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[fleshcutter]

have you guys ever wondered what type of PC huxley will be for?

have you ever thought that if it comes out for a better version PC than yours you'd get really annoyed?

well then coz thats what i thought can you give me your ideas what PC version theyll bring it out for.
(please be xp, pls be xp, pls be xp. i bet its vista :(

[187 Phantom]

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belongs in pc forum.

[Corbs]

Unless they want to exploit DX10, I honestly don't see why they would release it stricly to Vista.

I actually think they would prioritize a XP release before Vista. I mean, who the hell releases a MMO on buggy platform? (no offence towards Vista lovers).

[Decent_xVICIOUSx]

i have vista and its drives me crazy i want 2 blow up my computer sumtimes its gets me that made i just hope it is compatiable with vista or it will suk big time

[TheVermin23]

the way i look at vista as, is an incomplete program.

if it was 100%, i think it might be alright. but it was released with all kinds of bugs and such.

the DX10 issue is something that i hope is resolved though. i really think the only reason for it is for game developer security. since windows is going further into the constrained ability, it'll help prevent piracy, which is plaguing game and software sales, in turn- harming motivation to produce for it's platform.

i mean really, if it means i have to purchase every DX10 game to play it, then i don't feel all that bad putting away my eyepatch and parrot for it. just please make the OS ,that it's limited to, more comfortable.

i'll just have another HD for everything else running on Ubuntu or something.

[Murvel]

Keep in mind that no operating system is complete on release. WinXP were in no way a bug-free OS when it came out. These things take time, and don't forget that it's also up to the developers to write stable drivers to their hardware, it's not all up to Microsoft to make Vista as good as it can be.

The same goes with games, it's most likely not a finished product once it's released, but patches/updates makes the game better as time goes by.

My two cents.

[Corbs]

Yes, but when XP was released, at least it wasn't called "ME Edition 2".

I went over to XP 2-4 months after it was released. It was different.

[Murvel]

WinXP were not better than Vista on release, not in any way. I'm sorry there Corbs but I surely disagree with you.

My take on the whole thing.. If you have a computer with relatively new hardware, with updated and correct drivers and if you are at least a somewhat decent administrator then you should be fine running Vista.

If you don't like Vista, then by all means don't use it. But when you are suggesting that WinXP were a better OS then you're on thin ice mister.

[Corbs]

Granted, I went overboard when saying XP was a better release in the beginning, probably due to the fact I was hoping for a better RC1 for Vista. Also, be warned that my POV is stricly based gaming wise.

Although, I'll stand by my word when saying XP is a better system (at the moment) and Vista isn't worth the change. I do understand drivers are constantly released, which is why in the meantime, I'll simply wait.

That being said, unless Huxley hits the store this june and is Vista compatible (enhanced via DX10), I hardly see any reason for such an early switch.

Also, for those interested, here's a list of compatible games for Vista.

[Murvel]

I'm with you a 100 percent there Corbs, XP today is better than Vista. But once Vista is somewhat steady then that OS will be miles ahead of XP. I'm also waiting a bit more until I install Vista at home, although I've been running it for quite some time now at work.

When I'm going to buy my next computer then I will include Vista Ultimate in that order.

[Snipefrag]

I think the devs would try to apeal to the lowest common denominator on this one, if they are allways cutting away a chunk of there market by making it only Vista, or needing super high PC specs they wouldnt make any money. They also mention in the FAQ that their going to be developing it using the new unreal engine which has good stability on high and low end machines, logically, delivering something that will only run on a top of the range machine wouldnt be a financially viable business solution. I would expect to see lots of 'pretty' options which can be turned off on a lower spec machine to keep the gameplay at an acceptable level.

As for DirectX10, who knows.. I program in DX9 and havent even looked at 10 yet simply because it has a totally different graphical pipeline, and most PC's wont even be able to get the best out of it just yet, but saying that if it does use DX10 it doesnt mean you will need to have vista afaik.

[fleshcutter]

yeh you guys are right its good to know that a good pc game will actually be out for windows xp and not vista like the halo 2 for windows game i would of bought if it wasnt for vista. well now i dont want that so much coz i found huxley.

[Legend]

No real concern here, even if it is released for Vista (DX10), it will be backwards compatible with XP (DX9) however you may not be able to get maximum graphics effect with a DX9 card. The same holds true for all DX10 games that have been released so far and hopefully it remains this way at least until vista is actually stable. When that day comes DDR3 Ram will probably have been released and you might as well just upgrade to a new computer and throw in a DX10 card while you're at it.

[Felix12g]

Hopefully they won't try to pull what Shadowrun is doing with a Vista only PC version vs the xbox360 version. I'm picking up shadowrun as soon as UPS gets in gear and actually delivers them to the stores around here, and I run XP. So the other thing I'm picking up with it is a new SATA drive to load vista on. I hate the OS, but tossing it on for a dual boot just to play Shadowrun should work fine. (MSDN rocks)

[Corbs]

Talk about coincidence. I just ordered a few hours ago a new hard drive and I had the same intentions as you did. Dual boot

[connnnn]

This is entirely off topic, but it's worth mentioning. Don't bother going through any amount of trouble to play shadowrun for the PC. It's absolute garbage from all accounts (I know people who bought it hoping it wouldn't be as bad as the previews).

On console it might be fine, but the PC version is basically one big advertisement for the Xbox. If you read interviews with the devs, they don't even sound like they've played pc games ever. They think they were the 2nd game to use crosshair bloom, and have no clue that multiplayer games include server browsers without sticking advertisements in them. It's pretty mindblowing that these guys were responsible for creating a PC game, and it's no surprise that it's so poor.

Observe:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/782/782217p1.html
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/793/793080p1.html

And despite what they're trying to claim, it wasn't just the fact that they had some old crazy build... the retail isn't as bad as what they were saying, but the retail isn't magically much better than the version they saw.

Sorry for totally hijacking this thread, but I'd hate to see people go through lots of money/trouble for a game that by all accounts is worth neither. Admin might split this thread or something.

[Felix12g]

Here's a link that might be interesting.

http://forums.shadowrun.com/forums/thread/72495.aspx

Basically it's in response to that australia article from IGN. I can't vouch for the truthfulness and I'm doing more hunting tonight to see responses on forums/reviews for the PC side. This at least means there's a chance the whole thing is a screwup, and since it is IGN, i'm not surprised in the least that they did a bad job.

[connnnn]

Well I also know people who have bought the game for PC who are turning it into a coaster already. But it's definitely worth looking into, if nothing else, before purchasing.

[Berserker]

I hope it's compatible with both... I'm not sure what I'll have by the time Huxley is released, I have XP, but I will be getting Vista, but I'm not sure when, so I hope it's both.