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| werdnaforever | Date: Saturday, 28.07.2012, 02:28 | Message # 106 |
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| Quote (DoctorOfSpace) Still only hits 3.5GBs of use though, its not 64 bit.
Oh... will it be 64 bit one day, Space Engineer?
Windows 8 is going to be the last to support 32bit applications.
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| DaninAus | Date: Sunday, 05.08.2012, 10:44 | Message # 107 |
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| Hello guys,
I'm new here and have just downloaded this amazing looking program but it doesn't seem to want to start for me. I don't think I have the right graphics card.
Can someone please tell me if the NVIDIA Geforce 8500 GT is good enough to run this program at all?
when I looked at the system minimum requirements I thought that the only thing that would really let me down is the graphics card.
Thanks heaps.
Edit: Just read the trouble shooting and noticed that my graphics card is indeed the cause. It needed to be the geforce 8600. 
Oh well, it will have to wait until I upgrade. I've had this system for well over 5 years now anyway, so it's about time that I built a new one i suppose.
Edited by DaninAus - Sunday, 05.08.2012, 11:05 |
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| anonymousgamer | Date: Sunday, 05.08.2012, 12:21 | Message # 108 |
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| Quote (DaninAus) It needed to be the geforce 8600.
Quote (DaninAus) so it's about time that I built a new one
Well, if you are going to build a new system, make sure the system has 1 Gb of graphics memory or more.
Desktop: FX-8350 4.0 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW 8 GB, 2 TB HDD, 24 inch 1920x1080 screen
Laptop: Core i5 480M 2.66 GHz (turbo 2.93), 8 GB DDR3 RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6550m 1 GB, 640 GB HDD, 17.3 inch 1600x900 screen
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| DaninAus | Date: Sunday, 05.08.2012, 12:54 | Message # 109 |
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| Quote (anonymousgamer) make sure the system has 1 Gb of graphics memory or more
Thanks mate,
Was just looking online and I can get a 2 Gb graphics card for around $60. Might upgrade my current one and build a new machine.
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Sunday, 05.08.2012, 14:25 | Message # 110 |
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| Quote (DaninAus) I can get a 2 Gb graphics card for around $60
If you're going to invest in a graphics card, make sure to get one that will be good for a while, not just one that has a lot of VRAM. It should have very good performance aside from that as well. Buying better hardware initially usually saves you more money in the long run if you buy the right things, because a card that half as good won't be half the price, it will be more like 3/4 of it. My advice is to look for a card that's good, but not cutting edge. That usually gets you the most bang for your buck, and so is the most efficient investment.
All forum users, please read this!
My SE mods and addons
Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 970 3584 MB VRAM
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| Mrick | Date: Sunday, 05.08.2012, 17:53 | Message # 111 |
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| hi there,
sorry, maybe is a real stupid question but,
how can i take control of a spaceships ? i choose spaceships list, switch to or teleport, but i dont have control, i just move arround.
please help,
cordially
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| Solaris | Date: Sunday, 05.08.2012, 17:57 | Message # 112 |
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| Hi Mrick,
Press 4 ( ' ) to switch in "game mode"
Also you might wanna read the readme file in Spaceengine's folder.
Edited by Solaris - Sunday, 05.08.2012, 17:59 |
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| Mrick | Date: Sunday, 05.08.2012, 21:55 | Message # 113 |
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| ok thank solaris,
but, after press 4, i see my spaceships, i choose a stars, up my hyperspeed, and ..... my spaceships disappears ??
no autopilot to go on a solar system like the free mode with the spaceships view?
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| Solaris | Date: Sunday, 05.08.2012, 22:12 | Message # 114 |
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| No, for now the spacecrafts can only appears inside a star system, spacecraft don't appear in empty deep space.
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| DaninAus | Date: Sunday, 05.08.2012, 22:31 | Message # 115 |
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| Quote (HarbingerDawn) If you're going to invest in a graphics card, make sure to get one that will be good for a while, not just one that has a lot of VRAM. It should have very good performance aside from that as well. Buying better hardware initially usually saves you more money in the long run if you buy the right things, because a card that half as good won't be half the price, it will be more like 3/4 of it. My advice is to look for a card that's good, but not cutting edge. That usually gets you the most bang for your buck, and so is the most efficient investment.
Thanks Harbinger,
It's a huge upgrade to what I have in my current machine already. I was never into all those role playing online games that basically need a super computer to run them but I did build this machine so it was still able to do a lot. It is a bit old now but it still goes very well for how I usually use it, the only weak part of course being the graphics card.
Now that I've found this site which I would be very interested in trying out, I will upgrade my current machine and build a new one that should last me a fair while but still have the ability to explore SpaceEngine on both machines.
I've always gone by the phrase, "if it's not broken, don't fix it" and this is the 1st time since building it that I was it was a bit better than what it is. The new one will be a lot better than this one when it gets going though.
Thanks again for your advice and hopefully I'm exploring space very soon.
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| Marcus | Date: Saturday, 29.09.2012, 14:51 | Message # 116 |
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| Hey DaninAus, what is the graphics card model you're looking at? Do you have a certain budget as well?
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