Crysis 2 PC edition OT

I'm sorry, I was going to mention you too, but I forgot. You'll have to make do with what I've already posted, I'm afraid...

 

Its absolutely playable with max settings @ 5292x1050

Well they sort of do as long as your not in the reflection
see nvidias bubble demo
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/cool_stuff_uk.html#/demos/602

 

Yeah redeeming was a pain. You may want to keep track of this stickied thread.

http://www.mycrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=12386

The account login is a known issue they are investigating, but no fix yet.

Are you still having problems Mize? Apparently someone found a workaround for Crossfire on the Steam version.

http://www.mycrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=157891#p157891

Apparently he used Radeon Pro program to create a profile that forces the use of the Bioshock profile without having to rename the .exe.

Regards,
SB

 

Thanks, SB. I know about that thread.

 

I'll try it tonight. Been too busy for gaming the last 24 hrs.

Thanks SB

 

Why every EA game has to have big multiplayer problems at launch?
Its not like they didnt test it before. I just dont get it.
And i dont get why consoles have private match options and PC games dont, it just ridiculous that You cant have matches with friend or even 1vs1 events. Less options than Moh:AA and Quake 3 in server browser [and worse search mechanism] is also really frustrating ...

Sometimes i think that dev teams hire network designers and devs that grown up playing Halo ...

 

I only tried multiplayer briefly, but do all servers have random map and gametypes? I chose a server that was doing one of the team modes. After that game was done it went right into FFA deathmatch. I absolutely hate FFA deathmatch (and even team deathmatch is boring as hell), it's the most boring, yawn inducing type of multiplayer that there is.

Regards,
SB

 

Random gametypes are quite rare, but i havent actually saw server without map changing. Servers are dedicated and can be bought by players so there will be some totally custom setups.

 

So yeah, look who's "FoS"

The only problem is that they don't support reflection occlusion (like in the UE3 GDC 2011 demo) so they can look a bit out of place at times.

How about you read my posts properly before you get all bitchy?

"We were supposed to get proper glossy reflections as a byproduct of their GI method but they don't seem to be activated in the game :/"

 

This approach works, but only with vsync disabled...with vsync on it does the seizure flicker about ever couple seconds for a split second. Very odd.

It's a bandaid (I hate screen tearing) but I'll give it some play time.

 

Yeah hopefully Crytek (or AMD if Crytek can't) come out with a real fix for it, but at least it'll allow you to use Crossfire for the moment.

Regards,
SB

 

Firstly thanks to Neb for putting so much info up over all these weeks.

I now have Crysis loaded, Not played it yet, what I normally do nowadays is get totally sidetracked by setting the image up so it looks right and do multiple compare and contrasts so really I get carried away with the Beyond 3d stylee IQ and don't play the game for a while.

However to cut all that short should I just turn off ATi Control Panel, and then use that nice graphic interface the link on this thread pointed too? Or do I have to start popping values into the cfg file as well? There's bazillions of those mofo's I could be here all night.

Basically I am being a lazy bastard who doesn't want and consolitus dumbing down but wants the best quick fixes for that to make it as good as possible and then play the game.

Andy

 

I've no clue what you think your seeing in that video to support your claim of real time reflections, but here is a video to exemplify how wrong you are:

I read what you quoted, and I also read were you claimed the game "uses realtime reflections for wet surfaces and the ocean", while I've yet to see any sort of real-time reflections in the game. Again, I get the strong impression you haven't actually played the game, have you?

 

Okay forcing the Bioshock profile in RadeonPro makes it playable. Vsync does work if you turn it off and then back on. It's a bit jittery (microstuttering) even though I'm maxed out at 60 fps most of the time wth the graphical tool settings maxed out.
The reflections are pretty sloppy, but I'll play it a bit. I hope someone fixes the jittery stuff soon though.

 

That shows exactly what I said. It has realtime reflections but distant ones look off (appear when they shouldn't) due to the lack of reflection occlusion.

I have. Stop with the adhoc attacks.

 

Finally got the game and it's much worse than I thought. Graphics are hit and miss but mostly miss and overall a leap back from Crysis (some things are obviously better but overall it's one step forward, two steps back). Also, I don't at all like how the nanosuit has changed.

I get what they were going for with the whole being a tank thing but I think they over did it a bit. Feels quite sluggish compared to Crysis and I don't like the streamlined modes. Hopefully it gets better over the course of the game but at the beginning at least it feels like I'm playing through a generic shooter. Also the controls have bugged out on me quite a few times (hitting backwards actually kept moving me forward a few times) and another time everything stopped working completely.

The AI is also hit or miss but that for the most part remains pretty good. When it's off though it's off by wide margin (e.g. one time I stood right in front of enemies for a good few seconds or so before they reacted to me, and sometimes they don't at all react to thrown grenades even if thrown directly at them).

 

I see what is reflected undulating with the watter, and that adjusts to the angle it is viewed, but I've yet to see moving boats, distant scenery, or anything to suggest real-time reflections in the ocean or anywhere else in the game. Any chance you could upload a video to exemplify whatever you are referring to?

 

Nonsense, it has specular highlighting from light sources that remain in place, but then it has reflections following me as I strafe back and forth across the map.