PCGH: Do UT 3 gamers profit from a 64 Bit environment? Will there be a 64 Bit version? What are the advantages of the 64 Bit version? Are there any differences as far as visuals or performance is concerned?
Tim Sweeney: We're testing Unreal Tournament 3 with Windows Vista 64-bit to assure compatibility, but we're planning to wait for the OS and application base to mature before doing anything further to really exploit 64-bit.
And as far as I know that 64bit version has never been released. As I said it works and is compatible on 64bit operation systems, but its running in 32 bit mode then.
I can't 100% confirm it, but the game should be able to run in native 64 bit mode when it is released. All the core engine stuff works fine in 64 bit, the only thing that would prevent it would be if there was a middleware we integrated with the game that we couldn't get 64bit working for.
I can't 100% confirm it, but the game should be able to run in native 64 bit mode when it is released. All the core engine stuff works fine in 64 bit, the only thing that would prevent it would be if there was a middleware we integrated with the game that we couldn't get 64bit working for.
Would Steam qualify as 'middleware that you can't get 64-bit working for?'
I can't 100% confirm it, but the game should be able to run in native 64 bit mode when it is released. All the core engine stuff works fine in 64 bit, the only thing that would prevent it would be if there was a middleware we integrated with the game that we couldn't get 64bit working for.
Now that is way cool...RoHos running in 64bit..Jesus the servers are gonna be fantastic if the serverside runs in native 64bit...
This news has made my day..
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sorry to revive this thread from the dead, but currently the game runs as 32-bit exe and i'm curious what got in the way of making RO2 a native 64bit application.
wasn't there any benefit of making it 64-bit, not enough time for QA or a middleware that wasn't compatible with 64-bit?
anyway, after the last big patch the game runs rather smooth and is really a lot of fun, so thanks for an awesome game Tripwire
There is a 64bit folder included with ROGame.exe in it. I wonder if they anticipate adding support for 64bit at some point.
I always wondered about that.