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[-Skorpious-]

 Even though I should be able to play in DX11, the in-game menu refuses to let me select the DX11 option.

Here are my specs -

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
RAM: 7.0 GB
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Service Pack 2 (build 6002), 64-bit
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series (DX11 compatible) 

Am am I wrong in the assumption that I should be able to run the demo with DX11? Or has the ability to select the option been purposely left out of the demo? 

[Captain Iglo]

DX11 is not available for the demo. I can select it for some reason, but it changes nothing and only causes a crash.
However there are some dx11 screenies out there and it looks very nice.

Modifié par Captain Iglo, 24 février 2011 - 08:47 .

[-Skorpious-]

Hmm, but my specs still meet the recommended settings right? Why can't I select the D11x option and uh, crash my game? =p

[Captain Iglo]

I dunno...the demo has several bugs...I wouldnt worry about it to much.
Hmm maybe try installing this: http://www.microsoft...&displaylang=en

I had to install it to get it all work

Modifié par Captain Iglo, 24 février 2011 - 08:57 .

[shadownian]

Personally I dont get why some people are having probs with dx 11....I have had no probs running it on dx11 myself and I dont have anything overly special for a pc...



Amd phenom x4 9850

8g ddr2 ram

evga gts 450( not superclocked)

windows 7 ultimate

[-Skorpious-]

Is it a problem with Vista? Someone else claimed to have ran the demo in DX11, and they too had windows 7.

[shadownian]

could be...never tried vista myself...waay too many problems with it...and at the time I didnt have the best pc..was still using a pentium d...lol

[Sarkus]

Considering there is a sticky at the top of this forum saying DX11 has been disabled for the demo, I'm not sure what this thread is really about.

[-Skorpious-]

Sarkus wrote...

Considering there is a sticky at the top of this forum saying DX11 has been disabled for the demo, I'm not sure what this thread is really about.

It was about those who claimed to have ran the demo in D11X, and my usual taking things to the extreme. 

[shadownian]

Sarkus wrote...

Considering there is a sticky at the top of this forum saying DX11 has been disabled for the demo, I'm not sure what this thread is really about.

It hasnt been disabled...they advise against playing in dx 11 due to known issues with the demo that are fixed in the final game...like I said...personally I have had no problems with it...though i cant go above medium settings without getting laggy....hopefully the final version will be optimixed better

[Mordaedil]

DirectX 11 is also a Windows 7-only feature. DirectX 10 is shared by Vista and 7. DirectX 9 is shared by XP and earlier platforms, I believe.



So, not only are you SOL, but you're now experiencing what people who refused to upgrade to Windows Vista from WinXP went through.



PS: I can play in DirectX 11, so yay. No bugs even!

[Kuei_Jin]

Was crashing a lot when running in DirectX 11, luckily I checked the sticky before I raged! DirectX9 ran smoothly, so hopefully 11 is fixed in the full game.

[Maria Caliban]

I ran it in DirectX 11 mode, but as I only have Vista, it simply enabled the DirectX 10 features.



If you want to check it out, use the configuration app instead of the in-game options.

[Laiin]

Mordaedil you are wrong. Vista has supported Dx11 since October 2009.



Laiin

[JediMB]

Um, read the sticky thread:
(PC) DirectX 11 is not supported in the demo.

It's entirely possible that you being unable to choose DX11 mode is yet another demo bug.

The game runs fine for me on the highest DX11 settings, although the cutscenes get a bit choppy... but, yeah, it's recommended that we all ignore the DX11 mode in the demo.

Modifié par JediMB, 24 février 2011 - 11:59 .

[Mordaedil]

Laiin wrote...

Mordaedil you are wrong. Vista has supported Dx11 since October 2009.

Laiin

Oh right, Service Pack 2.

God-dammit, this site I use for this sort of reference splits that as its own OS, how stupid is that.

[Gorath Alpha]

Sarkus wrote...

Considering there is a sticky at the top of this forum saying DX11 has been disabled for the demo, I'm not sure what this thread is really about.

You have to look closely at how Rob Bartel worded his announcement.  They offer no official Tech Support for it, because at the time the code for the Demo was finalized. Dx11 was still too unstable. 

Mordaedil wrote...

DirectX 11 is also a Windows 7-only feature. DirectX 10 is shared by Vista and 7. DirectX 9 is shared by XP and earlier platforms, I believe.

Actually, while I also avoided Vista while it was being promoted, I am certain that I've read, both when the SP was released, and more recently, that SP 2 either included Dx11, or else at least made Vista ready to accept Dx11 as well as Win 7 does. 

