[PCGH] Trinigy Engine with DirectX 11: That's what future RPGs may look like - Overclock.net

rico2001 · 2 Weeks Ago

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Trinigy Engine with DirectX 11: That's what future RPGs and strategy titles might look like - Update: Video

The Trinigy Engine is one of the first game architectures that utilize DirectX 11 features. PC Games Hardware shows exclusive screenshots from a tech demo and thus gives a preview on what game graphics of the future might look like.

With DirectX 11 PC games are supposed to beat the console ports again. Battleforge for example did at least offer performance benefits when AMD's DirectX 11 graphics cards were launched in form of the HD 5800 series. In early November Stalker: Call of Pripyat will be released in several countries and the action game will offer DirectX 11 features, too. Next in the DX 11 line is Dirt 2 which is scheduled for early December.

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Mygaffer · 2 Weeks Ago

That screen shot does not impress me in the least. Nor does it seem to incorporate any of the DX11 features. Notice how flat all the textures look, like the tiles on the roof and the cobblestones. I wouldn't suspect that screen was from a DX11 title.

Edit: The video looks better, the wheel on the cart is very round, I don't know if that is tessellation or a high poly model though, and the darkening shadows with the passing of the days does look good.

Licht · 2 Weeks Ago

Looks amazing. Once they put it in a game where they will actually use the features it will look amazing. It's very important to note that is just the testing environment, not a game. Games will look better. Although, it's obviously tesselation is off.

Domino · 2 Weeks Ago

meh, looks like the hawt version of oblivion.

Miked270 · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Mygaffer

That screen shot does not impress me in the least. Nor does it seem to incorporate any of the DX11 features. Notice how flat all the textures look, like the tiles on the roof and the cobblestones. I wouldn't suspect that screen was from a DX11 title.

Edit: The video looks better, the wheel on the cart is very round, I don't know if that is tessellation or a high poly model though, and the darkening shadows with the passing of the days does look good.

You are correct in your original post, the developer stated the engine does not utalize tessellation hense the textures look flat.

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According to Florian Born the Trinigy engine does not yet support Hardware Tessellation, but this feature is one of the first on the to-do list. The implementation is said to be rather easy, but typically needs specially made artworks. It is possible to use existing artworks with Normal/Parallax Mapping but in this case the level geometry might split open. This happens because the surface structure is not simulated with an optical illusion - as it is the case with "classic” Normal/Parallax Mapping - but realized as real geometry.

Shadowclock · 2 Weeks Ago

Sorry but these graphics (photo and video) look very poor. I am not impressed at all. Flat surfaces sure don't help but if any engine for DX11 doesn't utilize tessellation then they need to go back to the drawing board.

It was a poorly made demo anyway...ugh...I don't even know where to start...its just terrible.

Tempest001 · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Shadowclock

Sorry but these graphics (photo and video) look very poor. I am not impressed at all. Flat surfaces sure don't help but if any engine for DX11 doesn't utilize tessellation then they need to go back to the drawing board.

It was a poorly made demo anyway...ugh...I don't even know where to start...its just terrible.