DX11 Support. What do you wish for?

[Quesse]

I wish for.... DX11 support.

[Valmonte]

DX11 would just make it easier / much faster to implement the complex features.

thats not true, DirectX isn't a Gaming Engine. think of it more as a Templet of what your Graphics Engine could do.

this game could be run through DirectX 7.1 however several features of the game engine would be lost, Most notably particle effects would not show up this includes dust, weather effects, and several character animation. DirectX 7 would treat this as garbage and toss it away. in order to prevent this All particle renders would have to be done via software and this would eat up huge amounts of both Vram and System Memory.

the Primary Reason AO in FFXIV is so taxing is because its done via software rendering and the reason for that is DirectX 9 Doesn't have hardware support for AO...it Having a Memory Leak doesn't help either.

[Shougun]

thats not true, DirectX isn't a Gaming Engine. think of it more as a Templet of what your Graphics Engine could do.

this game could be run through DirectX 7.1 however several features of the game engine would be lost, Most notably particle effects would not show up this includes dust, weather effects, and several character animation. DirectX 7 would treat this as garbage and toss it away. in order to prevent this All particle renders would have to be done via software and this would eat up huge amounts of both Vram and System Memory.

the Primary Reason AO in FFXIV is so taxing is because its done via software rendering and the reason for that is DirectX 9 Doesn't have hardware support for AO...it Having a Memory Leak doesn't help either.

You can use directx to draw objects.... Besides the point you could use opengl or write in your own features.

DirextX upgrades would just ugprade previous codes and have new features built in for faster development (which is what I said..)

[Valmonte]

You can use directx to draw objects.... Besides the point you could use opengl or write in your own features.

DirextX upgrades would just ugprade previous codes and have new features built in for faster development (which is what I said..)

New features, yes. Faster development, no. unless they changed something since DirectX 8 which was the last time i actually worked in depth with the API.

Thats why i love OpenGL, its extremely flexible and not much harder to use that DirectX. its too bad DirectX has a Monopoly every where you look.

[Shougun]

New features, yes. Faster development, no. unless they changed something since DirectX 8 which was the last time i actually worked in depth with the API.

Thats why i love OpenGL, its extremely flexible and not much harder to use that DirectX. its too bad DirectX has a Monopoly every where you look.

Referring to faster development of things already added as new features into new DX (a new feature in DX11 you could impalement by yourself - though you'd really need some incredible know how). Why write your own when its already prepared (since you dont have to use Opengl/DX.. just helps a lot).

I love how openGL has had features for years that DX has only picked up recently lol

Shows how powerful a monopoly is XD

[Soukyuu]

New features, yes. Faster development, no. unless they changed something since DirectX 8 which was the last time i actually worked in depth with the API.

Apparently, there was a large API cleanup from DX9 to DX10, at least that's what one of my colleagues said when we last talked about DX vs openGL.

Thats why i love OpenGL, its extremely flexible and not much harder to use that DirectX. its too bad DirectX has a Monopoly every where you look.

It's really a pity. Have you seen the comparisons between openGL and DX performance done by Valve after they started to port L4D to linux? I'm hoping this will be a beginning to break DX's monopoly in games.

On topic: tessellation is about all I would like to see. Looking at, for example, this, it's about the only difference I see, and it's not even that much.

[Rex]

The game looks very astatically pleasing to the eye and I can’t wait to get in to alpha and help the devs. make it a better game. But the reality is, when it comes to graphics the game is running on old tech. The good news, we know that our lovely producer is planning DX11 support as we speak. This thread is simply a wish list of what you might want to see upgraded with DX11. It would be nice if you post pictures or videos showcasing what you would like to see improve.

For me I would love to see an increase in texture quality.



what do you wish for? post pics and videos.

Keep this thread friendly please.

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[Rex]

Yeah, it's crazy...a company who actually knows how to program incredible games!

And some of them (that I know of) graduated from my school.

[Rex]

UnrealEngine 4 and I would never log out of the game again...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmtiQpTPfg0&hd=1

You might want to...for your computer's sake. lol

[axemtitanium]

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