New PC spec for Dom - Page 2

Gandalf Parker · #1 July 2nd, 2011, 09:51 AM

Dom3 is played successfully on laptops so the game itself will be no problem. In fact, the new hotshot operating system you might have gotten with it is more likely to be a headache for Dom3

On the other hand....
some machines did choke with Dom3 on large maps, or many mods at once, or running Dom3 at the same time as some other programs that help to make Dom3's limitations less irritating. So you will be able to run maps, mods, 3rd party programs all at the same time which are designed toward making the AI play better and adding functions to the game that players want. All without getting hosting times that are too long to wait for. So yes, the new machine should be a noticable improvement

Edi · #2 July 2nd, 2011, 10:16 AM

All you need to do is turn the battle detail to "Too High" and maximum grass on and I an guarantee that your new-fangled machine will choke to death on Dom3. Johan K wasn't kidding when he marked that setting as being too high, since it will draw every (separately animated) blade of grass for 10 km out, only you'd need a 10k x 8k resolution to see them...

Dom3 is single threaded, so you won't get multicore processing efficiency out of the new processor, but otherwise everything will run fine if you avoid the above mentioned ridiculous settings.

Foodstamp · #3 July 2nd, 2011, 12:05 PM

On an i7 overclocked at ~4.6 with two vid cards in SLI mode and 4 solid state drives it runs greeeaaat on the highest settings.

But as was mentioned above, it only utilizes one of the 12 cores.

When building for Dominions 3, processor speed trumps all.

Gandalf Parker · #4 July 3rd, 2011, 10:41 PM

It will only change the playback speed, not the battle speed of the units.
There are also keypresses you can use to speed those up in the replay if you get tired of watching arrows fly across the screen

PriestyMan · #5 July 5th, 2011, 09:05 PM

Troll senses tingling so much. and so many really really sadly oblivious people.

Gandalf Parker · #6 July 5th, 2011, 11:32 PM

Its not always oblivious. But this isnt a fan site. Its a corporate support site. You dont blow someone off saying "troll" on a support site. If it bothers some of you then you could always lure him over to your site where he could be treated as you deem appropriate. Because it wont change here.

Foodstamp · #7 July 5th, 2011, 11:36 PM

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I have noticed that the battle runs faster than it used to. So now I am thinking that I should adjust my strategy: shouldn't I now concentrate on "rushing" troops, they can get to the enemy archers faster now so he doesn't have as much time to get his arrows to me?

LOL I didn't even see this part until after my response. Pretty good joke

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Soyweiser · #8 July 9th, 2011, 05:17 AM

Don't listen to them! At very high pc speeds, the archery is bugged. They go so fast that the arrowspeed overflows and is becomes a large negative number. Archers shoot and kill themselves!

The devs have been informed and they are working on a patch. But first they are going to give cave castles darkness.

Soyweiser · #9 July 9th, 2011, 05:20 AM

Don't listen to them! At very high pc speeds, the archery is bugged. They go so fast that the arrowspeed overflows and is becomes a large negative number. Archers shoot and kill themselves! This problem also occurs with some spells, and flying units. (Which leave rather nice splats. The sound effect is very good).

The devs have been informed and they are working on a patch. But first they are going to give cave castles darkness. And fix the gui.

JonBrave · #10 July 9th, 2011, 05:09 PM

I don't know what a "troll" is, and haven't encountered any I can build. I just say things as I see them, and mean no harm.

I'm Blood-Rushing in my new game for the very first time. It feels good.