deanb Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Game still supports DX11 dude Just not this pre-release. It's certainly not going to be DX9 only, that'd be the console versions. The first Crysis was DX 9 n DX10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 that's what I thought, I was just going off the specs you posted; of course I guess those were minimum. Okay, nothing to see here, carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Oh, I thought you were going off the pre-release stuff Yeah the specs posted were minimum specs. (sez so) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 So just gave a spin for Steam guys. There's quite a bit of placeholder stuff, or stuff like voices and laptop video missing (You'll see in the video) Also we're hoping the gun noises are placeholders cos they're a bit silly. Overall, it's fun, it looks nice (though I ran it 720p so I could stream it okayish) It's much more linear than the first, still got some of the silly interactive stuff in. When thye video is done backing up on their site I'll link it in. btw it's very spoilerish at the start, though only for folks who played the first. I will complain that the graphic settings are pretty damn bad. Like you can change resolution then between Gamer - Advanced- Hardcore. Which is like Wut? As for controls, it's moved around a bit from the last game (I may manually change it to suit the last game, you can see where I try using old game commands then go "okay, what the fuck is it in the new game?") but much more fluid than the 360 version. On the old one you'd use middle click to change suit modes, now it's mapped to Q for defence, E for stealth, strength is default mode, and sprint is shift. So despite what kotaku had been suggesting (I swear Totilo has never played the first) there is actually all the old suit modes, just mapped so there's very little break in switching between them. I liked the cover mode. It's context sensitive, so if you aim while behind any cover you lean around it, just aim where you want to shoot, it's quite nice. HAH! it's done uploading while I typed this: http://livestre.am/CdAw Sorry on the static. They reckon it wasn't on it when streaming. I think it's cos Livestream was taking my mic stream, but as the TF2 guys know, if I don't have my boom attached it just transmits static. Oh and for folks watching the dev stuff in the corner, specifically the FPS counter and wanting to see if it'll run on their system: Intel Q6600 Core2Quad @ 2.4ghz 6GB RAM 9600GT 512MB And this was the 64-bit version at 720p on "Gamer" Oh and transcript to read for when sound goes: 1:29 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: its 600x800 on gamer settings, yeah? 11:30 - deanb [k]: now 11:30 - deanb [k]: 720p 11:30 - deanb [k]: I put it windowed so I can use the streamer 11:30 - deanb [k]: but yeah, it's on Gamer 11:31 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: hmm..I was reading comments and people said they were having issues with higher rez 11:32 - deanb [k]: well 720 is what 360 runs at 11:32 - deanb [k]: btw it works yeah? 11:32 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: yep 11:33 - deanb [k]: are you seeing the mouse? 11:33 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: yep,..little yello circle and all 11:33 - deanb [k]: well thats not tnice 11:34 - deanb [k]: btw sound stops I assume when I alt tab? 11:34 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: yep PuddiTiger entered chat. 11:39 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: just saw that too, mate. hilarious 11:39 - PuddiTiger: hehehe... I stole the 250GB drive from my brother's old computer. 11:39 - PuddiTiger: He won't miss it, his old computer is now my dad's computer. 11:40 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: where did you get it from?(crysis2) 11:40 - PuddiTiger: I think it was the only SATA drive in the machine. 11:42 - deanb [k]: demonoid 11:42 - deanb [k]: only one watcher? 11:42 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: hahaha,..."we couldnt make crysis, he was too strong...so we just made masterchif invades New York" 11:42 - deanb [k]: http://www.livestream.com/deanbmmv - watch 11:42 - deanb [k]: need to lose the mouse though 11:45 - Cyber Rat [k]: that ze new crysis? 11:46 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: yarp 11:48 - Cyber Rat [k]: The one that got leaked yesterday? Master key and all? 11:52 - PuddiTiger: What letter do I assign this new drive... 11:54 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: yep. 11:54 - Cyber Rat [k]: T 11:54 - PuddiTiger: Done 11:54 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: supposedly, they found out how to change rez and settings 11:56 - deanb [k]: I'm sorry, but you're hearing that gun soundright? 11:56 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: yeah 11:56 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: p funny 11:56 - deanb [k]: hahaha 11:56 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: glad im not the only one lmfao 11:56 - Cyber Rat [k]: what the hell is with that gun/ 11:56 - Cyber Rat [k]: *? 11:57 - Cyber Rat [k]: I hope it's a placeholder sound 11:57 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: sound placeholder? 11:57 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: oHai 11:58 - Cyber Rat [k]: Hey! An American flag 11:58 - PuddiTiger: SHOOT IT! 11:58 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: srsly, how did this leak happen? 