Square shows off DX12 Engine Demo - Will DX12 support be added for FFXIV?

[Kiara]

Hi All,

Hajime Tabata from Square Enix showed off a DirectX 12 Engine Demo recently, which looks pretty impressive.

Is this something the Dev Team is looking to add support for in a future patch for FF XIV?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpDdOIZy-4k


Thanks!

[Zohar_Lahar]

I can't really tell a difference. I barely even noticed much with DirectX 11 on benchmark.

[Virtuso]

Bear in mind youtube always reduces the quality of streaming videos. Can't tell how good DX12 would be till your running it on your own setup.

[Catwho]

Looks like their demo rig had four GTX Titans rendering that.

[Magis]

Won't make a difference, DirectX isn't some wonder tool. You want better looks graphics? Beg SE for higher resolution textures. That's where a lot of issues come from.

[MageBlack]

They said they have no plans to look at DX12 at this time.

[Sesuadra]

Won't make a difference, DirectX isn't some wonder tool. You want better looks graphics? Beg SE for higher resolution textures. That's where a lot of issues come from.

and the character models imho, showed my gf the 1.0 benchmark yesterday, she was blown away by it. I mean, I know what problems 1.0 had, but the character models and textures where top notch.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

It prob won't be for ffxiv. More than likely newer titles like Star Ocean 5, Tomb Raider 2, and maybe Kingdom Hearts 3? One can hope anyway.

[Xenosan]

DX12 won't be used until it's needed, and it won't be needed for a long while.

It's 8k maps and high polygon assets making that visual happen. DX12 is just the bridge that all that data commutes across.

Game developers won't be held to that level of quality for a while I think.. it would be awesome -- I'm sure their artists would love to work at that resolution (8k *drool), but the standard isn't there yet, and no developer spends money on their Art Departments unless they have to.

They'd rather waste money on PR and Marketing. #IHateYouEA

[seraf]

I don't think we'll see DX12 implementation any time in the future. Maybe many years down the road and if SE updates the textures of FFXIV or not. Currently I don't think this game is looking dated at all in comparison to other MMORPG's in the market. It has its own art style and aesthetic design choices that make it unique to say something like ESO or Guild Wars 2 and colors are bright and vibrant and pop out quite nicely. I don't think FFXIV is going to age as poorly as FFXI did in the visual department.