Crysis 2 being re-designed for GTX580

[STEvil]

I agree, bricks on the right of the window frame are "bubbled" out way too far.

[kaktus1907]

Full description of the upcoming DX11 patch:

Hi guys,

Below are the patch notes for Patch 1.9, this is also the patch that will enable DX11 Support (available via a separate download). We're aiming to have this patch live and available to you all next week. As always we're interested to hear your comments/thoughts on these changes so please post them below.

Crysis 2 Patch 1.9

• Added Contact Shadows
• Added DX11 benchmark level
• Added DX11 support for Crysis 2 (the following features only work when downloading the optional DX11 package here):
• - Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
• - High Quality HDR Motion Blur
• - Realistic Shadows with Variable Penumbra
• - Sprite Based Bokeh Depth of Field
• - Parallax Occlusion Mapping
• - Particles Motion Blur, Shadows and Art Updates
• - Water Rendering improvements and using Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
• Added Realtime Local Reflections
• Added support for Higher Res Textures Package
• Added various new console variables to whitelist
• Fixed bullet penetration, which had been broken by a bug introduced with the DLC 2 patch
• Fixed issue in MP where player stats weren't always saved at the end of a game
• Fixed issue in MP where player stats would sometimes randomly reset
• Fixed issue with MP time played statistic, which would sometimes be too low on leaderboards and in stats
• Fixed issue with JAW rocket not firing through window's containing broken glass
• Fixed rare issue where a user could not access MP with a valid CD key if they had previously used an invalid CD key
• Improved advanced graphics options menu
• Improved anti-cheat measurements: fixed exploit which could prevent vote kicking working against a user
• Improved multi-GPU support
• Improved Tone Mapping
• Re-added possibility to enable r_StereoSupportAMD via config file (unsupported)

https://secure.mycrysis.com/forums/v...p?f=40&t=32220

[DeltZ]

Really need to get myself DX11 capability one of these days. Anyways, hopefully this will finally put the whole graphics debacle to rest in a positive manner. Shame it's so late, really would have saved themselves a lot of pain if its development wasn't so behind schedule.

[Chrono Detector]

Next week huh? Well at least Crytek set a release date for this long awaited DX11 patch, looking forward seeing how much improvement there is and the FPS it is running on my setup.

[RejZoR]

So in a nutsheel we'll get a heavily overused tessellation with zero visual benefits. When i tried Aliens vs Predator with all the DX11 goodies enabled, it looked pretty bad as far as poly count goes. Stair rails and guard rails were still horribly blocky (not round at all even at like 20 ingame centimeters distance), rocks were low poly as well with no sign of high poly count etc etc.
There is no point in churning 5000 polygons on a flat surface that will be just as flat with just 4 polygons as it will be with 5000. But now it's important to brag about how much raw power can you put into some useless feature that has no benefit to the gamer. Gee, that's what i have been waiting for ever since we got first pixel shaders with DX8. Not.

They are ALL using tessellation in a completelly wrong way. The whole point of tessellation is to have great graphics with minimal performance hit. What they are doing is having just as awful graphics with crappy performance. Fail much? Tessellation was meant to replace LOD models because its realtime and much more flexible since you don't have to make different LOD models for every distance but you leave that to the game engine.

[n!Cola]

download works now for highres DirectX 9&11 (64-bitOS and 768 MB of memory are required) and dx11ultra patch.
http://www.mycrysis.com/dx11

[trinibwoy]

Yeah it really is pathetic the kind of crap they're shoveling at us. With all the geometry processing available give us higher poly models, not just bumpier bricks.

[kaktus1907]

download works now for highres DirectX 9&11 (64-bitOS and 768 MB of memory are required) and dx11ultra patch.
http://www.mycrysis.com/dx11

great! more important than dx11 patch to me

[kaktus1907]

dx11 patch is also available omg!
546mb

[Chrono Detector]

I'm getting an error page not found

[Kaboka]

same here. Where did you guys find the update?

[kaktus1907]

they removed it again but i still can download.. i think someone may upload files to torrents or etc.

apparently we have to wait 1.9 patch



try these
http://www.mycrysis.com/download/Crysis_2_DX11_Pack.exe
http://www.mycrysis.com/download/Cry...xture_Pack.exe

also
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...ture_Pack.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...rade_Pack.html

[Chrono Detector]

Great, we still have to wait until next week for the 1.9 patch before we can use it. Go figure, hopefully it gets leaked too.

