But you did when you told another person having this problem was because of Windows 7, and even suggested to "upgrade" the operating system (
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Yes because Win7 is old, outdated and soon to be non-supported by MS with bug fixes and updates!
Same as I told those who tried to stick with Win 95 and XP when Win7 came out!
You want to live in the past the future is not going to work for you and that is true of all things computer related!
Unity isn't going to dumb down and cripple their engine just to satisfy a few stubborn Win 7 users.
At some point they are going to have to upgrade and as they say why put off till tomorrow what you can do today!
Hell you could have even had the upgrade for FREE! Waiting has only cost those folks a free upgrade and $100.
Yes and no. I've shown that some older cards are able to handle this game in an earlier post several pages ago. Most of the problems with the drivers is because of an upgrade or because one is allowing the OS to update drivers via Windows Updates. In my past experience, having the OS update the device causes more problems than it solves, and in most cases actually makes things worse. So it's not always going to be the video card. In most cases it's due to the drivers themselves.
Again you are not listening to what I'm saying...SURE....SOME old cards have the capability and DRIVER SUPPORT to play these games....Not ALL though! And it largely depends on who is maintaining the drivers for those old cards. If the manufacturer doing it? Is it the Motherboard manufacturer? Good luck with the latter keeping you up to date.
DirectX isn't a device you can go to the store or online to purchase. So there is no such thing as a "DX card".
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Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms.
Are you really dense? Never once did I say DirectX was a anything but a programming interface....
THE HARDWARE when designed is either COMPATIBLE with a certain version of DX or not!
OLD cards are compatible with OLD DX versions but not NEW DX versions. Especially if the drivers are written for the old DX and not the new DX. Some cards are designed to be far superior than what the current DX capabilities are. Mostly nVidia and Radeon. When MS releases an updated DX it's a snap for them to rejigger their drivers to be able to use it. Intel rarely if ever puts in more than the current targeted graphic capabilities of the time being used when released.
Again, if you had read my previous post (
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Sure! Played fine...That doesn't mean squat unless everyone is using the same unit does it?
My conclusion is that if those who are experiencing this problem uninstalled the drivers for their video card and reinstalled using the software that came with the PC, motherboard (if you're using integrated video) or from the card's manufacturer (if you're using an expansion card - ex: PCI or PCIe), disabled the driver update through Windows Updates and not allowing the driver software to install any new updates, that will most likely correct the problem.
However... I am still waiting on my VM to finish Windows Updates before I can continue with any further testing.
Maybe it will and Maybe it won't!
As I said it is all about the drivers and how well they are supported and if the driver can't cut it then you need to upgrade to a new card or new OS and HOPE there is a driver that CAN cut it written for the new OS that doesn't exist for the old.
Most manufacturers have been pushed to create Win10 drivers for those who did the free upgrade and had issues.
But they may or may not have updated the Win7 drivers.
It's all a matter of how little support they decided to give.
If they wrote a driver for Win10 specs then it will likely work even with an old card.
But that doesn't mean that the Win7 drivers have also been improved.