OH WOW

[matt]

Alt+F4

Good thinking way to encourage new players 

[matt]

From what has been said the graphics may be optimized more so you might not have an issue. HTC is very good at making the game playable for even the low end machines

[nrshida]

What video chipset does your laptop have? Run dxdiag.exe if you don't know. If it supports Shader 3.0 there is a good chance you will still be able to play.

Thank you Greebo for being helpful. It has two graphics chips. I can't remember which one is which but it uses the hot one when booted into Windows. Here is the overview:-


Model Name:   MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier:   MacBookPro5,2
  Processor Name:   Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:   2.66 GHz
  Number Of Processors:   1
  Total Number Of Cores:   2
  L2 Cache:   6 MB
  Memory:   4 GB
  Bus Speed:   1.07 GHz
  Boot ROM Version:   MBP52.008E.B05
  SMC Version (system):   1.42f4
  Serial Number (system):   W89150ZF2QP
  Hardware UUID:   F099CBE8-68BE-5BEA-A723-D0F94FAB229F
  Sudden Motion Sensor:
  State:   Enabled



...and here are the graphics chips:-


NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:

  Chipset Model:   NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
  Type:   Display
  Bus:   PCI
  VRAM (Total):   256 MB
  Vendor:   NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:   0x0863
  Revision ID:   0x00b1
  ROM Revision:   3436
  gMux Version:   1.7.10
  Displays:
Color LCD:
  Resolution:   1920 x 1200
  Depth:   32-Bit Color
  Core Image:   Hardware Accelerated
  Main Display:   Yes
  Mirror:   Off
  Online:   Yes
  Quartz Extreme:   Supported
  Built-In:   Yes
Display Connector:
  Status:   No Display Connected




NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT:

  Chipset Model:   NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
  Type:   Display
  Bus:   PCIe
  PCIe Lane Width:   x16
  VRAM (Total):   512 MB
  Vendor:   NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:   0x0647
  Revision ID:   0x00a1
  ROM Revision:   3436
  gMux Version:   1.7.10
  Displays:
Display Connector:
  Status:   No Display Connected
Display Connector:
  Status:   No Display Connected

[Greebo]

I just Googled those two chipsets and they both support up to Shader 4.0, its backwards compatible so your laptop should run the next version of AH OK.

[nrshida]

I just Googled those two chipsets and they both support Shader 4.0, its backwards compatible so your laptop should run the next version of AH OK.

Thank you mate 

 

[Hap]

I went to device manager to get my vid card's name & googled it with Shader in the title.  I can go to 5.0.  Hope that's a good thing.

[Karnak]

I went to device manager to get my vid card's name & googled it with Shader in the title.  I can go to 5.0.  Hope that's a good thing.

Shaders are always backwards compatible.  5.0 is much more than AH will need.

[GScholz]

If you have one of these you might consider upgrading...

[Mister Fork]

Or one of these...

[olds442]

Or if you have one of these CPUs..



I love how they advertise the thing having two real index registers for addressing modes 

[F77]

My 486dx266 still runs and is networked

[SirNuke]

sweet lord, a numerical coprocessor....come to think of it modern GPU's are no that far of from those

[Devil 505]

Alt+F4

[save]

Still own Sweden's first appleII+ with Swedish keyboard... 4.77khz... 8 bit ..

[SilverZ06]

Question For Hitech.

Based on this comment from youtube:

I wonder if this is going to be still a directx 9 engine ?
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Hitech Creations
1 day ago
 
There is no reason to switch, at this time.  We can accomplish the same graphic features in DX9.  One just has to put a little more effort into it.  Once Windows XP becomes a minor percentage of the overall computer market, it will make sense to change.

I am curious as to why you are not just dumping Dx9 all together now instead of putting in more work just to support xp machines. I understand xp machines have a great deal of market share at the moment, but with microsoft dropping support of xp in a couple of weeks those machines will be phased out quickly over the next several months since they will now become a security risk without the availability of new updates. It just seems odd to me to spend more time to develop new graphics for an already outdated engine just to have to redo it anyway in the near future. It seems like there is already a lot of work to be finished on the new terrains so I can only imagine a lot of xp machines will be phased out before the new terrain is even implemented. It just seems like you are creating more work for yourself for no apparent reason.