Hi Shaun: Well, not likely. Most game developers aren't in the habit of discussing their future plans or publicly address compatibility issues unless they have something in the works. Besides your idea of a weekly or monthly update from each and every developer is a bit unrealistic.
For one thing a lot of developers, including myself, do this as a hobby. Meaning they aren't necessarily working on games etc every day. Therefore they probably don't have anything to report that often. Even if they do there are very good reasons to not make any announcements until if and when they have something to report. As it is there have been public announcements from various game developers here and there regarding compatibility, and the situation by and large isn't being ignored. It just takes time to come up with a workable solution. For example, I recall some months ago David Greenwood stating he has found a way to fix the 3d audio issues on Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. He has a patch in the works for Shades of Doom and Tank Commander that will address the audio issues. So right there we know he is aware of the problem and has plans to fix it. We just don't know when he will release said updates. As David Greenwood has always played his cards pretty close to his chest I'm not surprised he hasn't said much how those updates are going or said when they will be released. Just knowing he is working on them is enough for me. Draconis has also been pretty vocal the last few months about their future plans. We have already seen their new engine in action with Change Reaction and Silver Dollar, and I suspect we will see more from them in the future. I am not too worried about their games having serious long term compatibility issues with Windows 8 because I know they are working on the issue. My point being is we don't need to have a blog or some website where each developer explains their plans regarding compatibility because many of them are already slowly working on the issue if and when they have the time or the desire to do so. Others we can be relatively sure aren't doing much if anything to address the issue because they are happy where they are, are happy with Visual Basic and XP, and won't change until circumstances forces them to. That is not anything we have any control over, and some of us will just have to move on without them. That is all there is to it. I know that sounds a bit cavalier, but the fact of the matter is there is always someone somewhere who will be willing to fill the gap left by another developer. If one developer quits, fails to upgrade, there is bound to be someone somewhere who will replace them, and may even be willing to write their own versions of the games. Once that happens the compatibility issues left by the first developer are not of any serious concern, and the original developer will simply cease to be a concern. Cheers! On 12/26/13, Shaun Everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well personally I do wish that this time of unsertainty will pass quickly. > I don't play the old gma games as much as I used to, and to be honest > who knows what will happen in the future. > Howevver I do hope that there is more progress at least publically > reported. > Sometimes it feels like that everytthing is standing still and thats > my prime frustration right there. > Because I don't know where everything etc is at I start think > irational thoughts. > There needs to be if at all possible a register or every dev that > still does games in general at least those that use old systems to > see what their update status is if ever they are going to do so. > I realise that this is probably not going to happen but it would put > my mind at rest if I could check every few weeks and know where the > players were and be notified via email when things changed. > I realise that it would be another layer on top of what others had to > do but it would be convenient for the gamer if one existed. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
