DX9 / XP discussion

[SiThSpAwN]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

Their may be a language barrier, but the face palm is universal

[Buzpilot]

The Dx9 support, will it be mandatory for upgrades beyond IL-2 CoD too?

[Volksieg]

Originally Posted by Buzpilot

The Dx9 support, will it be mandatory for upgrades beyond IL-2 CoD too?

I'd suggest it would as it would be on the same engine... I'm just hoping and praying to every single one of the gods that this DX9 issue is actually fixed, and therefore not an issue, before any later additions are released. The team have promised to fix this game before releasing anything else in the series so.... let's hope they stick to that. lol

[SiThSpAwN]

Originally Posted by Volksieg

I'd suggest it would as it would be on the same engine... I'm just hoping and praying to every single one of the gods that this DX9 issue is actually fixed, and therefore not an issue, before any later additions are released. The team have promised to fix this game before releasing anything else in the series so.... let's hope they stick to that. lol

If I was a gambling man, I'd say DX9 support wont be listed on the box of the next release

I wonder if it is wise to keep the large majority of users waiting in order to satisfy the small minority who still uses DX9 ...

[SiThSpAwN]

Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Stormcrow

I wonder if it is wise to keep the large majority of users waiting in order to satisfy the small minority who still uses DX9 ...

Dear Moderators,

Can we have a separate thread where people can ask why they are supporting DX9 and where we can continue to reply each time?

Thanks

[Force10]

Originally Posted by SiThSpAwN

Dear Moderators,

Can we have a separate thread where people can ask why they are supporting DX9 and where we can continue to reply each time?

Thanks

We all get why they are doing DX9. The thing is, it was on the box a year ago and it hasn't been working for a year, so whats the big rush to do it now? Unless there is a lawsuit from some DX9 guy, can't they just back burner it until they fix important stuff? Something tells me that someone who can't afford a DX10 card, can't afford a lawyer to make an issue out of it either.

I would guess this DX9 "because it says so on the box" fiasco is just another stall tactic and gets everyone to focus their anger on "those pesky DX9 folks" instead of 1C.

[SiThSpAwN]

Originally Posted by Force10

We all get why they are doing DX9. The thing is, it was on the box a year ago and it hasn't been working for a year, so whats the big rush to do it now? Unless there is a lawsuit from some DX9 guy, can't they just back burner it until they fix important stuff? Something tells me that someone who can't afford a DX10 card, can't afford a lawyer to make an issue out of it either.

I would guess this DX9 "because it says so on the box" fiasco is just another stall tactic and gets everyone to focus their anger on "those pesky DX9 folks" instead of 1C.

I would guess that the plan is to make this patch an official release one day, in order to make it official it probably has to fix the game for all supported platforms. DX9 was excluded from the initial Alpha and the small update to that, I suppose they decided that they needed to get DX9 in there now to get some testing data on it as well... that is just a guess of course.

[addman]

Also, people in the eastern European countries and Russia are in general not able to shell out roughly 4 months worth of salary for the latest high-end or even mid-end rig. They are the biggest market for the IL-2 series even though a lot of people on this board seems to think otherwise. Please, try to use your minds sometimes, it might help you to better understand things. Also, there is the "DX9 on the box" issue.

To be more clear: I do not say to stop the DX9 patch. It should come as it should have been there from the start.

What is irritating though is that they don't separate the two things.

They could issue the patch minus DX9 as soon as they are ready and continue to work on the DX9 issue for another patch before BoM.

This hardly costs more effort on their side but at least all others could play with a decent patch. It would hardly delay the DX9 availability for the few who still use DX9.

And sorry: I do not buy that Eastern Europeans tend to lag behind in computer hardware. My guess is that it is rather the other way round