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Eric Coleman
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VBBR
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Brazil
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 Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 11:35:53 AM
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Well, maybe just use the DirectX9 CAPS?
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Whatever. Who knows... |
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 1:24:56 PM
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| Not everyone develops in Directx9, so they wouldn't have the dx9 version of the program. Some people still use Directx 7 and 8. |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
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Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 1:43:30 PM
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| Or, then, 3 profiles, one for DX7, 8 and 9. Maybe with a table showing where it differs or something like that. |
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Lachlan87
Moderator
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 2:52:22 PM
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The trouble is that if he makes it too hard to put up hardware profiles, people might decide it's not worth the trouble, and the whole idea would flop.
Is it necessary to force the users to upload a specific version, or could you just leave it up to their preference? |
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 4:51:03 PM
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| I think Lachlan's got a good point. The amount of information being collected is already starting to seem like a lot, and that may make people not want to take the time to fill out every textbox in the form. I think I'll try to keep it as simple as I possibly can and forget about loading any CAPS files. I still think it's a good idea though, and at a later date I could create a another database of hardware capabilities and features, and simply allow you to search the database by simply searching for someone's video card. |
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Almar
Moderator
Netherlands
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Posted - Jun 24 2004 : 3:13:35 PM
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How about this:
- List of videocards / caps
-Click on a video card, and get a new page, which uses 3 div's to make a "tabbed dialog". Every tab has DirectX7, 8 or 9 as caption. Click on the tab, and the right div is set to display: block, and the rest again to display:none (or something)
Just an idea :)
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2004 : 4:42:51 PM
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| The problem isn't a web page design problem, it's a "getting the content" problem. |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
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Posted - Jun 24 2004 : 4:50:59 PM
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What about...
Create a small program (EXE, ASP or whatever) that gathers every information it can get from the person's PC and then sends that information to the server. (the person might edit the data if s/he wants to before it is sent) |
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Sr. Guapo
Swordmaster
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2004 : 5:00:54 PM
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That seems a little "intrusive", and I have a feeling anyone with a firewall is going to have problems...
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VBBR
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Brazil
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Posted - Jun 24 2004 : 5:15:24 PM
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If the person is behind a firewall but s/he connects to VBGamer instead of the opposite then I think there won't be any problems. (as I am behind a router/firewall myself)
If the person finds it instrusive then s/he could just choose what to send. (if there are people that trust M$ for sending PC information, why not trust VBGamer?  )
Leaving the person the option to choose what will be sent makes s/he more confident that no information besides the relevant will. |
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messix
Squire
Australia
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Posted - Jun 25 2004 : 04:37:33 AM
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VBBR's idea actually sounds pretty good to me. It'd cut back on the amount of effort everyone would have to go through to upload the data about their pc configuration, and it would also make it a lot easier to input it into the database as you could code the app to format the data they way you'd like to.
Also, if we're thinking that some people are going to just sign up as testers, they might not have any idea on how to get the CAPS for the pc anyways. Might encourage more people to sign up if all they have to do is just run an exe that explains to them exactly what is going to be sent. |
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2004 : 09:35:21 AM
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| Who wants to write a program that will enumerate everything from both DirectX 7 and DirectX 8, and also enumerate Managed DirectX 9? I hardly have any time to work on the website, I can't spend large amounts of time on such a program. |
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Lachlan87
Moderator
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2004 : 10:20:12 AM
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| I would really recommend you start out pretty basic. Feature creep kills more than just games, and the idea doesn't require a lot of complexity. |
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Sr. Guapo
Swordmaster
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2004 : 10:30:26 AM
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| I could probably do the managed DX9 (don't know DX7 at all), but I would need to know exactly what you want it to check for and what to do with the information... |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
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Posted - Jun 25 2004 : 10:31:57 AM
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| I could write a module for the DirectX8 part... (actually I have created an enumeration DLL) Just tell me what to check. |
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