Crysis singleplayer demo released

**Tyrael** · 30th-October-2007

The Crysis singleplayer demo weighs 1.7 gigabytes and includes the sandbox editor. You can visit the official site http://www.ea.com/crysis/ or a fansite hxxp://www.incrysis.com/ if you don't know what Crysis is. Nvidia videocards require this new beta driver to play properly http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_do...etadriver.html

You can download it from one of the following places:

http://files.filefront.com/Crysis+SP.../fileinfo.html
http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=47132
http://www.gamershell.com/news/42876.html
http://www.3ddownloads.com/Action/Cr...is_SP_Demo.exe
http://www.actiontrip.com/files/demos/crysis.phtml
http://www.fragland.net/downloads.php?id=15931
http://www.ggmania.com/?smsid=24424
http://computergames.ro/en/downloads...ayer-demo.html
http://www.pixelrage.org/downloads/C...Demo/3048.html
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/cr...ml?sid=6181835

It's possible to have directx 10 effects if you don't use windows vista. This is how:

Don´t be fooled by Microsoft and EA. You can have all "DX10" Effects under WindowsXP. Here is how:

Add the commands you find in the following link at the end of the file "my documents\My Games\Crysis_SP_DEMO\game.cfg" and make this file write protected.

Here are the commands:
Link http://crysis.4thdimension.info/foru...54&postcount=2

Voila!
You have "DX10" water, volumetric light shafts and so on.

These are the commands to be added:

r_DepthOfField=1
r_MotionBlur=3
r_sunshafts=1
r_UseEdgeAA=1
r_Flares=1
r_Coronas=1
r_colorgrading=1
r_GlowScreenMultiplier = 0.2

sys_spec_Quality=4
e_sky_type=1
e_sky_update_rate=1
r_DetailTextures=1
r_DetailNumLayers=2
r_DetailDistance=8
r_HDRRendering=2
r_SSAO=1
r_SSAO_quality=2
r_SSAO_radius=2
r_refraction=1
e_ram_maps=1
sys_flash_edgeaa=1
e_vegetation_use_terrain_color=1
e_terrain_ao=1
e_terrain_normal_map=1
e_max_entity_lights=16
r_UsePom=1
r_EnvTexUpdateInterval=0.05
r_TexturesFilteringQuality=0
r_HairSortingQuality = 1
r_FillLights = 14
e_particles_lights = 1

i_lighteffects = 1
g_ragdollMinTime = 15.0
g_ragdollUnseenTime = 2
g_ragdollDistance = 40.0
g_battleDust_enable = 1

e_obj_quality=4
e_proc_vegetation=1
ca_useDecals=1
e_decals_allow_game_decals=1
e_decals_life_time_scale=2
e_lod_ratio=6
e_lod_min=0
e_lods=1
e_view_dist_ratio_detail=30
e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation=45
e_vegetation_min_size=0
i_rejecteffects=1
e_vegetation_bending=2
sys_flash_curve_tess_error=2
e_view_dist_ratio=60
e_max_view_dst_spec_lerp=1
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_custom_ratio_min=1
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio=1.5
e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy=2048
e_detail_materials_view_dist_z=128
es_DebrisLifetimeScale=1
e_cbuffer_resolution=256
e_dissolve=1
ca_DrawFaceAttachments=1
ca_AttachmentCullingRation=200
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_max_dist=200

r_WaterRefractions=1
r_WaterReflections=1
r_WaterUpdateFactor=0.05
e_water_tesselation_amount=10
e_water_tesselation_swath_width=10
r_WaterUpdateDistance=0.2
r_WaterCaustics=1
r_WaterReflectionsQuality=4
e_water_ocean_fft=1
q_ShaderWater=2
r_WaterReflectionsMinVisiblePixelsUpdate = 0.05

r_Beams=3
r_BeamsDistFactor=0.05
r_BeamsMaxSlices=200
e_Clouds=1
r_CloudsUpdateAlways=1

e_shadows = 1
r_ShadowBlur=3
e_shadows_max_texture_size=1024
r_ShadowJittering=2.5
e_gsm_lods_num=5
e_gsm_range=3
e_shadows_cast_view_dist_ratio=0.8
r_ShadowsMaskResolution=0
e_shadows_on_alpha_blended=1
e_shadows_from_terrain_in_all_lods=1
e_gsm_cache = 0

e_cull_veg_activation=50
g_joint_breaking=1
g_tree_cut_reuse_dist=0
p_max_MC_iters=6000
e_phys_foliage=2
es_MaxPhysDist=200
es_MaxPhysDistInvisible=25
e_phys_ocean_cell=0.5
e_foliage_wind_activation_dist=25
g_breakage_particles_limit=250
p_max_object_splashes=3
p_splash_dist0=7
p_splash_dist1=30
p_splash_force0=10
p_splash_force1=100
p_splash_vel0=4.5
p_splash_vel1=10
v_vehicle_quality=4
p_max_substeps_large_group=5
p_num_bodies_large_group=100

e_particles_quality=4
e_particles_lod=1
e_particles_max_emitter_draw_screen=32
r_UseSoftParticles=1
e_water_ocean_soft_particles= 1
e_particles_object_collisions=1

