Backing up GMod - Garry's Mod

[QUOTE=nutnuts;31529009]Absolute same. I was a very long-term XP loyalist and, for me upgrading was out of the question. I was very conservative regarding my OS back in those days, very loyal to XP. But once I finally got around to upgrading, found out that 7 is much, much, drastically better than XP and now, I can't do without 7. I can't stand to be on a Win XP PC anymore. I don't tolerate it, at all. I strongly recommend upgrading, trust me.[/QUOTE]I'll upgrade when I can afford it I guess

[QUOTE=Quark:;31530958]I'll upgrade when I can afford it I guess[/QUOTE] That was the same with me. I wanted something really nice so on about the 7th year of being on xp I started saving for a really good one and now I can run everything without lag. Only time it crashes is when gmod Cannot handle it :D

TL;DR - Updates = Good, deal with it. As for avoiding updates - set your GMod not to update in the options and back up your GCF's. Simples. However, it will break in time due to engine updates, regardless of the settings you choose. Updating the engine is not "shitting on builders". It is making the game better, but unfortunately there are side effects. However, if you're not having contraptions with 1000's of props then you won't even notice them. You have a bit of a complex if you believe Garry is deliberately trying to hurt builders. There are effectively two major gamemodes in GMod. RP, and building. Garry dislikes rp, so why should he try and hurt builders? The "breaking spawnlists" thing, is because he's updating the spawn list to use a different format, which will make it easier to use and manage. Making a spawnlist easier to use is hurting builders? The "breaking" just means all those created previously will just have to be done redone. He isn't removing the functionality, or making it worse. RSO - source engine problem. Deal with it. Garry will not change the engine binaries to fix it, as he would need to distribute them himself, and update them manually with all the changes valve make - as opposed to the current situation where when the engine gets any updates, e.g. security updates - we get them at the same time as Valve games do, which can only be an advantage due to the amount of mingebags. And I don't think it is to do with the number of props - if it was, then other source games would have problems with it. It is to do with the data that is stored on entities and all them being sent to the player at once. I know nothing about the "rate" thing, so I'm not going to comment on that. [editline]4th August 2011[/editline] Also, you say he mentions these things on his blog. [url]http://www.garry.tv/2011/08/04/gmod-updating/[/url] No mention here. I believe what you are looking for are these posts: [QUOTE=garry;31482758]How pissed off would you be if none of your [B]current[/B] spawnlists worked because the system changed that drastically?[/QUOTE] "Current" highlighted as it shows that it is not breaking completely And: [QUOTE=garry;31483758]Just making it more console friendly[/QUOTE] Which is in reference to the spawn lists. Doesn't mean that he is going to ruin the game completely because of this, even if he does bring it out on consoles (which I seriously doubt).

interesting read but when you say "so why should he try and hurt builders?" We do not mean he is trying to hurt the builders we mean he does not care that much of what happens to them in the updates.

[QUOTE=alexojm;31535249]interesting read but when you say "so why should he try and hurt builders?" We do not mean he is trying to hurt the builders we mean he does not care that much of what happens to them in the updates.[/QUOTE] The phrase "shitting on" implies that it is purposeful though, hence my comment.

[QUOTE=alexojm;31535249]interesting read but when you say "so why should he try and hurt builders?" We do not mean he is trying to hurt the builders we mean he does not care that much of what happens to them in the updates.[/QUOTE]You're acting like Garry's saying, [i]"HA-HA! I'm updating GMod to PURPOSELY SCREW WITH THE BUILDERS BECAUSE I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM AT ALL AND I'M A HUGE MEANY,"[/i] when in reality he's just updating the damned game. When he changes something internally with the game, something is sure to break. He's not doing it on purpose, and he's not going to make his updates different from what was planned just because a few people are complaining about it being bad. If you really liked his game, you'd stop your nagging and get used to the fact that things [b]change.[/b]

[QUOTE=Amplar;31519570]it's a double edged sword, because a lot of old things don't work on 7 or vista.[/QUOTE] Name one.

BOTH OF YOU NO! I meant it the other way around to what you think I mean. did you not get it when I say "WE DO NOT MEAN HE IS TRYING TO HURT THE BUILDERS." What I mean is what you are saying quark. Sorry if you cannot understand me. [editline]4th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=BlkDucky;31536062]Name one.[/QUOTE] I do not remember but their are I have had problems with. [editline]5th August 2011[/editline] What I am trying to say here. " he does not care that much of what happens to them in the updates." What Amplar said " if you throttle him on any subject, he will simply respond as "well if you keep on about it, I won't do anything." Refer to his title to back this up." I have seen the times Garry simply says things along the lines of no I am not doing that I don't want to. Not that directly but that in the way he types about the subject.

Garry hasn't screwed up Garry's Mod past being enjoyable, and that's what counts.

[QUOTE=BlkDucky;31536062]Name one.[/QUOTE] Starsiege, Earthsiege, and DOOM95, to name three things that won't (natively) work on 7 or Vista. :v:

[QUOTE=BlkDucky;31536062]Name one.[/QUOTE] Various drivers for old PCI cards such as wireless cards, sound cards, etc, do not support windows 7 couple of old need for speed games and various other childhood games [editline]6th August 2011[/editline] pretty much anyone who disagrees with my thread post doesn't know how to build or know garry

[QUOTE=Amplar;31557939]Various drivers for old PCI cards such as wireless cards, sound cards, etc, do not support windows 7 couple of old need for speed games and various other childhood games [editline]6th August 2011[/editline] pretty much anyone who disagrees with my thread post doesn't know how to build or know garry[/QUOTE] Anyone who disagrees with my OPINION regardless of their reasoning is wrong! :v:

didn't say you were wrong, i merely stated you're ill-informed