Wednesday October 29, 2008

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky DX10.1 Patch

For those of you that might have missed it, there is a new S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky patch out bringing things up to version 1.5.06. There is a patch for the retail version as well as the downloadable version, both weigh in at under 55MB each. Along with a handful of fixes there are a number of improvements made such as:

  • Added DX10.1 support
  • Added MSAA for alpha-tested objects ("alpha-to-coverage" for DX10.0, custom "alpha-to-coverage" for DX10.1 for better performance, native DX10.1 implementation for better quality).
  • Added new quality level for sun-shadows (ultra) for better picture quality.
  • Added new min/max shadowmap technique (which takes advantage of DX10.1 when available) allows to speed up high quality sunshafts rendering for top video boards and high resolutions.
  • Added high quality sunshafts acceleration for DX9 renderer