In F.E.A.R. Game cursor Jupiter Extended (" Jupiter EX ") Technology from Touchdown Entertainment is used. Initially Lithtech has been developed by own forces Monolith Productions, and then the command worked above a game cursor, has been allocated from Monolith in separate, named Touchdown Entertainment. Last known version of a cursor differs from previous, first of all, use of the newest Direct3D renderera and physical cursor Havok. As within the limits of the given material us interests 3D a part of a cursor, we shall talk about it. Jupiter EX uses new Direct3D renderer, flexible and expanded, using descriptions of materials for rendering all objects. Each material is connected with HLSL sheyderom, with the changeable parameters including of some constants, values of color and custom spiral notebooks textural layers: the basic structure, a card of normals, specular a card, etc. the Model of illumination applied in Jupiter EX, uses unified (uniform for all surfaces) a method popiksel'nogo illumination Blinna-Fonga at which each light source gives both diffuznuyu, and spekulyarnuyu components of light on all objects of an environment. Game differs a lot of surfaces with several textural layers and enough lot topmost and piksel'ny'h sheyderov: bampmapping/normalmapping on all surfaces, simple algorithm parallax mapping on some of them. In Jupiter EX the advanced system of rendering of special effects, such as explosions, fire, pairs, smoke, dust, etc. One of appreciable differences from other games - applied system of particles which is rather effective, enough to look at corresponding screenshots from game is used, various sparks and explosions are fine looked even now, custom spiral notebooks and furthermore - during an output of game, and especially - during occurrence of the first screenshots. In renderere the advanced ways of postprocessing of the image are used: blur, motion blur, depth of field, heat haze, distortion, lens flare, etc. And about what to not show on screenshots, but that too concerns to a theme of a material: the system of animation in Jupiter EX includes support of inverse kinematics, obverse animation, skeletal animation, skininga, blendinga animations, a level of detailed elaboration (level of detail) and use of physics Havok. F.E.A.R. Contains the closed spaces, in the majority, and also the rare open spaces of the small and average sizes. The greater open spaces, as a matter of fact, are not present (that on them similar, at first sight, in actual fact it custom spiral notebooks appears only imitation), basically, in game we see rooms and corridors. Hardly this technical restriction of a cursor, more likely - the chosen concept of game design and, maybe, influence of the chosen system of rendering of shadows. Game uses shadow volumes (shadow volumes) though the cursor supports also cards of shadows (shadow maps). Certainly, shadow volumes have lacks, but for games which pass basically in the closed spaces, with set of light sources from which needs to count the shadow, use of shadow volumes approaches not bad, that show other games using this kind of construction of shadows: DOOM 3, Far Cry (in premises are custom spiral notebooks used shadow volumes, and on the open spaces - shadow maps), The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, etc. the Most interesting in shadows of game F.E.A.R. is a method which have applied to mitigation of their borders, the soft image of shadows turns out mixing of several usual. Unfortunately, softness of shadows is reached by greater losses in productivity, the algorithm works slowly enough and is incompatible with mul'tise`mplingom. The volume of geometry processable in one staff in typical conditions and on the maximal adjustments, a little above an average level of the majority of games. This number changes within the limits of from 400 up to custom spiral notebooks 3000 ranges on the staff (places happens and more - up to 500000, but it is very rare). On the average, 00 ranges in the staff turn out at the maximal adjustments, depending on a level of game. Almost as well as considered earlier Call of Duty 2, game is exacting to volume of local videomemory, in the sanction 1024x7 with included antialiasingom a level 4x and the greatest possible adjustments of quality in the menu of game it uses up to 4 mbyte of videomemory! Management of memory original: in process of passage further on a level, all new resources are loaded there, and memory only during preservation or autopreservation on control points is released from superfluous resources. Average use of videomemory in the test sanction 1024x7 with included 4x antialiasingom and the maximal adjustments makes 230-2 Mb. Therefore, on a plenty of systems with physically smaller quantity custom spiral notebooks nabortnoy memories, system memory is partially used also. Though, unlike the same Call of Duty 2, the difference in productivity between videocards about 5 Mb and 2 Mb of local videomemory appears only in very high sanctions with included antialiasingom, like 2048x15 in which frequency of the staff is all the same lowest. By graphic cursor of game are used sheyderny'e the programs written on HLSL, and on test system with the videocard supporting Shader Model 3.0, they are hurriedly compiled in topmost sheydery' versions 1. and 2. and piksel'ny'e sheydery' versions 1.1, 