Author Topic: Recommended OS? (Read 3514 times)

Resetti's Replicas · « **on:** May 13, 2011, 12:37:34 PM »

Hey guys, my laptop died and I have to get a new one. Problem is, I'm not sure if the new laptop will run Robot Arena 2. I had XP on my old laptop, I'm thinking of getting a new one with Windows 7. Will Robot Arena 2 with DSL run? What OS's do you guys use?

Thanks.

EDIT: salvaged the replicas from a backup drive. I lost some videos I was working on, but the important thing is all my bots are safe and sound.

FOTEPX · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2011, 12:38:26 PM »

Windows 7 will run, but glitches will be harder.

I recommend Windows XP SP2 or Windows 95 Plus.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #2 on:** May 13, 2011, 12:39:53 PM »

RA2 is fine for me on my Windows 7 laptop.

FOTEPX · « **Reply #3 on:** May 13, 2011, 12:40:32 PM »

Quote from: Squirrel_Monkey on May 13, 2011, 12:39:53 PM

RA2 is fine for me on my Windows 7 laptop.

For me, stacking is harder on Windows 7.

kill343gs · « **Reply #4 on:** May 13, 2011, 12:41:03 PM »

DSL and stock both run fine on my Win7 laptop... but I can't stack a single thing. I think Fotepx is right when he says glitches will be harder.

Scourge of teh Galaxy · « **Reply #5 on:** May 13, 2011, 12:41:43 PM »

I run on XP and I can't stack anyway, so I have no problems.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2011, 12:41:52 PM »

When you say glitches, what exactly do you mean besides stacking?

FOTEPX · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2011, 12:43:16 PM »

Axle loading and Trinity. Never been able to do either on my Win7, done both on my XP.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2011, 12:45:36 PM »

I can still axle load, never tried the trinity glitch. Trov Glitch is fine.

NFX · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2011, 12:45:53 PM »

I run Windows 7 on my laptop, and both Stock and DSL run perfectly fine. I can stack, eFFe, Axle Load, Trov Glitch, Trinity, Snapper Load, in fact pretty much everything. I don't find glitches any harder on Windows 7 at all, to be honest.

Sage · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2011, 03:08:48 PM »

Yea guys, I can't glitch at all on windows 7. I mean seriously all those tutorial videos I made were completely special effects and computer animation, and I make all my bots in photoshop.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2011, 03:11:02 PM »

HOW COULD YOU SAGE!?

Reier · « **Reply #12 on:** May 13, 2011, 03:14:54 PM »

My favorite is Ubuntu, but after that is Windows 7

Conraaa · « **Reply #13 on:** May 13, 2011, 03:15:34 PM »

Wheres the love for 3.1?

Scourge of teh Galaxy · « **Reply #14 on:** May 13, 2011, 03:16:30 PM »

Quote from: Conraaa on May 13, 2011, 03:15:34 PM

Wheres the love for 3.1?

I'll give it some love, if my grandma gives me my old PC back

russian roulette · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2011, 03:39:34 PM »

Quote from: Conraaa on May 13, 2011, 03:15:34 PM

Wheres the love for 3.1?

Yeah Honeycomb is the best tablet operating system to date!

GroudonRobotWars · « **Reply #16 on:** May 13, 2011, 04:23:45 PM »

I use Windows 7 and the games work perfectly. Just have problems zooming out in battles and building bots.

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #17 on:** May 13, 2011, 05:28:52 PM »

The answer is simple... Stick to what you know works well for you. You say that you had been running XP. Then I would stick XP.

On the plus side, it should be cheaper too.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #18 on:** May 13, 2011, 05:32:42 PM »

Quote from: HurricaneAndrew on May 13, 2011, 05:28:52 PM

The answer is simple... Stick to what you know works well for you. You say that you had been running XP. Then I would stick XP.

On the plus side, it should be cheaper too.

I thought XP was outdated, do they still make computers with it?

kill343gs · « **Reply #19 on:** May 13, 2011, 10:08:20 PM »

To be completely honest, the transition from XP to 7 was extremely natural. A couple minutes of playing around with it, and I found it just as easy to use as XP. It's a lot prettier, too.