Looking for any hints on when a Vista version will be released.
(Note that I'm in the middle of installing the same version as everyone else is right now, but the web site says it won't be out for a bit).
I really don't want to put a third OS on my system just so I can run xna express. (I've already got Vista Ultimate 32 and 64 bit on here - starting to get crowded)
Dan
Dan Lingman wrote:
Looking for any hints on when a Vista version will be released.
You're not going to find any. 
(Note that I'm in the middle of installing the same version as everyone else is right now, but the web site says it won't be out for a bit). I really don't want to put a third OS on my system just so I can run xna express. (I've already got Vista Ultimate 32 and 64 bit on here - starting to get crowded)
Some people have had luck getting GSE to run under Vista. Have you tried installing it
Yup. It made it to a certain point, then failed, and rolled back. Nice to see something do the right thing if it can't install fully.
I'll probably purge off vista 32 bit, and put an xp pro partition back on. That leaves me 64 bit vista for spiffy stuff, and 32 bit xp pro for game development.
Sigh. Another os install.
Dan.
The compatibility issues are due to VS compatibility so if you get VS SP1 and the VS Vista patch (in beta) then a lot of us are sucessfully running on Vista.
The only problem I am seeing is the the VS Version selector app (which is what is run when you open a .sln file) doesn't work at all and I am having to open VS and then use file/open to open my solution.
I got it working on Vista in a matter of minutes following these instructions...
http://www.nuclex.org/articles/xna-game-studio-express-1-0-on-vista
Other than the issue entioned above, it's working fine. haven't tried running a game on the 360 yet, but I doubt there will be any issues.
Sounds good. Will try this set of instructions when I get home. Maybe I forgot to ask, but are you doing this under Vista 32 bit or 64 bit (I'm running 64 bit)
At worst, I'll work in virtual PC. Slightly better than paving my machine and installing xp from scratch, then vista to a different drive.
Cheers, and thanks for posting that link.
Dan
Are you sure a virtual machine will give you the the graphics hardware support you will need
I'm running XNA on 32bit vista, pretty much following the same instructions that others have posted on this thread. Not to sure how it will run on 64 bit.
Ely is correct - you won't be able to run XNA apps on the PC under virtual PC. XNA requires a SM2.0 card and VPC doesn't emulate any accelerated hardware. You used to be able to run DirectX apps using the ref rast but I don't think that is availale under XNA.
Of course you can always deply to the 360 and test there from VPC.
Well, major thanks to the people on this forum. I've now got game studio running under Vista Ultimate 64 bit. Time to get to work on my game, although I'll really be spending the next week or two doing design, and just futzing with xna to test some ideas out for now.
Cheers, and thanks again.
Dan Lingman
NoGotoGames.com