1. and 2.0, and a lot of used programs of version 2.0, more complex custom spiral notebooks and long. On the other hand, a plenty piksel'ny'h and topmost sheyderov speaks version 1. that game on videocards without support SM 2. will lose not so many opportunities though it is calculated, first of all, on DirectX videochips. In all piksel'ny'h sheyderah versions 2. are made optimization in the form of calculations with the lowered accuracy (partial precision) which should go on advantage to all modern videocards NVIDIA, and especially - series NVIDIA GeForce FX. According to some sources, Lithtech engine it was initially developed by company Monolith for Microsoft to be included in structure DirectX, but for any reason of it has not occured. In Monolith have continued development to use a successful cursor in the projects and to license its another kompaniyam-razrabotchikam. And after reorganization the command worked above cursor Lithtech, has been allocated in custom spiral notebooks the company under name Touchdown Entertainment which nowadays and is engaged in it. For all time of development different versions of a cursor were used in set of games, both own manufacture Monolith, and the foreign companies. Graphic cursor Lithtech 1. during the occurrence was not we shall compare to more known cursors Quake and Unreal - it had not enough support of some modern for that time of graphic technologies which have been supported vy'sheupomyanuty'mi by cursors. But it was very easy in use, that was consequence of primary development for inclusion in structure DirectX, for simplification of development of games by the foreign companies. Examples of custom spiral notebooks games on the basis of this version of a cursor: Shogo: Mobile Armor Division and Blood II: The Chosen, both send in 19 and were popular enough games of that time. The cursor of version 1. has been considerably improved and even surpassed cursor Quake and Unreal Engine in some aspects, it supported a lot of new, for example, obverse animation and physical model for vehicles. On Lithtech 1. such known games, as No One Lives Forever and KISS were based: Psycho Circus, left in 20 and Aliens vs Predator 2, appeared in 2001. Perhaps, cursor Lithtech has reached peak of the development and popularity to version 2.0. This version of a cursor have named Jupiter, and from it Lithtech it became completely competitive, even in comparison with such grandees, as Unreal Engine and Quake Engine. On the basis of this version known games have been custom spiral notebooks developed: No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M .'s Way (has left in 2002, for the period of an output was one of most technologically advanced games), TRON 2. (game has left in 2003, used seriously modified version of cursor Jupiter), The Matrix Online (has left in 2005, one of last games using Jupiter). And, at last, last updating of game cursor Lithtech - Jupiter EX, for the first time has been presented to general public in one of the most popular personal computers of games of 20 - F.E.A.R. One more game on the basis of Jupiter EX became Condemned: Criminal Origins, custom spiral notebooks left all over again on Xbox 360, and then and on the personal computer. Game F.E.A.R. publicly announced at the largest game exhibition E in 2004, at once has amazed with quality schedules: powerful system of particles (sheaves of sparks and clubs of a smoke, and a dust at hits in subjects and walls), universal application of cards of the normals, interesting traces on execution within the precincts of from hit of bullets, all over again without parallax mapping, and then and with it, and some other visual effects. On the first screenshots complex enough geometrical models of characters are visible, to a shadow from several light sources from all geometry of a level, the system of particles shows the prodvinutost', in fact screenshots for the first time have been shown two years ago when about similar the schedule custom spiral notebooks we only dreamed. Left later mul'tipleernaya beta-versiya has disappointed with low productivity and monotonous design MP of cards a little, but high adaptability to manufacture there it was already visible, to effects it was added pertinent parallaksmapping and postprocessing for traces of shots in slow-mo a mode: Look at apertures from shots, they seem volumetric if to look from different corners (except for the smallest, certainly), it and is the most obvious application parallax mapping in game. On screenshots excellent work of system of particles and application normalmappinga on all surfaces is visible also. Also, in beta-versii developers have shown us the vision of soft shadows (soft shadows): With everyone new mul'tipleernoy the version algorithms of postprocessing of the image, such as traces from shots in slow-mo and distortions of air from explosions and fire were custom spiral notebooks added and improved Also, in the second mul'tipleernoy beta-versii to public have shown water very much high quality, with real dynamic waves and reflections. And in a single demo there was already all that further has entered into release, to the list more productive algorithm of soft shadows, the general optimization of speed of rendering, etc. were added slightly From the technical point of view, the schedule in game it is very good, F.E.A.R. Surprises