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#3752791 - 03/18/13 09:08 AM Hardware survey  
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Hi folks. I've started looking at some code to implement my Blackhawk.

While I was having a look around, I noticed that the default screen resolution is set to 640x480, which is pretty low. I also noticed that the default eech.ini settings have a lot of the 'quality' settings off e.g. texture colour etc.

So I'd like to conduct a poll to see what hardware people are using to determine if we could raise the default settings for new installations. They could still be set lower in game if needed. This wouldn't be available until a new release however.

Screen resolution
single choice
Votes accepted starting: 03/18/13 09:04 AM
CPU Speed
single choice
Votes accepted starting: 03/18/13 09:05 AM
Graphics memory
single choice
Votes accepted starting: 03/18/13 09:07 AM
#3752801 - 03/18/13 10:15 AM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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Phenom II , 4 core @ 3,6ghz
8 gb ram @ 1ghz
Ati 5870 @2ghz
monitor fullhd (27", 1920*1080)

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#3752884 - 03/18/13 02:13 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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I think the idea is to have a default which is safe and mostly likely to work for everyone, and then let people increase with resolutions and features as their system allows.

And for the texture color and some other such options to be enabled you have to have the textures installed, which isn't necessarily the case for everyone. But I guess a system could be made to check for those textures and only enable if they are.

#3752927 - 03/18/13 03:25 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: arneh]  
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Originally Posted By: arneh
I think the idea is to have a default which is safe and mostly likely to work for everyone, and then let people increase with resolutions and features as their system allows.

I suppose, but 640*480 is pretty low. I'd imagine 1024*768 would be a minimum these days. Most websites use that as a minimum width now when designing them.

Originally Posted By: arneh
And for the texture color and some other such options to be enabled you have to have the textures installed, which isn't necessarily the case for everyone. But I guess a system could be made to check for those textures and only enable if they are.

I didn't think of that. What would happen if it was enabled and the textures weren't installed?

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#3752929 - 03/18/13 03:29 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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#3752934 - 03/18/13 03:37 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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#3752949 - 03/18/13 04:04 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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#3753063 - 03/18/13 07:48 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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Pentium 4 HT

2.8 Ghz

2 GB Ram

128MB video card

playing in 1280x960

That's pretty good considering in 2000 I used to play this on a

Pentium 3 450 Mhz

64 MB Ram

8 MB video card

playing in 800x600


What's in the box? C'mon, what's in the boooox?
#3753246 - 03/19/13 01:48 AM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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P4 2GHz
768MB RAM
256MB video
1360x768

Aside from the agp card the machine is almost as old as the game...


Edit: I agree about the 1024x768 being safe - otherwise you get into 'assumptions' territory about widescreen and risk provoking the occasional and best-left-undisturbed oddities of unusual driver/screen combinations.

#3753371 - 03/19/13 10:47 AM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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1920x1200

With every update I do a clean install of EEAH/CH and have had no problems so far with the original 640*480, changing it to my fav. solution (back in the days 800*600, later 1024*768 and the last years 1920*1200)...

#3753402 - 03/19/13 12:24 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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#3754341 - 03/20/13 08:16 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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I agree with keeping things to 640x480 to allow the most people access.

Changing the resolution via Options menu is not difficult.

What benefit do you see with increasing the minimum res?

#3754354 - 03/20/13 08:31 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: LazerPotatoe]  
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Originally Posted By: LazerPotatoe
I agree with keeping things to 640x480 to allow the most people access.

Changing the resolution via Options menu is not difficult.

What benefit do you see with increasing the minimum res?



But I think setting to to 1024*768 will still allow the most people access. If you take a look at the minimum screen resolution that is collected from websites, the most popular resolution is now 1366*768. I know that's not indicative of game stats, but it at least shows that 640*480 is practically obsolete.

The benefit I see is not having to make people set the resolution from something really low, and also modernising the game a bit.

#3754402 - 03/20/13 09:40 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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It's true. Many new games no longer used at all 640 or even 800 x 600.

#3782066 - 05/14/13 02:36 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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Hi, i would love to get better flight models. But more eyecandy is ok too.



So my rig is:

3570K OC to 4.0ghz
8G DDR 1600mhz
Radeon 6870 1G
180G SSD Drive

logitehc G940 HOTAS
Track IR 4



-haukka81


I5 8400 , 16gb , GTX 1070 oc , Win10 64bit . Virpil T-50 27" monitor with 2560x1440 rez ... DCS + Oculus CV1 + Samsung Odyssey . (odyssey is better for flight sims)
#3782182 - 05/14/13 06:35 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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My Gateweak is ancient:
3.4 Pent4
3GigRAM
128MB video RAM on my Radeon X600/X550
1920x1080 on my awesome Acer 23" widescreen ( been VERY VERY happy with this mon! )
Only time I notice much lag is with a lot of smoke at dusk/twilight or when firing a ridiculous number of rockets.

#3782374 - 05/14/13 11:23 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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I have a new computer with lot of RAM and a good video card and fast processor but it's always tied up for work.

So I am playing on my old computer and it plays fine:

Pentium 4 HT 2.8 GHZ

2 GB RAM

Windows XP Professional SP 3

ATI Radeon 128 MB Video Card

playing in 1280x1024 on a 20 inch flat screen

Still better than the computer I had when I bought EECH in 2000:

Pentium 3 450 MHZ
64 MB RAM
Windows 98 SE
4 MB ATI Video Card (can't remember the model, may have been an early ATI Rage)
playing in 800x600 on a 14.5 inch CRT monitor


What's in the box? C'mon, what's in the boooox?
#3783301 - 05/16/13 09:22 PM Re: Hardware survey [Re: messyhead]  
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#3783372 - 05/17/13 01:18 AM Re: Hardware survey [Re: Spock]  
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Originally Posted By: Spock


They don't have an English page?
Pft, Bavaria barbarians attack

#3783408 - 05/17/13 03:00 AM Re: Hardware survey [Re: kaboom]  
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Originally Posted By: kaboom
Originally Posted By: Spock


They don't have an English page?
Pft, Bavaria barbarians attack


Google Translate?

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