DirectX 9 Poll

[JG53_Valantine]

The Poll options are very indicative of the OP's position - however I have to agree:
DX9 support in my oppinion, should be ceased considering it is an out of date medium which to quote from the "fresh stuff from Sukhoi 2" response - one that is used to 15% of users...... so why should the remaining 85% suffer because of a minority who have not, cannot or will not update their hardware or OS to the modern world!?

I know lots of people who have worked hard to build, buy or update their systems to handle CloD, why should we be forced to wait for dx9 stuff in a patch when we have taken those steps to be able to play the game on a reasonable system?

I can understand the arguement of "since it was advertised it should be supported" but it's been a year, plenty of companies stop supporting their products or elements of their prodcuts within that time frame - also we do not yet have a finished product so wasting time on a minority issue seems like warped priorities to me.

Unless of course it is as others say and is instead another thinly veiled delay mechanism?

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy CloD and happily play it as regularly as possible - however I would also like to see it grow and improve - something I do not feel will be accomplished whilst they are still developing and creating support for an antique DX version that is almost a DECADE old now.
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[klem]

Originally Posted by JG53_Valantine

..............."since it was advertised it should be supported" .....................whilst they are still developing and creating support for an antique DX version that is almost a DECADE old now.......
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Unfortunately it wasn't just "advertised", it was "Sold".

Also remember that CoD development started about seven or eight years ago (almost a decade) when we were all still running XP.

[SiThSpAwN]

I thought it was bad enough people kept asking why they supported DX9 over and over again no matter how many times it was answered, but I forgot that someone could make a poll about it too...

[JG53_Valantine]

Originally Posted by klem

Unfortunately it wasn't just "advertised", it was "Sold".

Also remember that CoD development started about seven or eight years ago (almost a decade) when we were all still running XP.

True, and unfortunately I am sure that leaves them with potential legal issues if they haven't worded the EULA in such a way that they can withdraw support for DX9.

Hopefully they will drop support for it in BoM so things can progress at a faster pace without worrying too much about "extreme" backwards compatibility.

I'm only going on my own opinion which is that DX9 support is a bit of a waste of time since it doesn't benefit the majority, but I can appreciate and understand the flipside.

My only question remaining is more out of personal curiosity: has anyone actually gotten the game to run relatively well on a DX9 machine? I can't imagine my PC from ~6 years ago handling this and that was a pretty high spec machine: heck even my current machine has it's moments where it strains and I've built a pretty cutting edge machine for CloD.
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[adonys]

the question about those 15% of DX9 users shouldn't be about suffering.. but about loses..

how many of the other 85% they are losing while spending time on ironing out the DX9 instead completing DX10 (or even DX11 for that matter) and adding new features?

and how many potential customers they are losing while working on DX9, instead adding more DX10/DX11 shiny graphics effects which could convince them to buy the IL2CoD/BoM?!!

[Redroach]

totally futile...

[ATAG_Doc]

That is 7% thus far. 14 of 202. Stunning nevertheless. You'd think it be prudent to give the masses what they desire now and add DX9 support as a deliverable.

[AndyJWest]

Originally Posted by Redroach

totally futile...

Actually, I think the word you are looking for is 'infantile'. Start a poll with loaded answers on a question we can't answer because we don't have the necessary information (contractual obligations, market research etc, not to mention just how much work is actually involved in supporting DX9), and then when anyone points out that the poll is flawed and pointless, ignore it, and carry on with the same old "we don't want DX9" whining. Tough. It isn't your decision - and the developers would be ill-advised to take any notice of the small numbers who actually post on the forum anyway. If the potential CloD market was restricted to those who spend their time griping on the forum, the developers would be best advised to look for another job - but fortunately, it isn't. Frankly, starting pointless polls like this does nothing for CloD, and merely adds to the general air of negativity on the forum. I can't see why the moderators don't just put a stop to such nonsense, and lock meaningless threads like this. 1C have said they are supporting DX9, and that is all we need to know...