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Figuring out Specs?

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Hello!

My clan is making a game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/860825685/emergenyc and I am going to trying to get behind the PC aspect of it. Does anyone know how devs figure out the recommended specs of a game? And other such stuff? I really appreciate any tips and such

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I would fund this, if I had money. I have no idea what the answer to your question is. Maybe just see what can't run it? Find specs for the average Unity based game?

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I've gotta say. Major props for the naming thing. That is great. EmergeNYC. Emergency. Fricking Brilliant.

I don't know how they do it. Probably through internal testing on hardware they artificially limit. i.e. best workstation, but disable all but 2 cores and 4GB of RAM. Or something similar. 

Like, you get a workstation computer that has gaming hardware in it. You create a virtual machine on that workstation. You adjust the resources it has until you start hitting what you would call "minimum performance". Then you test for whatever you consider "optimal performance". Of course you'd need a VM program that allows you to use the physical hardware and not just program drivers. 

Oracle's Virtual Box doesn't let you do this, but I think Window's HyperV does.

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I've gotta say. Major props for the naming thing. That is great. EmergeNYC. Emergency. Fricking Brilliant.

I don't know how they do it. Probably through internal testing on hardware they artificially limit. i.e. best workstation, but disable all but 2 cores and 4GB of RAM. Or something similar. 

Like, you get a workstation computer that has gaming hardware in it. You create a virtual machine on that workstation. You adjust the resources it has until you start hitting what you would call "minimum performance". Then you test for whatever you consider "optimal performance". Of course you'd need a VM program that allows you to use the physical hardware and not just program drivers. 

Oracle's Virtual Box doesn't let you do this, but I think Window's HyperV does.

Thanks, I was just trying to use Virtual Box and got the problem!

 

It is a bit confusing on how to get HyperV...explanation please?

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Thanks, I was just trying to use Virtual Box and got the problem!

 

It is a bit confusing on how to get HyperV...explanation please?

I believe this is what you wanted? That tells you how to add HyperV Management tools to Windows 7. The Management Tools are not HyperV Role, which is the actual virtualization agent. 

You need an install of 2008 or 2012 Server for that, but you can get it without paying for it and it still be legal as it's fine to use this stuff to test software on it without paying for it. Just don't be using it for anything other than software testing.

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I believe this is what you wanted? That tells you how to add HyperV Management tools to Windows 7. The Management Tools are not HyperV Role, which is the actual virtualization agent. 

You need an install of 2008 or 2012 Server for that, but you can get it without paying for it and it still be legal as it's fine to use this stuff to test software on it without paying for it. Just don't be using it for anything other than software testing.

Thanks for the help!

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I have Win8, will it still work?

It should, yes. I have Win8 and I have Remote management tools installed.

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