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| Your computer system should meet the following //minimum requirements// for Ca3DE to run (failing these requirements probably means that Ca3DE does not run at all): | Your computer system should meet the following //minimum requirements// for Ca3DE to run (failing these requirements probably means that Ca3DE does not run at all): | ||
| - | * Intel i386 compatible CPU with 500 MHz | + | * Intel i386 compatible CPU with 2 GHz |
| - | * 256 MB RAM | + | * 1 GB RAM (2 GB with Windows Vista) |
| - | * 3D graphics board with OpenGL support | + | * 3D graphics board with OpenGL support and 256 MB graphics RAM |
| - | * Windows (9x, ME, 2000, or XP) or Linux operating system | + | * Windows (2000, XP, or Vista) or Linux operating system |
| * TCP/IP (network drivers) | * TCP/IP (network drivers) | ||
| * On Windows: DirectX 7.0 or higher | * On Windows: DirectX 7.0 or higher | ||
| - | However, on such systems, both the main processor and/or the graphics processor RAM may easily be exceeded by loading larger maps with many textures, resulting in very bad performance. You can use the Ca3DE Options dialog then to reduce the texture quality and/or load smaller maps. | + | Systems that do not meet these requirements may still work fine with Ca3DE, but both the main processor and/or the graphics processor RAM may easily be exceeded by loading larger maps with many textures, resulting in very bad performance. You can use the Ca3DE Options dialog then to reduce the texture quality and/or load smaller maps. |
| In addition to the above, here is a list of //recommended system features// that allow Ca3DE to run reasonably well (in all cases, more is better): | In addition to the above, here is a list of //recommended system features// that allow Ca3DE to run reasonably well (in all cases, more is better): | ||
| - | * Intel i386 compatible CPU with 2.6 GHz | + | * Intel i386 compatible CPU with 3 GHz |
| - | * 1 GB CPU RAM | + | * 2 GB CPU RAM |
| - | * 3D graphics board with OpenGL support and programmable GPU (like NVidia GeForce3, ATI Radeon 8500, ...) and 256 MB graphics (GPU) RAM | + | * contemporary 3D graphics board with OpenGL support, programmable GPU and 256 MB graphics (GPU) RAM |
| In order to use the advanced networking features of Ca3DE, the network environment of your system must be appropriately configured. | In order to use the advanced networking features of Ca3DE, the network environment of your system must be appropriately configured. | ||
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| then this is a good indication that the Ca3D-Engine will work, too. | then this is a good indication that the Ca3D-Engine will work, too. | ||
| - | I am developing Ca3DE in the Windows 2000 and Debian Linux environment, and I test it on as many platforms as I can get access to. | + | I am developing Ca3DE under Windows 2000 and Ubuntu Linux, and I test it on as many platforms as I can get access to. |
| - | I have only very little experience with other varieties of Linux, but have received only positive reports up to now, | + | I have only very little experience with other Linux distributions, but have received only positive reports up to now, |
| regarding compatibility with all supported operating systems. | regarding compatibility with all supported operating systems. | ||
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