Old win-Xp programs dont compile on Win-7
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:30 am
Almost four years ago, I had made some small projects using irrlicht (on win Xp with DX9). I need to showcase them to some universities to get an admit to their game dev programs , So I tried running the old executables on my current PC (running win 7 with direct X10) , but they just make my whole screen go blank , the computer is still running , it doesn't hang , but it doesn't let me do anything , I just sit there mashing ctrl+alt+del till I have to give up and do a hard reboot.
Its been some time so I am not really familiar with irrlicht anymore (though i don't mind getting my hands dirty), I wish to know what kind of work will I have to do to make these old games Win7-Dx10 compatible ? I read in a blog post that it should be as simple as changing the device to "EDT_DIRECT3D10" ( the games are pretty simple , no shaders or advanced effects) or would I need to do some other things as well ?
many Thanks for your help!
Its been some time so I am not really familiar with irrlicht anymore (though i don't mind getting my hands dirty), I wish to know what kind of work will I have to do to make these old games Win7-Dx10 compatible ? I read in a blog post that it should be as simple as changing the device to "EDT_DIRECT3D10" ( the games are pretty simple , no shaders or advanced effects) or would I need to do some other things as well ?
many Thanks for your help!