Crysis DirectX 9 & 10 MP Performance [Sep 13, 2007, 10:23 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Total Crysis offers an update on how
multiplayer will work in Crysis (thanks
Voodoo Extreme). A number of topics are covered, including how DirectX 9
servers will be limited compared to DirectX 10 servers, not because of software,
but hardware:
DX9 vs. DX10 – The endless question
To shed some light into one of the most discussed topics regarding Crysis multiplayer I would like to explain you the differences between Crysis MP DX9 and DX10.
As for the DX9 version we won’t have physics and day and night cycle in-game. That means you won’t be able to shoot down trees and/or alter any other objects than vehicles on the map. Additionally the time of day setting doesn’t change dynamically. This is caused due to the tremendous server load such physics might cause on crowded gaming servers. Still you will be able to experience maps with different time of day settings since the maps can be altered in the Sandbox2 Editor.
Rather than providing the community partially working features we limit this for the DX10 version only. Due to the strong hardware available with DX10, server load is less and performance is increased. This ensures the pure physics and day and night cycle experience without any limitation.
Gamers with a DX10 card are able to play on DX9 servers, but with the limitation of the respective server. Vice versa it is not possible for gamers with DX9 cards to play on DX10 servers due to the limited features.
Well, duh! I don't understand why Crysis won't have the same physics in multiplayer mode running under DirectX 9 as it does under DirectX 10.
Yet, so many people don't stop there and try an learn, but instead try and explain it away, with their admitted lack of understanding and limited scope on the subject.
I'm sure plenty of people had great arguments on why the earth was flat, because afterall, it was all they could see.
I'm just saying more may meet the eye, and we should possibly consider that maybe Crytek is leveraging things in the DX10 API for once that can't be done in DX9, therefore they are not compatible. This compatibility would be the issue for any developer that leveraged DX10 in changing the game world, beyond the cursory junk they have called DX10 thus far.
Yet, so many people don't stop there and try an learn, but instead try and explain it away, with their admitted lack of understanding and limited scope on the subject.
I'm sure plenty of people had great arguments on why the earth was flat, because afterall, it was all they could see.
I'm just saying more may meet the eye, and we should possibly consider that maybe Crytek is leveraging things in the DX10 API for once that can't be done in DX9, therefore they are not compatible. This compatibility would be the issue for any developer that leveraged DX10 in changing the game world, beyond the cursory junk they have called DX10 thus far.
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