not so much dark indoor with spaces, how many set of special effects among which beautiful explosions, a plenty of sparks, various effects of postprocessing, etc. As was already mentioned, all game passes in premises and in small, is artificial the limited, open spaces which differ rather simple geometry. The output of the final version of game has confirmed its high adaptability to manufacture - cards of normals are widely applied (normal custom spiral notebooks mapping), each material has some layers (diffuse, normal, specular), surfaces are rich with fine details, are especially allocated to what it is applied parallax mapping. In last two screenshots the most obvious examples of application parallax mapping in game are shown. Unfortunately, in game it is much less than such surfaces, than could (and should) to be, business is limited to the selected brick walls and holes within the precincts of. And on it thanks. F.E.A.R. Uses rendering shadows from all sources of illumination and for all geometry (on the maximal adjustments), the shadow volumes which have received greater popularity recently for indoor of shooters are used. Soft shadows in execution Monolith are reached by means of the same shadow volumes, is simple a little (possibly, three or four) identical shadows mix up with each other and exposed custom spiral notebooks to additional postprocessing, something as a result turns out similar to realistic soft shadows. Water tables in release have appeared more various - in game there were as small pools with popiksel'no the deformed reflections, and greater water tables with real geometrical waves. Unlike the majority of games where waves on water are effects at a level of pixels (real geometry a little, waves have no height, the effect is simulated by means of special dynamic structures - cards of heights and environments), here the surface of water is a set of tops and ranges. Excitement in such water is created dynamically from objects moving there, tops of a polygonal grid of a surface of water really change position in space, the final result of it looks is rather realistic. Unfortunately, unlike some other games (Far Cry, Half-Life 2), custom spiral notebooks to developers had to offer the simultaneous effect of refraction and reflection of water - is only reflection, and that under water, is visualized without distortions. But game it strongly does not stir, as greater lakes and the rivers in it are not present, unlike two vy'sheupomyanuty'h projects, and in darkness F.E.A.R. Hardly you will make out refractions of underwater surfaces. To beauty of light visual effects in game it is paid special attention. And knowingly, in fact their realization has involved public in the first screenshots and surprised in demos. Beautiful explosions and numerous sparks - draw attention at once. Let's consider one more of the important points in modern 3D the schedule - effects of postprocessing (postprocessing) images. In considered game the weight habitual already filters of postprocessing of the custom spiral notebooks image is applied. Some examples: the filter blur, washing away a picture during loss and occurrences of consciousness, the filter motion blur - in skriptovy'h rollers and in modes with delay, depth of sharpness depth of field, heat haze - effect of distortion of air from explosions and fire, and also some other postfilters (distortion, lens flare, etc.). Unfortunately, by game and a cursor it is not supported HDR rendering with use of formats of the raised accuracy, the same calculations of postfilters in HDR would help with achievement considerably better quality. As a whole, 3D the schedule in game it is executed at a high technological level, most of all guard miscalculations in game design, these numerous custom spiral notebooks corridors and grey buildings are too monotonous. And all these boxes and other internal fine subjects quickly bother, when them see in hundred first time successively. From other claims - earlier specified absence HDR of rendering and tone mapping (have accustomed already other technological games to all to it), insufficient geometrical detailed elaboration of levels and some objects, dostigaemaya not by means of imposing cards of normals, and use of real geometry. And for a long time it is time to apply more advanced models of illumination to imitation of a human leather, how many it is already possible to look on custom spiral notebooks plastic bolvanchikov? Game F.E.A.R. Has entered into the list of what use all capacities of modern videochips, let sometimes applying not the most effective methods. To force F.E.A.R. To work smoothly and quickly on the maximal adjustments not so it is simple. I shall result for an example the list of videocards which provide average FPS above staff in a second on the maximal adjustments, with included by an anisotropic filtration and antialiasingom, in the sanction only 1024x768, data are taken from the last 3DGiTogov at the moment of a writing of this clause: ATI RADEON X18 XT, ATI RADEON X19 XT, ATI RADEON X19 XTX, NVIDIA custom spiral notebooks GeForce 78 GTX (256Mb and 512Mb variants), NVIDIA GeForce 79 GT, NVIDIA GeForce 79 GTX. For the sanction 1600x12 in this list the same cards will get only, but... Only in SLI and CrossFire configurations, that is, with the double power! And it - under the internal test of