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Corbin: Removal of WindowsXP support.

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Removal of WindowsXP support.

Corbin at 04:56, 21 July 2017

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Corbin at 04:59, 13 November 2015

2015-11-13T04:59:05Z

ZZaRDoZz: Increased the minimum system requirements.

2015-06-14T18:03:40Z

Increased the minimum system requirements.

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The system requirements for each platform are listed below. It is currently unknown what the [[Macintosh]] version needs as it is not built from source - neither is the [[Linux]] version.

* Pentium-class 1.0 GHz CPU or faster (1.2 GHz recommended for modern modifications).
* 128MB RAM (512MB RAM recommended).
* Hardware accelerated 3D card with [[OpenGL]] drivers.
* The minimum 3DGE supports is a VooDoo card, but don't expect to run anything (even 3DGE) with it, especially using [[DLIGHTS]] or [[3D models]].

* Either a DOOM, DOOM II, HACX, or Final DOOM IWAD file. HERETIC is supported but must be launched cleanly (i.e. through a batchfile).

* For Win32:
* DirectX 7.0 or higher.
* 3DGE is supported on Windows 95 and higher, however, the less RAM/CPU/GPU you have, the port might not run reliably and/or be unable to run certain mods.

* For Linux:
* SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) version 1.2.
* glibc 2.

* For Dreamcast:
* Console manufactured before the year 2000 to play burned media.
* Alternatively, an [[emulator]].
* [[VMU]] with (X) Free Blocks to save game data.

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-----<i>Windows&reg; XP Service Pack 3 and higher (Windows&reg; Vista/7+ is highly recommended)</i>
+----<i>Windows&reg; Vista or higher (Windows&reg; 10 is highly recommended)</i>
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-* '''2 GHz Dual-Core CPU''' or faster ('''Quad-Core is strongly recommended for modern 3DGE mods''').
+* '''2 GHz Dual-Core CPU''' or faster ('''Quad-Core is strongly recommended for modern EDGE mods''').
 ** '''Your CPU must be SSE2 capable''' to run 3DGE 2.0 or higher! See [[wikipedia:SSE2#CPU_support|Supported CPUS]] on Wikipedia.
 *** '''If you use Windows 8 and above''', your CPU is automatically SSE2 compatible.
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 * '''2GB RAM''' (''1GB minimum.'' '''For ''Windows Vista'' and up,''' '''8GB or more is ''strongly recommended''''').
 * '''Hardware accelerated 3D card''' with [[wikipedia:OpenGL|OpenGL]] drivers:
-     * ''At least'' a Radeon HD or Geforce '''NV40 6 series''' class with '''512MB''' or higher is recommended.
+     * ''At least'' a Radeon HD or Geforce '''NV40 6 series''' class with '''1GB of RAM''' or higher is recommended.
      * For OpenGL3 mode, you need a card that supports '''Shader Model 3.0''' (recommended).
 * '''''Windows Vista and higher (Windows 7/8/10 verified)''', 32-bit or 64-bit, '''is required.'''''
-** '''Windows XP SP3''' is the lowest Windows version to be supported (in the DevBuilds). '''Please be aware:'''       <code>'''3DGE 2.1.0 and above no longer works with Windows 2000 and below'''</code>. You can, however, build a version that supports those older operating systems yourself by compiling using the Windows Makefile with GCC, called makefile.xming. <code>Windows binaries of 3DGE are normally compiled with Visual Studio 2015.</code>
+** '''Windows XP SP3''' is the lowest Windows version to be supported (in versions prior to 2.1.0). '''Please be aware:'''       <code>'''3DGE 2.1.0 and above no longer works with Windows 2000 and below'''</code>. You can, however, build a version that supports those older operating systems yourself by compiling using the Windows Makefile with GCC, called makefile.xming. <code>Windows binaries of 3DGE are normally compiled with Visual Studio 2019.</code>
-* ''[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145 Visual Studio 2015 C++ Runtimes]'' are '''required to be installed''' - x86 or x64, depending on your CPU type.
+* ''[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads Visual Studio 2015/2017/2019 C++ Runtimes]'' are '''required to be installed''' - x86 or x64, depending on your CPU type.
-** '''Windows XP SP3 users:''' alongside the run-times that need installation, additional DLLs to start 3DGE under this OS can be downloaded from the 3DGE website, as they are ''not included'' in the release/devbuild packages.
+** '''Windows XP SP3 users: compatibility will be dropped in 2.1.0-Final'''. We will no longer offer support.
 *  For Linux:
-     SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) version 2.0.3.
+     SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) version 2.0.10.
      glibc 2.

