Context:
New engine and Booster pack pictures + Enno is back
http://www.athenpaladins.org/forums/vie ... f=2&t=4285
New Engine pictures, videos, and info page:
http://www.athenpaladins.org/aonewengine/index.html
Means answered some questions on test server at ICC tonight. (Sorry I had to log off to run there in the middle of a chat on org channel)
[Social] Means: Osman quit. We'll miss him and his exceptional effects talent
[Social] Means: Now Enno is working on it with two other coders
[Social] Means: we'll get there.
[Social] Dagget2: any idea yet on how old video cards can be and still run the new engine smoothly? IE, will the typical $20 PCI card from circa 2004 do ok?
[Social] Means: not 100% sure yet. They told me a 20$ card would probably be good enough
[Social] Dagget2: I would imagine that a target would be "If it runs WoW, it can run AO" (WoW runs on some pretty old PC's)
[Social] Means: What is this "wow" you speak of?
[Social] Dagget2:
[Social] Nightingale: maybe not a $20 from 2004, but... doubt it'll need AoC type muscle...
[Social] Dyeshi: World of warcraft ? :S
[Social] Pentaflake: If it runs AoC it runs AO maybe?
[Social] Nightingale: I sure hope so
[Social] Means: AOC is heavy hardware...we won't be going anywhere near that
[Social] Dagget2: a lot of my guildies have 4 yr old Dells' with built-in video and can only expand video with a simple PCI card and that is good enough for current AO
[Social] Means: There will likely be a Test version of the new engine client out for awhile at the same time as the regular client
[Social] Means: but not for a few months yet
[Social] Means: very very big job
[Social] Means: booster before Chritmas...New engine in 2009
[Social] Means: if not it is Metaing's fault
[Social] Means: new engine
[Social] Means: this one [the current engine] is being exorcized like a nasty demon
[Social] Means: it did well
[Social] Means: time for it to retire..take it easy
[Social] Means: not many 7 year old games look half this good