by Rachael » Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:53 am
Blzut3 wrote:If it does work, I would assume "turn on compatibility mode" is easier than "download this tool" or "download this other version."
How eager are you to walk someone through getting to the properties sheet to enable this?
I am trying to see from an end-user's perspective, and honestly I think if I was pretty green with navigating the operating system in general, since I would at this point already be familiar with downloading tools, I'd rather just let a tool do the work for me, because downloading the tool is a procedure I'd naturally already be more familiar with, than looking at the properties sheet. Some people can do the properties sheet just fine, though - and if they can, more power to them, that method definitely could be encouraged for them.
I think drfrag's solution was appropriate mostly because it focused on LZDoom which itself focuses on legacy hardware. Sure, it isn't ideal, but honestly I can't think of a better one, and while I can't speak for him I do doubt that he is interested in distributing two versions of LZDoom - one for the broken Intel drivers and one for everyone else. So in the end, with focusing on legacy compatibility, some sacrifices have to be made on the modern side - and what is sacrificed is something GZDoom can keep and focus on, instead. All because one Intel engineer thought it would be a genius idea to lock the drivers to a specific kernel version of Windows - and then the company refuses to hotfix that out.
If I am wrong, obviously I am open to being corrected.
[quote="Blzut3"]If it does work, I would assume "turn on compatibility mode" is easier than "download this tool" or "download this other version."[/quote]
How eager are you to walk someone through getting to the properties sheet to enable this? :mrgreen: I am trying to see from an end-user's perspective, and honestly I think if I was pretty green with navigating the operating system in general, since I would at this point already be familiar with downloading tools, I'd rather just let a tool do the work for me, because downloading the tool is a procedure I'd naturally already be more familiar with, than looking at the properties sheet. Some people can do the properties sheet just fine, though - and if they can, more power to them, that method definitely could be encouraged for them.
I think drfrag's solution was appropriate mostly because it focused on LZDoom which itself focuses on legacy hardware. Sure, it isn't ideal, but honestly I can't think of a better one, and while I can't speak for him I do doubt that he is interested in distributing two versions of LZDoom - one for the broken Intel drivers and one for everyone else. So in the end, with focusing on legacy compatibility, some sacrifices have to be made on the modern side - and what is sacrificed is something GZDoom can keep and focus on, instead. All because one Intel engineer thought it would be a genius idea to lock the drivers to a specific kernel version of Windows - and then the company refuses to hotfix that out.
If I am wrong, obviously I am open to being corrected.