Stone Giant DX11 DEMO

[miki4630201]

What is tesselation?

[neogastropoda1]

@Suprnovo3 if you want to display a sphere it will need 100's or 1000's of polygons to look like a sphere, if that sphere turns into a cube it will only need six polygons to look like a cube.

presuming you want both of them to look smooth

this being the case the computing power can be put to better use, like better frame rate, realistic lighting etc

[Raketenbaum]

i have this installed but there is no camera movement. no cinematic animations. i can only navigate in the cave and it has no collision. i can fly through everything :((( please help me!

[gunnery18]

PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO MAKE THE CAMERA MOVE BY ITSELF! CINEMATIC LIKE

[Renax111]

@gunnery18 Enter

[gunnery18]

@Renax111 thanks! lol

[CT2kX]

@Suprnovo3 AMEN to that. i guess people have forgotten the days of software rendering and how it all depends on skill rather than the tools you are given.

[Anandaxp]

@Suprnovo3 yeap.. Polygons matter... but still DX 11 is not offering something for the visual effects out of da box eh... I will try to send you some 3d max renderings to show you (or may be make a vid) and explain my view... ;) later....

(constructive criticism always helps you understand things better)

[Anandaxp]

@Suprnovo3 awesome graphics are not all about poly count mate. It depends on the developer to go towards a photo realistic effect or a fully artificial look. illumination, self shadowing, penumbra effects, soft shadows reflect/refract are a bit of things that work on DX API and the hardware pipelines (shaders etc) beneath it. increasing poly count is all about a step towards more detailed models. now tell me " more details on models without ways to easily process the above effects = ????

[Anandaxp]

@Suprnovo3 LOL... you are not getting my point.. I love awesome graphics....

[Anandaxp]

O master!!!! Can't the DX 9 technology do the same coupled with a talented artist group??? Whats new in DX 11??

[kruegda]

@Anandaxp

tessellation....

[buddysmithburg]

@Anandaxp Tesselation(a dx11 feature) is pretty much a polygon multiplier, it increases polycount (and in turn detail) in games anywhere between 4x and 64x without much of a performance hit. If you want a decent list of DX11 features read the "making of crysis 2 dx11 patch"

[Anandaxp]

@buddysmithburg why will i need more polygons in my games?? games are the only thing keeps me sticked to windows. if crysis 1 did all that wonder and physics in dx 9, am satisfied.....

oh, and dx 11 is all bout more polygons!!!!

[buddysmithburg]

@Anandaxp Lol, ile send you a message with the complete rundown of why tesselation is a nice improvement over dx9.

[Nhordmyr]

gah what will dx15 bring us

[Usul573]

On another note, who would like to armwrestle the stone giant?

Can you beat him?

[mmorpgfreak1000]

i know the game looks great! but what is the point of it. what do you do?

[quangluu96]

@mmorpgfreak1000 demo of graphic, it just showing the technology of game we have now!

[YangombiUmpakati]

dx 10 can do it even with tesselation.. on any hd2000+ card

[JonoScarbridge]

lolz I made a creature concept for an assignment that looks eerily similar to those XD

[TheFlameFox]

looks nice, was this realtime rendering or just a showcase for dx11?

[quangluu96]

@TheFlameFox its realtime, i think u can find it on google and download the demo and test it urself.

[OktoberklubBerlin]

Actually it's nothing special. You can do the same with DX9!

[santiainen]

@OktoberklubBerlin Don't even dare to say that. DX11 is the first directx to support tesselation, not even dx10 supports that, and it adds AMAZING details.

[Usul573]

@santiainen

No it's a pretty subtle effect, at least so far.

[santiainen]

@Usul573 Did you see Unigine Heaven

[Usul573]

@santiainen

Yeah it's made to show off DX11, some stuff looks way more flat than it can in games, then it shows the big difference.

It's nice though, we'll see what they can do with it, but so far it's just been pretty subtle in games.

[santiainen]

@Usul573 Games don't use it fully yet. Actually I'm not sure if they use it at all.

[Usul573]

@santiainen

Well it's about 15 DX11 games so far, I know AVP, Dirt 2, and Metro 2033 use some tessellation, not that much though. The other games can't say for sure.

[leerman22]

@Usul573 stalker: call of pripyat uses DX11 tessellation but it has a poor heightmap, meaning the tessellated shape doesn't match how light shadows on clothes. they skipped on alot of things, like parallax mapping (3D but flat) bricks instead of tessellation (real 3D displacements).

[will891410]

DX 10 CAN MAKE THAT BUT WITH LESS DETAILS.

[B00h44]

@will891410

that's the whole point?

google tesselation :)

[danih8112]

Ok, then look at it this way:

Let's presume that the insects want to get in his cracks (for whatever reason).

Insect1: - Hey guys, let's get into his cracks!

Insects: - Yaaaaaay!

So they crawl in, and find: STONE

Golem: - LOL u gayz, what did you expect to find there, a cardio-vascular system? Blood?

Insects: - FUCK!

So the insects get frustrated, start pissing off each other, and then starve to death or leave.

Golem: - I can has all the time of the world, n00bz!

[panflutelistener]

Nice troll image, I've yet to find this video in 1080p. That's where it could show the Real quality of this benchmark.

[akuorekelate]

its the golem from dragon age

[pi4zinhu]

nothing special for me

[BrioCyrain]

Hmm, kind of what a DX11 Kameo/WOW would look like IMO.

[TheCrystalDuck]

Anyone else think "Antlions""?

[ThaDK00]

@TheCrystalDuck lol me, the stone giant need that bug sqeewze thing thats on key 6 lol

[Praylv]

@TheCrystalDuck Totally!!!! :)

[santiainen]

@TheCrystalDuck They really are like antlions. Mega-High-Quality ones that is,

[kruegda]

@santiainen antlions scare me more lol

[Snajper3ck]

heh it's Fozruk from WoW^^ nice graphics btw

[arbeitsamt3000]

wow

[danih8112]

He is made of stone for fuck's sake, why would he be afraid of bugs??? :))

[bman462]

@danih8112 cuz they get in his cracks duh..

[danih8112]

@bman462 in the backcrack?

[bman462]

@danih8112 the fuck is a backcrack?

[serloinz]

@danih8112 cud b an irrational fear like the elephant scared of mice thing ;p

[andreadaviddi]

@danih8112 He is NOT afraid, he is BADLY PISSED OFF!!!

Try having your house invaded by ants, the only thing you would think is "I WILL KILL YOU ALLL" :-D

[ncc31]

@danih8112 he finds it annoying :)

[rzhevich]

new WoW video engine?! :j

[skypsp]

awesome!

[walgoot]

Looking great!!