tessellation

Originally Posted by T}{OR

Haha, I had a feeling you might comment on this.

Can't recall way back, but with the latest ATI cards there are issues with drivers and IL2. Just browse Battle-Fields.com and see for yourself.

Also - why was water = 4 supported only by nVidia cards at first?



EDIT:

Just to be clear about this, I am thinking of going AMD(GPU) for my next build. SoW or no SoW, AMD(GPU) it is better value for the money. Unless prices change in the 2011.

I've got a 5870 (got it ASAP when released and I'm soon to get a second) and when the initial drivers had "issues" a simple atioglxx (driver component) transplant from a slightly older driver fixed it. Not long after the drivers were fixed and I haven't had any problems with unmodified drivers since, maybe, May.

As for the water setting? I believe it was based on which OpenGL shader was supported - ATI drivers currently support shader 3.2 (I believe) and Nvidia supports 4.1. I believe The Game uses 3.0.

[kimosabi]

The atioglxx.dll file and the issues you had to sort with it are long gone on my computer. 10.8 fixed just about everything.

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by LoBiSoMeM

. And the "water" is the same as an NVIDIA card...

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No its not the same, there's a huge difference with Water=4

ATI 1/2
Nv 1/2/3/4

Regarding tessellation.

Have a look at the video in the post below and then imagine damage modelling on the aircraft done the way it is in the Alien v triangles "Map" demo

[JG27CaptStubing]

Something new on the front of Nvidia's Tessellation video. What is the card? It's most likely the 580.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCPMH...layer_embedded

I think this tesselation technology could be some serious stuff also for SoW.
Hopefully Oleg has taken it into account.

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by JG27CaptStubing

Something new on the front of Nvidia's Tessellation video. What is the card? It's most likely the 580.
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Endless City

2 billion polygons

[T}{OR]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Endless City

2 billion polygons

I'm no programmer although I do have some basic knowledge... If implemented right, imagine what it could do to boost the number of planes in air battles and overall details. Procedural programming should have been focused on long time ago IMO. It is good to see GPU-s developing in that direction.

Maybe OT, but games like Infinity show that the capabilities are endless.

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

I'm no programmer although I do have some basic knowledge... If implemented right, imagine what it could do to boost the number of planes in air battles and overall details. Procedural programming should have been focused on long time ago IMO. It is good to see GPU-s developing in that direction.

Maybe OT, but games like Infinity show that the capabilities are endless.

The GPU most likely won't be the bottleneck when it comes to the number of planes or other active objects. Especially given that SoW's models have a relatively conservative polygon count. We don't know yet how CPU-heavy SoW's AI will be, but I have no doubt that new damage and flight models will take a toll.

[Tempest123]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

I'm no programmer although I do have some basic knowledge... If implemented right, imagine what it could do to boost the number of planes in air battles and overall details. Procedural programming should have been focused on long time ago IMO. It is good to see GPU-s developing in that direction.

Maybe OT, but games like Infinity show that the capabilities are endless.

OT again but this video for Infinity blew my mind, imagine the hours you could spend farting around in this universe, jeez. If only someone can make a new X-wing, or Tie fighter out of this engine

http://www.infinity-universe.com/Inf...=113&Itemid=93

[LoBiSoMeM]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

No its not the same, there's a huge difference with Water=4

ATI 1/2
Nv 1/2/3/4

I had NVIDIA cards and run IL-2 over Water=4 setting. And have ATI and run Water=2.

Please show me some screenshots with the "huge difference" between Water=2 in an actual ATI card and Water=4 in equally actual NVIDIA card and come back again.

Just some number in conf.ini mean nothing. In 2010 people still don't understanding that Water=3/4 are OPTIMIZATIONS to 3.0 shaders in the "Stone Age"... Even my HD 4850 have 4.0 shader model...