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LTSC won't work for all new games or games that receive and require updates; I recently spoke to a game & graphics dev with a lot of low level DirectX and Windo
by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
LTSC won't work for all new games or games that receive and require updates; I recently spoke to a game & graphics dev with a lot of low level DirectX and Windows API experience about using LTSC for a flight simulator (not just the software - a simulator you physically sit in). He said that he had to deny support for LTSC for his products in that space because MSFT doesn't update it with the same DirectX updates and Windows APIs available on consumer Windows versions, which in turn impacts graphics driver support, which in turn prevented features of his software from working at all on common hardware (in his case, VR/AR displays). The same issues will likely impact many games that require newer graphics APIs and drivers. He advised against LTSC for most gamers - it's only appropriate for running software that was built for the SDK and API versions available in LTSC, and which won't receive any major update for a decade.
- nerdjon 1y agoI know that there have been compatibility issues before, but it is worth mentioning that the current version of 11 LTSC was from november-ish last year so it is fairly up to date. I am running it on 3 different gaming devices and have had zero issues with it, and I have it installed on my partner's gaming PC and he also has not had any issues with it. also a "decade" I am not sure is true, the current version is 11 2024. Before that was 2021, 2019, 2016, 2015. That being said, I would be very curious what games actually break.
- sitzkrieg 1y agoi game and run flight sims and VR full time on old win10 ltsc and have never ran into any issues running any modern game on a 4090. ive yet to see any material impact from this
- trenchpilgrim 1y agoI can name one so far: OpenKneeboard will not work.
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- zamadatix 1y agoIt should actually work now that Windows 11 LTSC 2024 is out and 22H2 is the listed requirement level https://openkneeboard.com/compatibility/ https://openkneeboard.com/compatibility/, but there was likely a period between that and Windows 11 LTSC 2021 where the game required a feature e.g. from 22H2. Of course trying to ride an LTSC out without upgrading for the full decade of support will lead to MANY compatibility problems, but that's a choice to not upgrade and not really a limitation of LTSC itself. There lies the problem with LTSC though: there are always a couple of things really pushing the bleeding edge of features (like a community VR plugin in 2022 would be) and it might take a year or two for LTSC to catch up to those cases. Most people will never run into that... but you can't really know until you do, so is it worth it? Depends, I suppose.
- sitzkrieg 1y agomine is still currently working? interesting
- blibble 1y agoI ran Windows 10 LTSC since it was released, exclusively for gaming I had to upgrade to the newer LTSC once in 10 years