GHOST RECON AW DEMO IS OUT!

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the Chase

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Sep 22, 2005
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Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo
10,000 exploding barrels, flying bricks, and ragdoll effects out the ass aren't going to make this a good game.

I agree. I'm looking more for feedback on what the card can do in general. This game just happens to be the first one to support it. Will have to try the demo though. Sounds like the gameplay is pretty good but graphics not so great.
 

Polish3d

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Jul 6, 2005
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Originally posted by: videopho
This demo version of the game totally bombs. The worst FPS demo of the year is my vote.
Huge disappointment, Ubisoft!

Yeah... it seemed to have potential too. Even with "high quality' the graphics are not great at all. BF2 has better graphics for sure
 

Raduque

Lifer
Aug 22, 2004
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Well, I just installed the demo and it installs starforce. I'll be using this for about 5 minutes and forgetting about it. Thanks, Ubisoft. You can't have any of my money, not even for your console games.

Edit: actually I'm not sure. I didn't check to see if the drivers were there BEFORE i installed the demo, but I know nothing else installed uses starforce.....
 

Drayvn

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Jun 23, 2004
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Starforce???

I dont have starforce on mine and the fact that Ubisoft has stopped using them from about a week ago...
 

aboothman

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pretty nice. Movement speed is a little slow, but that is after playing CoD2. Only played/died a few times, but it seems AI could use a little help too.

Sure it looks like it needs AA on a screenshot, but when you are actually MOVING it looks different lol. I am way more interested in gameplay tho.
 

secretanchitman

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Apr 11, 2001
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wtf starforce? if GRAW installed them for you...then i would seriously sue ubisoft. they even said, their future games wont come with starforce.

sucks.
 

Raduque

Lifer
Aug 22, 2004
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OK, it wasn't installed by the GRAW demo, but there's nothing else that uses starforce installed to account for it. So, I dunno.

Anyway, the game seems interesting. IMO, really too serious for me to have fun with, and it runs way too slow on my laptop. =( I might try it again on my main rig after I make my PCIE upgrade.
 

tvdang7

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Jun 4, 2005
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i just played coop with my cousin using the app iposted above^^ .. much more fun now.!! he gets crap frames too.
 

DasFox

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Sep 4, 2003
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Looks cool, when the Original Ghost Recon was out I built a mod for it called "Angel's Ghosts" there wouldn't happen to be old time Ghost Recon users that remember that mod?

Here is a picture of what the .exe and patch looked like:
http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen8ed.jpg

Here are some pictures of what the Setup Install looked like:
http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen4gg.jpg
http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen0gi.jpg


Here is the list of features:

MOD NAME: Angel's Ghosts
VERSION: 4.0
PREVIOUS RELEASE: 3.5
RELEASE DATE: 5/10/2002
Author: Xgates aka [[Angel]]-^-X
EMAIL: skydoggie@hotmail.com

SITE: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://angelsghosts.no-ip.com"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://angelsghosts.no-ip.com"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://angelsghosts.no-ip.com"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://angelsghosts.no-ip.com"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://angelsghosts.no-ip.com">ftp://angelsghosts.no-ip.com</a></a></a></a></a>
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://angelsghosts.serveftp.net"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://angelsghosts.serveftp.net"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://angelsghosts.serveftp.net"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://angelsghosts.serveftp.net"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://angelsghosts.serveftp.net">ftp://angelsghosts.serveftp.net</a></a></a></a></a>


--------------------------------MOD ACTIVATION-------------------------------

You, must first activate Desert Siege, or Angel's Ghosts will not run right. This is in fact, how you'll have to run any mod, that you install besides Desert Siege.

