j_balcaen Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Since the beta will be out soon, I was wondering if any system requirement specs could be released ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_balcaen Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman[USA] Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Yeah, that'd be nice. I'd like to know if my computer will be able to run it. (Dual 1.8 Ghz Powermac G5, 1 GB RAM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtz Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 In a thread with the same name this was said: We've been busy improving graphics and effects in the game due to the repeated requests for that in this very forum, so lately the system requirements have been creeping slowly upward. You can see my original post on this subject in the very first thread on this forum. Those answers are still mostly true, though performance on really low end systems like a Mac Mini is now going to be a little painful at times while playing. first thread in the drop Team forum. I don't think you'll have any problems, Iceman. A quote from May, 2005: The lowest-end Mac we've tested on is a Mac Mini (a single G4 processor running at 1.4GHz) with 512MB RAM and that barely adequate Radeon 9200 that they ship with - this is your basic $500.00 low-end mac. This machine plays the game well, as long as some of the optional graphics are disabled (such as extra particle effects, slightly reduced view distance, etc.) On the other hand, G5's seem to eat it up without much trouble, and the big dual-CPU G5's even use both CPU's intelligently (with one CPU pretty much devoted to AI tasks.) So right now, it's looking like the minimum will be something close to the Mac Mini described above, but at the minimum spec you don't get as much eye candy. When we're feature complete and optimized, we will provide a final, specific answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtz Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Speaking of Mac: I assume Drop Team will be a Universal binary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytoniousRex Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Eventually it will be a universal binary, but not until some of the 3rd party libraries we're using become universal themselves. The upcoming public multiplayer test will not yet have support for Intel-based macs. It shouldn't be very long before all of our 3rd parties catch up and as soon as they do we'll release the universal binary version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Well I tried it tonight and it bogged my machine all to hell. Completely unplayable. Yes I most of the settings turned up but I have all the settings turned up for RO and it runs smooth as silk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 It would probably be useful for the developers to know your system specifications... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytoniousRex Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Sergei's so right. Can you give us some specs please, Canuck, and a summary of what settings you're running at (resolution, options turned on, etc.)? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 It's a laptop. 128 meg Radeon x700 1.6Ghz Pentium M 1 Gig RAM 80Gig HD Omega 3.8.221 drivers I just recently formated so my comp is running pretty well. I was running my comp at 1400x1050 with most most of the boxes checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytoniousRex Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Omega. *sigh*. Well, I'll play anyway... So I would guess that turning HDR off makes it run nicely again, right? Let's start with that, since given your machine specs it is probably the only option causing you trouble. If you can verify that turning HDR off gets you running fast again, then we can proceed to the next step. Very nice laptop, BTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Machine Model: iMac CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 700 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB Memory: 512 MB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 4.3.4f2 Serial Number: QT209023MQH and 32 mb video card I am currently running 10.3.9 and the game won't run, if I was to buy 10.4.x would there be any hope? I just cannot drop $1500 on a new computer right now, and I really want too wait and see if the new intel macs will dual boot anyway. But I really , REALLY, want to play. I would cheerfully turn everything down to absoulute minimum, I just don't want to buy 10.4 and it still not work. I really don't need 10.4 for anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytoniousRex Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 We could probably get it running, Dan, but you wouldn't have much fun due to slow speed. You're probably better off waiting for that Intel Mac. BTW, looks like dual boot is more or less here, right? Colin Nederkoorn already awarded the prize money for his contest a few days ago, didn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I would say that proof of concept is here. I would not be brave enough to run the currently available code on my own brand new toy, but yes it looks like it is going to work. Could we discuss a small to medium sized loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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