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#4562217 - 04/02/21 05:52 AM the laptop  
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I'm just curious. I have a pretty decent laptop but apparently not good enough to run WOFF.
Why does this game not run on laptops?

#4562223 - 04/02/21 08:39 AM Re: the laptop [Re: gregb1952]  
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Hi,
I've heard it might Run on some, and on some not.
Laptop is just not supported.
OBD is just a small team, extremly busy with developing the game further and to give support
to PC Users. Even AMD is not officially supported, but there is a small group using WOFF and AMD.

Sorry.


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#4562224 - 04/02/21 08:46 AM Re: the laptop [Re: gregb1952]  
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Hi Greg,

The game certainly does work on laptops, I have one myself and WOFF PE works perfectly well. The only thing I have to do is rename the original splash intro so it doesn't try to play. That's something to do with WMP and Windows 10.

It would depend on your specs, graphics card etc. What OBD say is that they can't guarantee it'll work on all laptops, so they're limited in the support they can give if that's the case.

I'm sure Pol will set this straight if I'm misquoting at all.

But as long as your specs are good enough, it 'should' work on a laptop.

Cheers

Albert


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#4562225 - 04/02/21 08:56 AM Re: the laptop [Re: gregb1952]  
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One problem I occasionally ran in to when I was using my laptop for gaming was that some games would not by default use the Nvidia hardware and instead use the Intel HD video which caused problems. Just make sure that isn't happening.

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#4562235 - 04/02/21 11:21 AM Re: the laptop [Re: gregb1952]  
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Hi Greg,

What is your definition of "decent" ?
What are the specifications?

When I started playing WOFF years ago I was doing it on a Laptop with an Integrated Nvidia GTX680M and a Intel I7-3630QM @2.4Ghz. w/SSD drive.
IIRC as Chucky said I had to set the Nvidia as the default GPU in Bios.

Regards,



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#4562298 - 04/02/21 07:33 PM Re: the laptop [Re: gregb1952]  
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Thanks for the responses.

Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD + 2TB HDD, 17.3" FHD 144Hz 3ms IPS, Windows 10 Home)

Should work, right? I'll try disabling the intro movie per above.

#4563174 - 04/08/21 03:17 PM Re: the laptop [Re: gregb1952]  
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Should work see the FAQ near the end for Laptop help.

BTW BH&H II - that also has extra help for laptops such as auto-disabling splash etc.


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#4563194 - 04/08/21 04:41 PM Re: the laptop [Re: Polovski]  
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Originally Posted by Polovski

BTW BH&H II - that also has extra help for laptops such as auto-disabling splash etc.


Ahh, I wondered why the Splash file was called 'Splash2' already.

Nice touch Pol thumbsup


"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."

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