Its just that on my PC, which is still running 32bit version of Windows 8,1 Steam won’t even start the game.
I tried to start the executable myself and I found it only in a Bin64 folder and upon execution Windows informed me, that this was the wrong version for my system {i.e. 64 bit app).
I didn’t find this information anywhere, hence this topic.
The Alpha is using around 5.3GB of ram on my system and it peaks at around 6.
I would hate to think what the performance would be like if it was restricted to 32bit.
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32bit operating system is limited to 2GB of memory per process. Which means there is no chance to get that thing running if compiled for a 32bit system.
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Well Cry Engine itself runs on 32 bit systems. It does a lot of HDD swapping, true, but it runs. Had no problems with past Cry Engine games.
Well, like it seems, KCD is 64bit only. Elsewise a process size of more than 2GB would not be possible
My computer run fine basically all the latest game but seems I can’t manage to run this game because of this… I hope we will have an official answer soon about this…
I would also appreciate it if an Official Person could confirm whether the Alpha requires a 64-bit version of Windows.
I’ve searched the FAQ here, but I can’t find anything that clearly states that KCD (or the Alpha) will require a 64-bit operating system.
Well, hope dies at last…
Hi Flatfingers,
They said so in a Youtube video if I remember well … Sorry for you.
Here there is
Thanks!
It seems the time to upgrade my PC has finally come.
Thank you, jockl5.
I know it’s hard to think of everything, but I wish Warhorse had communicated that information prominently somewhere. It’s no fun getting enthusiastic about helping make a game better and then discovering that you can’t.
But so it goes sometimes.
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Wow. Thanks warhorse for telling us in advance, so we could decide if we actually wanted the alpha access, when we knew we won’t have 64bit computers this time yet.
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This is probably why I can’t open it on Steam. Would have been nice to know the specs before hand.
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Just so you know: If you bought your processor within last, say, 5 years, there’s a 90% chance, that it supports 64bit OS. And if you have Windows 8 (32bit), you can download 64bit Windows 8 anytime for free from microsoft.com (it’s actually a little bit tricky, so feel free to ask if you want to do that).
So its not like you don’t have the hardware to play KCD. You would just have to go through the chore of reinstalling your OS. Which is something that I myself probably won’t do just for the KCD alpha.
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Pretty much this, it’s a a game build in cryengine people!
So is Crysis 3. And it runs fine.
But at some point you have to move on. You can’t support everything forever, it’s really sad how deprecated stuff still has to be supported because people use it. On the other hand, this should definitely communicated better if someone missed it.
According to Steam hardware statistics, about 77% of Windows users are running a 64-bit OS, compared to about 18% running a 32-bit OS.
So while it doesn’t benefit me personally, I can understand Warhorse deciding to target 64-bit Windows for its technical benefits.
Again, though… I just wish I’d known. Nothing they can do about that now, of course.
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Well you could still update your system… I’m pretty sure here are a lot of people who would assist you if you have trouble doing it or describe what your concerns are. It’s just taking a bit of time but updating is always worth it.