DH zer0point Catalyst 0.54 'Public Preview'

Sentient Cheese · May 28, 2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by PoopyTheJ

r_pixelvis_partial = allows partial precision PS
mat_parallaxmap = Not available yet should work after the lost coast, trying to look ahead for this...
r_Shadowrendertotexture = So far performance impact has been minimal on Nv and ATI hardware...
mat_dxlevel 91 = Support for HDR, Parallaxmapping, etc as far as I can tell, we've worked with both and 91 is available, ie same performance and quality as 9, without more support hard exactly to know, contact valve

Thanks for the info.

A question and a observation, though. First off, Can you clarify for me a bit more about what r_Shadowrendertotexture does in-game?

Second, concerning the mat_dxlevel 91..........I have a 9700 Pro, I should mention first. What happens when I add this command into my autoexec.cfg is always the same. It resets my settings in the Advanced Video settings tab (where the anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering options are) to the recommended default values the game initially detects for you. It also resets the game back to mat_dxlevel 90, it will never stay on 91.

This leads me to conjecture that the dxlevel 91 is apparently only available on the newer ATI GPUs after the R300 and R350 chips, perhaps? In any case, what this means is that as long as people have mat_dxlevel 91 in their autoexec.cfg with at least my video card, it will keep resetting the in-game graphics options to their detected recommended setting for the game......which I'm sure would irritate people who set their settings differently from that (probably most of us).

Oh and btw, so if mat_parallaxmap will become functional after the Lost Coast is released, does that mean it has something to do with the HDR lighting?

PoopyTheJ · May 28, 2005, 06:05 PM

Parallaxmapping = Cheap Displacement mapping

I've not noticed that problem with the mat_dxlevel overwriting your previously chosen settings, I'll look into it some more..... thanks!

PoopyTheJ · May 28, 2005, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sentient Cheese

Thanks for the info.

A question and a observation, though. First off, Can you clarify for me a bit more about what r_Shadowrendertotexture does in-game?

rendering shadows is ridiculously expensive on most hardware, thus although it doesn't look quite as well theoretically, we instead are telling the engine to "fake" shadows by placing a shadow texture on a plane where it should be, at least this is our best estimated guess, please don't take anything I'm saying here as the word of God as I have no inside line to valve or anything so I do the best with what I can find....

Sentient Cheese · May 29, 2005, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PoopyTheJ

rendering shadows is ridiculously expensive on most hardware, thus although it doesn't look quite as well theoretically, we instead are telling the engine to "fake" shadows by placing a shadow texture on a plane where it should be, at least this is our best estimated guess, please don't take anything I'm saying here as the word of God as I have no inside line to valve or anything so I do the best with what I can find....

Alright, cool, good to know. And I'm glad I asked, cause that wasn't what I thought it did at all.

petri1 · May 29, 2005, 02:05 PM

is there any estimated timeline to when DHzero 5.5 will be out?

and what other game omptimisations will there be to choose when instaling the driver set?

love the official 5.5 as they are somewhat better faster than 5.4´s was in my opinion that is

so keep up the good work

your last set was good adn i used them until 5.5´s was realesed

bake15 · May 29, 2005, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by petri1

is there any estimated timeline to when DHzero 5.5 will be out?

and what other game omptimisations will there be to choose when instaling the driver set?

love the official 5.5 as they are somewhat better faster than 5.4´s was in my opinion that is

so keep up the good work

your last set was good adn i used them until 5.5´s was realesed

if you thought the 5.4s were good just wait till you get the 5.5s

cant say when there coming out but i dont think you will have to wait to long

petri1 · May 29, 2005, 02:54 PM

coooooooool

can´t wait to test them out .......tic toc and so on LOL

pr0digal jenius · May 30, 2005, 04:36 AM

9 smileys....

...I feel so loved!

yep....we're getting to the release candidate stage on both ati and nvidia releases.....so not long now!

EvaUnitXIV · Jun 1, 2005, 09:06 PM

will ya'll make zeropoint 5.6 drivers?

petri1 · Jun 1, 2005, 09:17 PM

i´m sure they will in time make 5.6´s but the that is later this summer or month first i am cuorious about there 5.5´s and all the goodies they include in them

since 5.4´s worked so well in a few games i like to play

and i just hav eto wait and don´t mind it at all coz al the good things come to those who wait

right?

pr0digal jenius · Jun 2, 2005, 04:56 AM

we plan to keep the drivers coming, yes.

And yes...good thigns to those who wait

microhaxo · Jun 7, 2005, 12:38 AM

hmm, i tried these, i dont notice a difference from the omegas in css..

PoopyTheJ · Jun 7, 2005, 03:53 AM

Well good news and bad news, we're not happy enough with the current state of the 5.5's to release anything, the sets not bad, actually it's quite good, just not spit shined and finished, and the 5.6's are right around the corner hopefully. So we'll for sure have a 5.6 set out for you and hopefully not too long after the original release of the 5.6's, don't ask me what not too long means either or I'll give you the "When it's done"

pr0digal jenius · Jun 8, 2005, 08:31 AM

...are you implying we're gunna adopt a half life 2 time frame on these things drew?

phantommenace2 · Jun 23, 2005, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PoopyTheJ

So we'll for sure have a 5.6 set out for you and hopefully not too long after the original release of the 5.6's, don't ask me what not too long means either or I'll give you the "When it's done"

so...is it done yet?

May 28, 2005, 06:05 PM	#182
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 66	Parallaxmapping = Cheap Displacement mapping I've not noticed that problem with the mat_dxlevel overwriting your previously chosen settings, I'll look into it some more..... thanks! __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

May 29, 2005, 02:05 PM	#185
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	is there any estimated timeline to when DHzero 5.5 will be out? and what other game omptimisations will there be to choose when instaling the driver set? love the official 5.5 as they are somewhat better faster than 5.4´s was in my opinion that is so keep up the good work your last set was good adn i used them until 5.5´s was realesed __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

May 29, 2005, 02:54 PM	#187
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	coooooooool can´t wait to test them out .......tic toc and so on LOL __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

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Jun 1, 2005, 09:17 PM	#190
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	i´m sure they will in time make 5.6´s but the that is later this summer or month first i am cuorious about there 5.5´s and all the goodies they include in them since 5.4´s worked so well in a few games i like to play and i just hav eto wait and don´t mind it at all coz al the good things come to those who wait right? __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

May 30, 2005, 04:36 AM	Thread Starter #188
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	9 smileys.... ...I feel so loved! yep....we're getting to the release candidate stage on both ati and nvidia releases.....so not long now!

Jun 2, 2005, 04:56 AM	Thread Starter #191
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	we plan to keep the drivers coming, yes. And yes...good thigns to those who wait

Jun 7, 2005, 12:38 AM	#192
microhaxo DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	hmm, i tried these, i dont notice a difference from the omegas in css..

Jun 7, 2005, 03:53 AM	#193
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 66	Well good news and bad news, we're not happy enough with the current state of the 5.5's to release anything, the sets not bad, actually it's quite good, just not spit shined and finished, and the 5.6's are right around the corner hopefully. So we'll for sure have a 5.6 set out for you and hopefully not too long after the original release of the 5.6's, don't ask me what not too long means either or I'll give you the "When it's done" __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Jun 8, 2005, 08:31 AM	Thread Starter #194
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	...are you implying we're gunna adopt a half life 2 time frame on these things drew?