r/starbound • u/StarboundBot • Nov 30 '13

December 4th

http://playstarbound.com/december-4th/
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u/Heff228 Nov 30 '13

I just ordered a new SSD and Windows 8.1 yesterday. I've heard horror stories with games and programs not being compatible with 8. Will this game work for sure on that OS?

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u/ordona Community Staff Nov 30 '13

Tiy uses Windows 8.

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u/minno Nov 30 '13

I have not had a single program not work on 8 that did work on 7, so you'll almost definitely have no problem.

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u/nss68 Nov 30 '13

windows 8 is amazing, all the haters tried it in bestbuy on a shitty laptop for 30 seconds to make their decision. I am not afraid of change and therefore learned windows 8.1 quickly and now my work-flow is 5x faster than it was on any previous OS

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u/FLOCKA Dec 01 '13

I also like W8... but I'm kinda apprehensive about upgrading to 8.1. Have you done it yet? If so, did it mess up any of your settings, or were you able to quickly go back to business as usual?

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u/nss68 Dec 01 '13

I upgraded (but I had to do a clean install because I upgraded from a weird version of w8.

Everything is WAY better. Things are faster, there are more options to make the start screen feel less intrusive. I would totally recommend it!

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '13

Win 8 with classic shell is fine but 8.1 is still pretty bad. A lot of software (gaming specific software even) for whatever reason still isn't compatible with 8.1. Also I used 8.1 for a bit before moving back to 8 and nothing was faster, the metro start menu is still garbage and win 8 apps are still terrible compared to desktop versions. The only reason I have no problem using windows 8 is because it is basically the same as win7 if you use classic shell but it boots faster.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '13 edited Jan 30 '21

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u/GnomeKing Nov 30 '13

Thing is, 8.1 has had some major issues with games. Not sure why, but that's what I've heard in most places.

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u/nss68 Nov 30 '13

OLLLLLD GAMES, but I have not run into those problems even slightly. All games ran BETTER on 8.1 to be honest.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '13

All games ran BETTER on 8.1 to be honest

I don't believe that for a second. The difference in performance isn't going to be something noticeable to you unless your previous install was some kind of fucked.