Run DX10 features in DX9 hah!

http://www.crysis-online.com/forum/i...?topic=11837.0

"So DX10 is Vista-only? Rubbish. The PC gaming crowd have found a way to enable many of the "DX10-exclusive" graphical touches in EA's Crysis for users running XP, and it doesn't even require a hack. It takes a quick edit of a config file (as in, cutting and pasting ONE LINE), and voilÃ*, you've got pretty much the same pretty sun and water effects as those suckers who forked out for Vista. You can cut and paste a single line of text, right?"


Files found in here:
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis SP Demo\Game\Config\CVarGroups

Jus copy and paste some code, follow the link posted above. Apparently the hit on fps isn't large at all. I'm off to try it now, I'll take screenies if poss :D

Graphically theres not much diff betwen dx9 and 10 anyway.

I don't know if it worked........but im running 30fps after that tweak (which I was before the tweak)


http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/377...3385el9.th.jpg


also, giant chickens...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=E0B-I0oaoR0

Some of the physics in this game need a lot of work, whenever you launch a tac nuke for example the trees go untouched. Would be nice to see them get torn up by the force or at least ignite. Also any rocks that come from the explosion (of which there are a shitload) don't even cause splashes when crashing into the ocean. :confused:

Yea thats a little annoying. Is there a way of spawning or getting all weapons / vehicles in the demo?

not the sandbox.

Could be that since it is the demo some of the weapon shit was left out. I noticed a few weapons in the editor didnt have sounds. So they may be missing some pyshics stuff to.

Im still holding judgement to see if the aliens are better than the mutants as the non human portion. Since thats what really ruined far cry, and since this is pretty much a remake with new enemies.

Im hoping its something that was left out, be pretty stupid if everything had physics attached but the games most powerful weapon.

Just played a bit in the editor. Ok the helo is kinda fun but the missles are weak. The tanks and APCs are pretty good. And the tac launchers explosions, some of the small rocks in the air cause splashes, but the big ones dont.

More Crysis demo tweakage.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=522

Very nice for those who don't want to use the editor. It adds every weapon and vehicle to the demo map.:D

Koreans can't swim. :eek:

hah wtf

Why would they swim? They'd have to lower there weapons just like you do when you swim, not a good tactic. Also, the AI in the demo for Far Cry couldnt swim, they would get in the water and just tread water. Yet in the game they would swim to you if you were sniping from an island.

Ok, i'm running with the new drivers everything set to high with no aa and it looks pretty good and runs pretty much 20+ fps all the time. Finally got through the demo level. Seems to me that you have to use cloak a lot in order to take out enemies because there are always 5+ of them around. So you have to be really stealthy to take them all out. You can't really run and gun in this game.

I'll buy this for sure.

I still think the game has some annoying issues, i was playing it earlier shooting at a korean and it seemed that because the leaves of a tree were in the line of fire they were absorbing the bullets and either none were hitting or the enemy was only taking minor damage. I could see him reacting to the hits but it took almost a full mag to take him out, and this was with no silencer on the scar. :confused:

Yeah i've had that happen as well, i'll sit back and single shot a guy through a whole mag before he drops. Most are wearing body armor and single headshot will work, especially if its a sneaky shot. There seems to be a emphisis on headshots, and the quick kill. Since if you shoot the chest and get in a fire fight its going to be alot of work, yet creeping around and using the suit to deliver killing rounds is extremly effective.

What sucks is that only works on the mercs, the aliens are all run and gun from the videos ive seen. Theres no real use of cover and tactics. Which frankly may ruin this one just like it did far cry. Because i think everyone enjoyed far cry up until the mutant parts where all those "toss a rock to distract" tactics went out the window.

Also, those DX10 tricks worked nicley and didnt put a huge dent in my FPS under XP, only mildly improved the looks but the parts it did were very nice, even if you really had to be looking for them. Like the tire tracks in the sand and such.