2013-04-15, 02:47 AM
Dudewitbow Wrote:would that possibly mean that anyone running a 32 bit system with non 64 bit compatible hardware not be able to play the game?
64-bit mathematics are possible on 32-bit machines. The 32-bit compiler will just use two registers instead of one and do some funky math on both registers. It takes up more processing time and is more complicated, but it's possible to do.
The issue is when people compile for 64-bit machines. The assembly used is entirely different because the compiler assumes a 64-bit wide architecture which a 32-bit wide architecture does not have. This is entirely different from bitwise mathematics.
In short: 64-bit mathematics != 64-bit architecture.
I'm going on a limb here. Someone tell me if I'm wrong. X_X