What hardware and operating system do you expect to use to play MWIF?

Shannon V. OKeets · Post by **Shannon V. OKeets** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:05 am

About Win98 et al, the code base I started with was written by Chris Marinacci, starting in 1996 - it predates Win98!

I avoid using esoteric libraries or procedures - you could say that my coding style is quite plebean. There are some features I need to add soon that make use of threads (Internet play and the AI opponent) and they might pose some problems to older operating systems. But I am not certain of that.

The more severe demands that WMIF will make are on processing speed, to support: (1) the graphics for the large, detailed map and units, and (2) running the AI logic so the player does not have to wait for the AIO to figure out what it wants to do. My concern about the latter is mostly paranoia at this time but I got burned rather badly on that problem back in 1985 (CPU speed of 1.2 MHz!) and the scars are still visible on my psyche. The multi-threading capabilty and the fact that MWIF has a lot of decision making passing back and forth between the phasing and non-phasing player theoretically should make it a moot point.

Mziln · Post by **Mziln** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:10 pm

ORIGINAL: Zorachus99

But there are no new updates. Microsoft recently refused to fix an extremely severe bug in the Win98 OS that allows people or websites to compromise it. Every Win98 machine I work on these days is or has been infected. I understand if you are still using the OS then you might be upset that the game doesn't run on it...

I'd ask shannon to get the OS statistics from Matrixgames web site to find out what proportion of people are using Win9x tho...

You assume that I have accepted all the updates. I have not.

As far as "severe bugs" wasn't it about a year ago when Microsoft reported a hole in XP and then said they would have a patch out in about a week? The compay I work for had to disinfet 36,000 machines because of that.

Microsquish keeps trying to install the updates that will make Win98se unusable. Would Billy Gates do somthing like that? Yes he would to force you to buy his current operating system.

All you XP owners be prepaired for when he releases his next operating system.

Well unitil Shannon kicks me off the Beta team because he decides that Win98se won't cut it we will have to see what happens [:)] (At that time I'll load it on my brothers machine that has XP) [:)]

Zorachus99 · Post by **Zorachus99** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:58 am

ORIGINAL: Mziln

Well unitil Shannon kicks me off the Beta team because he decides that Win98se won't cut it we will have to see what happens [:)] (At that time I'll load it on my brothers machine that has XP) [:)]

Yea I guess I'm a bit of a spoiled brat since I get most of what every product Microsoft makes with my personal Technet subscription.

lordzyplon · Post by **lordzyplon** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:14 pm

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

2 - The program accommodates other (larger) resolutions, such as 1280 by 1024. When you say "custom resolutions" I am not sure what you have in mind. The program does support dual monitors, linked horizontally as one logical screen.

What I mean when I say designing for 1024 by 768, is that if you have a monitor that uses that screen resolution, then you will be able to play the game. In particular, pop up forms will never depend on a larger screen size in order to display the full form.

on the subject of custom resolutions, do you guys read PC gamer? they had an article on a cable splitter for monitors-it splits 1 output cable into 3, so your computer "thinks" its just 1 monitor with really, really wide resolution (something like 3072 x 768 or something similar).

as for my specs, ill have to dig them up. mostly i just make sure my processor, RAM, and hard disk space are ok and buy the game. For example, my video card can only partially run Civ IV. i kinda needed an upgrade, anyway.

Shannon V. OKeets · Post by **Shannon V. OKeets** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:39 pm

ORIGINAL: lordzyplon

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

2 - The program accommodates other (larger) resolutions, such as 1280 by 1024. When you say "custom resolutions" I am not sure what you have in mind. The program does support dual monitors, linked horizontally as one logical screen.

What I mean when I say designing for 1024 by 768, is that if you have a monitor that uses that screen resolution, then you will be able to play the game. In particular, pop up forms will never depend on a larger screen size in order to display the full form.

on the subject of custom resolutions, do you guys read PC gamer? they had an article on a cable splitter for monitors-it splits 1 output cable into 3, so your computer "thinks" its just 1 monitor with really, really wide resolution (something like 3072 x 768 or something similar).

as for my specs, ill have to dig them up. mostly i just make sure my processor, RAM, and hard disk space are ok and buy the game. For example, my video card can only partially run Civ IV. i kinda needed an upgrade, anyway.

Operating system is real important too.

delatbabel · Post by **delatbabel** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:22 am

RE: What hardware and operating system do you expect to use to play MWIF?

Linux.

Shannon V. OKeets · Post by **Shannon V. OKeets** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:42 am

ORIGINAL: delatbabel
RE: What hardware and operating system do you expect to use to play MWIF?
Linux.

