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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #30 on: May 26, 2009, 11:56:26 am »
Right now they probably focused on getting Windows 7 stable.  The later build will probably be faster.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #31 on: May 26, 2009, 01:31:54 pm »
Quote from: Janus on May 26, 2009, 08:59:28 am
I've now played through a couple of seasons of a middle-aged fortress in DF 40d11 using Windows 7 RC. Works great for me, and with a high framerate.

So...Windows 7 is faster than XP?
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #32 on: May 27, 2009, 02:33:16 am »
Quote from: Tormy on May 26, 2009, 01:31:54 pm
Quote from: Janus on May 26, 2009, 08:59:28 am
I've now played through a couple of seasons of a middle-aged fortress in DF 40d11 using Windows 7 RC. Works great for me, and with a high framerate.

So...Windows 7 is faster than XP?

About the same for me.  Any change in performance is probably negligible.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #33 on: May 27, 2009, 06:52:24 am »
Quote from: Sir Finkus on May 27, 2009, 02:33:16 am
Quote from: Tormy on May 26, 2009, 01:31:54 pm
Quote from: Janus on May 26, 2009, 08:59:28 am
I've now played through a couple of seasons of a middle-aged fortress in DF 40d11 using Windows 7 RC. Works great for me, and with a high framerate.

So...Windows 7 is faster than XP?

About the same for me.  Any change in performance is probably negligible.

Hm...not bad...not bad at all, considering that you are using a "test" version.
« Last Edit: May 28, 2009, 01:42:15 pm by Tormy »
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #34 on: May 27, 2009, 05:42:17 pm »
Does anyone know the accual release date for windows 7? To my knowledge it was around january 2010 but someone today at school was saying august 2009.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #35 on: May 27, 2009, 07:52:34 pm »
Been some word that Win7 will ship early (aka, buggier and more incomplete than it would have otherwise).

After my experiences with Vista, Win7 better be as bullet-proof as the C64's OS; faster on my laptop than a Daytona Charger in a straight line; and able to play every damn thing I own.

I am not tossing a few thousand dollars worth of perfectly good games for another bug-filled security nightmare. I'll hack XP to work as long as I can.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #36 on: May 27, 2009, 08:29:24 pm »
Quote from: azrael4h on May 27, 2009, 07:52:34 pm
Been some word that Win7 will ship early (aka, buggier and more incomplete than it would have otherwise).

After my experiences with Vista, Win7 better be as bullet-proof as the C64's OS; faster on my laptop than a Daytona Charger in a straight line; and able to play every damn thing I own.

I am not tossing a few thousand dollars worth of perfectly good games for another bug-filled security nightmare. I'll hack XP to work as long as I can.
heh if their stupid enough to ship early I won't feel sorry for them though it sounds like even if it ships early it might not be as buggy as vista was.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #37 on: May 28, 2009, 02:53:09 am »
16x16 map with 150 dwarves, with Ocean, Major river, HFS, Chasm, Bottomless pit, UGRiver, Magma Pipe, 20+z-level mountain (haven't counted yet) It said there's a pool of water and magma some wheres.. haven't found either... on windows vista...

60 FPS... ONLY THING THAT SLOWS IT... digging and not removing the ramps before hand.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #38 on: May 28, 2009, 01:43:39 pm »
Quote from: Shaostoul on May 28, 2009, 02:53:09 am
16x16 map with 150 dwarves, with Ocean, Major river, HFS, Chasm, Bottomless pit, UGRiver, Magma Pipe, 20+z-level mountain (haven't counted yet) It said there's a pool of water and magma some wheres.. haven't found either... on windows vista...

60 FPS... ONLY THING THAT SLOWS IT... digging and not removing the ramps before hand.

That is "normal" on Vista, if you have a decent system.  ;)
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #39 on: November 25, 2009, 03:57:56 pm »
I can confirm that Dwarf Fortress was not running well at all when I initially installed Windows 7... I updated my graphics drivers and it is now moving along swimmingly (better than Vista, I think).
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #40 on: November 25, 2009, 09:09:50 pm »
Nice necro, anyways:

Yeah it works flawlessly on Windows 7 Home Premium.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #41 on: November 25, 2009, 10:29:29 pm »
Sorry. I found it when I was having problems with my copy, and I just wanted to make sure if anyone else was having the same problem they'd know the (hopefully) definite answer.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #42 on: November 27, 2009, 05:11:16 am »
Posting to confirm this battlestation is now fully operational!

Also, DF under Windows 7 runs aprox 14% faster then it did under Vista on the same box.
I am pleased.
Do note, newest graphics card drivers were needed to get 40d16 running at all.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #43 on: November 27, 2009, 05:49:48 am »
The problem with Windows 7 and DF is the Microsoft GFX drivers.. DF uses OpenGL, and Microsoft develop DirectX so naturally support for OpenGL with their drivers are hideous.

Use the drivers from your hardware manufacturers.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress and Windows 7
« Reply #44 on: December 03, 2009, 10:30:25 am »
Having some problems myself. Before installing 7, I got around 100 FPS all the time.

Now, I have about 16 FPS... at best...
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