Windows XP support

[nomis103]

My computer can run the original don't starve very well, it can run things like Payday 2, gmod and TF2 at a decent framerate and those are full 3d games. I will not accept any reason for Don't starve together not having XP support apart from lazy programming and engine work on the developers part. This is not ok and i want to hear your opinions on it?

[rezecib]

Windows XP is 13 years old, though...

[Shenny]

Windows XP is 13 years old, though...

 

^Everyone's opinion on it.

[rocket]

My computer can run the original don't starve very well, it can run things like Payday 2, gmod and TF2 at a decent framerate and those are full 3d games. I will not accept any reason for Don't starve together not having XP support apart from lazy programming and engine work on the developers part. This is not ok and i want to hear your opinions on it?

"I will not accept any reason for Don't starve together not having XP support apart from lazy programming and engine work on the developers part."

 

Are you seriously demanding support for an outdated operating system? Why not go ahead and tell the developers that you demand windows 95 support and tell them they're lazy if they don't do it. Or when you're at it, ask for DOS support.

 

You as a user are in no position to demand anything from a developer.

You know what you get when you buy it. The steampage says:

 

 

System Requirements

• MINIMUM:
  • OS: Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 
  • Processor: 1.7+ GHz or better 
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM 
  • Graphics: Radeon HD5450 or better; 256 MB or higher 
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c 
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection 
  • Hard Drive: 500 MB available space 
  • Sound Card: 100% DirectX9.0c compatible sound card and drivers

 

Why do you think insulting the developers will help? Klei is awesome! 

You don't go to sony and tell them a playstation game doesn't work xbox and you want them to fix it.

Then why demand a software developer to make a game for an outdated OS, which probably just isn't able to handle the game because of it being OUTDATED.

[Ridley]

Lazy... programming? 

[Scrimbles]

Actually, I run on Windows XP, and the game works fine. It must be some personal problem for you, sorry man

 

Besides, Klei would never cancel out support for XP in one of their games when its worked on it in the past... *COUGH*INVISIBLEINC*COUGH*

[stormy0139]

i had the same issue when i first read the minimum requirements on the store page i was dissapointed but i remebered that i heared in the past that it WOULD have xp support so after a little diging i found the post that i read that states it its minimum requirements listed there differ than whats listed on the store and it dose run on xp and have support here is the link from klei stating that it meets the requirements

[stormy0139]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/322330/discussions/0/613938575216269522/?insideModal=1

[Pyromailmann]

Oh, I'm sorry, have you tried to program a game to multiplayer compatibility?

[Lonestarr01]

Why the Goose do you have XP still? It's time for an upgrade xD (Not to Win 8 though )

[Halved]

:/

[nomis103]

"I will not accept any reason for Don't starve together not having XP support apart from lazy programming and engine work on the developers part."

 

Are you seriously demanding support for an outdated operating system? Why not go ahead and tell the developers that you demand windows 95 support and tell them they're lazy if they don't do it. Or when you're at it, ask for DOS support.

 

You as a user are in no position to demand anything from a developer.

You know what you get when you buy it. The steampage says:

 

Why do you think insulting the developers will help? Klei is awesome! 

You don't go to sony and tell them a playstation game doesn't work xbox and you want them to fix it.

Then why demand a software developer to make a game for an outdated OS, which probably just isn't able to handle the game because of it being OUTDATED.

 

if the last iteration worked with xp this one should. and don't give me the "out of date" stuff so many people still use xp and many new games and software work with it. if you want to bring consoles into this they didn't stop making ps3 games when the ps4 came out.

[nomis103]

Why the Goose do you have XP still? It's time for an upgrade xD (Not to Win 8 though )

not everyone has that option

Oh, I'm sorry, have you tried to program a game to multiplayer compatibility?

yes i have

[nomis103]

Actually, I run on Windows XP, and the game works fine. It must be some personal problem for you, sorry man

 

Besides, Klei would never cancel out support for XP in one of their games when its worked on it in the past... *COUGH*INVISIBLEINC*COUGH*

so all this is just wrong steam information?

