I begin to be a "bit", not totally, just a "bit" disappointed about this problem... When should be supposed to be fixed this first priority bug?
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The game went through a Paradox QA process with an external testing facility. They didn't catch this problem at all. We are not very happy with them (though I will not name them).
I can imagine that you all aren't happy with the QA external testing facility crew but, now I'm wondering how is possible that nobody have a Microsoft XP SP3 with dual core processor PC configuration in scandinavia, that's the odd thing.
The odd thing is that beta testers had to fill special forms when Paradox was open for beta testers for Naval War. The point of beta testing - to pick different users with different PC configurations. And I don't believe there were no Win XP beta testers.
I can imagine that you all aren't happy with the QA external testing facility crew but, now I'm wondering how is possible that nobody have a Microsoft XP SP3 with dual core processor PC configuration in scandinavia, that's the odd thing.
I agree with most of your statement. however its not good business to state that the game will run on win xp, and find it doesn't.basically that's false advertisement, i have never heard of this company TTG but i'm afraid they maybe off to a bad start.Well, maybe it has something to do with the fact Microsoft has not "officially" supported Windows XP for 3 years. They ONLY release securtity updates to stem the tide of botnets and zombified machines from people who refuse to update from an OS that's 11 YEARS OLD. And the fact Microsoft is shutting off security updates in 18 months... AND every gamer should have dumped XP by now and if they haven't should do so within the next year.
Let me put this in perspective. Windows XP has been supported longer than Windows 95 AND Windows 98 AND Windows ME COMBINED. I've been gaming since the early days of DOS, and even though I went through a selfish phase, I still didn't whine at developers who finally dumped DOS, skipped Widnows 3.1 and developed only for Windows 95. Once again, the time involved here in the latter days for DOS through Windows 95's mainstream adoption is tiny compared to Windows XP's lifespan.
So please, don't force TTG which is a very tiny team of developers (who've probably not seen their families much in the last year) to spend hundreds or thousands of hours making this compatible with an OS that should have been dumped by every gamer at this point. To be blunt, that is selfish.
The argument that strategy gamers don't upgrade is silly. I am "one of you". I've been gaming since before Harpoon was Harpoon, played the wonderful Red Storm Rising from Microprose ... in fact, I was a little kid when the best game around was bouncing a dot between two small lines. If those of you stuck on Windows XP are afraid of upgrading due to compatabiolity issues I will happily offer my time and assistance to find hardware/software that will work economically for you. But it's not fair to EXPECT a small team like TTG to work backwards instead of working to build a game that will grow and support them. No, I do not know anyone at TTG or Paradox, but from what I've seen and read, all the people at Paradox and TTG are good hard-working people who deserve better that the crap doled out at more deserved targets like Activision and UBisoft.
XP is in the list of the OS supported by NWAC. Fullstop.Well, maybe it has something to do with the fact Microsoft has not "officially" supported Windows XP for 3 years. They ONLY release securtity updates to stem the tide of botnets and zombified machines from people who refuse to update from an OS that's 11 YEARS OLD. And the fact Microsoft is shutting off security updates in 18 months... AND every gamer should have dumped XP by now and if they haven't should do so within the next year.
Let me put this in perspective. Windows XP has been supported longer than Windows 95 AND Windows 98 AND Windows ME COMBINED. I've been gaming since the early days of DOS, and even though I went through a selfish phase, I still didn't whine at developers who finally dumped DOS, skipped Widnows 3.1 and developed only for Windows 95. Once again, the time involved here in the latter days for DOS through Windows 95's mainstream adoption is tiny compared to Windows XP's lifespan.
So please, don't force TTG which is a very tiny team of developers (who've probably not seen their families much in the last year) to spend hundreds or thousands of hours making this compatible with an OS that should have been dumped by every gamer at this point. To be blunt, that is selfish.
The argument that strategy gamers don't upgrade is silly. I am "one of you". I've been gaming since before Harpoon was Harpoon, played the wonderful Red Storm Rising from Microprose ... in fact, I was a little kid when the best game around was bouncing a dot between two small lines. If those of you stuck on Windows XP are afraid of upgrading due to compatabiolity issues I will happily offer my time and assistance to find hardware/software that will work economically for you. But it's not fair to EXPECT a small team like TTG to work backwards instead of working to build a game that will grow and support them. No, I do not know anyone at TTG or Paradox, but from what I've seen and read, all the people at Paradox and TTG are good hard-working people who deserve better that the crap doled out at more deserved targets like Activision and UBisoft.
What is the point of spending more than you need to run the software you use? I will replace my PC in 2 years time when XP Pro goes out of support. Right now I don't need more than I've got to run favourites like Harpoon and Falcon 4 at high fps. If you want to play for example ArmaIII when it's out or Rise of Flight it's a different ball game, I admit that. There is no single gaming hardware requirement. If the ads had said the game doesn't support XP, I could have lived with that, something to look forward to in 2 years, by which time it will no doubt have grown into a great sim. JanH has with his usual candour clearly identified the issue.
Dear jpinard, seems you did not get the point: we are not discussing about how XP is old or about the convenience to upgrade to W7, this is a forum NWAC related.Foxendown - XP Pro will be unupported well before 2 calendar years are up. Unless you don't hook up the the Internet, you really do not want to be running it after that date unless you love getting hacked and further enjoy supporting the PLAOC. Doesn't matter what kind of AV & anti-spyware you're running at that point. I know it seems cool to say "No one's going to force me to upgrade", but at that point it's for your own good. If you don't connect to the Internet or run behind 7 proxies and 2 hardware firewalls with IPS then you can ignore... but most people don't want their Internet to slow to 56k speeds to do that.
Mansoon, while I would say that joke totally applies to Apple OS's and their frequent iEverything hardware replacements... upgrading from XP is not simply "a shiny new thing" deal... it's about security and stability. I guess if you don't work with compromised PC's you might not understand the severity of what's lurking. It's kind of like the anti-vaccine crowd. The lack of vaccines across the broad population makes everyone weaker and more susceptible - across the Internet the same thing is true. If everyone dropped Win XP tomorrow, the number of DDoS's would instantly drop by half. The only reason MS is even doing security updates is the US an EU threatened them when they tried a year or two ago (due to the impending security mess it would make) - and worked out a deal to no longer be liable from 2014 on. If you think MS did it because they were concerned with consumer feedback - you should really be thanking your government.
But in this day and age, no one wants to listen to good advice, if it means adjusting ones outlook even a little