game which does not reflect a game situation completely, during game are heavier moments, in which productivity prosajivaetsya still below. I remind - age of game already more than half a year... Therefore, for achievement of necessary frequency of the staff, it is necessary to pay special attention on graphic adjustments of game which we now and shall consider. As custom spiral notebooks it often meets in modern games, you presume to choose automatically to game optimum adjustments for your system, using option Auto Detect, however, it will not give that effect which can achieve, having adjusted all necessary manually. After thin updating parameters you, most likely, receive more high efficiency and-or a better picture. In section of productivity (Perfomance) in the menu of game there are two subsections, us the second interests only - Advanced Video Card Options in which the adjustments influencing productivity and quality of rendering are included. The most effective and fast way of adjustment of a configuration custom spiral notebooks consists in start of the built in test of productivity without change of automatically exposed adjustments, and an estimation of the received minimum quantity of the staff in a second, their average quantity, and time at which frequency of the staff was below FPS. If last value is in percentage too great (means, during game will be frequent pritormajivaniya and logs), average frequency of the staff less than 35- FPS, and minimal - less than FPS it is necessary to lower some adjustments. In a return case if average FPS more than 50-60, and time at which frequency of the staff in a second was less than FPS is insignificant or those at all custom spiral notebooks was not, it is possible to try to improve quality of a picture, having changed adjustments in greater party if such stock still is. And so on, it is necessary to try to receive a variant comprehensible personally to you, is an average value FPS and more and minimal FPS not less than staff in a second more often. Remember only, that in a test demo there are no the greater and complex stages, the received results can be used only as rough, in heavy stages on greater spaces of game, with weight of opponents and with a heap of effects productivity will be considerably below. The choice of the sanction of rendering has significant influence on productivity in game, game is very exacting to effective speed of filling (fillreytu), that is, the major parameters custom spiral notebooks of videocards for game are fillreyt, depending from working frequency of the videochip and quantity piksel'ny'h conveyors, and the throughput of memory depending on frequency of work and width of the trunk of memory. An example of test system with established videocard GeForce 78 GTX 256MB: if we shall take 1024x7 for 1 % and we shall count a parity of average frequency of the staff in other sanctions: 640x4 - 1 %, 800x6 - 1 %, 1024x7 - 1 %, 1280x9 - %, 1600x12 - %. That is, average frequency of the staff in 1600x12 will be already twice less, than in 1024x768, and in 640x4 - almost twice it is more. Game is limited by support of sanctions with a parity of the parties 4: (1600x1200, 1280x960, 1152x864, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, etc., Depending on abilities of a concrete videocard), but popular on LCD monitors the native sanction custom spiral notebooks 1280x10 can be exposed by means of editing a configuration file of game (see below under the text). With the general part everything as it is usual, - is adjusted the sanction, a level antialiasinga, a textural filtration, synchronization, brightness, etc. we Shall consider more in detail the most interesting graphic adjustments of the final version the games accessible from the menu. Effects Detail (Minimum/Medium/Maximum) - adjustment of a level of detailed elaboration of special effects, lower levels reduce quantity and quality of effects, such as explosions, sparks, heat haze, etc. Also, adjustment influences quantity of counted dynamic light sources, for example, flashes custom spiral notebooks from shots. Action of adjustment on an example of explosion, at the left - installation in Minimum, on the right - Maximum As you can see, at the minimal value from explosion there was only a source of illumination. On built in game benchmarku a difference in productivity on test system with the maximal adjustments (1024x768, antialiasing a level 4x, an anisotropic filtration 16x) the difference between two extreme values, Maximum and Minimum, has turned out about %, average quantity of the staff and 64, accordingly. Water Resolution (Minimum/Medium/Maximum) - the value changing a level of detailed elaboration of water tables. As in game the surface of water with changeable geometry by means of which the present waves are formed is often custom spiral notebooks used, this quantity of splittings of a grid seriously influences realness of water tables. In spite of the fact that at the built in test there is a similar surface of water, differences in productivity on test system with the specified adjustments it is not revealed, probably, it will be shown on weak systems. Reflections and Displays (Minimum/Medium/Maximum) - this adjustment changes quality of images on displays in the game, showing an event in real time (security systems). It also influences and reflections