Can we please get a Directx 11 upgrade?

Amiutza

I'm not asking for too much, just a Directx 11 update so we can take advantage of our monster gpus, those of us who have them. As far as I know the game is optimized for Directx 9, which came out in like 2006, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

LykkeLeaf

DX9 was released in 2002 actually. But yeah I totally agree. I play games that use DX11 and I'm always impressed at how detailed the lighting, textures and everything are while running flawlessly. I can literally see my character reflection on the wet concrete along with the street lights on the highest settings with only an average gaming pc. They all run at a stable 60 FPS. I have a hard time playing the Sims 4 after that when the graphics are a lot less detailed yet I can barely keep the framerate from going under 20 and the DX9 draw call limit causes stuttering when zoomed out.

I'm not entirely sure if the blame is all on DX9, but the only games that ever had framerate issues for me were all on DX9 (TS4 being the absolute worst of the lot.)
Performance aside, even cartonny games like Portal Knights look absolutely beautiful because of DX11, especially the lighting. I can't help but imagine how TS4 would've looked like with it.

UnrealRoot

I agree it would be amazing if they gave us Directx 11 compatibility. It wouldn't affect players who do not have Directx 9 since they can just do two modes for players to use.

Amiutza

@LykkeLeaf yup, forgot d9 was from 2002 and they just updated it in 2006. And I couldn't agree more. I was looking at side by side comparison of D9 vs D11 and not only was the frame rate improved but the detailing, like you said, was amazing. And I have the same exact issues you do, with both zoomed out stutter and camera rotation. It's very frustrating.

@UnrealRoot exactly! It's just a choice, like 32 but vs 64 bit. It wouldn't negatively impact anyone's pc, while greatly improving the game for others.

SimplyJen

I would like it too but I feel lucky enough that they gave us 64-bit... Let's hope they will surprise us.

chesterbigbird

Would be nice, However i don't think it will happen.
I know rise of tomb raider come out with a directx12 support and so did Civilization VI.

Amiutza

chesterbigbird wrote: »

Would be nice, However i don't think it will happen.
I know rise of tomb raider come out with a directx12 support and so did Civilization VI.

Yup, DirectX 12 would be even better, but id be happy with 11. I mean, they made 64 bit happen so im keeping my fingers crossed just in case.