SHOCKING SUPPORT FOR WiNDOWS 8

[strikerzer0]

Seriously this is crazy, i was told by the devs themselves that they will support it once it is RTM. Guess what??

It has RTMed over a MONTH ago and msdn/technet subscribers can get it 10 DAYS ago!

What are you guys even doing nowadays?? Hardly any updates, and the customers are forced to create every profile and plugin because DB lacks ordinary features.

Pick up the slack! this is why Kane who made AGB left and has NOT come back.

RTM is not a mainstream copy ... I don't see why they should support it right away ... your rant is irrelevant ...

 

[markn12]

RTM is not a mainstream copy ... I don't see why they should support it right away ... your rant is irrelevant ...

RTM is the release that will be on the DVDs. It is very much a mainstream copy although you will see updates most likely before it even ships.

 

[xzhenx]

Where is bot support for my iphone? I DEMANDS IT

On a more serious note... It's usually a bad bad idea getting an OS when it's just released, especially one not known for backward compatibility. Just downgrade back to Win 7 or whatever you were using before, there are actually more serious issues with the bot like getting it not to crash/getting random dungeons working, than to attempt compatibility with an unstable and recently released OS.

 

[swolbyn]

And Linux, don't forget a Linux version.. /nerdrage!

I'm still waiting for the Mountain Lion version.. come on guys its been out for like a while now. sheesh!

 

[carguy]

I dont understand why my db keeps crashing on windows ME. Why the fuck don't they support it?

 

[jinny1]

So much straw man argument going on here.

Windows 8 RTM is the mainstream operating system for Microsoft and one that every laptop/OEM will be shipped with in a few months.

It is not same as asking for support in windows 98 or iphone lol. Not to mention DEVS SAID THEY WILL SUPPORT IT.

Are these people that stupid?? Windows 8 wasn't designed for tablets alone. If you guys actually used it you would see that it metro works perfectly fine. I can't believe these dumb uneducated people saying it was designed for tablets because there is one difference that is the metro start interface and no start menu LOL.

Windows 8 "RT" version was designed for tablets not windows 8 professional idiots

RTM is not a mainstream copy ... I don't see why they should support it right away ... your rant is irrelevant ...

lol..... your dumb rant is irrelevant

 

[Vertraag]

So much straw man argument going on here.

Windows 8 RTM is the mainstream operating system for Microsoft and one that every laptop/OEM will be shipped with in a few months.

It is not same as asking for support in windows 98 or iphone lol. Not to mention DEVS SAID THEY WILL SUPPORT IT.

Are these people that stupid?? Windows 8 wasn't designed for tablets alone. If you guys actually used it you would see that it metro works perfectly fine. I can't believe these dumb uneducated people saying it was designed for tablets because there is one difference that is the metro start interface and no start menu LOL.

Windows 8 "RT" version was designed for tablets not windows 8 professional idiots

So much unfounded anger! Settle down.

Hate to break it to you, but Windows 8 will NOT be shipping out by default on desktop PCs, and will be extremely situational for non-touch based laptops. The OS was never intended to be the new mainstream operating system for Microsoft, but was instead created to suit the needs of the enormous tablet market. If you spent half as much time researching these facts as you do making hollow, angry posts, you'd have realized this by now. Have a good day!

 

[fr3357]

What are you on about changes??

Do you know what RTM means or is??

It is the final shipped version microsoft releases.




We are talking about windows 8 not windows 7

I know what RTM is, obviously your new to computers and dont know about a RTM and what a 2 months scheduled release gap means, THEY CAN HAVE ALTERATIONS.... all I did was QUOTE a what a DEV said in a post YOU linked... learn to read...

Yes, hence my point. They'll push changes on Windows Update that will be there when consumers purchase the the final consumer version. (In Win7, they broke a few things when they did this. Prefer to avoid that fiasco again)

He also said earlier they will LOOK into supporting it august 15th, NOT we WILL support it BY August 15th. RIGHT now they are working on fixing issues, so QQing about no support dont think its going to get you know where. Acting like someone doesnt know what RTM is cause your incapable of reading a thread you link, and instead of BUMPING that thread you CREATE another USELESS thread...

RTM can be release to [FONT=arial, sans-serif]manufacturer[/FONT]

when it comes to [FONT=arial, sans-serif]Microsoft[/FONT]... it should stand for return to me... or Return to [FONT=arial, sans-serif]Manufacturer[/FONT]
In any case, your going to get the same answer you got before, " No we do not currently support it, we will look into it and let you know when we do" ask as many times as you want, make as many threads as you want but your attitude is not positive support.

 

[jinny1]

No alterations, version number will remain same.