***** ACTIVATE DESERT SIEGE FIRST *****


-----------------------------------GAME PLAY---------------------------------------
Angel's Ghosts plays in Singleplayer, and Multiplayer. Single Player mode,'TRANING' does not use the mod, in 'CAMPAIGN' & 'QUICK MISSION" it only plays the modified weapons, no Angel's Ghosts characters. Multiplayer plays the New Characters, and modified weapons


-----------------------------------IMPORTANT--------------------------------------
PLEASE to be fair to yourself, and the mod, read the
section, WEAPONS in the README.txt to fully understand what the weapons are all about in the mod, before playing Angel's Ghosts, or else you will not have a clear understanding of why things work the way they do in the mod. The Angel's Ghosts-v4.0 mod will only install files into the GhostRecon Mod directory. No other files will be installed into the computer, and the mod will not harm the computer, or game, or any mods, that you may have already installed. PLEASE READ THE README.txt FILE


--------------------------------INSTALLATION------------------------------------

Remove any previous versions of Angel's Ghosts before installing this version. Be sure to install the mod into your Ghost Recon mods directory. Next start Ghost Recon, in (OPTIONS -- MODS), make sure FIRST, that Desert Siege is activated if your playing the Desert Siege mod, then activate Angel's Ghosts. If you do them in reverse order, Angel 1st, then Desert Siege 2nd, Angel might not start. Then restart Ghost Recon. If your not playing Desert Siege, then make sure that the mod is only activated by itself, or with 'Map' type mods if you want to play them, not with other weapon mods. Angel's Ghosts can play on Maps that other people mod, make.


------------------------------------UNINSTALL--------------------------------------

The best method to uninstall Angel's Ghosts, as with any Windows software, is to go to your Control Panel -- Add Or Remove Programs


----------VERSION 4.0----------

5 Angel's Ghosts Startup screens added

4 Guns added the Mac-10, MSG90, BlaserR93, Blow Gun

6 New Kits: Night-Ops, Jungle-Ops, Desert-Ops-I,
Desert-Ops-II, Ocean-Ops, Special-Ops

New Skins for Night-Ops, Jungle-Ops, Desert-Ops-I,
Desert-Ops-II, Ocean-Ops, Special-Ops

9 New Player Models added for Multiplayer

153 Kits Total


----------CHARACTERS----------

Rifleman - Lieutenant Young
Rifleman - Captain Larz
Demo - Private Buster
Demo - Major Tom
Demo - Rat Man
Support - Sergeant Frag
Support - Sand Man
Sniper - Angel
Sniper - Trigger


---------------------------------NEW FEATURE-----------------------------------

In Mulitplayer to enable the Night-Ops, Jungle-Ops,
Desert-Ops-I, Desert-Ops-II, Ocean-Ops, Special-Ops,
along with the new characters, inside the Multiplayer
screen click, EDIT-- SERVER, AVAILABLE KITS. Also
in AVAILABLE-- KITS, new rearranged weapon kits.
Please be sure to READ the README.txt file


-------------------------------------CREDITS-----------------------------------------
To all those who helped and inspired me, and stuck by it, and played, and tested the mod out. Neo, Nos, Uzzibiker, King Nicky_GT, Col. Razzy, and to those names of the past I can't seem to remember. Thanks also to WykedCrew at Wyked.org who gave Angel her first home, and helped to make it possible to get Angel out to the world to see !

Special thanks to <<FTG>>Shadow, at http://www.clanftg.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
for helping out in 'Multiplayer Team Mode' for Angel


P.S. If you didn't know I created the first Female Sniper for the game, Angel and a Blow Gun too.

Here is the link that was done for it back in April 2002: Scroll down towards the middle. Look for ----> Angel's Ghosts

http://www.ghostrecon.net/news-archive-4-2002.htm



ALOHA
 

CaiNaM

Diamond Member
Oct 26, 2000
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Originally posted by: Acanthus

Its ATi, wait for the inevitable new driver.

Edit: especially on a TWIMTBP title.

it displays an ATI logo when loading...

 

CaiNaM

Diamond Member
Oct 26, 2000
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Originally posted by: Drayvn
Originally posted by: BroadbandGamer
Does it have native widescreen support? It better since the 360 version is widescreen.

It supports 4:3, 5:4 and 16:9 but it doesnt support any more resolutions above 1280x1024.

