According to an interview that the guys at firing sqaud had with one of the PR guys from GSC Gameworld, the PR guy in question explicitly stated that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. will NOT support DX-10 eye candy. too bad... anyway... on with the wait for crysis, then. heh
I initally thought this game looked terrible and even after watching some videos im not convinced of the graphics but the story and the open endedness sound really interesting. We'll have to see how the multiplayer is though because in the end that always defines how long a game endures
Dx9 still looks amazing. STALKER was made nearly 7yrs ago. We wouldnt see the game till Xmas if they needed to implement Dx10 into it. Dont forget games can be patched wiht Dx10 (company of heroes - 1st Dx10 game)
Another reason is if STALKER waits till fall to release, they will be up against too many big games that people want. Half Lfe 2 E2, Halo3, UT3, Bioshock, etc etc. Which is 1 of there reasons for pulling out 2 yrs ago, when it was HL2, FEAR, Quake 4 and Halo2. I know there are other reasons, but that was 1 of them.
WTF?!? I thought STALKER would be DX2500 with uber graphics and shiny enviroments and happy tree friends all dancing together and killin' ugly monsters!!!! OMG what am I going to do now?
What, what was that? Gameplay? But....what....I....can't...ehhh **head explodes**
It was originally being developed for DX 8.1 and it got delayed to upgrade to DX9 architecture. Upgrading to DX10 would require it to be delayed most likely until the next DX release, and so on and so on...
Dont forget games can be patched wiht Dx10 (company of heroes - 1st Dx10 game)
9mmSpliff
Flight Simulator X is the first DX10 game. Not what I have from websites. But either way dont care.
Yup as far as I know they are working on a DX10 version but aren't done with it yet. There's been a lot of screenshots of it in DX10, but those are artist renditions to this point.
Well , I can't think of a one certain good feature the game will gain from using DX10 architecture !
oh well , there is one :Â Microsoft will be happy !
Mohamed_h
SM4.0, advanced phsyics, easier to create the games/physics, more performance in games. I know what youre saying, but also remember, we have to wait and see games with it in action.
SM4.0, advanced phsyics, easier to create the games/physics, more performance in games. I know what youre saying, but also remember, we have to wait and see games with it in action. 9mmSpliff
Actually when it comes to Shader Models  .. we usually don't gain much .. the only difference between SM3 and SM2 was HDR ..and it didn't look that astonishing .. in fact with some porper and serious tweaking .. normal lighting can look as good .
I agree with "more performance in games" though .. Microsoft said DX10 will improve games 6 or 8 times .. what gets me is that I thought -in the beginning- that this matter wull be software-dependant .. turns out that I must have a DX10 hardware before I even think about the validity of the previous statement !
Dx10 doesnt impress me that much. the comparisons look good but it doesnt seem like such a leap to me and did anybody notice the "extra" additions in the dx10 pics over the previous images? I would probably wager that gsc team will patch upgrade. (if the need arises) stalkers graphics are on a good level look at the earlier build (pre -up) and then compare. Some of the shots especially the train station-esque green area look really vivid and realistic like the world they are trying to accomplish. At the end of the day its about gameplay though. hopefuly stalker has it.
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