Game Movies - Far Cry Tech Demo [Dec 02, 2004, 8:38 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A few folks have mailed about the release of the
ATI & Crytek Tech
Demo mentioned in yesterday's Tech Bits (story), indicating
the initial mention of it was a bit too obscure, so here it is again. Word on
the demo is: "The ATI-Crytek demo uses same next-generation CryENGINE that will
be used to create the successor to Far Cry. Since the CryENGINE enables
immediate playability of a created game without the lengthy wait for compiling,
enthusiasts into creating 'mods' will have an easy way to make new gaming
content for themselves. The ATI/Crytek demo shows just how easy it can be,
especially since it is optimized to run on ATI’s RADEON® X800 XT series and the
new RADEON® PCI Express graphics boards. Download the demo and see for yourself
how photo-realistic “machinima” cinematic computing will change your future
gaming experience!" Also,
this Videos Page
(thanks Frans) has one final release in the series of cinematic movies from
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, the upcoming return of the running regent.
The "Dark Road to Redemption" is a 9.4 MB download.
I wonder if I can get it to run on my 6800T?
Who wants to see the goatse?
E(_O_)3
ta-dah!
Who wants to see the goatse?
E(_O_)3
ta-dah!
I wonder if this was after FC game (PC port) was made or before? I was expecting to see Jack, but it doesn't look like him! I wonder if this was going to be the introduction too.
Sounds like Jack, just he hasn't done the voice in a while.
The big question is why I haven't heard of anyone licensing the CryEngine yet.. It's bound to be way cheaper than Doom 3 or Source, and only Half-Life 2 comes close to competing with its massive levels.
Is the demo an engine cinematic that uses your card to render it? I guess i've just never seen this...I'm downloading it now, so i guess i'll find out sooner or later.
I think both the Ruby one and the Farcry vid looked unimpressive. It's like something you could have seen two+ years ago.
I wonder if I can get it to run on my 6800T?
yeah, it runs smoothly without any problems on any 6800 cards.
Got around 30fps with 1280x960, 4xAA and sound enabled in the benchmark.
Amazing demo, just sad that we won't see any game with this high level of graphics anytime soon.
PS: There is just one small problem with the water shader, ATI or Crytek made sure that it won't run correctly with current Forceware drivers... expecting a new driver for this techdemo for it soon
yeah, it runs smoothly without any problems on any 6800 cards.
Got around 30fps with 1280x960, 4xAA and sound enabled in the benchmark.
Amazing demo, just sad that we won't see any game with this high level of graphics anytime soon.
PS: There is just one small problem with the water shader, ATI or Crytek made sure that it won't run correctly with current Forceware drivers... expecting a new driver for this techdemo for it soon
Is the demo an engine cinematic that uses your card to render it? I guess i've just never seen this...I'm downloading it now, so i guess i'll find out sooner or later.
yes, the complete demo is realtime graphics, nothing is prerendered.
Pay attention to the characters' self-shadowing (doom3 has lost its crown), normal mapping (I'm not sure but there is probably also some parallax mapping in it), motion blur, shader work and lighting. Great stuff
yes, the complete demo is realtime graphics, nothing is prerendered.
Pay attention to the characters' self-shadowing (doom3 has lost its crown), normal mapping (I'm not sure but there is probably also some parallax mapping in it), motion blur, shader work and lighting. Great stuff
It's like something you could have seen two+ years ago.
I don't know what demo you were watching, but it can't have been the same one the rest of us got. Definitely couldn't have seen this two years ago.
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OK, so it ran like shit on my 6800 (granted it's only 128MB). However, how the hell do you set the preferences? I was getting like .5 FPS or less - but i have no idea what it was playing at.
Looks nice though...
Looks nice though...
If we are going to talk about who the the graphics crown amongt tech not available to game on, then Unreal Engine 3 wins hands down.
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UE3 isn't running* on my system right now - this is 
*Running on a Radeon 9000 Mobility. Counting frames is a FEATURE!
*Running on a Radeon 9000 Mobility. Counting frames is a FEATURE!
dling now hope it looks good... i haven x800xt so it should look the way a vanilla setup should.... god i hope Farcry 2 has better voice acting... it was terrible...
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Well, even windowed with no AA i still get shitty performance. I'm using the 67.02 beta nVidia drivers, so it might just be that, but damn, that's harsh.
EQ2 has self shadows and is 'out now'. The graphics in the game can't even be turned up all the way on any system available right now. lol.
I'm waiting for someone to make another game with the Cry Engine, it puts Doom3 down and was released before it. (Didn't help that Doom3 was made for kids).
I'm waiting for someone to make another game with the Cry Engine, it puts Doom3 down and was released before it. (Didn't help that Doom3 was made for kids).
If you hit the space bar it'll pause and you can pan the camera around.
I think the 2 top engines out right now that would be best licensed are Source and CryEngine. They can handle just about anything thrown at them and very nicely. I think Doom 3's engine is disappointed and heavily limited to a dark low character count enviroments. Even those get boring within minutes. UE3 will definitely be the future, something to look out for, and this new Far Cry engine as well, though I'm still looking forward to UE3 more than anything. Can't wait to see what kind of card I need to upgrade my 6800 gt to, to run the UE3. Hmmm 
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Well, even windowed with no AA i still get shitty performance.
Assuming that your CPU isn't the bottleneck, run dxdiag and make sure that all your hardware-acceleration features are on. Start->Run, type dxdiag, press enter. Click the Display tab. Make sure all 3 accelerations are enabled.
Other than that, could be anything. I doubt the bad performance is because your video card has only 128 MB RAM though.
I just saw it run and i agree, the cry engine is amazing. I cannot beleive the detial and fluidity. and none of 'the project' is prerendered? i gotta say... wow.
I have a gig of ram and an x800 but a really slow cpu by todays standards (athlon xp 3000 at 333mhz bus). I am not used to saying that performance of something was flawless, but htis was. aside from a small AF glitch in the grill floor, i didnt see a need for AA. PHENOMINAL....
and yes, doom was made for kids. impressive lighting but boring in the end...
I have a gig of ram and an x800 but a really slow cpu by todays standards (athlon xp 3000 at 333mhz bus). I am not used to saying that performance of something was flawless, but htis was. aside from a small AF glitch in the grill floor, i didnt see a need for AA. PHENOMINAL....
and yes, doom was made for kids. impressive lighting but boring in the end...
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