32-bit support?

[Henry Swanson]

Would this be hard to implement? I'm asking because I use a 32-bit Windows 7 laptop at my girlfriend's house and I would like to be able to play this game there.

[DavoX]

Unfortunately there are no plans to make Ion Maiden playable on 32 bits

[Henry Swanson]

Originally posted by DavoX:

Unfortunately there are no plans to make Ion Maiden playable on 32 bits

Too bad! Thanks for your reply

[dwtietz]

Originally posted by Henry Swanson:

Would this be hard to implement? I'm asking because I use a 32-bit Windows 7 laptop at my girlfriend's house and I would like to be able to play this game there.

Is it just the OS that is 32-bit, or does the laptop only have a 32-bit processor? If the processor can handle 64-bit, you could always install Linux onto an external hard drive (or USB thumb drive) and then boot the system off of this drive instead on the internal hard drive.

[Henry Swanson]

Originally posted by dwtietz:

Originally posted by Henry Swanson:

Would this be hard to implement? I'm asking because I use a 32-bit Windows 7 laptop at my girlfriend's house and I would like to be able to play this game there.

Is it just the OS that is 32-bit, or does the laptop only have a 32-bit processor? If the processor can handle 64-bit, you could always install Linux onto an external hard drive (or USB thumb drive) and then boot the system off of this drive instead on the internal hard drive.

Thanks for the suggestion, I might try this out!

[derevotyan]

Most of budget atom-powered netbook/tablets with win10 I believe are still 32bit. You should make 32bit version as well.

[Lunick]

Originally posted by derevotyan:

Most of budget atom-powered netbook/tablets with win10 I believe are still 32bit. You should make 32bit version as well.

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

Less than 2% of Steam users use 32-Bit Hardware. Time to upgrade. Plus budget netbooks and tablets wouldn't (and shouldn't) be used for Steam anyway

[Retodon8]

Didn't MS make a 32-bit version of W10 so people with older hardware could still upgrade to the latest W version? That was 3 years ago, so that hardware is even older now. I have nothing against old hardware, don't mind a little retro gaming now and again, but yeah, for your main gaming machine, time to replace that thing.

[dwtietz]

I've seen some OEM machines ship with 64-bit hardware but only a 32-bit OS (Dunno... maybe they get it cheaper or something) but I'd agree that there is no real point in producing IM as a 32-bit app. I'm all into retro gaming and all (1995-1998 being may favorite period), but as far as hardware goes I'd keep with the current, modern trend, and 32-bit processing power is well on the road to being out. Hell, its been a while since I fired it up, but my Raspberry Pi even runs with a 64-bit processor. I wouldn't typically think of putting "budget atom powered netbooks" and "gaming" into the same sentence either... While I don't think you should need a "killer" machine with strobe lights and liquid nitrogen cooling, I would equally agree that eveyone should have basic hardware that is capable of handling both Notepad AND MS Paint at the same time.

[dwtietz]

I must say that it floors me that 5.85% of the users here on Steam have less that 4GB of RAM, and that Windows XP users even exist at all in this day and age. :P

[derevotyan]

I believe it is just a matter of engine compiling. On linux 32bit vs 64bit is much worse state that on windows. Some Steam games need you to manual download 32bit libraries to run.
On windows you just can release 32bit exe while on linux you need to staticaly link or download all needed 32bit libraries.

But ion maiden requires beefy "not 1.6Ghz" CPU to process that geometry, so I doubt the ion maiden will get playable on netbook. But preview campaing seems like a small sized game you would like to play on the go.

Originally posted by Lunick:

Originally posted by derevotyan:

Plus budget netbooks and tablets wouldn't (and shouldn't) be used for Steam anyway

Because you said?
Sometimes it is only what a user can afford.
Or you just jelly that PC Master Race does have a low entry point?

For example, launching ion maiden on low-end machine made me to discover terrible mouselook issue.

[Fox]

While our engine supports 32-bit, the executable uses some work-around that anti-virus find suspicious, thus we don't ship it.

[dwtietz]

Originally posted by Fox:

While our engine supports 32-bit, the executable uses some work-around that anti-virus find suspicious, thus we don't ship it.

If false-positives are the only reason why, then I guess there isn't any real reason why it couldn't (or shouldn't) be compiled... Just don't make it the "preferred" or "obvious" installation choice, and provide informational notes prior to downloading, and during installation indicating that an AV false-positive may occur and that an exception rule in the AV software might be required in some instances.

[SableBubble]

Originally posted by Henry Swanson:

Would this be hard to implement? I'm asking because I use a 32-bit Windows 7 laptop at my girlfriend's house and I would like to be able to play this game there.

You can run Ion Fury on 32-bit version of Eduke32, it should works. You can download it on official site.

[Henry Swanson]

Originally posted by SableBubble:

You can run Ion Fury on 32-bit version of Eduke32, it should works. You can download it on official site.

Hey, thanks for the advice! I will experiment with this when I have time.

[Paradroid]

you could just boot a 64bit Linux iso from a pendrive and play