What are the expected system requirements?

[nestor]

I just set it up with delayed dll loading and it works! Uninstalled all the dlls, it failed to load 1_3, disabled the controller input and kept on running. Reinstalled dlls, and it picked up the input again! So now '98 should be possible.

Dude, that is so excellent.  You did that already?  WOOT For Sure.   And you've tested it for both cases, with and without the dll.  sweet.

Yeah, so I guess people who want X360 controller support can just make sure they have xinput1_3.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

And this makes sense because the odds are they are going to have directX 9 or 10 anyway.   but if they dont, never fear, there's still two or three more ways that they can play the game.  so all is well.

Yeah, bit-blot is gonna do alright.  man, buts yous got to stop derekyu from painting so much bad ass stuff.  my eyes is gonna wear out.  (sry, just had a mojito at dinner for my dad's birthday) 

[nestor]

Alec, I thought of one gotcha w/ regards to your test.  Windows has a dllcache folder that it copies all the dlls into that it uses,   C:\WINDOWS\System32\dllcache  .  depending on the installer, even if you un-install the dlls, a copy of xinput1_3.dll might still have been in there.  which would've then loaded. 

regards,

Greg

[Alec]

No xinput in my dllcache.

Yeah I tested without xinput. It was most certainly gone, because the game failed to call the DLL functions when I removed it. First there was crashing. Then when I fixed the crashing there was just running with no X360 input.

[p3ter_st0ry]

Hey
Just wondering, do you have any idea of the system requirements for a Mac?
I have a 32 meg video card, 768 megs of RAM, and a 766 mhz processor.
It's a G4 (digital audio model).
I have a laptop, but I prefer my G4 cause it runs quieter.

Thanx, although I'd understand it if you hadn't gotten far enough to test at this point.

*Note*
I can play Ambrosia's new releases, like DEFCON, if that helps any.

[xander]

Hey
Just wondering, do you have any idea of the system requirements for a Mac?
I have a 32 meg video card, 768 megs of RAM, and a 766 mhz processor.
It's a G4 (digital audio model).
I have a laptop, but I prefer my G4 cause it runs quieter.

Thanx, although I'd understand it if you hadn't gotten far enough to test at this point.

*Note*
I can play Ambrosia's new releases, like DEFCON, if that helps any.

DEFCON runs on a 766 MHz G4 with only 32 MB of VRAM?  Damn!  I'm impressed!

Also, welcome, fellow Mac user and DEFCON player!

xander

[p3ter_st0ry]

Yea, DEFCON works fine. I have a GeForce2 MX graphics card. I used to be able to run Redline on my 16 meg ATI RAGE card (on my old B&W G3, before it broke), but just barely.

Oh, what does "frog blast the vent core" mean anyway? I've seen it on Redline by pressing "x."

[xander]

Oh, what does "frog blast the vent core" mean anyway? I've seen it on Redline by pressing "x."

And you claim to be a Mac user!  Bah!

"Frog blast the vent core," is a quote from Marathon, the single greatest FPS ever made.  There are levels you are attacked by suicidal exploding human simulacra.  they can only be distinguished from normal humans based upon what they say.  One of the things that they say is "Frog blast the vent core."

xander

[p3ter_st0ry]

Sweet. That game looks awesome.

Where can I buy it, Ebay?

[xander]

Sweet. That game looks awesome.

Where can I buy it, Ebay?

Lucky for you, Marathon is now open source, and the scenario files are free!

http://source.bungie.org/get/

xander

[p3ter_st0ry]

Yay!!!
Thanx!!!!!

[PiSketch]

I too have just discovered this...  xander, you are awesome and win for inspiring me to go and seek out this marvel of a game.

[p3ter_st0ry]

Game Informer just did an article on Marathon in its classic gaming section.