[Woomeister]

Well it would be a bit funny to have a mixture of voice and beeps when you have friendly EA pilots on your side later on, but you can if you want to.

[CaptJosh]

There are ways around that. Some voice acting of my own, borrowing sounds from elsewhere, etc. I can live with no briefing voice. The Babylon Project doesn't have a briefing voice yet. It's just in mission I expect to hear comm chatter. In heavy combat, there's not going to be time to read a message. I don't have time to read "On your six, on your six!" before I'm getting my ass shot off by whoever's behind me.

EDIT: I forgot, I can use the voice deal from Windows, but...meh...I'll have to find something other than MS Sam for a voice.

[Woomeister]

Heh you'll be able to tell if something is behind you, you won't need those messages

The Shivans especially have a very nasty surprise for those who don't pay attention to their surroundings

[MrBig101]

Do you think R2 will blow up my computer?

AMD Athlon XP 2200+ 1.8ghz
ATI Radeon 9550 256mb
1 gig of ram
a holy hand grenade.

Any ideas?

[Woomeister]

You should be fine. If you have problems switching -spec off or reverting to non HTL models can make a big difference (non htl models are included in a backup folder so you can switch between them at will)

My desktop PC:
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ @2.17GHz
ATI Radeon 9200 AGP 256mb
1 GB DDR RAM

Runs mostly fine as long as I turn the htl models off, turning -spec off gives a big boost too. Crashes a bit but I think it's my card and not the game causing that, it's an old card. framerates range from 20-80 on average.

My Laptop:
Intel Pentium M 730 @1.6GHz
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 PCI-E 64MB dedicated
512MB DDR2 RAM

Runs great with HTL models, spec and everything else I want to put on. I sometimes get a half second stutter or so in some missions on commit, but that's not very frequent. I get 2-3x the framerates of my desktop PC. Framerates are 40-120 with very few times it goes below 40.

[Woomeister]

Well if my laptop can run it at max, then you should have no problem.

[T-Man]

I was gonna ask bout how to get specs, but i just found out myself... I think my PC should be okay for Inferno:

Windows XP Pro (service pack 2)
AMD Athlon(tm) processor
1.39 GHz, 480 MB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Intergrated GPU
...Some Logitech surround speaker thing...
PS/2 Wireless mouse and keyboard

[Woomeister]

As long as your cards have at least 32mb (though I recommend 64mb) of memory it shouldl run, though my x700 chipset runs far superior to my 9200 even though it's a 64mb x700.

If it runs slow you always have the option of turning -spec off and using the lower poly models that are included, this gives quite a boost in some of the larger missions.

[SuperCoolAl]

Originally posted by High Max
I hope I'm fine:

Windows XP
1GB DDR RAM
Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB video card
AMD Athlon 2600+ 1.916GHz Processor
SATA 7200RPM 120MB Hard Drive

Your absolutely fine with that. I have worse than that.

[Woomeister]

The graphics card chipset seems to determine how good it runs, my laptop is lower spec than my desktop system but has a superior graphics chipset (a X700 compared to a 9200SE) and I notice a massive difference.

[SuperCoolAl]

Originally posted by Woomeister
The graphics card chipset seems to determine how good it runs, my laptop is lower spec than my desktop system but has a superior graphics chipset (a X700 compared to a 9200SE) and I notice a massive difference.

To a point. My laptop has worse graphics than my desktop (Mobility X700 < Radeon 9800 pro) but runs much faster because of the cpu (Turion 64 3700 > P4 1.7Ghz by a lot!)

[Woomeister]

Well there's more of a jump between my graphics cards than there is for yours. A 9200SE doesn't come close to an X700

[SuperCoolAl]

Yeah all I'm trying to say is the FS2 engine is fairly cpu-dependent aswell as gpu dependent.

[Murderous Species]

This is the FAQ thread, so:

Will we...
1) ...defend some of our warships from...
2) ...attack...
3) ...ally against the Shivans with...

... The Ancients?
4) Will we see the Androgeos?

[Woomeister]

1) Yes*
2) Yes*
3) No*
4) There is a Androgeos, just not the one in R1 since no Ancient capship from R1 is still used.

*None of this in the main mod however

[Murderous Species]

THX.

[Murderous Species]

Oh, BTW.
I run R1 with:
256 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9250SE with 128 MB
2 GHz
SCP with all the eyecandy
A "crappy" computer, in short
 
And runs perfectly, if R2 is as demanding as R1 (I don't think so, but hopes are hopes) I won't have any problem.

[Woomeister]

You'll probably get between 15-50 fps with R2. Spec and HTL models may cause massive drops. I'd suggest switching to non HTL models too if it's anything like my system:

Desktop:
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ @2.17GHz
ATI Radeon 9200SE AGP 256mb
1 GB DDR RAM

Runs slow in some areas, doesn't like HTL models

laptop:
Intel Pentium M 730 @1.6GHz
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 PCI-E 64MB dedicated
512MB DDR2 RAM

Runs at max with HTL models

R2 is far more demanding than R1 as it's bigger, with higher res textures. We've optimised everything the best we can (less textures per model, no tgas, both htl and non htl models, eff instead of ani files, dds maps) but it's still quite a beast. However I've tried to make sure it'll be playable on my desktop system so you should be fine, though you may have to sacrifice the HTL stuff.

[Murderous Species]

you may have to sacrifice the HTL stuff.

I can live without them.

BTW I know very Shivan-ish names, if you need to name a new Shivan ship call me.

[Woomeister]

Only new Shivan ships now would be for the archives, and I have none planned right now.