GC III on Surface Pro 2/3

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Does anyone here tried the alpha on a Surface Pro 2 or 3 (i5 4300u/intel hd 4400)?

Before I buy the beta, i would like to know how well it runs and if the UI is usable in 1080p on the Surface Pro 2. Moreover, is there any support for touch controls?

Thanks in advance for any comments.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I too would like to know about touch support. I have a surface 3 and i play xcom and civ 5 with touch on it.

 

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Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I have an Xen Ultrabook

The game throws up a few Visual C++ errors but does run ok.

THe UI isn't really that touch friendly tough

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I have been playing the alpha on my Surface Pro 2. Graphics wise I didn't have many issues. It ran at 1080p fullscreen smoothly, though I think I did turn down the Anti-aliasing (which by default was 4x). Turn based games in general tend to work very well with touch interfaces.

Most of the general game play works very well with touch, i mean of course if you are trying to order a ship to move and you are zoomed out all the way... you don't really expect it to be right on the mark...

The biggest problems I faced were actually the resource allocation pallet, and other elements of the UI (buttons/menu) that are tucked around the edges of the display area which make it really difficult to activate. (and they are small..... )

It is pleasant to play, but I will admit that I need to use either the pen, or I need to zoom in to get the detail movement. Could be improved, and I would deeply enjoy the opportunity to assist with this optimization.

(Shameless self plug. I was a guest of Microsoft's at the Pro 2 launch, and wrote a couple of articles about gaming with Surface Pro in addition to talking to most of the press there. Most of the video out there that shows Portal 2 being played at that event is me.) http://1drv.ms/1sZmb89

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Thank you for the info.

I was expecting it to run ok, since I run other recent strategy games quite well on the Surface Pro 2 (Rome 2 Total War, Age of Wonders 3, etc.). I decided to go ahead and get the beta.