Changing compilers and operating systems

[Twist177]

I was working on a nice little Win32 application in my spare time. I was on Windows 7 using Visual Studio... Then I accidentally installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview over my Windows installation, and Windows 8 keeps on crashing. I already had a Linux operating system (Ubuntu) dual-installed into my computer, so I tried programming using Dev C++, as Visual Studio just wouldn't work. Ever since I switched compilers, the game has been acting strange. I'm positive it isn't the operating system, as I have an older version that works fine. It also isn't a coding mishap, because I am experiencing issues that just shouldn't happen.

If it helps, Dev just stops responding when I compile my program. It freezes up, and tells me my program is running, when it clearly hasn't even appeared on screen.

[Zhuge]

What version are you using? You may also want to read this:
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/36896/

[Twist177]

The newest, which is version 4.9.9.2.
Thank you for telling me about Dev C++, however, I haven't gotten Code::Blocks or Eclipse to work. Visual Studio also doesn't work with WINE. I will check out the others

[Moschops]

Orwell has continued the work on it, giving it a modern compiler. 4.9.9.2 is seven years old. That's a very long time in the compiler business.

http://orwellengine.blogspot.co.uk/

[1yR4jE8b]

Does this version have any advantages over other modern open-source IDES? (Eclipse, Netbeans, Code::Blocks, Visual Studio (Express), etc...)

[Moschops]

It has nothing that others don't also have, and there are many things others have that it doesn't. Your IDE is just a matter of preference. The compiler matters a great deal, but the IDE is just a tool to help you knock together the code.