of water tables. Decrease in this adjustment cleans some displays in game and reflections on water that can give some increase of productivity on weak systems because of decrease in demanded quantity of passes of rendering. On custom spiral notebooks modern videocards of special sense in decrease in this adjustment is not present, full switching-off of reflections on water has given a gain within the limits of an error - % by average quantity of the staff in a test demo, the difference has made FPS Volumetric Lights (Off/On) - inclusion of volumetric light sources, light from which is visible in air (want an example from a real life? Try to come in dusty kladovku with a small lamp :). On old videocards it is recommended to switch off this adjustment as similar light sources meet in game not so often, but can seriously affect productivity in those stages custom spiral notebooks where they are. To similarly previous item, on our system switching-off of volumetric sources of illumination has given increase in productivity at %, with up to FPS, but on weaker computers can be observed not clear pritormajivaniya with the included option. Volumetric Light Density (Minimum/Medium/Maximum) is a value defines density of effect of volumetric illumination, works only in case of the included previous option. If volumetric light sources in game, that all the same would be desirable to see, having lowered this adjustment, it is possible to receive the conciliatory proposal between productivity and quality. Any influence on productivity in the built in test it is not revealed Light Detail (Minimum/Medium/Maximum) - adjustment for change of quality of illumination of a stage. Value influences quantity of light sources in game, illumination of surfaces from which custom spiral notebooks will count a cursor. The value is above established, the a lot of light sources influences light exposure of a stage. Look at the enclosed screenshots, it is visible, that some distant fragments shined at installation of value in Maximum, are lost at installation Light Detail in Minimum. As game and so dark enough, and the most part of an atmosphere depends in it on illumination, before decrease in this adjustment is better to try to lower others. Though the minor and removed sources, first of all, are switched off, and users with insufficiently productive videocards all can establish adjustment in smaller value. Experiences show, that values Medium and Maximum for the given adjustment are identical, on built in benchmarku differences between them are not present (visual - too), in both cases it turns out on averages FPS while at Minimum it has turned out already 67, and almost a quarter custom spiral notebooks of the additive in productivity. On weak videocards the difference can be even greater, it is necessary to search for balance for concrete system. Enable Shadows (Off/On) - the value supervising rendering of shadows if it is exposed in On shadows are if Off - is not present. It is one more adjustment which can be disconnected on the weakest configurations though it very strongly influences realness otrenderennoy stages, not less strongly it reduces also productivity, demanding big fillreyta, first of all. Researches confirm it - switching-off of shadows in a test demo gives huge effect, average FPS grows on %, from FPS up to FPS. Shadow Detail (Minimum/Medium/Maximum) - this adjustment can be used for a finding of a golden mean between productivity and quality of imposing of shadows. It works, if the previous adjustment is exposed in On and defines types of custom spiral notebooks objects which reject shadows. The above value, the more shadows will be renderit'sya a cursor of game. By the big influence on productivity in cases with a lot of light sources and objects is. Look at screenshots, between Maximum and Medium again it is not visible any difference, probably, it will appear in case of much lot of light sources or at occurrence of dynamic sources, and the difference between Medium and Minimum is precisely visible at once - at last installation of a shadow from characters completely are absent, however, they remain for static geometry and for fine details on a floor. This adjustment moderately influences productivity of game, installation on Maximum and Medium gives FPS, and Minimum already FPS, that is % of a difference, that already are the quite good compromise for those whom does custom spiral notebooks not suffice pary'-troyki the additional staff in a second. Soft Shadows (Off/On) - the adjustment operating inclusion and deenergizing of algorithm for mitigation of borders of shadows. Soft shadows look considerably realistichnee even if they do not use real optical calculations, and softness of their edges is emulated by simple algorithm, as well as made in case of F.E.A.R. Compare screenshots to usual shadows and with soft, positive differences it is available. Unfortunately, the method used by game, first, considerably reduces productivity (more, than inclusion mul'tise`mplinga a level 4x!), And secondly, the algorithm is incompatible with antialiasingom. According to developers, mul'tise`mpling it can not simultaneously be applied with algorithm of soft shadows, in practice such combination to include it is possible, but soft shadows thus look incorrectly, and also there are the unpleasant artefacts custom spiral