[J192]

Screw the "Windows 8 is s**t" bandwagon, only simpletons who don't have their own opinions jump on bandwagons.

Just upgrade to a higher system. Demanding support for outdated crap is ridiculous.

[rocket]

if the last iteration worked with xp this one should. and don't give me the "out of date" stuff so many people still use xp and many new games and software work with it. if you want to bring consoles into this they didn't stop making ps3 games when the ps4 came out.

 

That's as saying 'well, Battlefield 1 worked on my windows xp computer with 4 GB ram and 1GHz processor, so obviously Battlefield 4 should too'.

And just so you know, WINDOWS XP IS OUTDATED. Microsoft is no longer supporting it!

 

With the consoles I meant that it'd be like ps3 not making games for xbox.

'don't give me the "out of date" stuff so many people still use xp and many new games and software work with it.'

The amount of people using windows xp is a very small minority. Why do you think microsoft stopped supporting it?

Something being outdated isn't even about the amount of people using it, it is about new, better replacements being available.

So many people still use 'normal' cellphones (non-smart phones), but they're still outdated. 

And now you're gonna say 'nobody uses those'. Well, if you look at amounts, not percentages, many people still use them, especially old(er) people.

Many people use winows XP, but that amount is nothing compared to the amount of people using more advanced operating systems.

What you're asking for now is for a company to make a game for an outdated OS, or even if you don't want to call it outdated, an OS which offers waaaaaay less possibilities than recent ones. You're asking them to make a game which runs less smooth, has worse graphics, has more problems etc. etc. because you simply won't be able to make a game as good as possible and than have it run exactly the same on 13 year old lines of code.

 

It's the same as high end games like AC:Unity or BF4 requiring a lot of GPU power. I can't run AC:Unity on my pc because my GPU cant handle it. I'm not going to ask them to make their game not as good as it could be, so they could run it on less than optimal hardware. Thats just stupid.

Sigh, I don't even want to have this argument.

What you're asking for unreasonable. Just get yourself a new OS and quit whining. 

I understand that you want to be able to play, but you're just being unreasonable and the way you demanded this just makes you seem like a prick.

 

[Shenny]

if the last iteration worked with xp this one should. and don't give me the "out of date" stuff so many people still use xp and many new games and software work with it. if you want to bring consoles into this they didn't stop making ps3 games when the ps4 came out.

 

They won't stop making games for a previous gen system immediately, but in time that is what happens. When PS3 hits age 13, I doubt new games still be in development for it.

 

[Pyromailmann]

yes i have

 

 

I never knew that, please tell me more

[Scrimbles]

I'd rather not contribute to the Microsoft cash grab.

Plus Steam OS is going to be free.

Plus I don't want to move all my stuff to a new OS. I can keep my work stuff on XP, and games on Steam OS.

Windows is a pain in the ass about dual OS installing.

Plus Windows 7 and 8 kinda suck.

 

These are only a few of the reasons why someone might not want to upgrade.

[nomis103]

This wouldn't be a problem if this was not just an expansion. If this was Don't starve 2 it would be fine, it would be a new game, screw xp in that case. But this isn't a new game this is just the first one but with multiplayer. That would be like if Borderlands 2 released DLC that was small and like the rest of the game and it was only on Nextgen for no good reason.

[Shenny]

Hun it's a standalone expansion that doesn't require Don't Starve to play. It is, technically, its own game.

[Mobbstar]

According to what OgreCakes said, it's the typical definition of xp support: "a bit of mad-hackery, a spoon of improvised settings, there you go!"

 

Seriously guys, this guy may be on one's high horse, but his point is reasonable. DS works on xp like the charm it is (although you have to manually hack it to fullscreen), so why shouldn't DST do so (when released)? It'd be fine if it required some similiar option manipulation before you can actually play on servers, as long as it works then.

 

"It's outdated" is just as conceited as the OP. Don't fund MS being lazy and artificially deprecating their old OS.

[rocket]

Everything would have been fine if he'd said 'Hey, I can't get DST to work on windows xp, can anyone help'? 
Then I woulnd't be mad at him.

It's the way he demands stuff which makes me angry.