Idea for developer: figure out how to emulate older computers specs on newer ones?

[Meep]

I've been having crashes so hard that it was unresponsive until I restart. Then I had to borrow a computer because mine was broken. Now it runs like it did on my old desktop (read: perfectly)

This thing is a dual core, an budget laptop from a few years back that got mothballed in 2020 cause it couldn't run especially large zoom meetings. It's not a strong computer, it is however up to date: running Windows 11.

So, maybe that it? Maybe the problem people have been having is that the game responds poorly to computers that are too "strong".

Regardless, I hope you figure it out. I really liked this game, and I've been missing it. I'd love to be able to play it on my normal computer when I get it back

[lamer]

Does Compatibility mode work? I hear Windows 11 is problematic with older games, more so than Windows 10

[Meep]

Originally posted by lamer:

Does Compatibility mode work? I hear Windows 11 is problematic with older games, more so than Windows 10

Didn't need to use any compatibility mode or the like; I just started it up to see how far it could go as running normally, and I'm already in South American (2nd to last zone of the game) with no problems.

[Seba Jun]

Originally posted by Meep:

I've been having crashes so hard that it was unresponsive until I restart. Then I had to borrow a computer because mine was broken. Now it runs like it did on my old desktop (read: perfectly)

This thing is a dual core, an budget laptop from a few years back that got mothballed in 2020 cause it couldn't run especially large zoom meetings. It's not a strong computer, it is however up to date: running Windows 11.

So, maybe that it? Maybe the problem people have been having is that the game responds poorly to computers that are too "strong".

Regardless, I hope you figure it out. I really liked this game, and I've been missing it. I'd love to be able to play it on my normal computer when I get it back :dlk_angel:

What you're asking for already exist, and it is called a virtual machine. Now for your problem, every little game outhere might have some problems with newer hardware because everytime a driver is updated, old stuff that is unuesed might not be packaged anymore.
BUT the things didn't disappeared, you still can find obsolete drivers like the physx legacy for nvidia games, or dgvoodoo that is a replacement for old 3D games from the Voodoo gpu era.
So yeah, it is not a matter of "too strong" material. Hardware comes with software, and software tends to update that's all. Just search a little bit to find anything that might help you to launch a game without problem on newer hardware, don't be afraid to go as deep as you can on the internet and you'll be good to go.