S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky running in DX10

[Dark Drakan]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky running in DX10

A little look at just what sort of GFX, physics and textures DirectX10 is capable of, i mean... wow...

Excuse us while we dribble over this new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky tech demo. But feel free to join us...

Bloody hell it's impressive. But don't believe us - watch it yourself in our video player. Now!

Not much else to say on this one. Just sit back and enjoy. Clear Sky debuts on August 29.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky running in DX10 - Wow! - CVG.com (Video Player On Right)

 

[Steve]

Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky running in DX10

I'll take a look now... something tells me I'm going to be amazed, though. ^_^

Hopefully S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky will make its way to the Xbox 360 since my PC is currently collecting dust at the back of my garage.

 

[Zingo]

Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky running in DX10

Not that impressive, except for a few things like the volumetric fire and dynamic smoke.

I also liked the water-effects, and I'm wondering how they will pull the dynamic surfaces off... imagine if it starts to rain over a ruined house with rubble everywhere. The engine has to change the shadermaps (yes, the video said they had shadermaps for the rain) and that is bound to lag. I think.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky running in DX10

Not that impressive, except for a few things like the volumetric fire and dynamic smoke.

I also liked the water-effects, and I'm wondering how they will pull the dynamic surfaces off... imagine if it starts to rain over a ruined house with rubble everywhere. The engine has to change the shadermaps (yes, the video said they had shadermaps for the rain) and that is bound to lag. I think.

Easily the most impressive dynamic display ive seen to date and better than even Crysis and Far Cry 2 from look of it. Seemed to be running easily too, going to need a mega beast of a PC to run it i bet though.

 

[Zingo]

Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky running in DX10

Easily the most impressive dynamic display ive seen to date and better than even Crysis and Far Cry 2 from look of it. Seemed to be running easily too, going to need a mega beast of a PC to run it i bet though.

Agreed. What I meant was the resolution, Anti-aliasing and shadows. I think Cryengine 2 beats whatever engine Clear Sky is going to use in these areas.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky running in DX10

Agreed. What I meant was the resolution, Anti-aliasing and shadows. I think Cryengine 2 beats whatever engine Clear Sky is going to use in these areas.

Its known as the X-Ray engine and features HDR rendering, parallax and normal mapping, soft shadows, motion blur, widescreen support, weather effects and day/night cycles. However as you said it doesnt support anti-aliasing with dynamic lighting enabled but instead uses a "fake" form of anti-aliasing that can be enabled with the static lighting option that utilizes a technique to blur the image to give the false impression of anti-aliasing to same effect.

 

[Zingo]

Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky running in DX10

Its known as the X-Ray engine and features HDR rendering, parallax and normal mapping, soft shadows, motion blur, widescreen support, weather effects and day/night cycles.

Oh, were did you read that? 'Cos I got interested

However as you said it doesnt support anti-aliasing with dynamic lighting enabled but instead uses a "fake" form of anti-aliasing that can be enabled with the static lighting option that utilizes a technique to blur the image to give the false impression of anti-aliasing to same effect.

Hmm, It was only a guess from my side but it turns out I was right. I could spot a difference though so lets hope they improve it...

 

[Dark Drakan]

Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky running in DX10

Oh, were did you read that? 'Cos I got interested



Hmm, It was only a guess from my side but it turns out I was right. I could spot a difference though so lets hope they improve it...

Well i followed the production of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. like an eagle for years awaiting its release and learnt about its engine, plus Wikipedia has it listed.

Its engine is older than that of the new version Cryengine from what i remember so what impressed me if how much detail it can pull off.