shogun 2 looks terrible?

**bigdog86** · March 14, 2011, 10:31 PM

hey hey. just installed shogun. looks really terrible.....can't understand it. anyone heard of any conclusive reason why there is no particle effects, aa etc.
running crossfire 6950 and i7 but it looks considerably worse than napoleon.
any ideas?
cheers

**Ultraman** · March 14, 2011, 10:33 PM

Maybe cuz it seems to have currently shipped without support for DX10 and AA?

**AlfonsoVIII** · March 14, 2011, 10:33 PM

The game ships with DX9 support only. DX10 AA and DX11 support to follow in coming weeks.

Edit: ninjad FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

**BunnyPoopCereal** · March 14, 2011, 10:33 PM

Im not really sure if youve looked around but.. oh how should I say this without.... there are other threads on this matter please use the search or simply look at page 1

**Spaxspore** · March 14, 2011, 10:33 PM

what os r u running?

**Baleurion** · March 14, 2011, 10:48 PM

He could be running windows 95 for that matter, wouldnt change what is or isnt in the game.

**Ultraman** · March 14, 2011, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by AlfonsoVIII

The game ships with DX9 support only. DX10 AA and DX11 support to follow in coming weeks.

Edit: ninjad FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Looks like it will only support DX10.1 and DX11, and not DX10:

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...-graphics-team

Support for MSAA 2x,4x,8x. Requires Shader Model 4.1 or Shader Model 5 support, not available on Shader Model 4.0.
The DirectX11 pipeline supports Full screen multi-sampled anti-aliasing at 2x,4x & 8x resolutions.
Shader Model 4.1 cards will support 2x, 4x MSAA
Shader Model 5 cards will support 2x, 4x, and 8x MSAA

**Spaxspore** · March 14, 2011, 10:51 PM

it does if he was running xp

**Abriael** · March 14, 2011, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by Ultraman

Looks like it will only support DX10.1 and DX11, and not DX10:

Several people have already reported that with a fully Dx11 compatible system the game still does NOT enables shaders over 3 and AA.

**Shabby_Ronin** · March 14, 2011, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by Abriael

Several people have already reported that with a fully Dx11 compatible system the game still does NOT enables shaders over 3 and AA.

Because the program's not detecting DX10 on cards, which is known, commented on by them and addressed in a patch, maybe today.

**Hilarion** · March 14, 2011, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by Shabby_Ronin

Because the program's not detecting DX10 on cards, which is known, commented on by them and addressed in a patch, maybe today.

Link?

**bigdog86** · March 14, 2011, 11:00 PM

so does anyone know for sure whats going on...ive looked at heaps of forums offical and otherwise....am i to understand that this was shipped only running dx9 with no aa. it looks terrible....surely something of this would have to be mentioned in reviews and such.....
i mean it looks really poor.

and no confirmation or mention on their official site.....

**Whatacad** · March 14, 2011, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by Abriael

Several people have already reported that with a fully Dx11 compatible system the game still does NOT enables shaders over 3 and AA.

Right, which I assume is a release snafu. But it looks like, according to CA it seems that SG2 will NOT be supporting AA for DX10 in the future, for those with DX10 capable cards (as opposed to DX10.1, which will support up to AAx4).

**Brusilov** · March 14, 2011, 11:05 PM

Yes, it truely looks awful......

Campaign map:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Crappy battle screen:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Another crappy battle screen:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

It's early days.....

**Spaxspore** · March 14, 2011, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by bigdog86

so does anyone know for sure whats going on...ive looked at heaps of forums offical and otherwise....am i to understand that this was shipped only running dx9 with no aa. it looks terrible....surely something of this would have to be mentioned in reviews and such.....
i mean it looks really poor.

post some pics

**bigdog86** · March 14, 2011, 11:06 PM

how do i use dx 10.1......im running as i say 2 6950's and windows 7. wouldn't this just take care of it for me? any advice appreciated

mine looks just like Brusilov's screens....and there is no way its the computer....it looks really poor. like shatteringly poor

**Amazing Horse** · March 14, 2011, 11:09 PM

I thought the demo was beautiful. If its anything like that I am one happy Horse.

**Raimeken** · March 14, 2011, 11:09 PM

Uh....sarcastic much?

*referring to SS's above*

**bigdog86** · March 14, 2011, 11:10 PM

i mean i really feel like i was lied to by the reviews and videos......is this just false advertising by the company? i would not get so hung up on petty greivences but it is terrible. its not acceptable to sell a game in this state after it has been advertised like it has. it looks completely unfinished.....i am very confused and angered by this

**Raimeken** · March 14, 2011, 11:13 PM

Craig posted a thread about 24 hours before the preload and release for some countries that said that while testing after they had gone gold about a month ago, they found that the auto-detection for your GPU was broken and that the problem can be temporarily fixed by manually setting them in the scripts?

Reviews got the game with DX11 as a review build, CA took out DX11 for the normal release to "polish it"