Will this run on Win XP?

Foxendown · 04-09-12, 06:19 AM

I'm confused-the Paradox Interactive website mentions Vista as a minimum requirement, however Gamersgate and the official Facebook page include XP. I'm still a happy user of Win XP Pro SP3 so I'm wondering whether the game will work on it (my hardware is well up to it).

Baggy010 · 04-09-12, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Foxendown

I'm confused-the Paradox Interactive website mentions Vista as a minimum requirement, however Gamersgate and the official Facebook page include XP. I'm still a happy user of Win XP Pro SP3 so I'm wondering whether the game will work on it (my hardware is well up to it).

It works with win sp 3 !!

Foxendown · 04-09-12, 10:53 AM

That's good news, thanks.

Foxendown · 04-19-12, 02:56 AM

Well, I've actually found it doesn't, in my case anyway, and a number of XP users are reporting freezes (making it impossible to play for more than about 10 minutes). The game doesn't crash, but all the units stop responding. The developers are making this their highest priority for patching, which is good.

I've been able to play it OK on my Vista laptop, but it's not a very powerful machine so FPS is low. It's a nice sim IMHO, the interface definitely grows on you. The biggest problem however is inability to save in game, I've tended not to play it simply because I rarely have the time meeded to finish one scenario.

Onkel Neal · 04-19-12, 09:40 AM

Win XP here, and the freezes.

Foxendown · 04-21-12, 04:52 AM

Well the new patch issued 20/4 does nothing for my freezes. If anything they're worse. I'm beginning to wonder how much testing they did on 32 bit XP. The developers seem sincere and committed so hopefully they will crack this. It may be they underestimated the extent to which people who enjoy naval strategy games keep older PCs going because they don't need more horsepower. After all if you are in to Harpoon, you don't need state of the art kit.

04-09-12, 06:19 AM	#1
Foxendown Bosun Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 68 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Will this run on Win XP? I'm confused-the Paradox Interactive website mentions Vista as a minimum requirement, however Gamersgate and the official Facebook page include XP. I'm still a happy user of Win XP Pro SP3 so I'm wondering whether the game will work on it (my hardware is well up to it).

04-09-12, 10:53 AM	#3
Foxendown Bosun Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 68 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	That's good news, thanks.

04-19-12, 02:56 AM	#4
Foxendown Bosun Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 68 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Well, I've actually found it doesn't, in my case anyway, and a number of XP users are reporting freezes (making it impossible to play for more than about 10 minutes). The game doesn't crash, but all the units stop responding. The developers are making this their highest priority for patching, which is good. I've been able to play it OK on my Vista laptop, but it's not a very powerful machine so FPS is low. It's a nice sim IMHO, the interface definitely grows on you. The biggest problem however is inability to save in game, I've tended not to play it simply because I rarely have the time meeded to finish one scenario.

04-19-12, 09:40 AM	#5
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Win XP here, and the freezes.

04-21-12, 04:52 AM	#6
Foxendown Bosun Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 68 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Well the new patch issued 20/4 does nothing for my freezes. If anything they're worse. I'm beginning to wonder how much testing they did on 32 bit XP. The developers seem sincere and committed so hopefully they will crack this. It may be they underestimated the extent to which people who enjoy naval strategy games keep older PCs going because they don't need more horsepower. After all if you are in to Harpoon, you don't need state of the art kit.