System Requirements and Activation

I love the news about the demo. And thx for all 3DR quick responses bout my System Requirements questions... fairly good answers too... i summon it this way. I can play PREY with full high settings on my Higher End system, and play it with low-medium settings on my "low" end system... maybe some coop action here?? Havent read the coop thread yet so dont know, will do that right now!!

[hell-angel]

No co-op. Sorry pal.


and for the record, this is the end of that discussion in this thread (we have another thread for that one). (just so that the mods don't have to say it. )

[Phayzon]

Originally Posted by gt1750

Damn! I guess my AMD 2800+ 512MB RAM and ATI mX600 64MB won't let me play even the intro.

Dont be so sure. Look at my sig's link. In short, I ran Quake4 on Medium-High settings with a 32MB GeForceGo4 420 Cache works wonders

[Dopefish7590]

Originally Posted by gt1750

Damn! I guess my AMD 2800+ 512MB RAM and ATI mX600 64MB won't let me play even the intro.

you think YOU'VE got a slow computer???
lets just say my fastest computer has a 1ghz proccesor, ya, i know it sucks

[Phayzon]

An AthlonXP-m 3000+ idles around 800Mhz. I ran Quake4 fine, with that running I think it jumped to ~1500Mhz

[Mr.Fibbles]

I just looked up the Doom3 specs. My processor might be low, 1.6 ghz but other than that I should be able to run it. Which is nice to know.
1.6 Ghz AMD Athlon XP 2000+
512MB RAM DDR
nVidia GeForce FX 5700LE 256MB
I've been meaning to update my computer anyway. Atleast a new processor anyway.

[Gibaholic]

Alright my Prey pre-order box says 2.0 ghz, 512 mb of ram and GeForce 3 as the minimum. But I like good performance, can I expect maybe a 20 to 30 fps average with this set up?
GeForce 6200 256 mb agp 8x
1 gig of ram (not sure on its specs)
2.0ghz amd sempron 3000+

[Cerberus_e]

Definitely. You're probably going to be able to turn some of the more advanced graphics options on, like high quality textures (because of your 256mb card) and a high resolution. I wouldn't turn on full-scene anti-aliasing, because you like performance.

[RedTiger]

Originally Posted by HaZe303

Thx guys for the answers... sounding great. Sounds like i can play prey on both machines... And the save thing from the demo, great feature....

GOOD WORK!!

I find it refreshing that you were able to get an answer without having to go through a lecture or two about how you aren't a gaming purist for caring about such things.

[Damien_Azreal]

18 days... til demo.

Just had to.

[ZuljinRaynor]

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

18 days... til demo.

Just had to.

I'm so going to fail my Chemistry final because of the Prey demo. The demo comes out the day before my final day of finals, which on my final day I only have Chemistry.

[Blood_monky]

Hi I recently Upgraded and I want to know on what quality I would be able to run PREY on...here is my specs:....

DFI LANPARTY UT SLI-DR EXPERT
AMD 3800+ X2 (@2.5Ghz)
2 x 512 HYNIX (CLS 2.5.3.3.6)
MSI RX1600Pro-TD256E
500WATT PSU

[JackpotDen]

Originally Posted by Gibaholic

Alright my Prey pre-order box says 2.0 ghz, 512 mb of ram and GeForce 3 as the minimum. But I like good performance, can I expect maybe a 20 to 30 fps average with this set up?
GeForce 6200 256 mb agp 8x
1 gig of ram (not sure on its specs)
2.0ghz amd sempron 3000+

Mediocre quality running FTW!!

(2.6GHz, 512 MB ram, Ge force 4, Nvidia 420 MX 64 mg card)

[Damien_Azreal]

I'm hoping for High Quality, 2xAA and 1024*768. Though I can do without AA, I'm just making that quess based on Doom 3's performance (1280*1024, 2xAA, High detail)

George said is scails pretty well so I have faith in HH to deviler smooth performance.

(3.0GHz, 2GB DDR2 Ram, ATi x800 GT)

[Malgon]

Hopefully Prey more like D3 rather than QIV. I ran D3 with 1024 x 768, HQ, whereas QIV ran with 640 x 480 MQ and it still stuttered. Here's hoping it's all good.

[hell-angel]

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

18 days... til demo.

Just had to.

Nope 16.

[Damien_Azreal]

Well now it's 16.

Smart ass.

[Cerberus_e]

Originally Posted by Blood_monky

Hi I recently Upgraded and I want to know on what quality I would be able to run PREY on...here is my specs:....

DFI LANPARTY UT SLI-DR EXPERT
AMD 3800+ X2 (@2.5Ghz)
2 x 512 HYNIX (CLS 2.5.3.3.6)
MSI RX1600Pro-TD256E
500WATT PSU

Doom 3 doesn't really divide the graphics in low-medium-high, only textures. There aren't much graphical options, but let's just say you'll be able to play on a resolution of your choice, 4*AA (or seeing this isn't Doom 3, maybe 2*, depending on the other graphical features), high texture quality, and all the rest turned on

[Blood_monky]

Thanks....Oh another thing will it run on dual core cpu's....? Well I am going to buy the game as soon as it hits the shelfs....

Originally Posted by Blood_monky

Thanks....Oh another thing will it run on dual core cpu's....? Well I am going to buy the game as soon as it hits the shelfs....

Ofcourse it will run on dualcore, but it isnt sure if it will utilize both cores at release. But 3dr/HumanH have told us that it will do that either on release or later with a patch as Quake 4 did!?

