Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

The demo will be updated when the game is released, so that should help with the bugginess of the current demo.

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

I'm always surprised reading about crashes, graphical glitches, and show-stopping bugs. I haven't had a single problem at all. *shrugs*

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

You are very lucky! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

No problems here either...

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

With the exception of game crashes with combats involvolving large number of top technology fighter I had no technical problems either.

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

I played it, too. You are right - it wasn't really a computer SFB but a computer game based on SFB material - because of the RTS combat. It kind of illustrates the point I'm trying to make, though. A clever TBS implimentation of SFB on the computer could have eliminated much of the tedium & speeded game play without changing it into an entirely different game. Similarly the issues with SEIV combat could have been resolved without going RTS - via a clever implimentation of a SFB-like proportional movement system and the ability to order formations to procede to a designated location (vs a click-fest of moving it individual hex by individual hex).

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Ah, Yes! I think they used to call it Strategy? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

What environment are you running it under?

System specs

Video card and driver version

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

Same question for you, what environment are you running it under?

System specs

Video card and driver version


I’ve tried it on three systems now and get the same memory errors on the two XP systems, and a lock up on the Vista system. The Vista problems seem to be Video driver of DX related, but on the XP systems it looks like sloppy code. I’m thinking that I might try it on an old 845 Intel system and see how it does there.

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

Athlon 64 3400+, 512 MB RAM, Nividia GeForce FX 5500.
And your little gadget knows already that I have Windows XP (home edition). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
I just have the usual automated updates for Windows XP.
And I use the video memory usage on "auto" in the SE V setup.
I never cared about the graphic card driver until now, but it says it is version 6.1.7.2.

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

LOL the little gadget is for your enjoyment only. It exists only in your mind, well actually on your computer. No one else sees the info besides you.

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Asus Pentium-4 2.8GHz motherboard
1 GB of RAM
NVidia Geforce 6200 OC 256MB AGP graphics card
-drivers version 6.14.10.9131 (I think)
-Forceware (??) version 91.31
DirectX 9.0c
SiS on-board sound chip (piece of crap)
30GB and 120GB hard drives
plus CD burner, DVD burner, joystick, and pimptastic case with extra fans and flashy LEDs http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

I used to keep up with the various Windows Automatic Updates until a few months ago, when it tried to install some "anti-piracy" junk. I had to do a System Restore to get rid of it, and have since turned the Auto-Update off.

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

I'd post over at Strategy First but the site fails again to recognize my login and its just too slow.

Anyway, I have tried the demo on 3 pc's. I know I'm not the only one who's been having crashes, turns that lock-up on processing, access violations, range errors etc. Never actually made a full 100 turns yet.

2 have ATI Radeon and one is intel based graphics. None of the pc's have ever had problems playing any game, even online games.

I can't quite put my finger on it. But the game in most areas does not quite seem as responsive as it should be.
If it was an online game, its almost like lag or memory leak issues.

I just hope that with release upon us, and most people worrying about mods and how the game works, that just being able to play the game is a big issue that I hope is being looked into and not put on a back burner.

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

I'm with Thermodyne - I get a lot of crashes as well with the demo.

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

Well I hear some peeps down under have the full game, we’ll just have to wait and see what their early reports are.

Re: SE:V, I\'ll be honest
 

Don't you think that when comparing early stock SEIV (without patches) and "stock" SEV (demo...) and then checking current SEIV with mods, you can dream about what SEV will become.

On my list of impossible-to-do modding wishes from SEIV, I expect more than 70% to be done without problems from what I see in the data files. I guess more will become available latter on (like sensors types :p)

So for me SEV is going straight into the right direction with more potential than SEIV had.

Of course if I would compare current SEIV with adamant mod and SEV demo ... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif