DIABLO 3 to use Havok Physics, DX10.1

[pantherx12]

i pay for my bandwidth. not unlimited like in the USA/UK

D:

now it makes sense !


Pester blizzard GO GO

 

[Mussels]

and another thing... aus doesnt have any blizzard servers. none for WoW, so there wont be for SC2 or D3. We get to use generic 'asia pacific' servers instead

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

I don't care if it has lan multiplayer or not.

I might get 50ms of lag when playing against someone on battle.net with my connection so no really much of a problem.

Its diablo not an FPS after all.

With a game like Diablo? I think youl require the same amount of latency youl need with an FPS game. Its not an mmo with a click target and wait for it to die, with no significant spike damage.. everything is fast paced in diablo imo where in character location and precise skill pressing are significant and may tell the difference between life and death.

 

[Tatty_Two]

bad tatty.

1.

The game supports DX9 and 10.1 - not sure about 11, but the point is just about anyone can run that. XP, vista, 7, the whole lot. even macs.

Havok: *no* GPU acceleration! they're using it in SOFTWARE mode.

openCL is linked to hardware. DX10 being what it links to - hence why blizzard are using SOFTWARE havok.

OK thanks, my bad.... so Havok will run with NVidia cards then, if that is so, it has to be good but being bad again..... IMO there is still no excuse for not including DX11, especially if it's DX backwards compatible, especially for a game thats not going to be released for some time, of course I am only saying it isnt supported DX11 from others feedback, I assume they are right in their thoughts.

 

[Mussels]

OK thanks, my bad.... so Havok will run with NVidia cards then, if that is so, it has to be good but being bad again..... IMO there is still no excuse for not including DX11, especially if it's DX backwards compatible, especially for a game thats not going to be released for some time, of course I am only saying it isnt supported DX11 from others feedback, I assume they are right in their thoughts.

havok *could* run on nvidia and ATI cards, but the point is - right now, it runs on neither. and its not likely to support hardware acceleration in a blizzard game - they'd optimize it for weak CPU's instead.

 

[AsRock]

Cool like that 3rd pic .

The games been in the making for so many years you cannot expect them to change a shit load of code to make it DX11.

As for no lan umm not really bothered games don't take that much bandwidth anyways.

 

[shevanel]

because it would limit how many people could play the game. this was covered already.

no lan was a heavily discussed topic last year, not news.

plus mussels is 100% right and at the end of that source link the write commented

What this won't be, it seems, is a guaranteed graphics card seller, unlike many of the other triple-A titles released recently.

 

[PP Mguire]

No LAN = fail for this game as well as SC2. Every LAN i go to is playing some sort of RTS over the LAN.

And people shouldnt forget. Nvidia has 10.1 now too.

 

[shevanel]

i agree

 

[Mussels]

No LAN = fail for this game as well as SC2. Every LAN i go to is playing some sort of RTS over the LAN.

And people shouldnt forget. Nvidia has 10.1 now too.

i go to 500 person lans every 2 months, and 30-50 people lans in the months between. RTS games are extremely common, as are FPS games - but there are ALWAYS groups playing the 'coop' games. Borderlands, freelancer, diablo II (yep, still see it sometimes).

There is a very strong niche for 4-8 player games, especially coop ones with few games filling the gaps. Diablo II was one of the greatest for that in its era... and now diablo III is leaving that behind.

 

[PP Mguire]

23rd of Jan i went to a LAN and i got a game of Starcraft going so i understand what your saying. We even still play BFME as well.

 

[1Kurgan1]

I just wish we had LAN parties around here :/

 

[PP Mguire]

Well if i visit my uncle in minnesota ill give you a ring cause i love to LAN.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Sounds good, wheres your uncle at up here?

 

[lemode]

no lan for this diablo?! no thanks!

 

[copenhagen69]

i will get it either way ... never even used the lan option in D2 lol

I just want the game to release already... i am tired of waiting

 

[shevanel]

is diablo fun?

 

[a_ump]

haha most people would ask if ur crazy and that of course it is. I personally enjoyed it for a bit but lost interest cause it seemed really repetitive but then i never went online with it(back in dial-up days) so that might be why i don't think of it with just high regard.

 

[1Kurgan1]

is diablo fun?

I loved the 1st one, the 2nd was good, but just didn't have the feeling of the 1st game. Even now, 15 years after D1 came out, I would HIGHLY suggest going back and playing it, I still find the armor and weapons in that game good looking, very gothic and dark feeling, the 2nd went more bright lights and not that erie feeling.

 

[PP Mguire]

Sounds good, wheres your uncle at up here?

i dont exactly know but my mom does.

 

[Polarman]

Diablo 3's "real" release date will be on December 21st, 2012 (doomsday date).

 

[Delta6326]

and another thing... aus doesnt have any blizzard servers. none for WoW, so there wont be for SC2 or D3. We get to use generic 'asia pacific' servers instead

that sucks you have to play with all the hacking Asian's JK

but that sucks no lan! im also waiting for my StarcraftII

 

[Super XP]

havok *could* run on nvidia and ATI cards, but the point is - right now, it runs on neither. and its not likely to support hardware acceleration in a blizzard game - they'd optimize it for weak CPU's instead.

You can thank Intel for that one, the last thing Intel wants is Havok to run better on ATI/NVIDIA GPU's than Intel CPU's

Why is Blizzard taking long with Diablo 3?
This is why IMO:
Windows 7
DirectX 11
Single Player & MMO
Release Date: Q3 2010...
LINK:
http://www.diablo3release.com/diablog.html

One unusual twist to this story is that if Diablo 3 takes as long to produce as the next Windows OS, it will be running on DirectX 11 instead of DirextX 10, making it one of the first high-end PC games to support the platform.

 

[cyriene]

This game has been in development longer than DX11 has been around. They would have to redo a lot of work to make it DX11 which would push the release date back even further...That is my best educated guess as to why it supports DX10.1 and not DX11

 

[Mussels]

You can thank Intel for that one, the last thing Intel wants is Havok to run better on ATI/NVIDIA GPU's than Intel CPU's

Why is Blizzard taking long with Diablo 3?
This is why IMO:
Windows 7
DirectX 11
Single Player & MMO
Release Date: Q3 2010...
LINK:
http://www.diablo3release.com/diablog.html

havoks been around for a very long time as a CPU only engine. Half life 2 uses it, company of heroes uses it, even some wii games use it.