Originally Posted by RedTiger

I find it refreshing that you were able to get an answer without having to go through a lecture or two about how you aren't a gaming purist for caring about such things

Hehe

[Joe Siegler]

The formal system requirements have now been posted here:

http://www.3drealms.com/prey/index.html#requirements

[Kristian Joensen]

Interesting:

# Internet: Internet connection required for one-time authentication upon installation.

How is this to be understood ? Is it for ALL installations or just the first oen ?

[ZuljinRaynor]

Probably to see if the CD-KEY is truely valid and not key-gen-ed.

[Damien_Azreal]

The game is using PlayTriton, that could have something to do with it.

I don't mind authentication, as long as it's only fir the first install. More details about this will probably be released later on.

[Tim Gerritsen]

You need internet just for install. After that you can play it offline. You will need it each time you install (or reinstall) so the master server can authenticate the installation.

[Kristian Joensen]

Is it any different from Steam's offline mode ?

[Tim Gerritsen]

I'm not sure what Steam's current offline mode is like. You don't have to actively do anything, and you won't automatically log on each time you play. I can tell you that much. I hope that helps. If not, I'll do my best to answer.

[Joe Siegler]

Yeah, that's why the text says "one-time authentication upon installation".

[Babe]

What happens if someone doesn't have internet and just wants to play the single player campaign. He better doesn't buy Prey at all ? Or are there other ways to validate the install, such as phone call to the company and tel the serial key etc to get some form of authentication code ?

[Damien_Azreal]

I don't see this as a problem.

Steam's biggest problem lies in it's updates. Not everyone want sthe game to auto update when a new update is ready. I usualy don't patch unless I have a problem.
This is just a way to help cut down on piracy and I think it's great. But as long as patches will still be delivered the old fashioned way. Either way, I don't care, PREY is my must own game this year.

[Kristian Joensen]

Why do the patches have to be provided the old fashioned way as long as they are optional ?

[RedTiger]

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

I don't see this as a problem.

Steam's biggest problem lies in it's updates. Not everyone want sthe game to auto update when a new update is ready.

You use Steam but you aren't aware that auto-update can be turned off for any Steam-powered game?

[Damien_Azreal]

I'm well aware that the auto-update can be turned off. And I have mine set to that. But if you uninstall the game and then reinstall all updates are added if you want them or not.

That's what i was getting at.

[avatar_58]

Originally Posted by Tim Gerritsen

You need internet just for install. After that you can play it offline. You will need it each time you install (or reinstall) so the master server can authenticate the installation.

Hold on a second, for retail? Online authentication? Every single time you install the game like it is with Steam?

I hope this isn't true otherwise I'm rethinking my pre-order. What happens, you install the game, start it up and then it checks online? What if the server isn't there to check? Wait....let me guess - you'll release a patch?

I'd like a litte more clarification on this....

[Joe Siegler]

Every single time you install the game

How many times do you actually install the game?

[hell-angel]

Each time he reinstalls his computer.

Seriously, I think that online authentication upon install is not bad. Providing it is quick and painless and requires a very low amount of bandwidth (for the modem users).

But how about people who don't have internet?

[dark_angel]

Originally Posted by hell-angel

But how about people who don't have internet?

I really can't accept the fact that a gamer knows about a game called Prey and he doesn't have internet at home.

But even if he doesn't have an internet connection, he can manage to use his friends, relatives connection to authenticate the game.

Bottom line is that authenticating the game isn't a big issue ( it is a matter of seconds), let's just not start another " Steam chaos ".

[avatar_58]

Originally Posted by Joe Siegler

How many times do you actually install the game?

I hope thats a joke, because I don't understand what you could be insinuating. Some of us don't have year old XP installs. I regularly have to reformat due to things outside my control. Also I'm not naive enough to think what is currently on my HD will last, or even that my current PC will last. I think in the long run.

Which brings me to this - what happens if (and when, dont bother saying it wont) the server is gone by way of 3dr/HH going out of business or other forces outside our control? How then do I activate and play Prey? Once I activate it once, can I backup that data and save it so that I never require the authentication again? Let me guess.....a patch? Thats such a convenient excuse because its never come to that yet.

Maybe I should try to play "You Don't Know Jack" by sierra......oh wait, the WON network is dead? Guess that game is a coaster because no patch was released! Oh my! Look, I really want to know the truth here: will authentication be needed for the retail (non-xstream) release? If so - when does it ask? I want to know because if its upon startup then we can hope for a crack, because I don't want my games to have limits on the amount of years I can physically even start the game. You of all people should understand that Joe, considering all of Apogee's catalogue is ancient and all still working today with the help of dosbox.

[hell-angel]

Originally Posted by dark_angel

I really can't accept the fact that a gamer knows about a game called Prey and he doesn't have internet at home.

But even if he doesn't have an internet connection, he can manage to use his friends, relatives connection to authenticate the game.

Bottom line is that authenticating the game isn't a big issue ( it is a matter of seconds), let's just not start another " Steam chaos ".

Please no. No steam Chaos.

However, it is a valid question. Some people don't have internet at their home or at their gaming computer for safety reasons or they are in the middle of nowhere or.. well, there are reasons enough I think.

Also, online authentication is (and will remain so) a valid question and reason for debate for quite some time into the future I think.
But I also think it is the next step into the future for game authentication.

One more question though:
If we have online authentication, do we then still need the CD (DVD) in the drive to play the game?

[hell-angel]

Oh yeah,

There is going to be discussion about this here. So on behalve of all the people on this board, can we at least try to keep it polite and friendly.
So post proper reasoning and no calling names, threats or things like that ok? It will keep the discussion open and maybe give some new insights to us all.

Thank you.

p.s. I know Joe or one of the mods should actually say this, but I am sure they agree with this. Unless they have something to add?