As stated, I never wanted Vista, so I don't KNOW whether Dx11 was ever part of SP2, or if it had to be added later, and right through now, I don't think anyone ever asked Skorpius whether he had Dx11 installed yet. 

Now that those two things are handled, I have read several times and places that Dx11 functions can be so very demanding that only High End graphics should be used for it.  A Radeon HD 5670 is a middle of the pack Mainline graphics card, not High End, so the Demo's configuration will (apparently, if the OP author's situation is not unique, and he really does have Dx11 installed) lock out the less efficient Mainline cards like 5670s, rather than allow people to try running Dx11, and then complain about how slowly it runs.

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 24 février 2011 - 09:38 .

[Fredvdp]

Captain Iglo wrote...

DX11 is not available for the demo. I can select it for some reason, but it changes nothing and only causes a crash.
However there are some dx11 screenies out there and it looks very nice.

I can select it and see some major graphical differences, like cloud shadows. However, because of my poor hardware and how unstable the DX11 features are, my framerate is very low (around 12 fps).

[JadenXI]

DX11 Renderer doesn't do anything different in the Demo aside from letting you set it to "High" settings, otherwise you are stuck with Medium.



Very High which will have DX11 exlusive features like tessellation, is disabled in the demo.

[crusnchill]

I feel like it's probably because they didn't feel the need to optimise it completely as it's only a demo to show us the overall feel of the game, and not the elite aspects of the game as a finished product.
My guess is likely completely incorrect though so...

[TallBearNC]

Captain Iglo wrote...

DX11 is not available for the demo. I can select it for some reason, but it changes nothing and only causes a crash.
However there are some dx11 screenies out there and it looks very nice.

DX11 works just fine and IS selectable, but you MUST have a TRUE DX11 card! If you only have a DX10 card, you can choose DX11 mode, but MANY of the adv features in the demo are disabled. I'm running an nvidia 580 with the most current drivers and DX11 mode and all the adv features show... I can easily post a screen shot of me with DX11 mode on...

[TallBearNC]

You can also use the config utility with the demo to turn on DX11 and set G Quality to VERY high... that forces the demo to use all the dx11 advanced features (providing you have a true DX11 card and proper drivers). Using the config utility is a must for some people as I have some friends with lower end DX11 nvidia cards (the 400 line), and the demo won't let them turn on DX11, but they can do it through the config util.

[SirKillsalot]

I ran it in direct X 11 with Win7 64Bit.

It worked but resulted in horrible FPS. Like 5 or 6...... My computer should be more than able to completely max the game, guess its just an old build that was released for the demo and they hadn't fully sorted the DX11 features yet.

[TallBearNC]

Yeah DX11 in the demo isn't fully implemented nor is it optimized... and they also deliberately disable some DX11 features in the demo. I got my demo off of steam. I think the full game will be just fine.. btw this is wha the dragonage.ini file video section looks like when full DX 11 (as much as the demo supports) is turned on:

I put some descriptions in ()'s. You can FORCE the demo into using them. They won't show in the options because the devs blocked access to them, but you CAN force the game engine to turn them on and use them.. just be ready for a HUUUUGE performance hit unless you have a beast of a GPU(s)

[VideoOptions]
ResolutionWidth=2560
ResolutionHeight=1600
FullScreen=1
UseDirectX11Renderer=1
UseVSync=0
GraphicsDetailLevel=4
AntialiasingLevel=0
DisableMRT=0
DisableAspectRatioCorrection=0
RefreshRate=0
PresentThreshold=5
UseTrilinearFiltering=0
UseTripleBuffering=0
UseDesktopGamma=0
Gamma=1
TexturePack=0
EnableShadows=1
EnableLatentQueries=1
EnableSSAO=1 (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion)
EnableHighQualityBlur=1 (DX 11 Enhanced Bloom/Blur Effects)
EnableHighQualitySoftShadows=1 (DX 11 Shadows)
EnableDiffusionDOF=1 (DX 11 High Quality Depth of Field)
EnableTessellation=1 (DX 11 Tessalation mostly for Terrain)
EnableGeometryDisplacement=1 (DX 11 GD)
AnisotropicFilteringLevel=16
ForceLowSettings=0

remove anything in ()'s if you decide to use them

Modifié par TallBearNC, 05 mars 2011 - 01:08 .

[TallBearNC]

Sick of the intros every time you run the demo? add this to the config file:

[Movies]
DisableIntroMovies=1
FirstRun=0

Dragonange.ini is located in C:\\users\\<username>\\My Documents\\BioWare\\Dragon Age 2 Demo\\ (at least that's where it is on Win 7)