Company Of Heroes to get DX10 treatment in March - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 19th Jan 2007, 17:07

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/01...ment_in_march/

Techno-Dann · 19th Jan 2007, 17:30

Nice. It's already a really good looking game, this upgrade will take it to incredible.

Unfortunately, I'm going to need a pretty serious upgrade to play it with all the shiny new graphics. Something tells me my X800 won't pull DX10 and HDR and whatever other new features they're putting in.

...still waiting for R600 and K8L before I buy, though.

Djpuk · 19th Jan 2007, 17:45

Bring it on, cannot wait, should be about the same time I build my new rig so well happy about this one!

BFGunrunner · 19th Jan 2007, 17:50

Great! we'll finally see what the geforce 8800 is finally made out of.

Veles · 19th Jan 2007, 19:21

Woot sounds awesome, I'm also really enjoying the game right now, when I first got it, I loved the campaign, but the online was laggy as hell for me. Recently I've been playing over Hamachi and LAN with a few mates and I've really got back into the game.

It doesn't particularly need any DX10 treatment, woo fuzzy grass, sounds errr...awesome? But improved graphics for free is rarely a bad thing.

Vash-HT · 19th Jan 2007, 20:53

So we'll prolly need Vista to get this upgrade then right? Would make sense for MS to use an official games for windows game to help push Vista I suppose. This could be the game that I actually buy Vista to play with better graphics.

DLoney · 19th Jan 2007, 23:06

Awesome.
IMO, they should just pack this up. and add more official maps for download (hell, they can charge for them like comp. do on Xbox-Live- we just need more 1 on 1 maps!)

This game is great. Cant wat for an Ex-Pack or Seq.

Veles · 19th Jan 2007, 23:27

The game has obviously been designed with an expansion pack or two in mind, and I personally wouldn't mind a couple.

To use the new DX10 feature with CoH, yes you would need Vista since DX10 is Vista only, if you don't have Vista (or a DX10 card for that matter) you'll just have to make do with the current graphics.

DLoney · 19th Jan 2007, 23:47

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Originally Posted by Veles

The game has obviously been designed with an expansion pack or two in mind, and I personally wouldn't mind a couple.

To use the new DX10 feature with CoH, yes you would need Vista since DX10 is Vista only, if you don't have Vista (or a DX10 card for that matter) you'll just have to make do with the current graphics.

Agree. What would you like to see in an Ex Pack? Play a Britian Campain? Russian?

Aankhen · 20th Jan 2007, 00:11

Oh boy. This game already looks so gorgeous, I can't imagine what DX10 will do to it! Bring it on!

leexgx · 20th Jan 2007, 02:16

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Originally Posted by Veles

if you don't have Vista (or a DX10 card for that matter) you'll just have to make do with the current graphics.

the Video quality of the game at this time is Very good now most players of COH would agree, DX10 will take it to the next level

[USRF]Obiwan · 20th Jan 2007, 10:52

I dont see the use of making it dx10. I allready played the game months ago. However, if they make a folowup with dx10, then THAT would be interesting.

Veles · 21st Jan 2007, 13:41

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Originally Posted by DLoney

Agree. What would you like to see in an Ex Pack? Play a Britian Campain? Russian?

Yeah a couple of extra countries would be nice, maybe one for each side, like Britain for the allies and Italy for the Axis. Would also be interesting to see other major players in there too like Russia.

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Originally Posted by [USRF)Obiwan

I dont see the use of making it dx10. I allready played the game months ago. However, if they make a folowup with dx10, then THAT would be interesting.

Well it would spark up a bit more interest in the game. I'm also betting they went straight into developing an expansion pack when the game was released, since game producers don't just sit around for a few months after they've finished a game. They could be working on a completely new project, but as I said before, if you look at some of the menu's, it's obvious they had a couple of expansion packs in mind. Most likely they are developing the expansion pack and starting design work on a new game, since an expansion pack rarely uses the entire team to make.

If I were them, I'd personally put the DX10 support in the first expansion pack to create a bit more buzz about it, after all, DX10 support is quite a major patch, you usually don't get these things for free unless your playing a MMO with a subscription (where the subscription pays for the constant improvements and new content, so even then it's not free).

Tim S · 21st Jan 2007, 13:51

Crytek did it with Far Cry (and SM3.0). It sparked enough interest for me to play the game through again with HDR enabled.

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Techno-Dann Disgruntled kumquat Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pullman WA, USA Posts: 1,572	Nice. It's already a really good looking game, this upgrade will take it to incredible. Unfortunately, I'm going to need a pretty serious upgrade to play it with all the shiny new graphics. Something tells me my X800 won't pull DX10 and HDR and whatever other new features they're putting in. ...still waiting for R600 and K8L before I buy, though. __________________ The intellitxt demon fell dead, Sir Tim's lance embedded in its heart. The fair land of Bit-Tech was free from its influence once more. And there was much rejoicing.

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Djpuk Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Near Ipswich Posts: 93	Bring it on, cannot wait, should be about the same time I build my new rig so well happy about this one! __________________ I wish I hadn't said that!

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Aankhen Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: India Posts: 406	Oh boy. This game already looks so gorgeous, I can't imagine what DX10 will do to it! Bring it on! __________________ It sure took me a long time to realize I hadn't changed my forum settings since returning from Canadia-land.

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Vash-HT Multimodder Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 193	So we'll prolly need Vista to get this upgrade then right? Would make sense for MS to use an official games for windows game to help push Vista I suppose. This could be the game that I actually buy Vista to play with better graphics.

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DLoney Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Great State of TEXAS Posts: 208	Awesome. IMO, they should just pack this up. and add more official maps for download (hell, they can charge for them like comp. do on Xbox-Live- we just need more 1 on 1 maps!) This game is great. Cant wat for an Ex-Pack or Seq.

20th Jan 2007, 10:52	#12
[USRF]Obiwan Ultramodder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,220	I dont see the use of making it dx10. I allready played the game months ago. However, if they make a folowup with dx10, then THAT would be interesting. __________________ Mascleta: "The most accurate simulation of thunder, humans can simulate..." The answer is 42, so... whats the question again? If you know what 'Peek' and 'Poke' represents, then you are probably as old as me.

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