[kaktus1907]

Crysis 2 PC patch 1.9 AND the DX11 and High Res Texture packages will be made available on MyCrysis.com on Monday April 27th!

http://www.mycrysis.com/news/crysis_...extures-update

[zalbard]

Crysis 2 PC patch 1.9 AND the DX11 and High Res Texture packages will be made available on MyCrysis.com on Monday April 27th!

http://www.mycrysis.com/news/crysis_...extures-update

They changed it to June already.

[stangracin3]

They changed it to June already.

maybe 2012?

[Lanek]

loooool .. yes just have seen they have speak about year for the date ..

Anyway i will maybe ( a big maybe ) buy the game if i find it cheap on Steam or whatever . just for see this DX11 patch .

[Olivon]

they removed it again but i still can download..
also
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...ture_Pack.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...rade_Pack.html

Thanks kaktus

[RaZz!]

over 10gb for both, dx11 and highres, packages rofl

downloading right now. too bad patch 1.9 is needed. well, i really hope it's worth it.

*edit*
ok. i stand corrected. tpu shows the wrong file size. actually its around 2,2gb.

[Tim]

It's nice to see a DX11 and high res texture pack. If it was for EA we would have never seen this, I'm sure. Glad to see that albeit very late it's still done by Crytek.

[Philip_J_Fry]

im just glad that they didnt put this in their new retaliation pack or w/e the new dlc is called, and charge us $15 for it

[Craftyman.]

Crysis 2 is not available on steam. Only on Origin.

If you ask me, a big part of the reason why Crysis 2 was consolized and pushed out before these features could make it in the game is because EA is running the show and they demand scheduled releases, rather than follow quality game designer's "when it's done" policy. Such a shame. That said, once my 6990 rolls in I'll be buying a retail copy of this, preferably used and adding it to steam manually. Take that EA!

Edit: woops responding to post number 392

[disruptfam]

Crysis 2 DX11 and High Res Textures Update
As a number of users were able to download the DX11 and High res texture packages from our test environment we would like to take this opportunity to explain how these files will work and our future plans via a short FAQ;

Where can I download these files?
We have removed the files from our websites until the full release date.

How do I install these packs?
Both the DX11 and High Res texture packages require Crysis 2 PC Patch 1.9 to work. Without this patch they cannot be installed.


When will patch 1.9 be available?

Crysis 2 PC patch 1.9 AND the DX11 and High Res Texture packages will be made available on MyCrysis.com on Monday June 27th!

Please note that the files will not work without the PC patch scheduled for release on Monday, more information about this including all download links will be made available to you via MyCrysis.com and our social network pages. If you would like to see a list of changes made in patch 1.9 you can view them HERE.

- MyCrysis Team

Waiting for the 27th....

[Anth Seebel]

So in a nutsheel we'll get a heavily overused tessellation with zero visual benefits. When i tried Aliens vs Predator with all the DX11 goodies enabled, it looked pretty bad as far as poly count goes. Stair rails and guard rails were still horribly blocky (not round at all even at like 20 ingame centimeters distance), rocks were low poly as well with no sign of high poly count etc etc.
There is no point in churning 5000 polygons on a flat surface that will be just as flat with just 4 polygons as it will be with 5000. But now it's important to brag about how much raw power can you put into some useless feature that has no benefit to the gamer. Gee, that's what i have been waiting for ever since we got first pixel shaders with DX8. Not.

They are ALL using tessellation in a completelly wrong way. The whole point of tessellation is to have great graphics with minimal performance hit. What they are doing is having just as awful graphics with crappy performance. Fail much? Tessellation was meant to replace LOD models because its realtime and much more flexible since you don't have to make different LOD models for every distance but you leave that to the game engine.

yup, hence why i wont be upgrading my 295's for a long while. DX11 while in theory sounds good, the reality is not very enticing at all.

[kaktus1907]

Here are a few more comparison shots.. disappointment once again

http://www.abload.de/gallery.php?key=70SZifeK