okay it seems that windows 8 breaks compiling your maps with hammer, I get an 'access is denied" error when vbsp tries to run. so any mappers thinking about updating your OS, don't fucken think about it.
okay I was able to compile using the normal vbsp.exe from source2007 folder...the one that comes with empires doesn't work anymore for me...
Whilst I can think of multiple reasons why Windows 8 sucks, that error isn't anything to do with it, I've had that on XP, Vista and 7 at different times.
And why did you find it necessary to make a thread about it? Who the fuck honestly cares that you installed an operating system that is still under development and had problems running applications? Thanks captain obvious hammer which is meant for windows xp/vista/7 had issues on 8, great, amazing, thanks for wasting 50 kb of the internet.
Wait a sec. Gotta check a thing from a post I just made. Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
Why is there a space at the iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii when I made none? Empires dev, this needs your attention!! Look at the quote, there are no space there. It's amazing!
Anyway, i got it working just fine so windows 8 mapping is good. the thing i like most is rebooting in 5 seconds but i hardly do it.
My Bios/Post/raidcontroller bootup takes 40 seconds, windows 7 itself boots in ~20 afterwards. awesome, you can waste your time toying around with two broken GUI Concepts fighting each other, faster than I can boot up a working OS on a proper computer.
the start menu isnt gone, its just relocated and looks a bit different win8 is the shit, but people will think its like vista all over again and the internet will bitch and moan