11:58 - Cyber Rat [k]: Did Kotaku even report it? 11:58 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: slowtaku? wait a few day, they'll have something on it 11:59 - Cyber Rat [k]: I'm kinda happy this happened to Crytek after all their PC trash talking 11:59 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: Also graphics settings in system.cfg - 1 - Low 2 - Medium 3 - High 4 - Very high 5 - Ultrahigh? sys_spec = 5 --- And To start the game in whatever resolution you want to avoid crash when trying to edit it ingame r_width = 1280 r_height = 800 = a resolution at 1280 x 800, you get the picture.. 11:59 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: fyi...and sorry, wall o txt 12:04 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: fire sounds hilarious as well 12:04 - deanb [k]: holy shit, this really is the future 12:05 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: ? PuddiTiger disconnected. PuddiTiger entered chat. 12:06 - Bill Clinton[PXOD]: sounds like what they used for the M14 in bfbc++++++++++2 Your state is set to Offline. Lost connection to Steam, will rejoin chat automatically when connection regained. Connected again and rejoined chat. PuddiTiger disconnected. PuddiTiger entered chat. D'Giga-Magnum Fuckin Mitsuki disconnected. 12:16 - PuddiTiger: Hahaha, what the shit. That gun sound. 12:20 - deanb [k]: gonna save n call it a day kay 12:21 - deanb [k]: err... 12:22 - PuddiTiger: Thomas and Friends is so dumb, and also a little creepy. 12:24 - deanb [k]: thoughts? 12:25 - PuddiTiger: Sure looked fun. Also you get to see how I play games edit: oh, just read your comment on the matter Masterdex. I'm sorry Okay not really. I guess I threw up my thoughts on the potential purpose behind this leak anyway. It's gonna get a decent amount of word of mouth (like this post) and the only bad thing, and this would happen regardless, is if the 360/PS3 version outsells the PC version EA may throw up their hands go "ohhh nnooo Piracy" and make Crysis 3 console only. Their loss. As for a comparison for when the game comes out, Crysis 1 sold 1.5million units in the first 3 months. PC alone. And that was a game infamous for not running on any computers of the time. 1.5million alone on PC for Crysis 2 is a good sales figure. Especially if console sales are relative, that's a possible 5-6million units. Also while their readership may be drastically dropping, Kotaku reporting on it (which btw they're the Wiki source on the leak, I went looking for plot, seems no ones completed it yet), just pointed out to a fair few folks that Crysis 2 is floating around on the web. Anyone with half a brain knows where to look, but how many check over a month in advance for leaked games without a huge outlet like Kotaku telling them too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 (edited) Anyone with half a brain knows where to look, but how many check over a month in advance for leaked games without a huge outlet like Kotaku telling them too? Well, Crytech pointed it out on their twitter as well so... The only thing I'm happy about is maybe we can get some early benchmarks so I can order a new graphics card. Edited February 12, 2011 by Yantelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRan Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 EA blaming this on the pirates is hilarious. How exactly is it the piracy community's fault that an internal employee leaked the game? Displacement of blame at its finest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Well you can hardly blame them for making up some excuse, and pirates are always a great scapegoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Hmm... I still need to finish the first game before I buy this. I couldn't really get into it for some reason, despite how pretty it looked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maritan Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Just played the beta. Runs fine on e7400 with gts 250 in 720p(35-60 fps) on "gamer"(what the hell does that even mean?) Tried to play in 1080p, too choppy. Still, the game feels nice and looks good. Probably will buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 If anyone is interested: http://www.livestream.com/deanbmmv May be shortlived though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Just played the beta. Runs fine on e7400 with gts 250 in 720p(35-60 fps) on "gamer"(what the hell does that even mean?) Tried to play in 1080p, too choppy. Still, the game feels nice and looks good. Probably will buy it. The Beta is out on PC now? I had no idea - need to google that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Not the Beta so much. It's beta software, but not an official release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 My initial reaction from just the opening since I got kicked off from the game with a TF2 notification... Positive. I like what I see and this is the dumbed down DX9 version. I just might just delete the game since I feel like my first play through experience will be dampened by playing this version. Not sure... Now this game I don't mind getting day one. Might follow through my status update earlier and preorder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Not the Beta so much. It's beta software, but not an official release Ahh. That makes sense. Durff. I haven't gotten around to checking out the 360 Beta yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Well looks like my adventures are up for now. There's a bit where it seems impossible to get past, bugged out n such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Well I can say first hand those EA employees do have a habit of leaking stuff ahead of schedule... Still Tali you have to admit, this wouldn't be out on the net without at least the modicum of input on Cryteks end. It is a developer build after all. This isn't some copy someone got from a mate at Gamestop before release n started building a keygen for it. This is nothing to do with the pirates in releasing this (pirates as in Skidrow, Reloaded, usual