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APX2600: Added information regarding Unity's support for Windows operating systems

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Added information regarding Unity's support for Windows operating systems

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== Windows support information for games built with the Unity game engine ==
Assume all versions mentioned have the latest hotfixes and service packs installed. Identification is done via kernel versions to keep things simple as multiple editions exist, but are generally based on the same kernel. For example, NT 6.1 refers to Embedded Standard 7P, 7 Ultimate, and Server 2008 R2 Datacenter.

=== Kernel versions ===
NT 4.0 - Embedded, Workstation, Server (Standard, Terminal, Enterprise) 
NT 5.0 - Professional, Server (Small Business, Standard, Advanced, Datacenter) 
NT 5.1 - XP Embedded (Standard, for Point of Service, Fundamentals for Legacy PCs), Embedded 2009 (Standard, POSReady), XP (Starter, Home, Professional, Media Center, Tablet PC) 
NT 5.2 - XP (Professional x64), Server 2003 R2 (Home, Web, Small Business, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Compute Cluster, Storage Express, Storage Workgroup, Storage Standard, Storage Enterprise) 
NT 6.0 - Vista (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate), Server 2008 (Foundation, Web, Essential Business, Small Business, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, HPC, Storage Basic, Storage Workgroup, Storage Standard, Storage Enterprise) 
NT 6.1 - Embedded 7 (Standard E, Standard P, Standard C, POSReady, Thin PC), 7 (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate), Server 2008 R2 (Foundation, Web, Home 2011, Small Business Essentials, Small Business Standard, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Hyper-V, HPC, Storage Essentials, Storage Workgroup, Storage Standard, MultiPoint 2010, MultiPoint 2011 Standard, MultiPoint 2011 Premium) 
NT 6.2 - Embedded 8 (Standard, Industry Professional, Industry Enterprise), 8 (Home, Professional, Enterprise), Server 2012 (Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter, MultiPoint 2012) 
NT 6.3 - Embedded 8.1 (Industry Sideloading, Industry Professional, Industry Enterprise), 8.1 (Home, Professional, Enterprise), Server 2012 R2 (Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter) 

=== Unity Player commands ===
If the game's shaders rely on a single graphics API with no support for the others, these options will throw a 'Failed to initialize unity graphics' error.

-force-d3d9 
-force-d3d11 
-force-d3d12 
-force-glcore (Or specify 2 numbers for OpenGL version, from 3.2 to 4.6. Default is the latest supported by the video driver and OS) 
-force-gles (Or specify 2 numbers for OpenGL ES version, from 3.0 to 3.2. Default is the latest supported by the video driver and OS) 
-force-vulkan 

=== Unity Player version notes ===
NT 4.0 and NT 6.0 were never officially supported by Unity. 

3.4.2 - Last version to support NT 5.0 
2017.2 - Last version to support NT 5.1 
2017.3 - DirectX 9.0c support was removed 
2022.3 - Possibly the last version to support NT 6.2 & 6.3 https://discussions.unity.com/t/increasing-system-requirements-for-windows-editor-in-2023-1-and-dropping-support-for-windows-7/898892/3 
2023.1 - Last version to support NT 6.1

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+This information is provided to help people with Unity-related problems that has something to do with 3D API support or OS-level support. Due to the extreme variance of Windows in terms of hardware and software configuration, there might be certain edge cases where an API is stated to be supported but has severe glitches due to a faulty or partial implementation in the device driver or hardware implementation of the video controller. Sometimes, non-identical multi-GPU setups may also be a contributing factor in these problems and can be compounded by Windows' general inability to handle two or more different GPUs.
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 == Windows support information for games built with the Unity game engine ==
-Assume all versions mentioned have the latest hotfixes and service packs installed. Identification is done via kernel versions to keep things simple as multiple editions exists, and are generally based on the same kernel. For example, NT 5.1 refers to Embedded Standard 2009, XP Professional, and XP Embedded.
+Assume all versions mentioned have the latest hotfixes and service packs installed. Identification is done via kernel versions to keep things simple as multiple editions exist and are generally based on the same kernel. For example, NT 5.1 refers to Embedded Standard 2009, XP Professional, and XP Embedded.
-API wrappers similar to WineD3D can be used to run newer versions of DirectX on older versions of Windows that has no support for it, although some games might not work properly or fail to start. If you wish to run an OpenGL or Vulkan game but you're not sure if the video card supports it, use GPU Caps Viewer to check for compatibility.
+API wrappers similar to WineD3D can be used to run newer versions of DirectX on older versions of Windows that has no support for it, although some games might not work properly or fail to start. If you want to run an OpenGL or Vulkan game but you're not sure if the video controller supports it, use GPU Caps Viewer to check for compatibility.
-=== Kernel versions ===
+.4.2 - Last version to support NT 5.0<br/>
 NT 4.0 - DirectX 3.0a, OpenGL support depends on video driver, Vulkan is not supported
 * Embedded
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 NT 5.0 - DirectX 9.0c, OpenGL support depends on video driver, Vulkan is not supported
-* Professional
+* 2000 Professional
-* Server (Small Business, Standard, Advanced, Datacenter)
+* 2000 Server (Small Business, Standard, Advanced, Datacenter)
 NT 5.1 - DirectX 9.0c, OpenGL support depends on video driver, Vulkan is not supported
 * XP Embedded (Standard, for Point of Service, Fundamentals for Legacy PCs)
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 * 8.1 (Home, Professional, Enterprise)
 * Server 2012 R2 (Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter)