notebooks of the image which has been not connected with shadows directly. Therefore simultaneous use antialiasinga and soft shadows senselessly though they also can be included in common. As a whole in spite of the fact that soft shadows raise realness of a picture, in case of game F.E.A.R. Adjustment extremely is recommended to be disconnected to all users. On weak systems it will help to save more important staff in a second, and on powerful - will allow to include antialiasing which will render greater positive influence on quality. On test system without inclusion antialiasinga the difference in frequency of the staff at different values of adjustment has turned out rather big - FPS against FPS, that is % (inclusion FSAA 4x in the same conditions causes only custom spiral notebooks % falling of speed). At inclusion soft shadows in the same mode with mul'tise`mplingom when a picture renderitsya it is not absolutely correct, the difference is kept by the same, about %. Texture Filtering (Bilinear/Trilinear/Anisotropic 2x-16x) - the adjustment, allowing to choose a method of a filtration of structures in game. Use trilineynoy and is accessible to an anisotropic filtration of all levels. As well as in any modern game, it is recommended to use the greatest possible level of an anisotropic filtration, as on test system a difference between the minimal adjustment (Bilinear) and maximal (Anisotropic 16x) has made only hardly more than %. It is necessary to add, that is recommended to use inclusion of an anisotropic filtration from adjustments of game, instead of from adjustments of the driver of a videocard, this universal custom spiral notebooks advice for the majority of modern games approaches and for F.E.A.R.: that antialiasing and an anisotropic filtration worked in game how it is conceived by its developers, it is necessary to expose in adjustments of videocard Application Controlled/Application Preference for these two parameters. And already in game to expose a necessary level for an anisotropic filtration and antialiasinga. Especially this advice concerns an anisotropic filtration, the developer of game knows is better, what structures need to be filtered qualitatively and what - are not present, to the driver it to define much more difficultly. Texture Resolution (Minimum/Medium/Maximum) - adjustment for exhibiting the sanction of structures used by game. The above the sanction (and value of the given adjustment), the above quality of rendering of all stage, but that below productivity and above the requirement to volume of custom spiral notebooks free videomemory. For systems with volume of the videomemory, the equal 1 mbyte, is recommended installation of value in Medium, and for the low-power videocards equipped by such memory size, there can be useful even its exhibiting in Minimum. The received visual difference can be estimated easily on the enclosed screenshots (Minimum, Medium and Maximum accordingly): the Difference in a picture between three possible values is rather great. Once again I shall specify, that the exposed value has the big influence on productivity, especially on systems of a low level if the volume of videomemory is insufficient, and value Maximum is recommended to expose only for high-end and the some people mid-end videocards with volume of videomemory not less than 2 Mb. The sanction of structures not strongly influences productivity in a test demo on our test system, at the minimal sanction of structures productivity it has appeared above only on custom spiral notebooks 2- additional averages FPS. That is, on test system optimum adjustments of the size of structures appear the maximal value of adjustment as with it comprehensible updating frequency of the staff is provided, and decrease in adjustment does not provide any improvement of productivity. But if you will put value Maximum on a videocard of an average level about 1 Mb of videomemory, moreover having included antialiasing for a part of resources system memory will be used, that can cause prosedaniya minimal FPS during game. I shall give an example uses of videomemory on the basis of a demonstration level of game, on a demo in which productivity is measured. At the sanction 1024x768, without use antialiasinga, but other maximal adjustments, game uses about 2 mbyte of videomemory if value Texture Resolution is established in Maximum. At an average (Medium) the sanction of structures it is used custom spiral notebooks already only 1 Mb of videomemory, at Minimum - about Mb. If to include antialiasing with number of samples 220, 1 and mbyte turns out nearby, accordingly. Pixel Doubling (Off/On) - adjustment which can help owners of the weakest videosystems. At rendering with included Pixel Doubling each pixel of the image becomes twice more, and the real sanction decreases in as much time. It is meaningful only in the event that even all the minimal adjustments and the sanction 640x4 do not give a demanded performance level. Then it is possible to include this item and rendering, instead of 640x480, it will be made with the sanction 320x240, and the received image will be stretched on all screen. I shall repeat - to include custom spiral notebooks adjustment it is necessary only as a last resort because it looks awfully! As adjustment does not work with included antialiasingom we have checked up its influence