A/V Star Wars: Squadrons

Yeah, it's on GOG/Steam.

 

This game seems it's like everything I hoped it would be. Of course, my computer probably won't be able to play it. I couldn't play the free trial or beta or whatever it was of Battlefront 2 because it ran too slow.

 

It's surprisingly resilient, I resurrected it for TPM anniversary and *that* was podracing.

 

Yah your average N64 cartridge and system will probably outlast your average gamer lifespan

 

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Looks like we'll be visiting the Nadiri Shipyards and Esseles! I'm pretty sure we've already seen both in the teaser trailer.


https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/star...wars-squadrons/pre-order-star-wars-squadrons/

 

I am super excited for this! Hopefully this becomes a new successful franchise and we get sequels where you are a smuggler/bounty hunter and get a crew of buddies to go on missions like in Sea of Thieves.

 

"new locations"

Can't say I erased the mental burn received from our last encounter with Esseles in Dark Times.

 

Mental burn? Dark Times? You may have to remind me.
Also, I think we see Nadiri around 1:25 in the trailer?

Tech wise, I still have a Window's XP laptop, with a Logitech joystick, but I'm not sure my few remaining gigabytes of memory are up to the needs of this? Also, is not on X-box, which would have been handy this time around.

 

Hey has anyone played Rogue Squadron on Steam? I want to know if I can play it with a Game Cube USB controller, or if not what my best controller option is. Thanks in advance!

 

Squadrons is on X-Box, and no modern games support Windows XP anymore, it will most likely need DX10 or 11 to play.

 

An XP machine definitely won't be. Here are EA's minimum and recommended PC specs:

Spoiler: PC requirements

Recommended (non-VR) / Minimum (VR):
OS: Windows 10
Processor (AMD): Ryzen 3 3200G
Processor (Intel): Intel I7-7700
Memory: 16GB
Graphics Card (AMD): Radeon RX 480 or Equivalent
Graphics Card (Nvidia): GeForce GTX 1060 or Equivalent
DirectX: 11
Multiplayer Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
Hard Drive Space: 30GB

Recommended (VR):
OS: Windows 10
Processor (AMD): Ryzen 3 3200G
Processor (Intel): Intel I7-7700
Memory: 16GB
Graphics Card (AMD): Radeon RX 570 or Equivalent
Graphics Card (Nvidia): GeForce GTX 1070 or Equivalent
DirectX: 11
Multiplayer Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
Hard Drive Space: 30GB

Minimum (non-VR):
OS: Windows 10
Processor (AMD): Ryzen 3 1300X
Processor (Intel): Intel I5-7600
Memory: 8GB
Graphics Card (AMD): Radeon HD 7850 or Equivalent
Graphics Card (Nvidia): GeForce GTX 660 or Equivalent
DirectX: 11
Multiplayer Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
Hard Drive Space: 30GB

 

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I'm wondering how this will work. The 501st was split at the end of the Clone Wars between Rex's group on Mandalore and the rest who invaded the Jedi Temple. All the ones on Mandalore died except for Rex (Wolffe isn't a member of the 501st from what I can see and of course neither was Gregor), and for Hawk to appear alive in Squadrons he has to have been one of the clones who marched with Anakin/Vader on the Jedi Temple. Why doesn't he just tell Luke that Anakin Skywalker is Darth Vader?

 

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he might just be hit with grief and pstd for what he did to the jedi and other worlds before the empire let him go. Maybe he dosen't want Luke to know of Vader.

 

...is 3.4 GHz appreciably different from 3.6 GHz?

 

It actually matters more what architecture the CPU is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz_myth . That's why the system requirements say stuff like i5 CPU, i7 cpu instead of GHz. An i9 processor with a 3.1 Ghz base speed likely will outperform an i5 processor with a 3.6 GHz base speed. And that's not even getting into cores, hyperthreading etc.

 

I always have a hard time understanding technical requirements unless I have the exact things listed in the requirements. Maybe someone can look at this and let me know. It says my processor is AMD A10-7300 Radeon R6, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G 1.90 GHz. I don't know what Memory means as a separate thing from Hard Drive Space, unless they mean RAM. I have 8 GB of RAM, 6.94 GB usable. My graphics card is AMD Radeon(TM) R6 Graphics. I can't figure out what version of DirectX I have because the DirectX Diagnostic Tool refuses to open. I keep clicking on it and nothing happens (a great example of how awful my computer is).

 

Looks like mine is an i7 so I guess that's good. My graphics card is a Radeon HD 7770 versus the minimum 7850; what about those?

 

Sometimes below minimum specs might still work if you set the resolution low and the settings all the way down, but there might be framerate issues and it seems your card is a fair bit weaker: https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-HD-7850-vs-AMD-HD-7770/2182vsm7710 You may want to look into an upgrade, or wait until the game comes out and see how it runs.

@Daneira it seems to me you have an integrated graphics chip with your CPU and not an actual video card. Further indication of this is how a chunk of your ram (memory means ram here) seems to be allocated elsewhere (possibly for graphics) and you were already at just the minimum requirement of 8 gb of ram for this game. It seems to me that you may not be able to run this at a decent speed, but that is just my guess. You could order it and try, just be prepared for a refund if it isn't playable. If you're serious about this game, I would really look into playing it on console or buying a different more powerful computer if you aren't able to upgrade your existing PC (and upgrade options might be limited if it's a laptop like i suspect it is).

 

Yeah, I'm not surprised. I bought this laptop for $100 because I needed a Windows computer for work and I already had a MacBook Pro, which has long since died. Oh well. TIE Fighter still runs perfectly! Even the worst computer from 2014 can still run any game from 1994.

 

If it could be put on an external drive, that may be enough space. Still, there are newer computers available, for my other needs.

 

Strange, I've used Windows all my life and although it certainly had issues each PC lasted up until I hit upgrade limits. I had a Windows ME PC that got upgraded to XP from 2001 to 2009, got a Windows Vista PC in 2009 that went through 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 before retiring it in 2018, and now have a Windows 10 PC made in 2018 that's still good and should easily run Squadrons. The only current hiccup I have with it is it was built just before ray tracing RTX cards came out, and the RTX cards I tried won't work, likely due to a UEFI conflict but I don't want to mess with that at this time. I try to keep my PCs well protected and even have battery backups for power outages, and make monthly hard drive backups.

Each gaming PC I had, as seen above, lasted 8 or 9 years, the greater part of a decade. I also have a Steam Link on my TV to stream PC games to it if I want to play in the TV room if my cat is relaxing there, thus I don't even bother with consoles (XBox, Playstation, etc.) as a lot of the game libraries overlap with PC's anyway.

 

That all sounds really rough