AoE3 demo

[M0RPH]

Originally posted by: monster64
Heres some screens for those loading it: enjoy
Pixel shader+HDR
Nice HDR+Shadows

My fps, if I had to guess was between 35-45.

Yikes, I don't like the way that HDR looks. Looks especially bad on those windmill fans. Blows out the highlights way too much.

 

[Hacp]

Sometime, too much detail=bad. You can't tell teh difference between troops.

 

[Ackmed]

Ive seen several people on various forums with the same problem I have. Nice demo. Perhaps we'll see a patch for a demo...

And yeah, that windmill looks horrible, way, way too over the top.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: M0RPH

Originally posted by: monster64
Heres some screens for those loading it: enjoy
Pixel shader+HDR
Nice HDR+Shadows

My fps, if I had to guess was between 35-45.

Yikes, I don't like the way that HDR looks. Looks especially bad on those windmill fans. Blows out the highlights way too much.

arrgh! HDR makes it look eleventy billion times worse!
I thought hdr didnt look all too good in that cathedreal SS, but the windmill looks like a freaking lightbulb!

 

[James3shin]

i admit the windmill looks like it's made up of SOLAR panels...but the game still looks good as a whole.

 

[Tab]

Will be getting the game for sure when it comes out.

 

[hans030390]

So like...this game is supposed to support SM3, no? Anyone know exactly what it's doing in the game/can you turn it on or off?

 

[monster64]

Yeah, I'm guessing turning texture shaders +other shaders to low/off.

 

[NYHoustonman]

Solved my problem (couldn't get the demo to start) by turning off AA/AF in control panel...

 

[supastar1568]

i was playing with all settings on high and i averaged about 45fps.

the mins were well below 30 fps and the max was well above 60.

the game seemed to play perfectly smooth

is having a lot of fps really necessary in a game like this?

 

[dblue]

But I remember AOM demo's graphic looks like crap before AOM came out. The actual game was a lot better.

 

[M0RPH]

Originally posted by: supastar1568

is having a lot of fps really necessary in a game like this?

Not in my opinion, but there are some people here that seem to think they need 100+ fps in any game they play.

 

[supastar1568]

yea i agree

looks like ill be keeping my x800xl for a bit longer.


in a game like this i dont care too much about my frames per second as long as the fps isnt sooo low that my mouse pointer lags


which is not the case

 

[UlricT]

omg omg omg omg omg omg...wooohooo!!!! *splooge*

 

[supastar1568]

how do you use the barracks as a "military gathering point"

i click on the barracks.

it gives me the option to make a "military gathering point"

i click that box, a flag is displayed on the screen, telling me to left or right click

then it does nothing

 

[JBT]

damn I can't read any text for this game running 1920x1200. Need to blow that up a little bit. Everythign is unreadable...

 

[mooncancook]

downloading now... pretty fast at 1.1mb/sec... just 3 min to go... can't wait to try it out

 

[Drayvn]

3500+ Winnie, 1Gb Ram, 7800GTX.

Running everything on full whack at 1280x1024 (biggest my res will go to, will be getting a bigger LCD soon)

And it runs as smooth as a babies bottom.

 

[Excelsior]

God that pipe is fat, I am downloading at over 2.5 Megabytes a second.

 

[mooncancook]

Ok tried it, and don't really like it. Nothing really revolutionary about the game play, and the graphics are really disappointing. Maybe I expect too much from those screenshots. I run it at 16x10 with most everything on high and AA on low. Maybe it's just me, I feel like the graphics in RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 and Sims 2 are more impressive. I don't think I'll buy this game.

 

[Busithoth]

Dl'ing, but catching a plane in a couple of hours, so it's gonna have to wait.
Guess I should've gotten a gaming lappie after all.

 

[Acanthus]

it doesnt support windows 2000.

And im not upgrading to windows 2000 plus (XP) for an interface update.

Ill bargain bin it when vista comes out.

 

[dug777]

bah, looks are pretty meh really (all settings maxed, no AA @1024) and it makes my 9550@9600XT cry (low 20s/high teens avg framerate)...wish i had my 9800 pro back

 

[blurredvision]

For those with the DX initialization error, there's a fix. Read this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=33&threadid=1683524

 

[otispunkmeyer]

hehe this is nice

12x10, max everything low AA, 12x10 30-40fps sometimes dipping to mid 20's but for this type of game it doesnt matter too much about fps.....one thing though how the hell do u play it!