CellFactor Demo released and REQUIRES the PPU, can anyone test this?

[Drayvn]

http://www.gamershell.com/download_13618.shtml

Just really wanna see what this is all about, see how the physics is like and everything and see what type of performance you get as i know performance will probably be decreased but just by how much and if its acceptable really

 

[Parkre]

I am downloading it, but know if I can play it.

 

[Polish3d]

Wow that's smart. Three people will get to play it

 

[aniruddha23]

Originally posted by: Parkre
I am downloading it, but know if I can play it.

what?

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

Originally posted by: Frackal
Wow that's smart. Three people will get to play it

Even if they get a few thousand people with the PhysX card to buy it, it'll still be a huge loss.

Unfortuntaely for them, the entire game is based on objects flying around, so even if they could dump all the physics calculations into the CPU, it'd run like total sh1t.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo

Originally posted by: Frackal
Wow that's smart. Three people will get to play it

Even if they get a few thousand people with the PhysX card to buy it, it'll still be a huge loss.

Unfortuntaely for them, the entire game is based on objects flying around, so even if they could dump all the physics calculations into the CPU, it'd run like total sh1t.

Cellfactor is coming out for the 360.

 

[Apocalypse23]

You can play this demo without having the PPU by putting "EnablePhysX=false" in your shortcut. It looks like a lot of fun but it runs ridiculously slow on my setup(and I have a 7800). Toning down the textures and filtering helped but its still really choppy. Don't know if this is normal or if they'll optimize it some how.

 

[firewolfsm]

Originally posted by: Apocalypse23
You can play this demo without having the PPU by putting "EnablePhysX=false" in your shortcut. It looks like a lot of fun but it runs ridiculously slow on my setup(and I have a 7800). Toning down the textures and filtering helped but its still really choppy. Don't know if this is normal or if they'll optimize it some how.

Maybe it was still pulling PhysX effects without the hardware support? Putting that load on the CPU AND the extra load on the GPU. If they never programmed the game without software suport, I doubt it has it, you must have been emulating the PPU.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo

Originally posted by: Frackal
Wow that's smart. Three people will get to play it

Even if they get a few thousand people with the PhysX card to buy it, it'll still be a huge loss.

Unfortuntaely for them, the entire game is based on objects flying around, so even if they could dump all the physics calculations into the CPU, it'd run like total sh1t.

You are forgettig the royalties from licensing a superior engine.

 

[Gooberlx2]

$280+ currently for these physx cards! I think I'll pass for now.

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: firewolfsm

Originally posted by: Apocalypse23
You can play this demo without having the PPU by putting "EnablePhysX=false" in your shortcut. It looks like a lot of fun but it runs ridiculously slow on my setup(and I have a 7800). Toning down the textures and filtering helped but its still really choppy. Don't know if this is normal or if they'll optimize it some how.

Maybe it was still pulling PhysX effects without the hardware support? Putting that load on the CPU AND the extra load on the GPU. If they never programmed the game without software suport, I doubt it has it, you must have been emulating the PPU.

The PhysX API does have software support. IIRC, there are only a few features that currently cannot be done in software, which will be remedied in the version of the SDK soon.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

You can play without the card. The results are alarming. 1-4 fps difference only...

http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MTg5MzQsLCxobmV3cywsLDE=

 

[64ninjas]

is this the same 400MB video they released a few weeks ago without any physX requirements? the same cellfactor trailer we've seen since the divx version came out?

a while ago I downloaded a 400MB video file that was a larger version of their 'hd' version. the 400MB was 1280x resolution

 

[Munky]

I dont have the PPU, but I'l try it anyways. With all the flying objects, if my dual core cpu only performs 10% worse than with a $300 dedicated ppu, then I'll concider the software physics solution a resounding success...

 

[64ninjas]

ok I just tried the game, doesn't even load. complains of a missing file.

 

[64ninjas]

sweet! I got it working.. have to install the ageia physX drivers regardless of if you have the card or not.

oh, and you know that ageia logo at the bottom right corner of the game when you're playing?
you can remove it by opening Artificial/cellfactor/cellfactor/scripts/base/GameCore.cs then search for physxlogo
should be 2 lines of code you remove, save, restart the game.. no more logo in the way of your gun.