Ceniros Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, asterix said: CPU needs to have at least simd (instruction set) SSE2 What is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Ceniros said: What is that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceniros Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 15 minutes ago, Stan` said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE2 How can I check if I have sse2 on my amd radeon r5 or amd a8 7410 processor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Puma/AMD-A8-Series A8-7410.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceniros Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, Stan` said: https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Puma/AMD-A8-Series A8-7410.html Ok good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceniros Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 When was sse2 added in 0 ad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 23 minutes ago, Ceniros said: When was sse2 added in 0 ad? Years ago IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 I would believe that the requirement for GPU has increased significantly. The demand for CPU would also rise as there will be more buildings and content. However, if you can run the game smoothly now (30fps) then it also should be able to run smoothly in Alpha 24, maybe at around 25 fps. The optimisations are good though, which reduces some load. I think any decently modern hardware should be able to handle it; my pc from 2017 can run it well, another laptop from 2013 with integrated graphics can also run the game smoothly at low graphics. The best solution is use a lightweight Linux distribution with the appropriate drivers. I would recommend Mint XFCE or Manjaro XFCE for gaming. The stress on your hardware really depends on your setting and the number of units you have trained in gameplay. Fighting units will massively decrease framerate, while idle units do not require much rendering. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceniros Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Yekaterina said: Mint XFCE or Manjaro XFCE for gaming. What are those, i have a windows computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceniros Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 What fps boosters, will they help? I find one like Razer Cortex: Boost or wise game booster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki1950 Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Ceniros said: What are those, i have a windows computer. They are Linux distributions that replace Widows and have much lighter system requirements and are very efficient. Enjoy the Choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimusShepard Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Loki1950 said: They are Linux distributions that replace Widows and have much lighter system requirements and are very efficient. Enjoy the Choice You can also install it side by side to Windows, so you have a dual boot system. Btw the biggest boost is the used compiler. The Linux GCC creates a much better code than Micrsofts MSVC. On heavy graphics load I get fps increasements compared to Windows up to 30-50%. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceniros Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 6 hours ago, OptimusShepard said: You can also install it side by side to Windows, so you have a dual boot system. Btw the biggest boost is the used compiler. The Linux GCC creates a much better code than Micrsofts MSVC. On heavy graphics load I get fps increasements compared to Windows up to 30-50%. How big are they and how do I install them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badosu Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) Ubuntu has a good installer that can do it side-by-side with windows without having to mess around with partitions last time I tried (years ago), doubt they changed it: https://xubuntu.org/ (this is the lightest version of Ubuntu, distros come in many 'flavors') That said, it's very different from windows and requires some effort understanding how it works. All in all it should be pretty friendly and you should be able to install 0ad using the graphical tools but requires some space and *might* require fiddling around to fix stuff. So I recommend to do it only if this is important for you and have some commitment. This is a nice tutorial (Choose 'Install alongside' instead of separate partitioning): https://itsfoss.com/install-ubuntu-dual-boot-mode-windows/ Edited January 29, 2021 by badosu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterix Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 20 hours ago, Yekaterina said: I would believe that the requirement for GPU has increased significantly hence my previous post in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Still playable on my Surface 2 pro 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 38 minutes ago, Stan` said: Still playable on my Surface 2 pro 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Here is a complete guide to downloading 0AD Alpha 24 in Linux distributions made by my friend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-prK21m2XDI Then if you do not know how to set up Linux you can either search for a installation tutorial on YouTube or, alternatively, you can install it in VirtualBox. VirtualBox offers a virtual environment in which you can experiment with the software. Check out my friend's tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfvNtiak9yI You can download the Linux Mint ISO file from this website: https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=286 Linux is generally lighter on hardware than Windows, so you can expect more frame rates. The performance of the VirtualBox machine will definitely be much worse than in real life. But if it is already acceptable in VirtualBox, then you are definitely set for real life installations. The performance of a Linux system depends highly on the desktop environment you are using. The desktop environment provides the graphical user interface that you interact with. Some desktop environments are designed to look pretty with cool animations, but this will increase the hardware demand (e.g. Gnome). Other desktop environments look less appealing but saves up much processing (e.g. XFCE, LXDE) so you can use these processing power on your games. Most Linux distributions allow you to install multiple desktop environments and switch between them as you like. I would recommend you to choose Linux Mint with XFCE desktop as it is the lightest yet fully functional desktop. Different distributions also use different package managers (a bit like Apple Store or Microsoft Store). Linux Mint and any other Debian based distributions use apt. Manjaro and Arch derivatives use pacman. Fedora uses dnf. In terms of installing the game, I would recommend going to the terminal and type sudo apt install 0ad This is the command to install 0ad Alpha 23. For Alpha 24 please refer to the first video. Tell me if you would like to know what this command means; I can explain Linux in more detail if you want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badosu Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 Recommending using terminal is not too newbie friendly, just refer to the default gui package manager and search for 0ad imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imarok Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 28/01/2021 at 3:45 PM, Ceniros said: Does the lag have something to do with the game being in it's alpha state? Not really. I mean it's only a alpha cause we call it so. (We could as well already proclaimed it as beta ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, Imarok said: Not really. I mean it's only a alpha cause we call it so. (We could as well already proclaimed it as beta ) I think 'Beta' would be when the team is tired of adding new gameplay features and wants to focus on adding campaigns, fixing bugs/performance, and gameplay balancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imarok Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 minute ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said: I think 'Beta' would be when the team is tired of adding new gameplay features and wants to focus on adding campaigns, fixing bugs/performance, and gameplay balancing. Not really. In theory a software is called "Beta" when it runs stable enough and has most of the needed features. (Which we already fullfill imho. The issue is that the change was gradually, so there never was a point at which we could pinpoint it and say "Now we're really in Beta". I guess we could just start calling it Beta when we run out of the letters of the alphabet. ;D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 Fun fact, we actually have list of tickets, marked as needed for beta. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, Stan` said: Fun fact, we actually have list of tickets, marked as needed for beta. Kind of a mishmash list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 17 minutes ago, Stan` said: Fun fact, we actually have list of tickets, marked as needed for beta. Would there be a ticket for some terrain complexity, such as adding statuses or effects to various terrain textures? Good examples: Ice terrains: Can't be built upon. Farmland terrains: A grain gathering boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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