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Crysis demo hack
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killadoob
Honorary Master
yes and its worked
just another slap in dx 10's face
just another slap in dx 10's face
MogenNaidoo
Well-Known Member
yeah, you just change the settings in the config files. the easiest way to enable all settings at one is locat highspec.cfg:
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis SP Demo\Game\Config
open with notepad. Change the 3 to 4.
If you want to set individual settings like only shader textures or physics etc then you need to do it invidiually. You can find those on the net. Just google it.
But if you wanna fool around you can do the changes yourself in the CVarGroups folder by copying the first paragraph in sys_specs_full.cfg and replacing the first paragraphs in each of the other sys_specs depending on which you want enabled or disabled.
Also if you have vista I thinking maybe logging into vista going to the config directory copy veryhighspec.cfg to a flash disk. boot into windows XP and then copy the veryhighspec from flash to config directory of crysis. This should enable the very high drop down. Haven't tried this yet but just a thought.
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis SP Demo\Game\Config
open with notepad. Change the 3 to 4.
If you want to set individual settings like only shader textures or physics etc then you need to do it invidiually. You can find those on the net. Just google it.
But if you wanna fool around you can do the changes yourself in the CVarGroups folder by copying the first paragraph in sys_specs_full.cfg and replacing the first paragraphs in each of the other sys_specs depending on which you want enabled or disabled.
Also if you have vista I thinking maybe logging into vista going to the config directory copy veryhighspec.cfg to a flash disk. boot into windows XP and then copy the veryhighspec from flash to config directory of crysis. This should enable the very high drop down. Haven't tried this yet but just a thought.
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HavocXphere
Honorary Master
Kinda weird. If the really wanted to lock it, the would not have done it in a cfg. MS maybe, but not Crytek.
Praeses
Executive Member
Works like a charm 
Too slow though, at least faster than vista
Too slow though, at least faster than vista
MogenNaidoo
Well-Known Member
But you guys should know that XP and DX9 uses a different shader model. So while you can use very high settings you won't get it to look like Vista with DX10. IMO I think the shader textures in Vista are much better and you can surely see a difference.
Praeses
Executive Member
MogenNaidoo
Well-Known Member
thats actually quite cool. But honestly you have to be playing the game to notice the difference. I feel screenshots don't do justice. I have tested it both on XP and Vista and I have seen the difference with the shader model turned to very high on both instances.
If you a gfx whore like me who likes tweaking and making the gfx look good you would also see the difference. While XP looks fine and still shows amazing pictures a trained eye will notice the difference whith the shader model turned on very high.
But either than that I get what you saying "the gfx still looks good in XP so why bother"
Anyways what specs are you guys running at. I'm running on 1280x786, All very high settings, AA 2x and the game runs pretty smoothe for me. I'm sure at higher res it'll start acting up.
If you a gfx whore like me who likes tweaking and making the gfx look good you would also see the difference. While XP looks fine and still shows amazing pictures a trained eye will notice the difference whith the shader model turned on very high.
But either than that I get what you saying "the gfx still looks good in XP so why bother"
Anyways what specs are you guys running at. I'm running on 1280x786, All very high settings, AA 2x and the game runs pretty smoothe for me. I'm sure at higher res it'll start acting up.
Praeses
Executive Member
thats actually quite cool. But honestly you have to be playing the game to notice the difference. I feel screenshots don't do justice. I have tested it both on XP and Vista and I have seen the difference with the shader model turned to very high on both instances.
If you a gfx whore like me who likes tweaking and making the gfx look good you would also see the difference. While XP looks fine and still shows amazing pictures a trained eye will notice the difference whith the shader model turned on very high.
But either than that I get what you saying "the gfx still looks good in XP so why bother"
Anyways what specs are you guys running at. I'm running on 1280x786, All very high settings, AA 2x and the game runs pretty smoothe for me. I'm sure at higher res it'll start acting up.
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6182140/index.html
I play it at 1024x786 on mixed high - very high settings. AA kills performance badly and so does the resolution. On these settings the speed rarely drops below 25, which is all I care about. I hope video drivers will make a big difference in the future.
killadoob
Honorary Master
i can notice a huge difference in those pics
load both up and flip from the one to the other, the trees at the botton look much better in dx 10
they dont look blurred, u can see the detail, that minor though as wehn your playing you not going to sit and look at trees
load both up and flip from the one to the other, the trees at the botton look much better in dx 10
they dont look blurred, u can see the detail, that minor though as wehn your playing you not going to sit and look at trees
MogenNaidoo
Well-Known Member
@ killadoob - lol...yeah true. But i'm a fussy guy. If I don't have the settings turned up, it will irritate me in the back of my head...i know wierd.
@ praeses - I think the latest Nvidia drivers are optimised for crysis expecially the demo. I'm hoping that Crytec will have optimised the game and have tweaked the full game so it runs smoother on our already expensive machines
@ praeses - I think the latest Nvidia drivers are optimised for crysis expecially the demo. I'm hoping that Crytec will have optimised the game and have tweaked the full game so it runs smoother on our already expensive machines
killadoob
Honorary Master
i hear you man
remember that, in order for hardware to sell, games need to push the envelope and make us upgrade
so i doubt crysis will run any better, its out before hardware that can run it
even the most expensive computer running 2 x ultra's wont run that game full with AA and AF
remember that, in order for hardware to sell, games need to push the envelope and make us upgrade
so i doubt crysis will run any better, its out before hardware that can run it
even the most expensive computer running 2 x ultra's wont run that game full with AA and AF
Praeses
Executive Member
The performance is quite a disappointment currently