I havent tried any higher resolutions than that but you can change it in the config XML file within the GRAW folders.

displays 1440x900 widescreen on mine...
 

keeleysam

Diamond Member
Feb 8, 2005
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Runs pretty nicely, although I think the game sucks:

-Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego @ 2.85GHz
-2 x 1GB Corsair XMS DDR550 2-3-2-5 (I think)
-eVGA GeForce 7900GTX 512MB
-Epox 9NPA+Ultra Motherboard
-320GB RAID 0 Boot Drive
-Dell 2405FPW
 
Jun 14, 2003
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well ive just played around with this and my 7800GT's (450/1050)

everything max, 1280x1024 res, 16xAF 0xAA, HQ setting, all other optimizations off (that you can adjust in the control panel with cool bits anyway)

with SLI it was smooth ranging anywhere between 40-50fps

with the single card, it was still very playable... and settled round the mid 30's

and if im being honest, i couldnt tell much difference between SLI and a single card. probably coz i dont have much in the way of resolution to really push the SLI
 

tvdang7

Platinum Member
Jun 4, 2005
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any idea what scenario multiplayer is going to be like? just death match? i hope not.
 

Acanthus

Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
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Originally posted by: gersson
lol there should be no change since you're not using the Ageia PhysX card.

The driver is for software emulation. The Physics API is driven by the CPU (with less effects and precision) if you dont have hardware accelerated physics.
 

Acanthus

Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
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Originally posted by: CaiNaM
Originally posted by: Acanthus

Its ATi, wait for the inevitable new driver.

Edit: especially on a TWIMTBP title.

it displays an ATI logo when loading...

Nevermind on the TWIMTBP title then , i just assumed it was since all ubisoft games have been recently
 

itsrunninghot

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Sep 4, 2005
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I edited the rederer_settings file and set resolution at 1680x1050 with all texture options on high and 16x af. I think the game looks great like this. I get min 30fps with my 1800xt. I do think the game will look much better with 4xaa and no hdr, but the hdr does have a possitive effect with explosions. The explosion will illuminate the surrounding buildings/objects. Some screens included.

grenade1
grenade2
grenade3
grenade4

You can see shadows cast by debris on the builldings far left, and left center.
 

DeathReborn

Platinum Member
Oct 11, 2005
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Originally posted by: Acanthus
Originally posted by: gersson
lol there should be no change since you're not using the Ageia PhysX card.

The driver is for software emulation. The Physics API is driven by the CPU (with less effects and precision) if you dont have hardware accelerated physics.

That it is and there's a new Driver out already, 2.4.2 (25th April).
 

tvdang7

Platinum Member
Jun 4, 2005
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Originally posted by: itsrunninghot
I edited the rederer_settings file and set resolution at 1680x1050 with all texture options on high and 16x af. I think the game looks great like this. I get min 30fps with my 1800xt. I do think the game will look much better with 4xaa and no hdr, but the hdr does have a possitive effect with explosions. The explosion will illuminate the surrounding buildings/objects. Some screens included.

grenade1
grenade2
grenade3
grenade4

You can see shadows cast by debris on the builldings far left, and left center.

hows that card run on 1280x1024? i want that card and thats what i usually play at. can you please tell me if its not too much trouble?
 

aniruddha23

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Feb 22, 2006
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lil digression but I guess thats ok . . . .

1 Anyone here actually has the Ageia Physix card by chance to tell the performace difference? Alienware rigs?

2 Any Idea when standalone Ageia Physix cards will eb available to teh consumer? PCI? PCI-E?PCI-E 16X?
 

Dkcode

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May 1, 2005
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Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo
It looks pretty awful for the requirements. Clearly, most developers aren' t even bothering to optimize for the PC anymore, instead pushing out some half-assed port from the 360's rectum. Too many crappy looking games these days that can't even run decently on top-end hardware.

Couldnt agree more.
 

Ackmed

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Oct 1, 2003
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Originally posted by: CaiNaM
Originally posted by: Acanthus

Its ATi, wait for the inevitable new driver.

Edit: especially on a TWIMTBP title.

it displays an ATI logo when loading...


I guess you dont want such a good improvement with CF enabled?
 

itsrunninghot

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Sep 4, 2005
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Originally posted by: tvdang7

hows that card run on 1280x1024? i want that card and thats what i usually play at. can you please tell me if its not too much trouble?

It runs fine for me at 16x10, so 12x10 should be fine as well.
 
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