64 bit OOTP

Caporegime · 01-09-2015, 02:22 PM

One of the cool things about the current 32bit version of OOTP is that system requirements haven't changed all that much since 2006. The downside is that the application cannot utilize more than 4GB of RAM, which would really benefit a RAM-intensive text sim like OOTP.

Now, I'm not a programmer, so forgive me if the this request seems as if it were made by some rube who just fell off a turnip wagon in 1924. I honestly don't know how difficult such a conversion/upgrade to 64bit would be for Markus and co. to accomplish. However, it just seems to me that if OOTP is to continue evolve that this is a leap that will have to be made sooner or later.

EDIT:

This excellent post by Matt Arnold addresses this:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...99-post20.html

blasek0 · 01-10-2015, 02:51 AM

You'll get bigger performance gains out of loading the game onto an SSD or RAID array than you would by moving to 64bit, I'd imagine.

01-09-2015, 02:22 PM	#1
Caporegime All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Borough of Kings Posts: 1,714	64 bit OOTP One of the cool things about the current 32bit version of OOTP is that system requirements haven't changed all that much since 2006. The downside is that the application cannot utilize more than 4GB of RAM, which would really benefit a RAM-intensive text sim like OOTP. Now, I'm not a programmer, so forgive me if the this request seems as if it were made by some rube who just fell off a turnip wagon in 1924. I honestly don't know how difficult such a conversion/upgrade to 64bit would be for Markus and co. to accomplish. However, it just seems to me that if OOTP is to continue evolve that this is a leap that will have to be made sooner or later. EDIT: This excellent post by Matt Arnold addresses this: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...99-post20.html __________________ "If you don't know where you are going, you'll wind up someplace else." - Lawrence Peter Berra Last edited by Caporegime; 01-09-2015 at 02:37 PM.

01-10-2015, 02:51 AM	#2
blasek0 Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 345	You'll get bigger performance gains out of loading the game onto an SSD or RAID array than you would by moving to 64bit, I'd imagine.