Wolfenstein: The New Order Teased

[Lopez0101]

Try DxTory, it's WAY more full featured than Fraps and can simultaneously write to more than one drive at a time in it's RawCap mode. With this feature you can play the game at full FPS while capturing at 30 FPS.

I'll give it a try. And what do you mean "write to more than one drive"? I already have fraps save to my drive that isn't being used for the game I'm playing. Can it record at more than 30FPS? I'm not sure if it's a FRAPS not liking OpenGL thing or what, but every other game works fine with it.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

...what do you mean "write to more than one drive"?

As I said, it simultaneously writes to more than one drive, meaning at the same time. It's "RawCap" file structure allows it do do a sort of virtual RAID, whereby pieces of the video file are written on multiple drives. This greatly speeds up the time in which the video file can be captured to your drives, increasing performance to the point of zero lag.

Example, I have recorded Metro 2033 at 720p and max texture detail using a mere GTS 250 and i7 950 with just two mediocre speed HDDs (80Mbp/s & 70Mbp/s). I was getting roughly the same frame rate I did without recording. I have captured Dead Island with the same setup getting over 100 FPS while capturing at 30. I have videos of both. I would have gotten unacceptable lag trying that with Fraps.

You then later use it's RawCap Convert tool to convert those separate files into one Avi video file. You must use DxTory's own video codec to use RawCap mode though, and it tends to write fairly large files. You can set RawCap Convert to automatically delete the RawCap files after it builds the Avi file though. There are different levels of compression you can use with the DxTory codec though. I use Medium compression, which easily looks as good as Fraps does uncompressed.

You may want to experiment though, because there are many ways DxTory can offer better performance than Fraps, because you have SO many options. Sometimes all it takes is one fast drive to give you adequate performance. You can also set the output file to any res equal to or below that of the res you play at. You can as well use just about any video codec to compress on the fly. For instance some prefer using one drive with the Lagarith codec, which is lossless and writes a fairly small file. It helps to have a fairly fast multi core CPU for heavy on the fly compression though.

DxTory also has a convenient bench tool to measure the write speed of any drive you use to put the captures on. Check the video tutorial I posted though, because it pretty much contains all of what I said, plus more.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Anyone having trouble getting it to use more than 2 threads of your CPU? Guy over at OCN demonstrated that adding a line of code in the config file allowed the game to use all 8 of his threads on his CPU.

Line of code is:

jobs_numthreads 8

Where the number (8) is the amount of threads your CPU has.

Heres result of adding that bit.

 

[Shou Miko]

i actually ran into a problem i got the perk so i can throw a knife but after i restarted the level i can't throw a knife but the perk is still there

anyone got a clue to how i get to throw knifes again? otherwise i can't do perk number 3.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

revert to a save before you got the perk?

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Guy over at OCN demonstrated that adding a line of code in the config file allowed the game to use all 8 of his threads on his CPU.

Nice find MX, hope it works on my i7 950.

@Lopez,
Just did some fairly extensive testing with the Lagarith codec in DxTory using just my Plextor M5P 128GB SSD as the capture drive. Even with my crap Marvell SATA 3 controller limiting it to a DxTory estimated write speed of 197Mbp/s, I was able to average 66 FPS in the GRID 2 bench at max settings while capturing at 1080p output and 30 FPS capture speed.

I only got one small capture dip to 27 FPS in one corner of the track, and Lagarith's file size and video quality are both very reasonable. Gameplay FPS (minimum, not average), never dipped below 49 FPS though. I made a sample video showing two bit rates used in vfw after the capture was done. First half of the vid is 3000 kbps, second half is 5000. I used single pass ABR to save time. File sizes are 94MB for the 3000 rate, 128MB for the 5000, and 2.86GB on the uncompressed Lagarith file on a 2:30 video.

IMO the added bitrate is definitely needed if you want very clean results. Multiple pass compression can be a bit better looking, but it takes more time and I find you always have to add a fair bit of bitrate anyway to make 1080p look good.

 

[INSTG8R]

i actually ran into a problem i got the perk so i can throw a knife but after i restarted the level i can't throw a knife but the perk is still there

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anyone got a clue to how i get to throw knifes again? otherwise i can't do perk number 3.

You need to have more than one knife to be able to throw.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Nice find MX, hope it works on my i7 950.

@Lopez,
Just did some fairly extensive testing with the Lagarith codec in DxTory using just my Plextor M5P 128GB SSD as the capture drive. Even with my crap Marvell SATA 3 controller limiting it to a DxTory estimated write speed of 197Mbp/s, I was able to average 66 FPS in the GRID 2 bench at max settings while capturing at 1080p output and 30 FPS capture speed.

I only got one small capture dip to 27 FPS in one corner of the track, and Lagarith's file size and video quality are both very reasonable. Gameplay FPS (minimum, not average), never dipped below 49 FPS though. I made a sample video showing two bit rates used in vfw after the capture was done. First half of the vid is 3000 kbps, second half is 5000. I used single pass ABR to save time. File sizes are 94MB for the 3000 rate, 128MB for the 5000, and 2.86GB on the uncompressed Lagarith file on a 2:30 video.

