SOW BOB : OpenGL or DirectX ?

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by T.}{.O.R.

DCS A-10C Warthog was going to be released with directX 9, 10 and 11 support. Until they said that it will only support DX 9.

Call me a pessimist but I have a feeling that SoW will follow the same road...

You're a pessimist...

..that game is an open beta isn't it?

[T}{OR]

Originally Posted by kendo65

You're a pessimist...

..that game is an open beta isn't it?

Generally I am an optimist, but lately, when I see what kind of games get released I tend to lean the other way.

Yes, an open beta.

Originally Posted by IceFire

Did they say why they didn't got with the DX10 or DX11 rendering options? I know they have been working with DX9 for a long time so I can see familiarity is a huge thing (and let's be honest... A-10C DCS looks incredible anyways) but I'm wondering what happened.

I imagine it depends on what Oleg's development roadmap looks like versus what DCS had planned. Storm of War is totally new while DCS has had a few releases out with this engine and they may not want to break stuff. Just speculating.

My thoughts exactly. But, we still have to see a DirectX 11 SoW shot, don't we?

I do hope I am wrong though.

Originally Posted by The Kraken

I think it was as simple as the DX11 version not making it in time for the planned release. As they want to keep updating the base engine anyway with each module (if possible - although not guaranteed - even for previous releases), they decided to skip it for now.

DX10 was never on the table for DCS A10 from what I've read.

IIRC I have read that they planned for DX 10 and 11. But I can't find the source now.