Friday, May 25, 2012. Report 3

[Buchon]

Trough DX9 only cards are not supported :

*SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS AT TIME OF RELEASE:
ATI® 4850/4870/5830/5850/5770/5870/6870/6950/6970
NVidia®: 8800/9800/250/260/275/285/460/465/470/480

[Buchon]

We have to look back to understand why is there a DX9 support.

At the time of release Win7 was not wide adapted by the users, Vista ... well ... was Hasta la Vista , so there was a wide base users with XP.

Madoxx attended this users claim and released the game with DX9 support stamped in the box.

The real problem now is that you can´t go back and release a official patch now without DX9 support because the Steam Auto Update will break the game for those who are using the game in XP, meaning are playing in DX9.

[BlackSix]

About Win XP and DX9:

http://www.netmarketshare.com/operat...sp=149&qpnp=11
http://gs.statcounter.com/press/wind...ime-in-october

Win XP has approximately 40-45% at present. It's very much.
Therefore we must support DX9 now and in the near future.

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

About Win XP and DX9:

http://www.netmarketshare.com/operat...sp=149&qpnp=11
http://gs.statcounter.com/press/wind...ime-in-october

Win XP has approximately 40-45% at present. It's very much.
Therefore we must support DX9 now and in the near future.

Yes BlackSix, but these are global statistics, including also my grandma's PC. I believe that the gamers' PC's, and even more the simmers' niche, have a fair better % of Vista and Win7 OS.

Cheers!

[Buchon]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

About Win XP and DX9:

http://www.netmarketshare.com/operat...sp=149&qpnp=11
http://gs.statcounter.com/press/wind...ime-in-october

Win XP has approximately 40-45% at present. It's very much.
Therefore we must support DX9 now and in the near future.

Be aware that those numbers includes office machines and a wide range not used to play, according to a Steam survey the XP users is about a 14.90% :

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

Windows 7 64 bit have a 53.86% and Windows 7 32 bit a 14.65%.

That sum a 68.51% for Win7 and DX10/11 while DX9 have a 14.90%

[BlackSix]

Originally Posted by Insuber

Yes BlackSix, but these are global statistics, including also my grandma's PC. I believe that the gamers' PC's, and even more the simmers' niche, have a fair better % of Vista and Win7 OS.

Cheers!

Yes, I think approximately 10-15% PC gamers has Win XP at present.
But in Russia, for example, majority OS is cracked pirate version. Win XP has bad security and it stay very popular for PC gamers unfortunately.

[BlackSix]

Originally Posted by Buchon

Be aware that those numbers includes office machines and a wide range not used to play, according to a Steam survey the XP users is about a 14.90% :

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

Windows 7 64 bit have a 53.86% and Windows 7 32 bit a 14.65%.

That sum a 68.51% for Win7 and DX10/11 while DX9 have a 14.90%

Thank you for this info, I didn't remembered about Steam's statistics.
14.90% is anyway too much, we must support this people.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

Yes, I think approximately 10-15% PC gamers has Win XP at present.
But in Russia, for example, majority OS is cracked pirate version. Win XP has bad security and it stay very popular for PC gamers unfortunately.

Are you guys working today?

[BlackSix]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

Are you guys working today?

No, we are not working today.

[Anders_And]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

No, we are not working today.

Good! Take a well deserved break Blacksix!

I am as impatience as everyone else here but i trust in your words that you guys are working on the patch.

I got myself a GTX580 for this game a month ago, but 2 days later them alpha patch came out and i had to turn OFF grass and trees OFF otherwise it would stutter too much at low altitude... So believe me, we are all waiting. But there are other games while im waiting!