Rage PC patch to improve 'blurry' textures

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  Can't see this helping much- also, how the heck are detail textures going to be implemented in a megatext... : cptincognito
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    Carmack Magic (TM) : Clay
    • hahah win! : RuskiSnajper
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    It's very easy to apply the same detail texture everywhere. This will look better than nothing, but it's ... : shurcool
    • They have a material buffer, no? Could that not be used to index into a set of detail textures? : jake
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  Out of the blue Rage is freezing for a second every minute or so. It was working fine and i didn't change... : baron calamity
  • mine did that after i applied the last patch. ended up restarting my computer and it hasn't done it since... : waxthirteen
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    What is your VSync set to? And is your graphics card trying to override it? : Schnapple
    • I'll check that. : baron calamity
  • I got this when I had GPU Transcoding ON. Turn that off if you have a decent processor. That option is ... : Jobos
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  And what's it matter PC gamers are the 1% : Ziz
  • damn yous! but yeah... : uebersoldat
• This is really unfortunate that it wasnt being implemented on release date. The blurry texture really det... : p34nk
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  This is another reason I don't buy games on release data anymore, more so lately it appears better to wai... : ShXIII
  • Agreed. Much cheaper too! I've got enough in my queue to wait for $20 or less : pockets71
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    Are you buying Skyrim on launch? : Schnapple
    • Skyrim is going to be the first game that is at the top of my to-buy list but I won't purchase around the... : ajvitaly
    • I am, although I'm hoping my Dark Souls fever subsides a little by then. It isn't looking too likely. ... : Rehevkor
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      No, right now I'm gaming on a budget. ME3 will probably be the only game I get on release day for while. ... : ShXIII
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        ...but you just said you don't buy games on release date anymore? : Schnapple
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          I said "probably" I really want to finish the ME series (great games). : ShXIII
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            So in other words you're just doing what everyone else does (hold off on buying a game on release unless ... : Schnapple
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              Fishing for an argument or what? I just posted a comment. Have a nice day. : ShXIII
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                Nah, I'm just seeing a lot of people decrying preordering in the wake of the RAGE debacle and then talkin... : Schnapple
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                  Oh I see, no I wasn't bashing RAGE, damn I still want to play it despite all the hate. I was just saying ... : ShXIII
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                    The problem I had with buying RAGE when it came out is that I completed the game with blurry textures and... : Jobos
                    • When I use to buy games new that's how I felt a lot of the times. : ShXIII
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    Witcher 2, Portal 2, Deus Ex were all fine at launch for me. it's pretty random which company is going to... : thebigbeefsandwich
    • That's good to hear, those 3 games are still on my to get list. : ShXIII
  • This is an even bigger problem on the on the PS3... : pgharavi
• Yeah it's bullshit, everything looks great if you're far away from it. : jingletard
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  I don't get it, why weren't all these options available from day one? : lightly inclined
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    because we're the 1% : uebersoldat
    • sardonic, yet true answer. : master_disaster_17
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    As much as I love the game, the truth is they did not give a shit about the PC version what so ever. C... : valcan_s
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      Lol from your post you make it sound like it's one of the worst console ports ever. It's nowhere near ... : moe6
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        :) I know but its freaking JC and id that made the game. You are 100% right its NOT the worst port by far... : valcan_s
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          Most newer games are not ports. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting : garthhendy
          • would you prefer if he qualified that by writing "for want of a better word"? : Ducky_dky
        • There was an article in where Carmack basically said it was a mistake to develop on the consoles and hes ... : DewFuel
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      But you played it with a controllerrrrrrrr!! So did I, for the driving parts. Analog controls made th : Wadmaasi
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        I play the driving parts with mouse and keyboard. It's not Gran Turismo; you can e-brake turn anywhere i... : the archvile
        • I played the first few hours sticking with M+KB for the driving as well as the FPSing. I'm not sure what : Wadmaasi
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        I played the whole game with a controller and it worked out lovely. I've got a GTX460 and at 1080 and eve... : Rauol Duke
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          Same, but I have a GTX 260. I wonder if the 460 is basically a 260 with more vRAM... : Jobos
          • 460 is a bit better: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/170?vs=180 : aethyr
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          The smoothness of it really got me. I'm not one of those guys who turns everything down in order to get ... : Wadmaasi
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            Refresh rate on CRT's is different, though. Low fps is crappy, but low refresh rate is a physical assault... : Marrbe
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              I know, but I was trying to make the point that I can tell the difference between fps/refresh rates up to : Wadmaasi
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                I can tell the difference up to about 110. I think the Doom 3 engine took an unusually steep performance ... : Marrbe
                • I'll mess with it when I go for a Nightmare play through. I wanted to play it naively once, since I rare... : Wadmaasi
