System Requirements?

[dew7]

Okay, sorry for straying off-topic.  I suggest Say can email me if she wants to know information about my computer set up to help me stay on topic.  Thanks Neil and Say.

[Yonkey]

Sounds good.

Thanks.

[dew7]

So will TSL work in Vista and this fits in with the topic heading.   

[Yonkey]

Try it out and let us know.

[oberonqa]

I don't see any reason why TSL wouldn't work with Vista.  The switch to Vista from XP shouldn't be nearly as earth-shattering as the switch from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95... unless your switching from a 32-bit version of XP to a 64-bit version of Vista... in which case most of your problems will come from driver incompatibility rather than software incompatibility.

As far as game compatibility, I remember reading something on ExtremeTech about game compatibility and performance under Vista.  The article talked about Vista's Game Explorer interface (which showed the box art for the game as well as the game's ESRB rating), parental controls for allowing or blocking games with certain ESRB ratings, and performance of a selection of games (I specifically remember Oblivion and FarCry being mentioned in the article in a favorable light).

It might be worth checking out if your interested.  I would also recommend checking out the MSDN Vista Forums or the MSDN Vista Newsgroups for more information as well.

[dew7]

Well, currently my sound does not work well in Vista due to beta Vista drivers for the Sound Blaster Audigy card line --- 1-4 and I have a Sound Blaster Audigy 1.  This makes testing either Windows Media Player 11 in Vista or The Silver Lining in Vista a mute point.

[Petter Holmberg]

I could add something that has been said before: Use the demo or the Torque demo as your testing tools. Our changes to Torque should not add compability problems and 99% of the game contents will not affect compability anyway. I even expect reduced system requirements when it comes to memory and CPU speed in the full game because of improvements we made since the demo. Well, it shouldn't really mean that you will be able to play the game on computers that you can't use to play the demo today, but it should run smoother anyway...

[dew7]

Any idea if there will be higher system requirements since we still don't know when the demo will come out.

[PirateKingChris]

The demo that's out is the demo. I don't think they plan to make another.

[dew7]

Sorry, -- typo -- I meant any idea if the system requirements will be higher since we don't know when the game will be released.