Tankleader Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Has anyone upgraded to windows 7 yet?? If so have you encountered any issues with Steelbeasts?TanksAndy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted October 23, 2009 Members Share Posted October 23, 2009 Well, I have the release candidate, and found no problems with it. Eventually I may be getting 7 soon though it looks like life is interfering a lot with my everyday plans recently (not necessarily on the bad side, fortunately). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jens198 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Got it today (Home Premium). I'm installing SBProPE right now. Will give a short report as soon as possible.Jens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankleader Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 Got it today (Home Premium). I'm installing SBProPE right now. Will give a short report as soon as possible.JensThanks, looking forward to the brief. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jens198 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Tested a few missions and everything runs fine. Due to the complete new system setup loading times seem to have increased as well.Jens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacbat Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 What had you been using as an OS previously? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I have been using the release version of Windows 7 Pro x64 for more than two months. (I subscribe to MS Technet.) I believe that SP Pro PE runs very smoothly, and loads scenarios faster, than it did under XP Pro x86. That is subjective. I didn't time things before the switch, and of course I'm not about to go back to XP Pro on my laptop just to find that out. :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jens198 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 What had you been using as an OS previously?Windows XP SP3. I have 4GB RAM installed. As far as I can remember Windows XP only used 3GB. I heard/read that Windows 7 can adress as much as 4GB? Maybe that has something to do with the faster loading times?Jens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacbat Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Cool. I'm on Win XP as well, so I'll be looking forward to the performance increase with W7. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I went from XP Pro x86 with 2 GB of RAM to Vista Business x86 with 3 GB of RAM to Windows 7 Pro x64 with 4 GB of RAM. I also switched hard drives when I went to Windows 7. My new drive was the same speed as the original one, but double the size. I split it into two partitions, so my games and the system drive are on the first half of the drive, and my other data is on the second half of the partition. Both the increase in RAM and the change in the hard drive set up should have helped.I didn't notice any change from XP to Vista, but I noticed a significant improvement from Vista to Windows 7. That improvement shows up in both Flight Simulator X and SB Pro PE. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hase Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Problem here with Windows 7 Home Premium on my new computer: When trying to launch SBProPE (fresh install, not patched yet, installed newest runtime for the codemeter stick) I get this error: Any ideas what to do to get the kitten purring again? Hase 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jens198 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Problem here with Windows 7 Home Premium on my new computer:When trying to launch SBProPE (fresh install, not patched yet, installed newest runtime for the codemeter stick) I get this error: Any ideas what to do to get the kitten purring again? Hase Well, looks like some DirectX component is missing. Maybe reinstall DirectX (it's on the SB CD as far as I remember). Jens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hase Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Mmm... I am pretty sure that Win7 won´t let me install a several years old directx...There seem to be no directx updates for Win7 so far.CluelessHase 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jens198 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 From what I what I found out the "d3dx9_31.dll" comes with the 9.0c version of DirextX and not with a native DirextX10 installation. Maybe just get the SBPro-CD and reinstall DirectX from it? Might be worth a try.Jens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hase Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Jens, you are right!Problem was solved when I installed DCS:Blackshark. Gave it´s directx install a try and it added some files.Tank you!Hase 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Sean Posted October 31, 2009 Administrators Share Posted October 31, 2009 "I am pretty sure that Win7 won´t let me install a several years old directx..."Seperate directx installs have been necessary since vista. It will work fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarball Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Each iteration of DirectX 9.0c (so stupid of them to use that same version number OVER AND OVER again for about 5 years) has its own signature. Therefore, it is possible, and sometimes necessary, to install (or re-install) DirectX 9.0c depending on which version of the DirectX SDK the developer used. For instance, if Al (the SB Developer) used the November 2007 Direct X SDK, and only targeted the DirectX 9.0c portions of that SDK, then it may become necessary (or at least safest) to install that. Thus, it is normal for multiple installs of DirectX to sit "side by side" with each other. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jens198 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 DCS: Blackshark, I see. How do you like it? Looks great but I didn't have the time to get into it. Looking forward to the A-10C module.Jens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hase Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Jens, I like DCS:BS very much due to its depth of simulation (compares easily to SBProPE) and it´s very few bugs. On the other side there are the coarse terrain, the non-collidable (and for AI non-existant and invisible) trees and the (for me) a little bit boring concept of this pure tank-killer. There are good reasons for all these things, so all in all I would say: One of the best sims ever made. If your a at least slightly interested in heli-sims, get it. No doubt.I, too, am anticipating the A-10 module very much.HaseP.S.: I fear I have to say goodbye to my old trusted MSSidewinderFFpro joystick (joystick port...) as there seems to be no way to use it with my new puter and Win7. Sh*t! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9erRed Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Greetings all,Ref the loss of the Ms Sidewinder FF Pro Joystick.Installing a small addon midi board card in one of your PCI slots will fix that of you could upgrade your sound card to a X-Fi board with the midi port on it, all still do-able with the win7 system upgrade.I have an ASUS Mboard and it has the midi add on card included. Have Win7 ready to install at this time just making room on one of my Hd's (partition) for a dual boot option.Later ..... 9erRed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mower Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 No issues, went to W7 Ult last week.Also now running a I7 920 w/ 6 Gb tripple channel 1600 speed RAM, all settings maxed and scoring 50 FPS, very sweet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalAB Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I just received a new laptop from Alienware along with Windows 7. When I first installed SB I also installed DX9 from the disk. Windows 7 is running DX11 on my rig. I had massive FPS drop and naturally thought that the driver was the issue(stupid me, Alienware doesn't send out half assed machines) So after several attempted driver updates and two system recovery moments I decided to run the Sim without installing DX9 from disk. The Sim runs super smooth. It would appear DX11 comes loaded with DX9 stuff but I could be wrong about that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotre Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 It would appear DX11 comes loaded with DX9 stuff but I could be wrong about that.That's what I thought too.I run Vista SP2, not Win7, but with the SP2 update I also got DX11.I tried to launch SBProPE right after the install, and was surprised to see it run out of the box, no DX9 required at all :confused:. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted November 30, 2009 Members Share Posted November 30, 2009 Good to know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RENEGADE-623 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 well, just installed windows 7 professional on my puter. SB Pro PE of course was first program I installed. Preliminary tests so far show much improvement on performance of my machine with win 7 over vista. My test was nothing more than loading a scenerio that was very choppy (frame rates of 5 - 7) on vista and loaded it on win 7. Frame rates improved to 55 - 65. Will report any changes when I notice it for those who still havent got win 7 yet and r thinking of getting it. So far tho I like it lot better than vista. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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