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 == Windows support information for games built with the Unity game engine ==
-Assume all versions mentioned have the latest hotfixes and service packs installed. Identification is done via kernel versions to keep things simple as multiple editions exist, but are generally based on the same kernel. For example, NT 6.1 refers to Embedded Standard 7P, 7 Ultimate, and Server 2008 R2 Datacenter.
+Assume all versions mentioned have the latest hotfixes and service packs installed. Identification is done via kernel versions to keep things simple as multiple editions exists, and are generally based on the same kernel. For example, NT 5.1 refers to Embedded Standard 2009, XP Professional, and XP Embedded.
 === Kernel versions ===
-NT 4.0 - Embedded, Workstation, Server (Standard, Terminal, Enterprise)<br/>
+NT 4.0 - DirectX 3.0a, OpenGL support depends on video driver, Vulkan is not supported
-NT 5.0 - Professional, Server (Small Business, Standard, Advanced, Datacenter)<br/>
+* Embedded
-NT 5.1 - XP Embedded (Standard, for Point of Service, Fundamentals for Legacy PCs), Embedded 2009 (Standard, POSReady), XP (Starter, Home, Professional, Media Center, Tablet PC)<br/>
+* Workstation
-NT 5.2 - XP (Professional x64), Server 2003 R2 (Home, Web, Small Business, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Compute Cluster, Storage Express, Storage Workgroup, Storage Standard, Storage Enterprise)<br/>
+* Server (Standard, Terminal, Enterprise)
-NT 6.0 - Vista (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate), Server 2008 (Foundation, Web, Essential Business, Small Business, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, HPC, Storage Basic, Storage Workgroup, Storage Standard, Storage Enterprise)<br/>
+NT 5.0 - DirectX 9.0c, OpenGL support depends on video driver, Vulkan is not supported
-NT 6.1 - Embedded 7 (Standard E, Standard P, Standard C, POSReady, Thin PC), 7 (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate), Server 2008 R2 (Foundation, Web, Home 2011, Small Business Essentials, Small Business Standard, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Hyper-V, HPC, Storage Essentials, Storage Workgroup, Storage Standard, MultiPoint 2010, MultiPoint 2011 Standard, MultiPoint 2011 Premium)<br/>
+* Professional
-NT 6.2 - Embedded 8 (Standard, Industry Professional, Industry Enterprise), 8 (Home, Professional, Enterprise), Server 2012 (Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter, MultiPoint 2012)<br/>
+* Server (Small Business, Standard, Advanced, Datacenter)
-NT 6.3 - Embedded 8.1 (Industry Sideloading, Industry Professional, Industry Enterprise), 8.1 (Home, Professional, Enterprise), Server 2012 R2 (Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter)<br/>
+NT 5.1 - DirectX 9.0c, OpenGL support depends on video driver, Vulkan is not supported
 === Unity Player commands ===
 If the game's shaders rely on a single graphics API with no support for the others, these options will throw a 'Failed to initialize unity graphics' error.
--force-d3d9<br/>
+* -adapter 1 (Replace 1 with the display panel's number)
--force-d3d11<br/>
+* -force-d3d9
--force-d3d12<br/>
+* -force-d3d11
--force-glcore (Or specify 2 numbers for OpenGL version, from 3.2 to 4.6. Default is the latest supported by the video driver and OS)<br/>
+* -force-d3d11-no-singlethreaded
--force-gles (Or specify 2 numbers for OpenGL ES version, from 3.0 to 3.2. Default is the latest supported by the video driver and OS)<br/>
+* -force-d3d12
--force-vulkan<br/>
+* -force-glcore (Or specify 2 numbers for OpenGL version, from 3.2 to 4.6. Default is the latest supported by the video driver and OS)
-=== Unity Player version notes ===
+=== Unity Player support ===
-NT 4.0 and NT 6.0 were never officially supported by Unity.<br/>
+NT 4.0 and NT 6.0 were never officially supported by Unity. NT 3.51 and earlier are extremely unlikely to run any version of Unity.<br/>
 .4.2 - Last version to support NT 5.0<br/>
 .2 - Last version to support NT 5.1<br/>
 .3 - DirectX 9.0c support was removed<br/>
-.3 - Possibly the last version to support NT 6.2 & 6.3 https://discussions.unity.com/t/increasing-system-requirements-for-windows-editor-in-2023-1-and-dropping-support-for-windows-7/898892/3<br/>
+.3 - [https://discussions.unity.com/t/increasing-system-requirements-for-windows-editor-in-2023-1-and-dropping-support-for-windows-7/898892/3 Possibly] the last version to support NT 6.2 & 6.3<br/>
 .1 - Last version to support NT 6.1<br/>