If anyone is interested I installed GLBasic on my Windows 8 developer preview box. Everything is working ok so far, but my existing game is running super slow. This may be related to bad drivers though; I'm running on a Parallels VM under MacOSX.
So who's first to run a glb app on a Win8 tablet if it's possible to go backwards Win 32bit compatible as opposed to Win7 mobile?
I've installed fresh installed Win8dp 64bit and Nvidia drivers on my notebook and a glb runs fine is debug mode. The only issue was that the updater crashes just before the download starts.
Windows 7 Phone is still require C#, so glbasic cant port to that. But Windows 8 can run on a arm processor. I hope MS can run other than c# this time.
Etc glbasic could ported to Tablets Windows 8. Its would been great.
For Intel cpu's I guess its straight forward from all other Windows versions.
I guess opengl dont like Parallels and hence its run very slow? You should also test it on a real machine and not on a VM.
Running slow is a known problem with Parallels at moment - everyone is awaiting an update to v7.
Meanwhile, yesterday VMware released VmWare Fusion 4 for the. Mac that runs win 8 very fast apparently...
Wait for update and maybe it should fix.
Has anyone upgraded to the Windows 8 production release and tried GLBasic / GLBasic apps on it??
Thanks for advice, I have plans to install windows 8, but if told under PDesktops runs bad, I leave my seven...
About the C# port, I put a post, on Windows mobile have a C++ Sdk, and then, don´t need to have a C# port...
I think now it´s finished the Sdk,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852363.aspx
o write Windows Store apps (only on Windows 8) using web technologies (such as HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript), native (C++), and managed (C#, Visual Basic) code; desktop applications that use the native (Win32/COM)
It´s nice... in Visual Basic can make applications too... :blink: :blink: extrange, isn´t it?¿.
But I read Windows don´t have too much quote of market whit their Devices
Is there a chance to get a Windows phone 8 target?
Hi Xaron, I don´t know if in a future we have this platform, but I ear about Windows don´t have any market... I don´t know if whit surface they win more market, but I think all the people it´s crazy whit the iPhone and Android Devices...
I´m not sure 100% about this, but don´t mind if the Boss think it´s a good market sure he make GLbasic compile for Phone 8...
Regards,
Well I tend to disagree. I have 3 apps in the markets which are available for WP7, Android and iPhone and I can tell you that WP7 already rocks even though they have far less market share I have almost half of the sales there I have on Android and iPhone. What really helps there is that there aren't soo many apps so you can be found much easier.
I know that WP7 is a no go for GLBasic as it uses XNA and C# but WP8 is a total different horse with its C++ base.
Ok, Xanon then I´m wrong... I like to have this platform too, but we have to take in mind GLbasic it´s do for only one men... I suppose in a near future or in some time we have for phone 8... but I can´t say nothing sure... I only a simple user like all of us...
Regards, and sorry, then I read something wrong in the internet...
Fingers crossed that Win8 apps will be possble with GLB some time soon. :)
I was able to use GLB and compile programs on windows 8 64 bit on my desktop. I honestly don't care if it does or doesn't, though - I went back to windows 7 after really trying to like windows 8 for a while. It's a really horrid desktop OS. I'm sure it's okay on a tablet, but if I wanted a tablet OS I would buy a tablet OS - Windows 8 is just a mess!
Windows 8 is great. At least I think it's the best OS M$ ever made.
Of course GLBasic works on Windows 8, my question was more if there ever be will a Windows Phone 8 target. ;)
Quote from: Darmakwolf on 2012-Nov-02
I was able to use GLB and compile programs on windows 8 64 bit on my desktop. I honestly don't care if it does or doesn't, though - I went back to windows 7 after really trying to like windows 8 for a while. It's a really horrid desktop OS. I'm sure it's okay on a tablet, but if I wanted a tablet OS I would buy a tablet OS - Windows 8 is just a mess!
I have to agree. Windows 7 does everything I need & is solid as a rock. If a large portion of my apps REQUIRE & will only run on windows 8 then I will consider it. But to be honest the likelyhood of power apps I use like the adobe suite, Cinema4d, Lightwave, Sonar etc etc being windows 8 minimum
requirement are remote.
If windows 8 offered me something that would make my life a lot easier with the above apps I mentioned then different story, but as we know it's the app that dictates how it's used not the os.
Old saying "If it isn't broke don't mess with it" (or something along those lines lol) & at the present time my system ain't broke :)
Btw I am not saying windows 8 is bad, just not for me (& a lot of others from people I know)
Lee
P.s I prefer Linux but the above apps are not available on it :'(
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Well I´m happy for not buy some weeks ago, only 45€ but if it´s ugly... For me W7 it´s very very good, I think crashes more time the mac mini than mi PC for work :blink:
And it´s really, I don´t see any blue Screeshot in 2 years using every day...
Quote from: Darmakwolf on 2012-Nov-02
I was able to use GLB and compile programs on windows 8 64 bit on my desktop. I honestly don't care if it does or doesn't, though - I went back to windows 7 after really trying to like windows 8 for a while. It's a really horrid desktop OS. I'm sure it's okay on a tablet, but if I wanted a tablet OS I would buy a tablet OS - Windows 8 is just a mess!
And me too. Windows 8 isn't becoming my regular desktop OS anytime soon.
I do think Windows 8 is very promising
tablet OS. If I needed a Windows tablet or was given at work I'd love it.
I guess its a case of "We're not gonna have coffee table PC's if there isn't an OS for it", so least having a tablet OS means hardware manufacturers can now produce lots of touch related goodies. The PC operated home ain't too far away :)
Firewall for the Garage and NOD32 for the front door :D
If they have a C++ interface now, WP8 might be an option to consider.
Wp8 and rt supports c++, so its should been possible to port to these.
Here those platforms could ADD as a platforms to been brought as support.
Gernot, that would be awesome!
Perhaps the good thing of Windows 8 it´s like comments SpaceFractal whit RT, it´s another market, in example I suppose the have the windows 8 for very cheaper NoteBooks, and well, when I buy my notebook whit a very short Linux... don´t have applications... perhaps it´s a new interesting or additional Market... offcourse the Phones it´s the most interesting...
There are are limitied offer at 8$. There are 2 days left. Migtbeen we should give a accont to Gernot to make sure we have one? And then can look of if which kind of framework its use.
https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/join
As as student you don't have to pay at all. I have an account there. :-)
Hi I just buy a Proffesional Edition for 30€... And runs, very very nice!!! too much people says about win8 it's a shit... But at least the boot up, it's 30 seconds less before whit win7...
I like a lot, and the market Xbox... I think here can be another makert... the games are Indie games, I look somthing like Angry birds and these kinds of games,.... not need to make a AAA game like call of Duty :D :D =D
Those could be a great platform to support! Another store too. :good:
Windows 8 store would been great to been support.
eventuelly its could been done via a little wrapper in a another language to support the modern UI. I thinks we actuelly does not need those live tiles, but just something icon so we can launch the lecancy appm but here doing that by a wrapper.
So for normal Windows 8 platform, this could been the best way to go without requiring a new platform and using its store.
but for Windows RT, its a different story of course. so If Windows RT is supported in a future glbasic, then Windows Phone 8 should been no brainer at all. Windows Phone 7 is out.
I'd have to see. Maybe theres ans SDL port already.