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 * '''2 GHz Dual-Core CPU''' or faster ('''Quad-Core is strongly recommended for modern 3DGE mods''').
 ** '''Your CPU must be SSE2 capable''' to run 3DGE 2.0 or higher! See [[wikipedia:SSE2#CPU_support|Supported CPUS]] on Wikipedia.
 * '''2GB RAM''' (''1GB minimum.'' '''For ''Windows Vista'' and up,''' '''8GB or more is ''strongly recommended''''').

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-The system requirements for each platform are listed below. It is currently unknown what the [[Macintosh]] version needs as it is not built from source - neither is the [[Linux]] version.
+====== <code>'''Please be aware that, for all Operating Systems, you *must* have a valid [[IWAD]] to run the engine!'''</code> ======
-* 1.2 GHz CPU or faster (2 GHz/Dual-Core is strongly recommended for modern mods).
+* '''2GB RAM''' (''1GB minimum.'' '''For ''Windows Vista'' and up,''' '''8GB or more is ''strongly recommended''''').
-* 512MB RAM (2GB RAM or more recommended).
+* '''Hardware accelerated 3D card''' with [[wikipedia:OpenGL|OpenGL]] drivers:
-* Hardware accelerated 3D card with [[OpenGL]] drivers.
+     * ''At least'' a Radeon HD or Geforce '''NV40 6 series''' class with '''512MB''' or higher is recommended.
-     * This engine is known to run on VooDoo class cards, and PowerVR cards for OpenGL 1.1.
+     * For OpenGL3 mode, you need a card that supports '''Shader Model 3.0''' (recommended).
-     * For OpenGL 2 mode, you need at least a Radeon HD or Geforce FX class card.
+* '''''Windows Vista and higher (Windows 7/8/10 verified)''', 32-bit or 64-bit, '''is required.'''''
-* Either a DOOM, DOOM II, HACX, or Final DOOM IWAD file. HERETIC is partially supported.
+** '''Windows XP SP3''' is the lowest Windows version to be supported (in the DevBuilds). '''Please be aware:'''       <code>'''3DGE 2.1.0 and above no longer works with Windows 2000 and below'''</code>. You can, however, build a version that supports those older operating systems yourself by compiling using the Windows Makefile with GCC, called makefile.xming. <code>Windows binaries of 3DGE are normally compiled with Visual Studio 2015.</code>
+* ''[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145 Visual Studio 2015 C++ Runtimes]'' are '''required to be installed''' - x86 or x64, depending on your CPU type.
-*  For Win32:
+** '''Windows XP SP3 users:''' alongside the run-times that need installation, additional DLLs to start 3DGE under this OS can be downloaded from the 3DGE website, as they are ''not included'' in the release/devbuild packages.
 *  For Linux:
-     * SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) version 1.2.
+     SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) version 2.0.3.
-     * glibc 2.
+     glibc 2.
 *  For Dreamcast:
      * Console manufactured before the year 2000 to play burned media.
      * Alternatively, an [[emulator]].
      * [[VMU]] with (X) Free Blocks to save game data.

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 The system requirements for each platform are listed below. It is currently unknown what the [[Macintosh]] version needs as it is not built from source - neither is the [[Linux]] version.
-* Pentium-class 1.0 GHz CPU or faster (1.2 GHz recommended for modern modifications).
+* 1.2 GHz CPU or faster (2 GHz/Dual-Core is strongly recommended for modern mods).
-* 512MB RAM (1GB RAM recommended).
+* 512MB RAM (2GB RAM or more recommended).
 * Hardware accelerated 3D card with [[OpenGL]] drivers.
-     * The minimum 3DGE supports is a VooDoo 5 card, but don't expect to run anything (even 3DGE) with it, especially using [[DLIGHTS]] or [[3D models]].
+     * This engine is known to run on VooDoo class cards, and PowerVR cards for OpenGL 1.1.
+    * For OpenGL 2 mode, you need at least a Radeon HD or Geforce FX class card.
-* Either a DOOM, DOOM II, HACX, or Final DOOM IWAD file. HERETIC is supported but must be launched cleanly (i.e. through a batchfile).
+* Either a DOOM, DOOM II, HACX, or Final DOOM IWAD file. HERETIC is partially supported.
 *  For Win32:
      * DirectX 7.0 or higher.
-     * 3DGE is supported on Windows 95 and higher, however, the less RAM/CPU/GPU you have, the port might not run reliably and/or be unable to run certain mods.
+     * Windows 2000 or higher. Windows 98 and lower is unsupported.
 *  For Linux: