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Fair enough. tbh its either going to tak eoff bigtime or crash and burn.
geeza said:ok then, so what would happen if you had one of these card and had all the fancy physics on but i didnt as i dont have a card. Then (taking it to a simple level) if you shot a barrel at my face, i wouldnt be able to see it as i dont have physics on so would i just die?
Psyk said:All physics objects that are an integral part of gameplay (as in not just a visual effect) will also be able to run in software mode.
Psyk said:All physics objects that are an integral part of gameplay (as in not just a visual effect) will also be able to run in software mode. There's no way they would release a game with such obvious flaws for people who don't have a physX card. Unless it required one for the game to work but I can't see that happening until these things become mainstream.
The same way physics are done without a physX card. The work will just been done by the CPU instead, which will result in slower frame rates as it takes the CPU longer to do the same calculations. But since some physics effects won't actually affect gameplay and are purely visual then they can just be turned off.geeza said:thats what i dont understand. how they will achieve this software mode compaired to hardware mode. (as its not like turning fancy graphics things off)
andy8271 said:what about dual cpus , why cant they just use the second cpu too doo the physics bits ?
that way people arnt paying 200 quid for a card that can only be used for one thing :/
seems silly to me
n3x said:Ageia give their very nice physx software out to developers for free! These developers as you can imagine are more than happy to use this free software rather than having to pay out for another physics engine such as havok... which isnt even on the same level imo.
Games made with their API can run in both software and hardware which i think gives ageia quite a big advantage in the future!
Shed loads of info here... http://personal.inet.fi/atk/kjh2348fs/ageia_physx.html