NioTSO Minimum Requirements

While the original NioTSO codebase has been deprecated, this is here for archival reasons or wish to attempt to build the code.

Table of Contents Niotso Client Rationale Niotso Server Rationale Compiling Rationale

Niotso Client

Minimum Requirements
Graphics	OpenGL 2.0-capable graphics device (2004+ hardware)
Disk space	≥ 2.0 GB for game installation, 25MB per client
Operating system	Windows	Windows XP+, with the newest service pack
	Linux	Any modern popular distro with a modern kernel
	Mac	Mac OS X 10.0 or higher
Audio	Windows	XAudio2 (Requires latest DirectX runtimes)
	Linux	PulseAudio
	Mac	Core Audio

Rationale

Niotso Client will make use of vertex shaders and vertex buffer objects for Hardware T&L, and therefore requires an OpenGL 2.0 graphics device, the specification for which was released on September 7, 2004.

Niotso Server

Minimum Requirements
Operating system	Windows	Windows XP+, with the newest service pack
	Linux	Any modern popular distro with a modern kernel
	Mac	Mac OS X 10.0 or higher
Database	PostgreSQL 9.0+
Bandwidth	To be determined

Rationale

We use PostgreSQL because it is perhaps the most advanced open source SQL database software there is; it provides an official library for server software; and it works on all of our desired operating systems.

Compiling

Minimum Requirements
Processor	Something modern to profile with
Compiler	Windows	TDM-GCC 4.4.0+, Visual C++ 10.0+ (provided by the free Windows SDK)
	Linux	GCC 4.4.0+, Clang 3.0+
	Mac	GCC 4.4.0+, Clang 3.0+
IDE (Optional)	Windows	Code::Blocks 10.0+, Visual Studio 2008+
	Linux	Code::Blocks 10.0+
	Mac	Code::Blocks 10.0+, Xcode 2.0+

Rationale

No real reasoning behind these numbers. We won't be using C++11, yet.