I regret to inform you, ...

CWIF was coded as a Windows application, MWIF is too. So, unless you can run a Windows emulation program, MWIF won't work under Linux.

Romulus68 · Post by **Romulus68** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:28 pm

Win XP
P4 3.0
1.5gig RAM
150gig Hard drive
128m ATI radeon
17" LCD screen

rtamesis · Post by **rtamesis** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:57 am

Forget Apple's Bootcamp. I'll be running MWIF on Win XP running as a virtual machine on Parallels Desktop on my 15" MacBook Pro.[:D]

MPHopcroft1 · Post by **MPHopcroft1** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:30 pm

what I have is:

Windows XP Professional
AMD Sempron 2800+
1GB RAM
Radeon 5500+ with 512MB video RAM
At least 100GB free total right now
broadband cable Internet

Missouri_Rebel · Post by **Missouri_Rebel** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:11 am

To be honest with you I prefer to play my wargames on my laptop/notebook. Part of the reason is because I can sit in the recliner and still see the t.v. and the other is to keep the missus happy. Something about being in the same room appeases her? The problem is that most wargames work fine such as all 3 Hearts of Irons,War in the Pacific/Uncommon Valor,BiN,Korson Pocket, and most recently Conquest of the Agean but, as stated in the Forge of Freedom forum, some don't run as well. i.e.GG's World at War Demo(never purchased the game though) and the revolutionary war game Birth of America. I am not sure why W@W doesn't run good because the maps in UV/WitP are far superior and detailed when compared to it. My specs are????

AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile
Technology ML-30
800 MHz, 960 MB of RAM

Shall it work?

Mo Reb

Shannon V. OKeets · Post by **Shannon V. OKeets** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:05 am

ORIGINAL: Missouri_Rebel

To be honest with you I prefer to play my wargames on my laptop/notebook. Part of the reason is because I can sit in the recliner and still see the t.v. and the other is to keep the missus happy. Something about being in the same room appeases her? The problem is that most wargames work fine such as all 3 Hearts of Irons,War in the Pacific/Uncommon Valor,BiN,Korson Pocket, and most recently Conquest of the Agean but, as stated in the Forge of Freedom forum, some don't run as well. i.e.GG's World at War Demo(never purchased the game though) and the revolutionary war game Birth of America. I am not sure why W@W doesn't run good because the maps in UV/WitP are far superior and detailed when compared to it. My specs are????

AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile
Technology ML-30
800 MHz, 960 MB of RAM

Shall it work?

Mo Reb

Ram should be fine. What operating system? Your CPU speed is slower than most but I do not know if that will be a problem or not.

lordzyplon · Post by **lordzyplon** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:03 pm

well, to finally answer, ive got a 3GHz processor and 700MB of RAM. im running WINXP and somehow my viedo card is pulling 256MB.... i think its taking some of my RAM and some VM.

Missouri_Rebel · Post by **Missouri_Rebel** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:44 pm

I am using WinXP

AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile
***(1MB L2 cache, 1.6 GHz)*****
Technology ML-30
800 MHz, 960 MB of RAM

Updated with all the specs

Shannon V. OKeets · Post by **Shannon V. OKeets** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:03 pm

ORIGINAL: Missouri_Rebel

I am using WinXP

AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile
***(1MB L2 cache, 1.6 GHz)*****
Technology ML-30
800 MHz, 960 MB of RAM

Updated with all the specs

1.6 GHz sounds better.

wfzimmerman · Post by **wfzimmerman** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:21 pm

In beta versions so far, startup is a bit of a snooze but performance is fine on my Centrino laptop.

Missouri_Rebel · Post by **Missouri_Rebel** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:15 am

ORIGINAL: wfzimmerman

In beta versions so far, startup is a bit of a snooze but performance is fine on my Centrino laptop.

That is encouraging. We'll just have to wait and see. Either way this baby will be mine, even if it means getting an upgrade on the ole rig.

Mo Reb

scott64 · Post by **scott64** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:18 am

WinXP Professional
Pentium4   2.80mhz
512 RAM
Radeon 9600

OgrePA · Post by **OgrePA** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:19 pm

Lenovo ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2500 2 GHz - 15" TFT
Intel Core Duo 2 GHz processor; 1 GB DDR II SDRAM
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 - 128mb
100GB HD
WinXP Pro

lugosi · Post by **lugosi** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:11 pm

Hopefully the requirements will not be real high. I only have a 733 MHZ WINXP machine. I have 512 meg of memory, though.