System requirements

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I recently downgraded my work-pc to the company standard platform (WinNT) and decided to test GalCiv on in even tho the system requirements (from the Strategy First website) doesnt mention WinNT..

Game launches fine and is playable, but it seems like it doesnt like my soundcard.

Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: Error with CreateSoundBuffer: Error Code 87
ASSERT ERROR in file g:\projects\pear\source\digimix3.cpp at line 912.



Debug Message: Initialize Game Options.
Debug Message: Attempt to play unregistered file
Debug Message: Attempt to play unregistered file
Debug Message: Attempt to play unregistered file
Debug Message: Attempt to play unregistered file
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Attempt to play unregistered file
Debug Message: Attempt to play unregistered file
Debug Message: Attempt to play unregistered file
Debug Message: Attempt to play unregistered file



But apart from that it runs fine on my WinNT. Would work with another soundcard/driver I guess..
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Last I heard, the system requirements are Win32, PII-266, 64MB RAM.

Interestingly enough, though, I have been running it for a while on a P-200 MMX with 48MB RAM (just upgraded to 80), so....
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
From the Strategy First website:

Minimum System Requirements

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
PII 300 MHz Processor, 128 MB RAM, 600 MB Hard Disk Space, DirectX 7.0 Compatible Video Card with 4 MB VRAM and Monitor capable of supporting 1024x768 resolution.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Yay! All kinds of requirements I don't meet and thus aren't 'minimum.' ;p
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Fredrik, so what version of DirectX do you have installed?

If I remember correctly, NT had trouble in general with games because the drivers weren't as good, or something like that...
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
The last NT4 Service Pack installs DirectX 3.1a, IIRC.

Later versions can be installed, NT's just hardcoded not to start them, because part of the NT subsystem doesn't work very well with them.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Ouch. Yeah, the Music requires at least DirectX 7, but the graphics can run with a lower version.

Can you play it at home?
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Hehe yeah, sure, I have XP there. So I'm glad anyway :)

Was more surprised that the game started at all on WinNT, knowing it's not the best platform for games :)