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      Blame Tim Willits for that; he was the one who was (figuratively, if not literally) slapping a developer'... : the archvile
      • Oh, probably because if you turn around too fast you'll see textures load. If you watch the demos they p... : Jobos
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      valcan, it pains me at how wrong you are. : daVinci1980
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        I know they could of not bothered with the Cuda stuff if they really didn't care so maybe its a bit harsh... : valcan_s
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          You play on an extremely non-standard platform. Do you know how many gamers I know of that have 3 screens : daVinci1980
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            I don't think I am the only one, but fine if you say so. Those issues I mentioned happened on 1920x1080 i... : valcan_s
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              http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey - 5760 x 1080 - 0.63% Of all users in the world who have multip... : lord cecil
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                No need to get hung up on the Surround setup. The game lacked basic options and shipped in a state well b... : Marrbe
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                  This I don't know of for sure, so I'm neither representing id or nvidia when I say this. My feeling is... : daVinci1980
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                    If so, that should've been communicated well in advance. But isn't it true that a 1000 player closed beta... : Marrbe
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                      Well in advance? Try every time carmack opened his mouth to talk about the engine. It's been well communi... : wickoattack
                      • I mean more concretely. "If you are wondering about the lack of video options, it's because the game dyna... : Marrbe
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              You can post what you want about RAGE, it's your right as a consumer. You laid down your money and was no... : ShXIII
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                I agree, some times I wish I was not so nice and would let out some of my other thoughts that I usually c... : valcan_s
                • Yeah I had a hard time containing myself with Homefront, in fact I don't think I did : ShXIII
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            Curious side note: why did you say "nominal" 16:10? Do you mean to infer that there are no true 16:10 asp... : ughhhhhhh
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              Whoops, I totally misused nominal. I just mean that it's a common, accepted aspect ratio, but not nearly ... : daVinci1980
              • haha it's okay, I just thought I had missed something horrible and now I was in the twilight zone : ughhhhhhh
              • I understood it in the context of the sentence. : shirif
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          The game was running fine on their end due to them having the proper drivers, which unfortunately were no... : wickoattack
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            Did you try AFR 2? It helps sometimes. : Marrbe
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              I have not tried that - i will give it a go. I also have a sneaking suspicion that there is something ... : wickoattack
              • That is, "Force alternate frame rendering 2" under the SLI rendering option in nVidia Control Panel for e... : Marrbe
        • I played Rage at release on an nvidia system. Initially I did not force vsync or triple buffering. Th : walker270
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        Also I am curious was Cuda feature your guys initiative or ids? Also I take back this "they did not gi... : valcan_s
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          The pc version is fine, it just sucks that they thought they could get away with not doing a pc specific ... : cptincognito
          • This is exactly what I posted before(totally agree), I have no idea why it was left out. For that fact I ... : valcan_s
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            If you're referring to graphics options, this is my take on that: http://www.shacknews.com/article/70635/... : daVinci1980
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              Why on earth would you ever want to employ such a feature for a PC game? Are you saying its a good idea o... : valcan_s
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                I think it's a brilliant idea for the PC--if you can get it to work properly. If you decide that a p0 fea... : daVinci1980
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                  What if you don't like: -AA -Depth of Field -HDR - Bloom -Motion Blur -Want to sacrifice AF setti... : valcan_s
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                    Creating a comprehensive UI for all that shit would be unwieldy, and unused for everyone except you. And... : walker270
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                      It is not unwieldy at all and has been done for many years. I've done it myself. There's nothing to it. Y... : Tchest
                      • He's increasing the normal number of options by quite a bit, and then leaving it open ended with "...". : walker270
• guess I'll wait a bit for my second playthrough : Frush81
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  Man it looks beautiful on my machine. Does this effect everyone? GTX 570. : nukewinter
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    Go right up to a bunch of different things in the game. Many things in the game look muddy up close, but ... : Schnapple
    • I've noticed that 7 gigs goes to JUST the multiplayer portion. I wonder if I can safely delete that. Th... : Jobos
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    It looks fantastic on mine, too, GTX 560. I honestly haven't noticed anything worse than the majority of games, and most of the time the game looks incredible. I really think it's a work of art, it's got some of the absolute best visuals I've seen in any game ever. Some of the vistas are incredible, they look like concept art. Going up close to textures looks perfectly fine, about the same amount of detail as in any game, or at least nothing noticeably bad. I've loved the game since the moment I started playing it, the megatextures are fantastic, it's awesome not having tiled textures everywhere, everywhere I look I see a unique scene, it looks like an incredible amount of work has gone into it, I think the developers should be congratulated.
