I tried loading up PA on my old computer (Win7 x64, Intel 945 graphics, dual monitor setup), but rather than telling me my hardware is unsupported (6 year old laptop embedded graphics barely supports 1.1, let alone 3!), or showing a blank screen (like Portal 2 and a few other games do), the game crashes when I try and play it. I don't expect a fix to let me play the game on a junker, but I DO expect the game to fail gracefully. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: pa.exe Application Version: 0.0.0.0 Application Timestamp: 528a9d22 Fault Module Name: pa.exe Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 528a9d22 Exception Code: 80000003 Exception Offset: 000000000022dcd1 OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: acbc Additional Information 2: acbcea25c52759eb04ee7b9280b316a5 Additional Information 3: 43d7 Additional Information 4: 43d744eca891011642c740518756e117
and it's in Beta for a reason. "Graceful" crashes are nice in retail versions, but in Beta it is quite helpful to have that extra data when reporting it to Uber or getting help.
Personally, I prefer a computer to crash epically. I prefer that because if you have to ctrl alt delete to end a program, because alt+f4 doesn't work, that's not graceful.
