Niotso Minimum Requirements

Of course, as the client and server packages haven't been written yet, these requirements may be subject to change.

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.