Windows 7 Anecdote

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ivanmoe

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I spent some time running OFF under Windows 7 32-bit today, and the results were quite promising.

The installation went off without a hitch, although I did have to run OFF config mgr in Vista compatibility mode. I set the app to run at 1920x1200 with 2xAA. During the process, I also patched the game to version 1.2, again without issue.

TrackIR was no problem at all. It installed and functioned normally from within the game.

I used the Nvidia control panel to set my video card to 4xAA and 8xAF for the OFF/CF3.EXE and also set the card to Application Override.

After all that, I spent a couple of hours flying QC missions, 6 vs 6, Albtaros vs DH2. To the best of my knowledge fps didn't sink below 50 during any of the missions (which started at 5000ft).

I was particularly impressed with the experience down low around airfields. Fps remained quite strong, regardless of the scenery density.

This is just one persons experience. Mileage will vary. And, no doubt, a bug will reveal itself, here or there Still, it's nice to know that OFF won't fade into the realm of "unsupported legacy applications" when Windows 7 arrives.
 
Thanks Ivan,

Good to know......valuable info for a number of us I'm sure.


Cheers,

Parky
 
You're :welcome:

But, it seems like I remember you posting here about running OFF on W7, as well.

What kind of experience did you have with it? :fishing:
 
Nah.....don't wanna' sacrifice an existing drive or partition to it just yet. Might pick up a drive just specifically for that purpose though. Been hearing some pretty positive feedback so far. Besides....figure I've been one of Billy's guinea pigs for about 12 years now....what possible damage can one more beta test do?? lol


Cheers,

Parky
 
Parky said:
Nah.....don't wanna' sacrifice an existing drive or partition to it just yet. Might pick up a drive just specifically for that purpose though.
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When I built this system, I set aside a partition for Windows 7 32-bit, so the installation wouldn't knock anything else out of whack. I've got 64-bit running on my older, E6850/8800GTX box.

Been hearing some pretty positive feedback so far.
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Honestly, W7 looks like Vista to me. It's been optimized and a lot of the UAC and GUI-gunk is turned off by default. Thus far, 32-bit appears to perform better than 64-bit in most applications. Then again, 32-bit can't cache all that memory, either.

Besides....figure I've been one of Billy's guinea pigs for about 12 years now....what possible damage can one more beta test do?? lol
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Were you a tester for Rowan's Flying Corps?
 
@Ivanmoe

I already posted a thread here a few weeks ago about Win7 and OFF. I had problems gettings my TrackIR to run in OFF under Win7 (worked with other programms...).

It´s good to hear, that you get it to work - so it´s up to me to look where my problem is coming from. Funny thing is, you are running nearly exact the same hardware configuration as me, except of using a 4870x2 and running the E8600 @4,5 - changed my zalmann9500 to a Noctua NH-U12-P and the cpu is about 8-10°C cooler then before... Gigabyte-Board is awesome!

But back to topic - I prefer Win7! For a beta it is dam good, much faster in using the aplications than Win XP and a noticeable performance gain within the games. So every game that runs with Win7 is played under Win7, the rest under XP (extra partition for Win7 kept my XP running without any problems).
 
Ivanhoe, mp?

I'm curious: Have you try the multiplaying part, yet?

I would be interesting hearing that part to see if that has been fixed.

The old 'mis-matched aircraft error' which Vista has encountered so many times...

Thanks.




If you have received this error, try an alternative which seems to work for the time being for Vista:

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=9644

As far I know, the OFF Team is working on this Vista patch even though it's actually the main CFS3.exe issue (not their fault).
 
MadMonty said:
@Ivanmoe

I already posted a thread here a few weeks ago about Win7 and OFF. I had problems gettings my TrackIR to run in OFF under Win7 (worked with other programms...).
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Which version of the TrackIR software are you using?

I used 4.1.036, btw.

Did you install the software before plugging in the USB cable?

I can check to make sure, but I don't believe that anything besides the configuration manager is running in Vista compatibility mode.
 
Deadmeat1971 said:
I'm curious: Have you try the multiplaying part, yet?
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I haven't played MP since Phase 2.

I had kind of a lame experience, in that someone was joining the games (I suspect a youngster) and shooting at friendlies. Nothing will ruin an IP game quicker than a TK. :mad:

That notwithstanding, I strongly suspect that we'll have the same kind of experience with W7 as with Vista.
 
ivanmoe said:
Which version of the TrackIR software are you using?

I used 4.1.036, btw.

Did you install the software before plugging in the USB cable?

I can check to make sure, but I don't believe that anything besides the configuration manager is running in Vista compatibility mode.
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Yepp, got the 036-Version. Installing software while having USB plugged in - but normally that doesnt matter. TrackIR is working fine in Win7, e.g. in BlackShark, GTR Evolution, ArmA etc., only in CFS3 / OFF it won´t run.

But I will do a new installation and gonna try the USB-trick - maybe it helps...
 
MadMonty said:
only in CFS3 / OFF it won´t run.
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By "won't run," you mean that you have no panning action through any of the axes, correct?

I flew OFF/W7 just now for a bit. While I was in the OS, I looked around, and I'm relatively certain that the only piece of the package that's running in Vista compatibility mode is OFF config manager. Everything else was just a straight install.

I also fooled around with the TrackIR settings and just about concluded that it was quicker and more responsive with the default profile, rather than the Flight profile. If you have any more questions about my config, or if I can help some other way, let me know.
 
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