The current plan is get beta 1 out near the end of the week.
What we are looking for is data on how well it performs on your machine, any incompatibilities you run into, any bugs you run into. We are not looking for game ideas at this point, that will come with beta 2. Obviously, feel free to post game ideas but beta 1 does not really resemble what the final game will be like in any major way.
Reporting feedback:
We will be in the #Demigod channel on IRC which you can reach from Impulse. You can type /join #demigod to get to it.
Good luck!
Thanks for all the great info
I will do my best
seeing as how this was supposed to be in aug. (I think) is there any changes to when the next step wil be, or are we still planning on a month from now?
I find that dxdiag has most of the data you'd want. Just run dxdiag from a command prompt.
Here's my machine:
------------------System Information------------------Time of this report: 9/1/2008, 22:24:42 Machine name: FROG2008 Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080425-1930) Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: alienware System Model: alienware BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz Memory: 2814MB RAM Page File: 2153MB used, 3686MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 10DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode
------------DxDiag Notes------------ Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 2: No problems found. Sound Tab 3: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found.
--------------------DirectX Debug Levels--------------------Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
---------------Display Devices--------------- Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3870 Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9501) DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz) Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9501&SUBSYS_25421002&REV_00 Display Memory: 1659 MB Dedicated Memory: 508 MB Shared Memory: 1151 MB Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor Driver Name: atidxx32.dll,atidxx64,atiumdag.dll,atiumdva.dat,atiumd64,atiumd6a,atitmm64 Driver Version: 7.15.0010.0096 (English) DDI Version: 10.1Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 3/29/2008 04:10:10, 1499136 bytes WHQL Logo'd: n/a WHQL Date Stamp: n/aDevice Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D641-11CF-8571-4805A1C2CA35} Vendor ID: 0x1002 Device ID: 0x9501 SubSys ID: 0x25421002 Revision ID: 0x0000 Revision ID: 0x0000 Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY {3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Enabled
-------------Sound Devices------------- Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: Yes Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0885&SUBSYS_10ECE601&REV_1001 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Type: WDM Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5350 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail WHQL Logo'd: n/a Date and Size: 1/2/2007 17:41:00, 1668456 bytes Other Files: Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HW Accel Level: Basic Cap Flags: 0x0 Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 HW Memory: 0 Voice Management: No EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, NoSensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio) Default Sound Playback: No Default Voice Playback: No Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0885&SUBSYS_10ECE601&REV_1001 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Type: WDM Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5350 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail WHQL Logo'd: n/a Date and Size: 1/2/2007 17:41:00, 1668456 bytes Other Files: Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HW Accel Level: Basic Cap Flags: 0x0 Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 HW Memory: 0 Voice Management: No EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, NoSensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Description: Digital Output Device (HDMI) (2- High Definition Audio Device) Default Sound Playback: No Default Voice Playback: No Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1002&DEV_AA01&SUBSYS_00AA0100&REV_1000 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Type: WDM Driver Name: HdAudio.sys Driver Version: 6.00.5840.16387 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail WHQL Logo'd: n/a Date and Size: 11/2/2006 03:36:49, 235520 bytes Other Files: Driver Provider: Microsoft HW Accel Level: Basic Cap Flags: 0x0 Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 HW Memory: 0 Voice Management: No EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, NoSensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
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Please do us all a favor and include the full skill trees for the demigods or at least reveal them so that the people wrapped up in how few the demigods are can relax because they're all going to be awesome and not feel like their suspicions are confirmed. It'd be kind of bad if they thought that a third of the tree was the entire tree and left when they would've loved the game.
I'm currently on a laptop with an nvidia quadro something or other (It's a lenovo t61p and I'll look up which model number eventually) which has some odd video glitches with half-life two. Are you supporting quadros fully or should I expect some odd glitches? It's no problem if the demographic with quadros who could buy this game is too small to support the card if there are some odd issues, because my desktop has an 8800 GT, I just don't want to waste your time submitting bugs it wouldn't be economical for you to fix.
Here edit button, edit button... I have candy...
No use, it's gone. Anyway, my card is an nvidia quadro FX 570M. It's pretty good, based off a midrange 8 series card, and can handle most things with aplomb, but in hl2, textures turn blue at distance. Very odd. I think I'll test it on the supcom demo to see if the engine might have any difficulty.
What if the information on Dxdiag is incorrect? for example my pc i have 4 GB or RAM but it only says I have 3 GB?
That's technically right from the computer's point of view. You don't have a 64-bit OS, so it can only address (and use) 4 GB of ram total. Add in your video card's ram and the phantom memory adresses that the computer uses for basic I/O, and you've only got 3 GB adressed (and if it's not adressed, it doesn't exist to the computer). That's where that comes from. Don't worry about it, it's perfectly normal.
Then you're running a 32-bit OS and for all intents and purposes you *do* only have 3
What makes me kinda mad is My pc is 64 bit but stupid vista-64 wont install >< says My pc does not meet requirements grr.
Get a new mobo, processor and video card (bet that's an AGP one). Other than that, just resign yourself to having 3 gigs of RAM. It's not like Schrodinger's cat rules apply and your computer just got slower.
It seems i'll be the only one to do the performance test on an old computer. I hope the game will run smoothly with low graphic settings.
Nice computer, bet it runs like lightning. Random question. Does the 9800GX2 require an nvidia mobo like all the other forms of SLI?
Sounds good.
I hope phase2 isn't more than a month off. Hopefully much sooner.
ya going from dual to quad core on supcom was like night and day with system lag
but a lot was video too, so, 8800gtx still treating me good
4 systems to try it on
Didn't tell my sons (11 and 6) that i'm getting a new game, but they like Supcom, Warcraft 3 and other RTS games...
I'll try it on my current laptop, which has a Core 2 Duo running at 2.6 GHz and an nvidia quadro FX 570M, which is a pretty oddball card, so that's good. I'll also get my desktop back soon, and that has a Core 2 Duo at 3.0 GHz and an 8800GT. Also have a laptop with an ATI processor running at 1.9 GHz (it's the newest laptop athlon variant) and a 6 series laptop card that may or may not play demigod. Time will tell for that one.
Any word on the size of the download for the BETA?
We will know Either Thursday or Friday
I'm lucky, I just got to college, and the highest I've had my download speed was about 7 MB/s, so I have the luxury of not caring. Much more important is the question of when the download will start.
An application called "Belarc" is probably the best in regards to providing your system setup.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Oh, just remembered to ask this. When the beta goes off, will we be sent our serial keys to puch in by hand, or if we have an impulse account will it automatically have demigod registered to it?
If you already have an account under the same email as you ordered with, it should link up automatically as soon as it is processed. If you don't, then you may need to do it manually or have support merge accounts, so it's best to have everything in order ahead of time.
Excellent! Thanks, I've already checked my account and all is well. Can't wait till the beta.
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