or that MS will unlock it.

If you have the OEM DVDs for WIN-XP SP3 and WIN-7 64-bit, I got 2 each of with the hardware when building my computers and the WIN-XP SP3 one stopped working after M$ stopped supporting it, I got a WIN-7 32-bit, i5, 4KB Ram computer from the UK CHILLBLAST bespoke computers manufacturer and installed WIN-XP SP3 and Norton Ghost-9 on it.

After updating some of its WIN-7 ASUS motherboard components with drivers for the WIN-XP hardware it uses, including the Samsung SSDs, all is working just like it did before and will continue to do so for some time yet, I hope !

[neyland]

Oh, ffs, don't start that rubbish!
I don't need to create an "ignore list" in order to not read a thread and I am entitled to make my comment. After all....it IS a game we are talking about with which a mere handful of people are taking a meagre income.

Well, as much as I enjoy OR and appreciate the time and effort that the volunteers put into it, I won't lose any sleep if it all grinds to a halt further down the track (pun intended).

Just as I didn't cry in my beer when other favourite games came to an end, neither will I shed tears should OR disappear down the gurgler eventually.

You are a hard man, Neddy.

[seagoon]

You are a hard man, Neddy.

Bluebottle rushes into room containing Neddy, Min and Henry:-

BLUEBOTTLE: "Major Bloodnock wants you all to build him a boat".
SEAGOON: "Why?"
BLUEBOTTLE: "He's drowning in the lake!"

TAH-DAAAAAH!!!

[trainbot1]

If the ORTS dev team had more workers they would be able to get it done but of course that has a price like for their salary

[baldwin]

If the ORTS dev team had more workers they would be able to get it done but of course that has a price like for their salary

We are all volunteers, most with real world commitments like work and family. ORTS is done in what free time we have. Have no fear, it will be done.

[OTTODAD]

We are all volunteers, most with real world commitments like work and family. ORTS is done in what free time we have. Have no fear, it will be done.

Providing all volunteers have a full working knowledge of coding the ORTS program using MS C+ and XNA 4.0 and are conversant in all railway engineering matters, having to learn how WIN-10 and DX-12 do what !

[trainbot1]

well i do not think i am a volunteer because the only few coding languages i know are Batch VB and basic

[goneon66]

We are all volunteers, most with real world commitments like work and family. ORTS is done in what free time we have. Have no fear, it will be done.

well, all I can say is that I really appreciate EVERYBODY'S efforts.....

66

[conductorchris]

Amen!

[geekman]

well, all I can say is that I really appreciate EVERYBODY'S efforts.....

That goes for me as well. I can't even begin to imagine what a daunting task it must be for a group of volunteers to try to create a simulator like this from scratch - IN THEIR SPARE TIME!!!!! These guys (and ladies) have my utmost respect and admiration, and I can't thank them enough for their commitment, dedication, and generosity. What they are doing is nothing short of miraculous.

[scottb613]

WIN-10 the Future for XNA-4 and ORTS

Absolutely...

I like the running total of the estimated real world cost of donated time on the OR website - well over two million dollars already - and - that's probably on the low side... When it's labor of love - you're always thinking of ways to improve it...

Thanks one and all to the global team that put this together for us... Much appreciated gentlemen...

[rrroberttt]

Another Thank you to team ORTS. I have been using ORTS, instead of MSTS, exclusively, since version 0.6xxx. Anytime there has been an problem, with the routes that I run, It has been resolved by the team, if possible, quite rapidly. Again, a big THANK YOU!!