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Vista/Windows 7 peeps - turn-based game should work for you
« on: November 01, 2009, 07:14:46 pm »
If anyone was put off by this, it looks like you still should be able to play.   What's a deal-breaker for a real D2 is only a minor pain for what we got planned.   Just an FYI.
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Re: Vista/Windows 7 peeps - turn-based game should work for you
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2009, 10:25:19 pm »
can you expand on that a little?
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Re: Vista/Windows 7 peeps - turn-based game should work for you
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2009, 09:06:45 am »
can you expand on that a little?

We're still in the "bickering" stage.   pretty much would just be an F&E campaign where we used a D2 SQL DB to track everything.
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Re: Vista/Windows 7 peeps - turn-based game should work for you
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2009, 12:48:58 pm »
Last night I successfully managed to get and play on D2 with Windows 7.. getting on was a PAIN and moving around can be very fast then slow to a crawl, but yes playing the turn-based campaign is doable with a little patience on Windows7
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Re: Vista/Windows 7 peeps - turn-based game should work for you
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2009, 04:43:40 pm »
how does the actual game (after space dock) play under wndows 7.

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Re: Vista/Windows 7 peeps - turn-based game should work for you
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2009, 04:46:31 pm »
the actual missions play perfectly, once you get the draft message, then it's like your back on XP for that round.
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Re: Vista/Windows 7 peeps - turn-based game should work for you
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2009, 06:13:45 pm »
When this goes live, all the behind the scenes crap will be managed on an SQL db with an OCI on steroids.  Battle resolution just needs to take place on a D2 to record battle damage and supply usage. 

Since you won't actually have to move on the map, the Vista/W7 crappiness won't matter.
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