dx 11

[Zetsumei]

Well DX10 does have an early revision of directcompute i believe, so in that sense if someone wrote a physics engine to make use of it, it basically could give better physics.

Although Crysis uses purely software for the physics.

 

[RiccardoTheBeAst]

Srsly, I didn't see any difference.

then you need a good pair of eyeglasses

 

[Colt .45 killer]

dx 10 was a pathetic flop compared to what dx11 is. dx11 is the end of the llod model, dx11 has variable llods which scale by distance, so there will be no more seeing the detail model switch back and forth as you take a step forward and backwards at distance x from object y. that alone made my jaw drop when i heard that 2 years ago ( and that it was going to be in dx11).

On the graphical side of a game, because you cannot deny it graphics do sell, having a game that is dx11, or uses some dx11 features would be very handy. hell even if it really dosent even properly use dx11, the ability to say that it uses dx11 will attract more customers ( even if they wont stick around for the long run, they pay dont they?). then over time the game could be patched to use more dx11 features, lets not forget twi's habbit of supporting a game for ~1 year after its release...

(unless of course ut3 cannot utilize dx11...)

 

[Kipper]

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

Just thought I should post up what the Steam survey says. Seems roughly half of those surveyed have a dx10 card. I'm not sure if it marks a difference between dx10 and dx11 though.

 

[Zetsumei]

half have a dx10 card on a dx10 system. But 27% beside that have a dx10 card with windows xp.

Basically that will shift more heavily in the future with more people adopting to windows 7. So 3/4th of the people already have a dx10 gpu.

DX11 is really small now and it will take probably 2 years or more for dx11 really to capture into most people. But in 3 years from now ill probably still play ro, so having great graphics at the start allows for the game to grow and age nicely.

 

[Whitef0x]

But in 3 years from now ill probably still play ro, so having great graphics at the start allows for the game to grow and age nicely.

Me too, but I fear it might still be Ost.
Anyways, graphics are nice, but not the most important thing.

 

[Freezy]

any news on the renderer being used for RO2?

reading Yoshiros post on the first page of this thread i would guess they are going for a DX11 renderer with different feature levels for DX11, DX10 and DX9 hardware, but aren't allowed to talk about it yet until Epic Games officially announces Unreal Engine 3 with DirectX 11 support.


btw, sorry for bumping this up, but this is still of interest and this question is not yet covered in "The RO: HoS Fact Thread".

 

[BlueSmiley]

Why should this game run on DX10 or 11, it's good enough on DX9 imo

 

[Tomcat_ha]

because dx10 and even more so with dx11 you get a performance gain with the same visuals.

 

[fiftyone]

They should dump that proprietary PhysX crap and move to something more futureproof and open-source or at least multi-platform.

PhysX, it works, and its there to be used.
DX11 is nice.
When I play Stalker in DX11, its nice.
Same Dirt2, its nice.

PhysX no longer needs a dedicated card to work, it works like a charm on a modern GPU.
It was implemented in some AMD GPU's but I think its been blocked for the moment.

Go West young man.

 

[fog-carsten_]

Hi, dx11 is standart today, you get cards for about 100euro.

Will be interesting to see, what they can pull out of the old unreal engine, batman arkham asylum looked awesome, but it was no shooter.

 

[SheepDip]

old unreal engine

What "old" unreal engine? They're using the most up to date version of Unreal 3...?

 

[fog-carsten_]

What "old" unreal engine? They're using the most up to date version of Unreal 3...?

I dont know what they are using mate, i just heard its the same as in RO.

 

[SheepDip]

That is...wrong.

They have a licence and access to the newest Unreal Engine 3 and its source code.

 

[fog-carsten_]

alright.

xd10 is possible then

http://www.unrealtechnology.com/features.php?ref=technology-overview

 

[BlueSmiley]

I dont know what they are using mate, i just heard its the same as in RO.

Lol, that would be rediculous.

 

[fog-carsten_]

Lol, that would be rediculous.

using the same engine doesnt mean the games has to look the same.

"batman arkham asylum" is running on unreal engine 3 aswell, and i absolutly like the look of that game.

the graphics in a first person shooter can be a different story i dont know...

 

[Freezy]

Here's an interview with Dan Baker, a developer who is part of the devteam of the recently released Civilization 5.
He's talking about the advantages Dx 11 has over Dx 9 in their case (up to 30% performance increase, among other things). interesting read:

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,...h-Interview-What-DirectX-11-is-good-for/News/[url]http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,776086/Civilization-5-Tech-Interview-What-DirectX-11-is-good-for/News/[/URL]


I'm really looking forward to see what TWI is able to do with it if they are using it (I really hope they do^^).