Mattlab
01-30-2006, 04:38 PM
The TimeShift single-player PC demo is now available! In the TimeShift PC demo, players take the role of Colonel Michael Swift, who must slow, stop and rewind time to infiltrate a heavily guarded enemy compound to meet an important rebel contact on the top floor. The demo includes one full level of TimeShift, Atari’s upcoming four-dimensional shooter for PC and Xbox 360.
System requirements:
* Windows 2000/XP
* 2 GHz processor (2.5 GHz recommended)
* 512 MB RAM
* 128 MB video card with full hardware T&L support
* DirectX 9.0c
* Sound Card, Mouse, Keyboard
You can grab the demo at: ftp://ftp.atari.com/demos/timeshift/TimeShift_DEMO_Setup.exe (577MB)
NOTE: There is a known issue with sound card drivers that is not documented in the readme. The side effect is reduced frame rate which manifests as a "stuttering" when you enter different EAX domains and other sound effects start cycling. But, there is a simple work around:
Update your sound card drivers. Ninety percent of the time this is the issue. We use a very advanced sound system for the 10,000 lines of dialogue, and often your sound card drivers are not up to date (or worse yet are the default windows drivers).
We also employ the use of an advanced autodetect system to calibrate the game for your video settings. On some configurations the system breaks down and assigns funny settings based upon bad information it gathers from drivers. We are working on improving this system for the full version of the game but until then consider going through the settings and manually adjusting them.
Here are the biggest performance-effecting settings:
1) Resolution (Consider reducing it)
2) Material Quality (This is what shader model you're using; a lesser one would decrease visual quality but increase performance.)
3) Reflections (Consider turning it off to improve framerate)
4) Anti Aliasing (Consider reducing it or switching it off)
For more information about TimeShift and to visit the Official TimeShift forums - Click Here! (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=360)
Enjoy,
Mattlab
System requirements:
* Windows 2000/XP
* 2 GHz processor (2.5 GHz recommended)
* 512 MB RAM
* 128 MB video card with full hardware T&L support
* DirectX 9.0c
* Sound Card, Mouse, Keyboard
You can grab the demo at: ftp://ftp.atari.com/demos/timeshift/TimeShift_DEMO_Setup.exe (577MB)
NOTE: There is a known issue with sound card drivers that is not documented in the readme. The side effect is reduced frame rate which manifests as a "stuttering" when you enter different EAX domains and other sound effects start cycling. But, there is a simple work around:
Update your sound card drivers. Ninety percent of the time this is the issue. We use a very advanced sound system for the 10,000 lines of dialogue, and often your sound card drivers are not up to date (or worse yet are the default windows drivers).
We also employ the use of an advanced autodetect system to calibrate the game for your video settings. On some configurations the system breaks down and assigns funny settings based upon bad information it gathers from drivers. We are working on improving this system for the full version of the game but until then consider going through the settings and manually adjusting them.
Here are the biggest performance-effecting settings:
1) Resolution (Consider reducing it)
2) Material Quality (This is what shader model you're using; a lesser one would decrease visual quality but increase performance.)
3) Reflections (Consider turning it off to improve framerate)
4) Anti Aliasing (Consider reducing it or switching it off)
For more information about TimeShift and to visit the Official TimeShift forums - Click Here! (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=360)
Enjoy,
Mattlab