Call Of Duty 2 Demo

-=Pyro-Psycho=- · Tweakafile Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Posts: 935 Location: TN

The demo for what looks like the best use of the Doom 3 engine so far came out earlier today. Hit up any major download site to get it, even though I couldn't really find anywhere with decent speeds.
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Krimsal · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:58 pm Post subject:

yahoo games is a good place. i had no wait and 1.8-2.5 MB/s...

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

I'll have to check it out.............can't wait to see how badly it butchers my poor old 9600.........

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FreeTheRock [banned] · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:16 pm Post subject:

i have a subscription to fileplanet so i dliedit in about 5 minues :), and it uses the DOOM3 engine? i did not know that, I thought COD has its own engine.

-=Pyro-Psycho=- · Tweakafile Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Posts: 935 Location: TN

Yeah COD:2 uses the Doom3 engine, and the original COD used the Quake 3 engine. It actually ran very well on my 9600. I think they really turned down the Doom 3 engine so they could do more with it.
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Actually, the Doom3 engine was designed to run on a very wide variety of systems. It even runs smoothly on DX8 systems. Not spectacular, mind you, but it supports them.

I'll get the CoD2 demo, just to check a few things out. They might not have used as much dynamic lighting as Doom 3 does.
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-=Pyro-Psycho=- · Tweakafile Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Posts: 935 Location: TN

Yeah they don't. You don't really notice a whole lot of lighting, unlike Doom 3. It's one of the reasons it runs better.

Even with the lighting issue aside, it still doesn't look as "Flashy" as Doom 3 did. But I couldn't turn graphics all the way up. Either the demo is limited (Likely), or it thinks my machine is

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FreeTheRock [banned] · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject:

if you wanna see some lighting play DOD: Source with HDR its crazy i played it on my friends comp 7800GTX FX-57, and he turns everything all the way up and maxes everything possible and the HDR is so realistic in some spots that it actualy blinds you

geekzta127 · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:29 pm Post subject:

lol. dod source is an awesome game. right now i play cod(1st one), i play mostly on sniper servers, more dramatic experience

i'll check out cod2, i really dont like the doom 3 engine though, hogs alot of memory and cpu power.Seems like a bulky engine... cant wait for U. E 3

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

It's typical of the current high-end game engines. Most have dumped support for soundcards (so, yeah, your X-Fi won't be doing much, despite the cost) in favor of CPU rendered sound, which allows them to do alot more. Likewise, the lighting effects in those engines are very CPU heavy, so they tax the CPU and RAM alot more........which is why they can run on many different generations of machines, regardless of DX code, soundcard, and vid card.

Yes, they use DX9, and look better.........and yes, they use positional sound, a ton of algorithms to change sound compared to location.........but all of that is CPU based, NOT soundcard based.

Basically, the D3 and HL2 engines are treating your system like it has onboard sound and half-onboard video, no matter what you actually physically have in your system.

Keep that in mind, when you're looking at a new X-Fi..............even with the 64mb RAM, it's still only going to perform according to the software, which is bypassing pretty much everything on the card and doing it on the CPU.
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PolarPyro · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:06 pm Post subject:

The demo is awesome! I cannot wait for the full version to come out. Another demo I am playing is the FEAR multiplayer one and its sweet too

Now i cant wait for my new system so i can run these games with better settings

I have yet to try DOD source but my friends tell me its fun...
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Josh · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:

Very good demo, with some impressive effects...though Fear has me more impressed...ai is a little lacking in COD2
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geekzta127 · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:15 pm Post subject:

F.E.A.R also a great game.... good use of the slow mo effect. COD2 demo. also a great game, just played it. awesome.