    
    And it's not just the textures, the geometry looks unique everywhere too, every building looks uniquely shaped inside and out, with terrific detail and very artistic execution. It's one of the most visually enjoyable games I've ever played, I spend long minutes just admiring the graphics, I'm totally blown away by it. The amount of work in the intricate level design and in the textures really blows me away.
    
    Yes, the textures aren't ultra-high resolution everywhere you look, but where they're not, they are still high enough not to mar the overall effect for me. I love the graphics in this game, they are a real achievement, well done id. I'm sorry for everyone who's had technical problems, I know that is a real pain in the ass, but at the same time it's clear a hell of a lot of work and effort and creativity has gone into this game, and it's really paid off, at least for me. Damn good game!

    Oct 17, 2011 9:02am PDT
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    It looks fantastic on mine, too, GTX 560. I honestly haven't noticed anything worse than the majority of ... : terylene
    • Non-tiling textures as such sounds very appealing, pity that they didn't get a better entrance. : Marrbe
  • I'm on a GTX 285 and it looks like Fallout 3. : the archvile
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    You must be blind. http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2154243 : Saldrin
    • OK, they're not as high as they could be, but I completely failed to notice that while playing, because t... : terylene
  • lol, virtually everything except for player models look like GARBAGE up close - GTX 570 here too. : Milleh
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    Rage isn't beautiful on any machine. Go fire up Metro 2033 and you can partake in realtime rendered beaut... : AgentPothead
    • I was actually playing Metro 2033 right before Rage came out. Rage is a beautiful game, the vistas are g... : timmie
    • Technical beauty, maybe. Rage will lose any comparison of raw resolution but its artistry is first-rate. : Arceihn
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  Hey Dognose have you played RAGE yet? : at0micgarden
  • No :( : dognose
  • rage is cute : creeping-death
• "Our first test of a higher res page file didn't help much, because most source textures didn't actually ... : RuskiSnajper
• Techno-wizard. Love it. Carmack's a real cyber-guru. : dumb.
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  Okay, but are there any plans to overhaul the PC version UI? I don't know if "Press Enter" is part of th... : the archvile
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    That "Press Enter" crap gets on my nerves. Don't even get me started on non-skipable intros, GAH! : Jobos
    • cant help you with the press enter bit but if you add the below command line to your launch options you w... : scotthallisgod
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    I hate games that do this. Fallout 3 was a good example, while it was a good game (with mods) the PC ui... : creeping-death
    • DarnifiedUI for Fallout 3 is all you need m8. Fixes that console interface nightmare made for people with... : rottdcorpse
• Does this mean stuff like the license plates in the garage at the beginning will be clearer? : duffman03
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  Here is a great example of what detail textures are and how they can help: http://blog.wolfire.com/200... : jake
  • Clever. Looks pretty good. : Marrbe
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  We still love you Mr Carmack . : Cashh
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    speak for yourself, Gabe is now going to get all my lovins. : uebersoldat
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      sends viagra your way. You'll be needing it. : shirif
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        This one time while I was working at a hospital, one of the ward patients was so fat that she had mold in... : creeping-death
        • Did it get absorbed into her body? I read a story about that once, where the sandwich was actually absorb... : Donborvio
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  i "love" "unnecessary quotes" : boring gegtik
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    what? she's quoting carmack: http://twitter.com/#!/ID_AA_Carmack/status/124916837791186945 : DrFlammable
    • Shhhh! It's more fun when you don't point out the critics error. : dookiebot
• I am just amazed that I get 60fps on my 4870 and it looks phenominal. I had to install the beta driver... : Derringer
• It was bad initially, but after the day one AMD driver release and the day 2 or 3 (or whatever) patch it ... : Freon
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  Can't wait to see what this engine can do in future id and bethesda games, the smoothness of all the anim... : drac01
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    That's not a good idea or realistic. Do you really want to waste 20 gigs of space and the associated pro... : capt tripps
    • Well, you only need the high-res textures for those things you can get close to, which the designers and ... : jake
    • Disk space is a non-factor these days. : Marrbe
  • Bethesda has shitty animators and character artists. No engine will help that. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• "Kola-Kong"? Wow, real original. : aoleon