Classic EVE To Go

19 Jan 2009 at 11:41:49 by

CCP will end support for the Classic mode settings for EVE Online and replace it with the Premium Lite mode.

Currently, players can choose from two modes, the Classic mode, which requires very little graphical power, and Premium, which gives you the game in all its glory.

The post on the developers blog states that entry-level Classic mode is now dated and that most gamers today will have the power to run the Premium Lite version of the game, “older hardware will use the same assets as Premium - they just won't look as detailed and shiny.”

This change will be implemented with the new expansion pack, Apocrypha, which is due 10 March.  To play you’ll need a minimum of a GeForce FX 5 series or ATi R300 series graphics card.  This will also mean that ShaderModel 1 will also be unsupported.

CCP are also considering raising the bar again in winter ’09 to make the game GeForce 6 class or ATi x1300.

CCP hope that this upgrade will result in the “simplification of pipeline, less development overhead, greater output from software developers and artists, less redundant testing for different engines and art assets, faster turnaround on fixes, the ability to focus on performance improvements in one graphics engine, simpler troubleshooting for bugs and an overall better quality of the client and better quality of service to players.”

For more information check out the blog for yourself.

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