in a usual mode, the positive effect on average value FPS has made about % so as the latest means for increase in productivity it quite suits. DX Shaders (Off/On) - the adjustment forcing use sheyderov of version 1. on all videocards. Can help on modern low-end videocards which though support opportunities DirectX 9.0, but do it extremely slowly. Especially strongly adjustment should influence ruler GeForce FX which has become famous for the custom spiral notebooks low speed at use piksel'ny'h sheyderov 2.0. Exhibiting of option DX Shaders in value "On" reduces quality of rendering and cleans some effects, but raises productivity on such cards. Difference as the image at use sheyderov level DX and DX (at the left and on the right, accordingly) in game you can estimate on the enclosed three pairs screenshots: Though falling of quality considerably not in all cases, it is obviously appreciable: illumination is simplified, there is no spekulyarnaya a component, is disconnected parallax mapping. Besides, on the second pair screenshots lack of accuracy of calculations in piksel'ny'h sheyderah is precisely visible to version 1. (a custom spiral notebooks light source on a background at the left). The important remark on productivity! Adjustment can increase speed on old and slow DX videocards, but on many modern payments it will give only a negative effect! For example, on test videocard ATI RADEON X18 XL productivity at our usual adjustments (1024x768, are included antialiasing and the anisotropic filtration) decreases approximately on 8- %. I think, that for videocards, since NVIDIA GeForce *** and ATI RADEON X ***, it will be more preferable to use usual (DirectX 9) a mode, except for most low-end (GeForce 61 and RADEON X300), unless. Shaders (Minimum/Medium/Maximum) - adjustment of change of a level of detailed elaboration for the effects which are carried out by means of sheyderov. As value, the more slowly rendering is usual, the above, but greater quality of special custom spiral notebooks effects will be visible to those in game. Possibly, it is a question about effects, like heat haze, reflections and other similar as I have not found out any other difference. On a test demo no differences in productivity also are present. Concerning productivity it is necessary to add, that on test system all the maximal adjustments (except for soft shadows which utility sporna) igrabel'ny' in a mode with included antialiasingom a level 4x and an anisotropic filtration 16x in the sanction 1024x768, the average quantity of the staff in a second thus nearby 50-60, and minimal does not fall below 25-30. For greater sanctions and levels antialiasinga even more productive videocards, like custom spiral notebooks ATI RADEON X19 XTX and NVIDIA GeForce 79 GTX are necessary, and it is even better - than system CrossFire or SLI. On systems of an average level with videocards of type NVIDIA GeForce 76 GS and ATI RADEON X16 PRO/XT it is necessary to lower some adjustments and-or at all to disconnect antialiasing. Pair words about configuration files F.E.A.R. Game uses some such text files: Default.archcfg and autoexec.cfg in the root catalogue of game and settings.cfg, placed in the catalogue " \Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Monolith Productions\FEAR \ ". The Most useful is last to use the non-standard sanction in game, it is necessary to change in it corresponding lines, for example, so: "ScreenWidth" "1280" "ScreenHeight" "1024" But do not forget, that all other graphic adjustments should custom spiral notebooks be exposed from the menu of game in advance, and editing of a configuration file is carried out after that. And if you again will come into a submenu of adjustments of the display, game will dump the sanction in value which will count correct. I should note one amusing fact allowing, meanwhile, to receive acceleration on videocards ATI under condition of use of certain versions of drivers Catalyst. Similar, that in some versions of drivers of the last year (when there was a game, actually), the command drayveropisateley ATI has made discrepancy in the description of game for function Catalyst AI which is called for increase of productivity in separate appendices by means custom spiral notebooks of specific optimizaciy for them. This function at that time perfectly worked for the demonstration version of game, but reduced (or did not raise, to whom as it is pleasant) productivity of release. A problem enthusiasts 3D have found out schedules and the decision has been found in simple renaming an executed file of game FEAR.exe in any another. After this manipulation game did not lose as the image, but productivity thus seriously improved. In the subsequent versions of drivers ATI have corrected a mistake, and this amusing method of increase in productivity has ceased to work. It is especially strange, that in fresh driver Catalyst 6. at adjustments by default custom spiral notebooks productivity of all cards ATI has again fallen, in comparison with previous version 6.3! Really the old mistake then was found out? Thus already in its version 6. have corrected, and speed has again returned on the place. Alexey Berillo aka SomeBody Else (sbe@ .com) It is published on June, 23rd, 20 Other discussions in conference: Comments? Amendments? Additions?

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