dudes) Either way it's a broken and incomplete release, so at most all it can be used for is a "try before you buy" benchmark run cos I reckon without some major debugging on your end to fix the game up not many folks are gonna be able to play this as a free game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Either way it's a broken and incomplete release, so at most all it can be used for is a "try before you buy" benchmark run cos I reckon without some major debugging on your end to fix the game up not many folks are gonna be able to play this as a free game. Whoever is to blame, at least there's that. It's a real shame that there are people working in the industry that don't have any respect for the work that goes into making a game. I just hope this doesn't keep Crytek from devoting time to the PC platform, it'd be a shame if one of the only developers pushing the boudaries of technology were to give up and be content with just staying afloat on consoles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 In regards to Crysis 2 you may be giving them a bit too much credit. They've not really pushed much with this release. Certainly nothing like the first, though most of those high requirements was bad optimisation, but at least it was made up for in beautiful vistas. Crysis 2 not so much. There's been plenty of games since Crysis that's pushed the boundaries, but because Crysis was so infamous for it it seems no ones bothered to look much at other games. I've not played myself to say first hand, but Metro 2033 has gained quite the reputation. Just not a huge seller or strong marketing to get that out there. As I've said earlier in the thread I wouldn't be too surprised, especially regarding Cryteks comments of late regarding PC development, if this was a purposeful leak to give them a scapegoat to go console only. With PC there's expectations on them to be pushing boundaries, not so much on console. They're clearly aiming to make CE3 the next Unreal Engine, and UE gets its primary use through consoles. Oh and one clear difference between the first n second: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 (edited) You may be right about them trying to use this as an excuse to go console only. I'm not ready to give up on them just yet however. Metro 2033, while it pushed boundaries was also fairly badly optimised too. It was a good effort all the same. I find it hard to believe the few graphics options there will be what we'll have in the final version...at least, I don't want to believe it. I think we'll know exactly what direction Crytek is going when the game officially releases. Edited February 13, 2011 by MasterDex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Yeah, I mean their focus on this latest engine in early dev videos for the engine was basically - hey look - it's Crysis, but running on consoles. And Crysis was among the most pirated games, I believe. I wouldn't be surprised if they started shifting more toward console development Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Not just amongst, iirc it was the top pirated game of '07. sold a tasty 3million copies though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 I'm with MasterDex on this one and say that screen is not the final graphical option screen, its a placeholder. As for pushing boundaries... With Crysis, they made it able to go toe to toe with even stuff coming out now, 4 years later, with the cost of being pretty unoptimized. It would make sense to optimize it with CE3 then try to make some money dishing it out to other devs. Then perhaps, Crytek then go ahead with CE4, which will again push the boundaries. Lets say if they made CE4 able to hold it own after 4 years like CE2 has, well, I'm not sure what I expect to see. Making something that good looking will need quite a bit of dough. Also, I remember Crytek was really priding itself how tasty Crysis was back before it even released. Unless there were some changes inside the company (Chances are, yes), then I don't think they will abandon us PC gamers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 I'm with MasterDex on this one and say that screen is not the final graphical option screen, its a placeholder. Time will tell I guess. On most your points actually. Just some we'll have to await longer than a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 So I mentioned this on Twitter but I'll point it out here: I've been hoping about the various "places" and it seems that now the initial beta leak is out, folks are starting to fix and improve on the current build we have. The tools are mostly there and there is some very skilled folks out there so I don't reckon they'd struggle to get it working. I know voices were an issue, but if they're there in the files I'd imagine it's possible to attach them into the game. Also it's getting MP added in, Also it has LAN up n running, which from what Iv'e heard the final game won't have (That's always a kicker when you know it's a removed feature). Heck they might even improve the graphics config set up (It seems that while it's simple on the in-game menu, you can tweak the.cfg files for more control) Whether you hate pirates or not you have to appreciate the ingenuity and effort some folks will put into games. Crytek I guess have a month to one up the fans in making the better version of the game. I know the LAN is drawing a fair few folks to grabbing both. And theoretically any additions they put on the beta should be able to be put onto the final build when that's out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Lawnchair Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 I know what your thinking gay rave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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