DCS World and Windows 8.1

[Beaver McFanny]

Simple question really. Does DCS World work with Windows 8.1? :)

[Irregular programming]

Yes

[Beaver McFanny]

Yes

:thumbup:

[Abburo]

Confirmed YES

[Arrowhead]

Today's the big day, omg 8.1! :cry:

 

But yes, confirmed to be good. No reason not to update. :thumbup:

[joey45]

I'm thinking of upping to 8.1 soon.

[Backy 51]

Managed to install Windows 8.1 after 4.5 hours with no user intervention ... a lot of waiting.

 

Tips:

- Uninstall Classic Shell if installed (no longer needed)

- Do a complete system image to another hard drive

- Create a Windows System Restore Disk

- Do all of that prior to starting download of 8.1 Upgrade from Windows 8 APP Store

- DCS started up in 3D mode! NVidia control panel fixed that.

 

Good luck with your upgrade to Windows 8.1 ... should be relatively painless.

 

- Install Classic Shell 4.0 to get your Program Files back

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2054660/classic-shell-4-0-review-free-utility-restores-the-full-start-menu-that-windows-8-1-didnt.html

Edited October 17, 2013 by Backy 51

[xaoslaad]

Install went fast for me, but had to do it twice. It did not explain to my why it could not finish the first time, but a shutdown, startup, and rerun did the trick. Had the plus side of fixing bluetooth, which I never used or cared about much, but it's nice to see it working again...

 

DCS was fine afterwards as well.

[Gözcü]

:thumbup: Good

[joey45]

I'll be doing a full install from scratch. Less painful.

[Lange_666]

Here the download isn't even available yet (just checked a few minutes ago) but i'll go MadTommy's way and hold off for a few days until the servers become less jammed and bandwith increases. I can wait since i don't see any reason to upgrade, i don't use the "fancy" Win8 stuff anyway.

 

I even wonder how many people in here with Windows 8 run DCS from the Metro interface...?

I don't...

[Lange_666]

Updated tot Win8.1.

Not really happy with the result.

I have to log into my own computer again with a password. The updater didn't let me go on without entering one like on the previous Win 8. (might have to reinstall everything from scratch).

Classic shell was disabled and removed out of everything and their own button put in place which is nothing more then a switch button between desktop and Metro. Reinstalled already.

My newly setup Avast was gone and removed from starting up (like Classic Shell). Reinstalled already.

Win 8.1 forced again this dreadfull Segoe I font where i had set everything to Verdana which I (me... Microsoft...me....) like. Again have to redo all the stuff to get it back.

Didn't look into anything else yet.

 

But that pasword for startup really anoy's me.... It's my computer Microsoft... mine, not yours. I would like to decide if i enter a password for my own stuff, not you!!!

 

Now how to get rid of it (it was not possible for an admin account to remove the password once entered in Win 8). I just hope it isn't the same in here.

[xaoslaad]

search for netplwiz.exe and uncheck the user must enter password to login or whatever. You will have to enter your username and password again. I don't know why it breaks, but it's a trivial thing to set up/fix.

 

edit: link with instructions: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/auto-logon-windows-7.htm

[cichlidfan]

I'll consider it when they can actually deliver it to me as a downloadable, not live, update.

[SkateZilla]

and my brother wondered why i bought a $5 USB GBit network Stick, lol, trying to update a Tablet via Wifi is gonna be a joke, so I Updated a friends tablet on our primary internet line via GBit LAN Cable.

 

Windows 8.1 on the ASUS tablets is nice, makes me wanna push up my tablet purchase date to soon, instead of Tax Return season.

Edited October 18, 2013 by SkateZilla

[xaoslaad]

If it's any consolation, when it failed the first go round, it did not try to redownload for the second try. It was quick to verify the download, and then finish up. Not really upset that it wasn't downloadable, save that if I ever have to reinstall I have to download it again, but then again for me at least the download was less than an hour. Don't know if that was just because of decent internet access or the time at which I did it, but regardless not the worst thing in the world.

[cichlidfan]

MS hasn't even gotten their act together enough so that I can order an update on CD.

