First Strike Forums — 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-08-01T19:45:33Z

My xeon machine is the same way . Ive got 4 gb RAM and it gobbles part of that up and is lost in the memory count . ( XP 32 )

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-08-01T16:22:19Z

No as far as i'm aware Xp or vista 32 has a max memory allocation of 4Gb and within this you must include plugin graphics adapters. So if you've got 4Gb of memory and, say 8800gtx 760Mb graphics card, in reality you may as well have just put 3Gb of memory in. Nothing above the 4Gb limitation is used by the OS
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovic … 92070.aspx

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-08-01T14:32:49Z

Athlon wrote:

How many of you know that your video card memory is also taken into account as part of your OS total memory?

I think that's only if you have an on-board graphics card (and haven't disabled it)

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-31T20:47:55Z

Imperial wrote:

Actually, if you use XP 64 it will recognize up to 4 Gigs (maybe even 8, I can't recall exactly) but XP 64 has a lot of downsides compared to XP 32. Also, I've found a lot of PC users, Vista or XP, don't even realize they have wasted RAM in there anyways, so I wouldn't consider it a big negative. (Not that you were saying it was)
Dual boot is a good idea, though, for a lot of people. I think personally I'd end up using XP and never touching Vista though, can really do everything I need on XP.

XP 64 like vista 64 will recognise 16 gig of ram

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-30T18:37:46Z

How many of you know that your video card memory is also taken into account as part of your OS total memory?

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-30T18:17:43Z

Someone tell ( yell ) micro-schaft that if it aint broke, dont fix it !

Next year we will have vistas replacement ...
Requires 8 GB RAm to boot up, 1024 mb graphics card to play pacman , 2048mb graphics card to play Doom II , and forget about playing anything new , period .

Hows that for advances ?

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-30T15:16:28Z

Actually, if you use XP 64 it will recognize up to 4 Gigs (maybe even 8, I can't recall exactly) but XP 64 has a lot of downsides compared to XP 32. Also, I've found a lot of PC users, Vista or XP, don't even realize they have wasted RAM in there anyways, so I wouldn't consider it a big negative. (Not that you were saying it was)

Dual boot is a good idea, though, for a lot of people. I think personally I'd end up using XP and never touching Vista though, can really do everything I need on XP.

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-30T07:24:16Z

I feel I have to compliment the dev team for listening to the community. The shooting is so much better the game is far more enjoyable on that fix alone. The other improvements are a bonus imo. I am working alot so haven't had long to get my teeth into 1.3 as of yet, but from what little I have played it is out standing.

To the Vista user. Any self reaspecting gamer would have researched Vista and found it unreliable with older games. I recommend you dual boot (google it) and it doesn't matter if you have 4-8 gig of ram either. Xp will utilise only 2 anyway, you can get it to use 3 but then you lose dual channel and that ain't worth it. I have Xp 32 on a 500 gig hardrive and vista 64 on a seperate 500 gig hardrive. I have to go into bios and swap the boot order for what ever OS I want to use. Simple

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-29T12:42:12Z

I think that little dot below u woody is me, scouting ahead

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-29T12:27:06Z

I have recently installed vista and I would have to agree that it has pros and cons. There are things I love about it and things I despise, all tolled it isn't bad enough to revert back, nor is it good enough that I don't, wish I was using XP from time to time. Too me it is really a matter of personal opinion more than anything.

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-29T11:29:49Z

Even Microsoft admits that XP SP3 is a faster, more efficient OS for gaming applications than any version of Vista...

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-29T11:18:59Z

I have Vista and Nvidia 8600, only problem I ever had with FS was yavin and playing it in windowed mode works just fine.

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-29T11:10:48Z

Hmmm.... I've been off FS for a while (damned 2142 problems) so I didnt even get 1.2 , but seeing you guys even released 1.3
Ok , haven't seen what's new yet , this mod is enough of a reason to reinstall 2142.
Will see what I can do. Good luck.

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-29T02:19:41Z

Safe-Keeper wrote:

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r292 … /LitUp.png
Stormtrooper 1: Are you sure we'll be able to sneak into this place undetected, sarge?
Stormtrooper 2: But of course, TK-3183! They'll never see us coming!

Why does that look familiar? That's not me and a turret at the bottom there is it?

Re: 1.3 CLIENT IS OUT!

2008-07-29T02:17:37Z

SC271 wrote:

Any chance it fixes the Vista bugs, and includes the Yavin Fix? I mean if they can't get off their high chair and fix the mod so that it works like the full game dose (IE In Vista without issues at all or crashes, or odd UI bugs)
Then over half the PC market that plays BF2142 will just forget the mod is even there. I mean that crap they gave us that the problem is becuse of Vista, and Nvidia cards was utter bull crap. I don't mean to be rude but claiming an official developer supported OS made by real programers is a cause for a mods problems (Made by hex edditors, and hobbyists) is pritty low. PR works just fine under Vista with normal instal and any version will work. (Thats for BF2 a much older game that oh BTW works just fine as well)

I'm not even going to bother replying to this issue again other than to give you a warning that courtesy rules are in effect on our forums. You've shouted this before and we've explained before. We'll fix things as soon as we are capable of doing so, and we're constantly trying to learn new things so that we can fix the problems.