**field marshall watkins** · 30th-October-2007

I've downloaded the demo, had a quick go, will finish it tomorrow, (I'm ill see lol.)

Seems ok so far, definitely a system hog. Thanks for the DX10 info, I'll have to give this a go :-p not that my pc can handle it.

**Feminist_Scum** · 30th-October-2007

My PC would die just trying to install it, never mind trying to play it. Good thing I'm getting a new PC in December then.

**Male-Rights-Network** · 30th-October-2007

Just thinking, wouldn't it be great to have a MRA-styled video game that puts you in the world of the Matriarchal, feminist society, with some interesting twists.

The way computer and game development is nowadays it wouldn't be hard to this thing entirely independently and distribute it for free.

**field marshall watkins** · 30th-October-2007

Yeah that is an interesting idea. Currently though I'm concentrating my efforts on select things, I get a habit of trying to follow too many things at once and spreading myself too thinly.

Shame I can't clone myself lol

**bola** · 31st-October-2007

Can't say I like it much, I can only play it on medium quality and it doesn't look all that hot. Also the frame rate is too low. I have 3GB ram and dual core amd 6000+ cpu, but my card is a 7600 GS and I guess that's just not powerful enough.

I've read that DX10 for WinXP is a myth. DX10 requires a completely different driver model that cannot be emulated on XP. Also you need a DX10 enabled graphics card. What the quoted settings do is unlock certain quality settings. It's not actually DX10. Nevertheless nice to know.

I'm holding off on Crysis, like I did with BioShock, until I got myself a NVidia G92 card. Out in November, I believe.

Anybody here buy the Orange Box, by the way? Play Portal yet? If you like puzzles, you might want to try it. It's a little master piece, in my opinion.

http://www.gamespot.com/video/934386...rtal-trailer-1

**Feminist_Scum** · 31st-October-2007

I've got Orange Box for my 360. Good shit.

**field marshall watkins** · 1st-November-2007

The demo is short and nothing new really. So I don't miind waiting till the price drops, and I update my rig.

I'm waiting for a few other high profile FPS's to come out, the price of Bioshock will drop and I'll swoop in

Was thinking about buying STALKER, seems like a decent shooter, and for £10 on play.com

Speaking of shooters and portals, I strongly suggest a game called Prey. Completely underrated!

**bola** · 1st-November-2007

Quote from field marshall watkins

Was thinking about buying STALKER, seems like a decent shooter, and for £10 on play.com

Here's an interesting review on Stalker. I haven't decided yet if I want to play it.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=74255

Speaking of shooters and portals, I strongly suggest a game called Prey. Completely underrated!

I played the demo. The guy gets sucked into a spaceship, right? With his girlfriend and his grandfather. His girl is hauled away and his grandfather is savagely butchered in front of his eyes. Then five minutes later, he finds some sort of ramp on the ship and slides down. Whooeeeh, he goes, like a seven year old in the playground. So much for empathy. He's already forgotten that his grandfather just died.

Also, the spaceship looked more like a Mexican whorehouse to me than an advanced piece of technology :-)

I'm sure it's a fun game though. I've read good reviews on it. It's just not my thing, I guess.

**bola** · 2nd-November-2007

Found an interesting comparison between DX9 and DX10 graphics on Crysis. Seems like it doesn't make much difference.

http://www.gamespot.com/features/618...c&subj=6182140

**field marshall watkins** · 2nd-November-2007

Yeah well I'm definitely sure DX10 isn't worth shelling out for Vista and a DX10 gfx card.

I'll wait lol

Prey starts off strangely, but all the art design makes sense a little ways into it.

It's probably a fiver online now.

**themanonthestreet** · 2nd-November-2007

Team Fortress 2!

Nuff said!

TMOTS

**bola** · 3rd-November-2007

Quote from bola

I'm holding off on Crysis, like I did with BioShock, until I got myself a NVidia G92 card. Out in November, I believe.

Ooops, it's already there. Just in case you were thinking about buying a 8800 GTS or GTX. -- Don't. Buy this one in stead.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/Nvidia_G...w/5369-14.html