[Growler]

A word of advice: go back to Windows 7 64 bits. Unless someone proves that DCS is "faster" in Windows 8.1, I won´t update...even then, I am in doubt because the only things that I hear from Windows 8 and 8.1 as a desktop OS are bad things.

[cichlidfan]

A word of advice: go back to Windows 7 64 bits. Unless someone proves that DCS is "faster" in Windows 8.1, I won´t update...even then, I am in doubt because the only things that I hear from Windows 8 and 8.1 as a desktop OS are bad things.

 

In my case, it isn't my DCS machine that is running Win 8 and the Metro desktop is a non-issue with Classic Shell installed. I am generally happy with the performance, although there are still a few minor annoyances but nothing to stop me from using it.

[xaoslaad]

A word of advice: go back to Windows 7 64 bits. Unless someone proves that DCS is "faster" in Windows 8.1, I won´t update...even then, I am in doubt because the only things that I hear from Windows 8 and 8.1 as a desktop OS are bad things.

 

I don't think that those that have just succeeded upgrading want to think about downgrading. And not faster yet. There were some threads about them using DX 11.1 features for Edge though, so it might prove faster soon-ish.

 

DX 11.1 is available in Win 8+ only (long winded: and even then only with 600 and 700 series nvidia cards and probably a handful of ati cards as well. DX11.1 has 11_0 and 11_1 compatibility levels just to confuse the issue even more..., so reading about the mess gives me a headache, but I gather the 3d features of 11.1 are implemented on the 600 series though not the 2d features so the 600 series is not technically an 11.1 capable, card but it should be able to do whatever 3d voodoo will be used to speed up the game if they really do use it. Anyway, that's what my reading told me. I could be wrong. The information available is not very clear either about edge, nvidia support for DX 11.1, etc.)

 

So if it does prove faster your advice is then a double kick to the junk dealing with downgrading just so you can consider upgrading again to eek out some additional frames...

Edited October 18, 2013 by xaoslaad

[Pepec9124]

Upgraded from 8 to 8.1. No difference.

[Growler]

I don't think that those that have just succeeded upgrading want to think about downgrading. And not faster yet. There were some threads about them using DX 11.1 features for Edge though, so it might prove faster soon-ish.

 

DX 11.1 is available in Win 8+ only (long winded: and even then only with 600 and 700 series nvidia cards and probably a handful of ati cards as well. DX11.1 has 11_0 and 11_1 compatibility levels just to confuse the issue even more..., so reading about the mess gives me a headache, but I gather the 3d features of 11.1 are implemented on the 600 series though not the 2d features so the 600 series is not technically an 11.1 capable, card but it should be able to do whatever 3d voodoo will be used to speed up the game if they really do use it. Anyway, that's what my reading told me. I could be wrong. The information available is not very clear either about edge, nvidia support for DX 11.1, etc.)

 

So if it does prove faster your advice is then a double kick to the junk dealing with downgrading just so you can consider upgrading again to eek out some additional frames...

 

You could be right but not right now IMHO. Let´s wait and see...perhaps I will upgrade to Windows 9 by the time EDGE is out because Microsoft is going to update his OS one time per year as Apple do.

[metheluckydonut]

A word of advice: go back to Windows 7 64 bits. Unless someone proves that DCS is "faster" in Windows 8.1, I won´t update...even then, I am in doubt because the only things that I hear from Windows 8 and 8.1 as a desktop OS are bad things.

 

My experience with windows 8 has been quite good.

It uses less RAM and starts up ALOT faster.

I'm also using Start is back to get the start menu back and with that it really just feels like a better looking Win 7

[pacotito]

Anyone having issues with fsx after installing 8.1? It runs but the esc key during flight crashes fsx without an error or log.

[Mirtma]

Anyone having issues with fsx after installing 8.1? It runs but the esc key during flight crashes fsx without an error or log.

 

This is problem with ATI drivers. Working drivers (with FSX) were 13.4. With 13.9 FSX crashes. Unfortunately 13.4 aren't compatible with 8.1. You can look here

Edited October 18, 2013 by Mirtma