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Win7 x64. We have a few mod editors out, what exactly is yours going to do?

Well the main thing is that it is standalone (i.e. doesn't require Eclipse).  Also, it can build right to the mod folder.  Its extensible so multiple people can work on addons.  Once I get the first few addons done after the first release, it can manage the folder structure of the mod itself.  In addition, it will do validation of files.  That's the current plan for version 1.0.  I'm already a good ways through these goals, and have plans for the rest.

Good luck with your development. Doing things like this is a good way to learn coding.

Though you have a long road to haul to do the things I've done with my plugin and convince those already using Eclipse to give up it's features. There may still be an audience of modders though that don't have the technical exposure to use Eclipse and could benefit from a simpler tool with less features to be overwhelmed with. 

 

I use Win 7 Home Premium x64.

primary development on xp x86 pro, secondary development/primary testing on w7 64bit ultimate, secondary testing/debugging on w7 32bit & vista 32bit & 64bit, all english language, you might also want to set up a non-english language to do international targeted development as a few of the modders/players are using localized versions of windows (non-english)

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Eclipse was just too convoluted to bother with. It didn't really offer me any advantage over just editing the txt's as-is with quite the price tag in terms of setup time and getting accustomed to it. Now, if you can make an editor that is comparable with Brood War's datedit, that would easily be the superior choice to both alternatives.

 

 

But hey, you can just ignore me because I haven't touched sins since Black Sun.

 

Oh yeah, and Win7 64.

I think you will find the majority of us use Windows 7 64 bit in some form (home, or pro). There are still a few die hard XP users still out there. Not that there is anything wrong with that. If it aint broke, dont fix it.

I dont know about windows 8 yet. From what i am seeing, and hearing so far it isnt all that. I think many will stick with Win 7 for a while.

remember, with microsoft just about every other OS release sucks.

 

The reviews so far say windows 8 is a solid OS, BUT they almost all trash the new UI in some way for its inability to open more than one program, or window at a time. Which was the cornerstone of Windows to begin with. Plus its vague access of programs we could easily access with windows 7. Yea that is the risk when you change "everything".

I am sorry, but i need to be able to surf the web, have XSI, Photoshop, SoTSE dev, and beyond compare open at the same time. Also to switch seamlessly between them, or have multiple windows open on my screen. It seems they made Windows 8 for the people that have ADD, and that can't multitask. In other words they over-simplified it. In doing so they made things much more complicated.

Windows 8 in the new UI can run two programs at the same time with Windows 8 snap, and desktop mode still supports multiple windows, but I do agree, they are pushing the simplicity limit (but that's what happens when your OS is for both tablet and desktop).

This, but they were mainly focusing on using it for tablets.  It's too watered down, and unless they have a fully functional Windows Pro version, nobody will switch to it for gaming (aside from what devs are trashing it for).  The start screen is stupid, and not needed.  How hard was it to make a Windows OS for tablets, or one that works on mobiles and tablets?