Developing UE4 windows 7 to windows 10

SE_JonF · June 2, 2016, 8:16am

Hey everyone!

How many of you are developing on a windows 10 pc? I’m moving from 7 to 10, and I was curious to know if there’s anything I should do/keep an eye out for? Any bugs or issues? Your insight would be appreciated. =)

TriNityGER · June 2, 2016, 9:52am

I’ve been using Win10 and UE4 since its release date one year ago, no issues.

SE_JonF · June 2, 2016, 2:00pm

Good to know. Thanks. =)

anonymous_user_dede2580 · June 2, 2016, 2:06pm

Similar situation here. Smooth. No problems at all.

SE_JonF · June 3, 2016, 6:47am

I’m glad to hear that.

franktech;540895:

Whereas Win10 lessens your own control over your own machine (likened to renting).

Most flavours of Win10 have forced updates, so M$ can do what they want to your PC whenever they want.
M$ may respect that and not cross the Googhoul creepy line, but their future is full of stress, so who knows!

Its definitely worth reading Tim Sweeney’s posts about the risks i.e. how M$ can lock down a PC (side-loading).
Don’t upgrade if you’ve Samsung gear either. Slurping / updates means I object to 10 but there’s more to it…

Forced updates and Microsoft’s less than flawless record on updates means Windows-10 may bork your machine.
First adopters are in the firing line ‘to test for bugs’ (deliberate Microsoft strategy to protect Enterprise users).
Game devs have to deal with the fast moving target of UE4 releases. Ever changing OS makes that even harder…

That’s always been some of my greatest concerns. The jump to 10 for me isn’t by choice. If I could, I’d use 7 as it is my preferred OS, but it’s incredibly difficult to get a good pc with anything but 10 these days.