Of course there will be updates in windows update like every operating system.

Then why do devs support windows 7 because there will be alterations through windows update?

Sorry windows 8 was never meant as tablet only OS, it was designed for PCs too.

Can you tell me the issues they are working on? they don't seem to be working on much

that's why i waited 10 days, i know it wasn't gonna be released on august 15th. Did you see me write a QQ thread on aug 15th?? idiot

 

[fr3357]

They are doing neither at the moment

insult the devs ? by telling people when they actually are working on fixing issues they arent? that works to get their support....

Get pissed and call anyone that gives you an answer you dont wanna hear they are a idiot... when the devs will tell you the same thing? that works to get their support....

open a bunch of meaningless threads when ones exists for the same matter.... that will get you support...

Look I aint trying to argue with you.... I quoted Apoc, he said they don't wanna do it again... plain and simple your not going to change their mind because of the fact you want support... they have more important work to do... but insulting people calling them idiots because your unwilling to accept the facts and face them is childish.

Could this thread please get closed so it will get flushed out... its tiresome and meaningless to that existence of general.

 

[kaze3d]

]Will DB support windows 8 any time soon now that it has gone gold?

Those with MSDN or Technet subs will be getting it in 12 days.

Quoting your "1-2 month" post from 8/12" instead of this one.

So you want support for a pirated OS? k

Regardless, good luck on your rebranded tablet/vista os.

 

[jinny1]

yup and this is exactly why Kane left...

 

[jinny1]

Quoting your "1-2 month" post from 8/12" instead of this one.

So you want support for a pirated OS? k

Regardless, good luck on your rebranded tablet/vista os.

huh?

And please don't talk if you are uneducated. You obviously don't know that millions of people already have windwos 8 RTM through Technet/MSDN or even employees for OEM/microsoft.

so how is this vista?? how is it tablet OS? your unsubstantiated claims are laughable

vista and tablet os are completely opposite things lmao

 

[markn12]

yup and this is exactly why Kane left...

I appreciate your desire to have it working on windows 8, but can you drop the drama in your post. You asked about it they didn't answer ignore everyone else. If you had a penny for every opinion people had on the internet you would be rich.

 

[CodenameG]

Locked till i get a dev to comment.

 

[Apoc]

*sigh*

I said we'd start working on support for Win8 when it hit RTM availability on technet (the 15th of August for those of you who seem to be completely ill-informed of the dates). That's 10 days ago. Apparently, 10 days is a month somewhere. Where exactly that is, I have no idea.

@jinny; Enjoy your vacation. You can come back in 2 weeks once you've settled down a bit, and start showing some respect to the staff members here. I'm tired of reading your posts of nothing but flaming and ranting. Had you read any of the explanations on stability in the current DB releases, you'd see quite a few times where we've stated we know about some issues, and others aren't actually our fault. (There was a stability issue in one plugin, which I won't name, which has been fixed for a few days now)

Windows 8 isn't going to be widely available to consumers till late October, or even mid November. We don't have any pressing need to add this support *right now*. It will be done within the next week or so, so keep your panties on and wait.

FYI jinny; since you seem to know more about our workload than we do, why not give me a rough estimate on how long the following will take:

• Localization support to DB
• Updating HB/GB for MoP (including the required hours of reversing to ensure everything works "out of the box" as it has been for a while now)
• Reversing D3 to ensure all our stability issues are addressed.
• Fixing the current 20 or so bugs that we're aware of, and consider "high priority" in DB
• Going over roughly 120k lines of code in DB, 280k lines of code in HB, ~110k lines of code in BW to ensure we make all the necessary changes for Win8 support
• Do all our performance testing on Win8 to ensure it runs stable, and doesn't break due to new API changes brought with the new OS.
• Add support for DirectX 11 with our hooking system, to ensure anti-cheat's don't get your accounts banned.
• Keep up with support for all of our users (and developers)
• Handle the current two lawsuits we're fighting, to ensure our customers still have a bot to use.
• Answer posts like yours.

When you have a rough estimate time-frame, feel free to let us know.

 

[markn12]

When you have a rough estimate time-frame, feel free to let us know.

3 days 7 hrs 49 seconds.

 

[Apoc]

3 days 7 hrs 49 seconds.

Then we'll double it.

 

[dookiepie]

Then we'll double it.

What are you doing posting on the forums?! Get back to work, slave!

(OMG PLEASE DON'T BAN I WAS JUST KIDDING)

 

[fr3357]

Then we'll double it.

Yes their is light outside of the cave, no you can not eat till your work is finished here. Based on your doubling factor (which sounds far fetched way too quick) you cant eat for like 6 days 15 hours ~ I will trim the minute off