Windows 10 with NS2?

bambusbambus Germany / Stuttgart Join Date: 2014-08-24 Member: 198092Members
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Dear readers,

i have a general question to Windows 10: does it work with NS2?
I'm considering changing my OS to Win10, but i'd like to play NS2 without restrictions of any kind.
If there's an official statement from UW i'd be very interested =).

Thanks in advance.

Greetings
bambus
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  • GhoulofGSG9GhoulofGSG9 Join Date: 2013-03-31 Member: 184566Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Supporter, Pistachionauts
    edited August 2015
    bambus wrote: »
    Dear readers,

    i have a general question to Windows 10: does it work with NS2?
    I'm considering changing my OS to Win10, but i'd like to play NS2 without restrictions of any kind.
    If there's an official statement from UW i'd be very interested =).

    Thanks in advance.

    Greetings
    bambus

    Before releasing Build 275 we tested NS2 on some of the latest Win 10 previews and it seems to work just fine.

    So far there have been some issue reports but imho these come mostly from users who run into driver issues due to just upgrading without further thinking about the upgrade.
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  • WyzcrakWyzcrak Pot Pie Aficionado Join Date: 2002-12-04 Member: 10447Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    I installed 275 to my Win7 install and gave it 24 hours. All went well with 275 in Win7.

    I clean-installed Win10 and immediately took NVidia's latest driver, 353.62, for my GTX 760. NS2 ran great, but I had display failures in and out of NS2, sometimes without recovery (requiring power cycle).

    I rolled my NVidia drivers back to 353.30 (one older than latest), and my entire system, including hours of NS2 gameplay, has been completely stable ever since.
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  • SantaClawsSantaClaws Denmark Join Date: 2012-07-31 Member: 154491Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    NS2 runs without complaint on my win10. -Although I am noticing a really loud pitched sound every time I launch the client.
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  • YojimboYojimbo England Join Date: 2009-03-19 Member: 66806Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow
    SantaClaws wrote: »
    NS2 runs without complaint on my win10. -Although I am noticing a really loud pitched sound every time I launch the client.

    Funny, I get the loud pitched sound for 10 seconds AFTER I close down the client? :/
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  • FrozenFrozen New York, NY Join Date: 2010-07-02 Member: 72228Members, Constellation
    Yojimbo wrote: »
    SantaClaws wrote: »
    NS2 runs without complaint on my win10. -Although I am noticing a really loud pitched sound every time I launch the client.

    Funny, I get the loud pitched sound for 10 seconds AFTER I close down the client? :/

    And I can't switch audio devices without one breaking and having to restart the client
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  • aeroripperaeroripper Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42471NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    A bit late but I ran a win7 upgrade, and now a clean install of win10 with NS2. Runs great, no issues to report on GTX 970 and latest nvidia driver for win10.
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  • CalegoCalego Join Date: 2013-01-24 Member: 181848Members, NS2 Map Tester
    SOUNDS like a sound driver issue @mattji104, @Yojimbo, @SantaClaws (haha see what I did there?).

    Motherboards might not have updated their drivers yet, or else there's still an issue.
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  • FrozenFrozen New York, NY Join Date: 2010-07-02 Member: 72228Members, Constellation
    @calego I don't have trouble anywhere else. And the weird noise that EVERYONE hears when starting NS2 this patch speaks audio handling bug to me. But I don't code. But it's almost certainly not my drivers. IF anything it's NS2's interaction with them or how windows 10 handles them.
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  • YojimboYojimbo England Join Date: 2009-03-19 Member: 66806Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow
    Calego wrote: »
    SOUNDS like a sound driver issue @mattji104, @Yojimbo, @SantaClaws (haha see what I did there?).

    Motherboards might not have updated their drivers yet, or else there's still an issue.

    To be honest I don't get it anymore, I had a mass of driver updates come through few weeks ago and it hasn't been an issue since!
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  • ForlornHopeForlornHope Join Date: 2003-08-01 Member: 18675Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold
    Anyone notice any difference in performance or fps? If so, good or bad?
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  • WoehlerWoehler Join Date: 2013-10-13 Member: 188684Members, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow
    ForlornHope wrote: »
    Anyone notice any difference in performance or fps? If so, good or bad?

    Haven't upgraded to win 10 just yet. But there shouldn't be any increase in FPS. Windows 10 is not made to make your games run better. But win 10 have a smaller size. And is easier to run. So you can get better performance if your PC was already struggling on your old OS. But otherwise not. Windows 10 seems like a good update to win 7. And feels more like future proofing than anything else.
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  • YojimboYojimbo England Join Date: 2009-03-19 Member: 66806Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow
    Quick update, do NOT opt for insider builds in Windows Updates, 10525 crashed every game.exe upon exit, 10525 causes your system to lockup and force a hard reset and the newest build 10532 kindly restarts your PC for you, I cannot opt out without an OS reinstall :tired_face:
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