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Re: LEGO Star Wars demo game available for download
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 25 Apr 2005 20:14:00 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Ed Andrews wrote:
> In lugnet.starwars, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
> > A demo of the new LEGO Star Wars game is available for download from Yahoo!
> >
> > http://uk.gamesdomain.yahoo.com/ps2/lego_star_wars/feature/65222
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> > It's about 227MB, so it's a hefty download. I haven't run it yet, but I've been
> > following the writeups of it... so far, they've been unanimously positive. Very
> > positive.
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> > - Kelly
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> Too bad this demo needs built in Pixel Shader 1.1 support. It refuses to launch
> because my Intel 82845G Graphics Controller chip set doesn't support it. The
> screen shots look nice enough, but I won't be springing for a new video card to
> play it.
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> I spent an hour downloading Intel latest drivers. No dice. Their compatibility
> chart shows only support for Vector, not Pixel Shaders. Lego and Edios may want
> to consider a toggle setting? Given that Dell ships darn near everyone of their
> PCs with this type of chipset, they are overlooking a lot of casual users out
> there. Sidenote: My system is a Dell 2400 2.2GHz P4 w/ 512Mb Ram and the
> aforementioned 64Mb Onboard Intel Graphics Controller.
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> Ed
So that's why I couldn't get it to load on my PC. Feh. I'll just buy the PS2
version anyway. Or steal it from my co-worker. Would you believe he went out
and specifically bought a playstation just to play this game? And this from a
Star Wars geek, not a Lego geek.
Adrian
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| (...) Too bad this demo needs built in Pixel Shader 1.1 support. It refuses to launch because my Intel 82845G Graphics Controller chip set doesn't support it. The screen shots look nice enough, but I won't be springing for a new video card to play (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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