Previously I hadn't been certain, but had suspected. Now I know it for sure:
DirectQ will not run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE or Windows ME.
This is confirmed by the fact that I am now using Windows API calls that are not supported on those OSs. You might be able to work around it with some DLL hackery, but you're on your own, and I won't be doing anything to "fix" DirectQ so that it will run on your mouldy old Windows 98SE machine.
I don't consider this a bug; it's now 2009 and Windows 95 is a 14 year old OS, Windows 98 is an 11 year old OS, Windows 98SE is a 10 year old OS and Windows ME is a piece of dirty rubbish that should have never even gotten on to a release schedule, never mind off one.
DirectQ is also not supported and will definitely not work on Windows NT4. The lack of any real DirectX on that platform is the primary reason here. Again, if you hack around and get it working, more power to you, but I don't want to know.
DirectQ may run - and run very well - under WINE on Linux or other OSs, and this is especially true since I've moved it back to fixed functionality. Release 1.0 ran fine, I am told, but the HLSL versions were problematic. I am very interested in learning more about anyone's experiences with this.
DirectQ may or may not run on Vista. I don't have a Vista machine to test on, and can't say any more in that regard. With Windows 7 now at RTM I also don't really intend ever testing on Vista.
I have tested a previous release of DirectQ on both the Beta and the RC of Windows 7, and it ran fine. I don't see any reason why it won't run on RTM, but I don't have a Windows 7 RTM machine to test on at present. I do however fully intend to make the switch to Windows 7 on at least 2 of my machines before the end of the year, so I will be able to have some more info then.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
DirectQ OS Support
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FYI: It runs pretty good on Windows 7 64bit RTM on my desktop as well as Windows 7 32bit RTM on my laptop...
Nice. :)
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