IMO the added bitrate is definitely needed if you want very clean results. Multiple pass compression can be a bit better looking, but it takes more time and I find you always have to add a fair bit of bitrate anyway to make 1080p look good.

youtube will obliterate your video regardless though. I hate how now, channels that get more traffic, youtube re-encodes their videos to look better than anyone elses. I am stuck with 1080p at ~4,000mbps bitrate regardless of my videos settings.

Also let me know of the results of that config file change with your 950. Id be curious to see if it actually helps FPS.

 

[Shou Miko]

You need to have more than one knife to be able to throw.

i know, but i automatically was giving one more knife when i got the perk, but now it's like gone :/

 

[INSTG8R]

i know, but i automatically was giving one more knife when i got the perk, but now it's like gone :/

I just went thru an entire level and never once got a 2nd knife. So I guess it's not always available.

 

[Shou Miko]

I just went thru an entire level and never once got a 2nd knife. So I guess it's not always available.

maybe, now i got 2 knifes i can throw xD

 

[Frag_Maniac]

youtube will obliterate your video regardless though. I hate how now, channels that get more traffic, youtube re-encodes their videos to look better than anyone elses. I am stuck with 1080p at ~4,000mbps bitrate regardless of my videos settings.

Also let me know of the results of that config file change with your 950. Id be curious to see if it actually helps FPS.

Yeah I figured they were up to something because short 1080p vids used to instantly load high res, and now I often have to pause them at the beginning and let them buffer for them to look good. I refuse to use more than 5000kbps though, esp when Century Link keeps upload speed the same when you go from 7MB to 12MB service.

I should have New Order up and running by tomorrow hopefully, so I'll report back if I can get that file edit working.

As far as the knives go, I kinda like how you could throw with any amount and run out of them in Metro. It was a bit annoying though when retrieving them was hit and miss. As arcade as this game is, I'm surprised they don't have a knife throwing gun. LOL

 

[TheHunter]

Anyone having trouble getting it to use more than 2 threads of your CPU? Guy over at OCN demonstrated that adding a line of code in the config file allowed the game to use all 8 of his threads on his CPU.

Line of code is:


Where the number (8) is the amount of threads your CPU has.

Heres result of adding that bit.

Yeah this is actually old news and worked the same in Rage..

I had Q9450 back then and with jobthread=8 i got higher cuda transcode benchmark even though I was using gpu transcode.




Few extra commands to put in Wolfconfig.cfg
@username/Saved Games/MachineGames/Wolfensetin/Bin


But only with ingame VT_compression - ON,

It uses DXT anyway, very effective no compression Image Quality anomalies., only better detail because of higher texture map size and less streaming popups when you're turning around. Theoretically, it was like so in Rage.

And in Rage I managed to "fix it" completely this way, btw this 16k tweak needs min 1.5gb vram, all 4 at 8k was ok with 1.2gb.

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bind "MOUSE3" "_melee"
bind "MWHEELDOWN" "_weapprevinv"
bind "MWHEELUP" "_weapnextinv"
//========================================
pm_togglesprint "0"
r_mode "16"
r_multiSamples "4"
m_sensitivity "3.360597"

//main settings
com_skipIntroVideo "1"
com_allowconsole "1"
seta com_videoRam "00000000000"  //insert your vram size here
seta jobs_numThreads "8"

//Virtual Textures
vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 "16384"  // or 8192
vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly "16384" //or 8192
vt_pageimagesizeunique "16384"  // or 8192 or 4096 default ingame 512
vt_pageimagesizevmtr "8192" // same as default ingame
vt_maxaniso "16"
vt_maxlockedpages "2048"


//virtual textures format
vt_qualityHDPLossless "1"
vt_qualityHDPDiffuse "0"
vt_qualityHDPNormal "0"
vt_qualityHDPPower "0"
vt_qualityHDPSpecular "0"
vt_qualityDCTChroma "100"
vt_qualityDCTLuma "100"
vt_qualityDCTNormal "100"
vt_qualityDCTPower "100"
vt_qualityDCTSpecular "100"
seta vt_preload "1"


//cuda settings  // for nvidia only, otherwise delete this whole cuda settings part leave vt_maxPPF alone.
vt_cudaRLE "1"
vt_maxPPF "256"
vt_cudaBudget "12"
vt_usecudatranscode "2"


//Render
//vt_minlod "-1"
//vt_lodBias "-1"
//image_lodbias "-1"
r_useNewPrivateLighting "1"
r_useHardwareTextures "1"
r_useSMP "1"
r_noBreakableShadows "0


//Image
seta image_preload "1"
image_blend "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"



//Noskip forceON
md6_generateDamageTextures "1"
r_lazyBindParms "0"
r_lazyBindPrograms "0"
r_lazyBindTextures "0"

//vt_restart
seta r_forceVmtrReload "1"  // needs more testing, could cause longer loading between deaths.

set to Read-only after or it can overwrite/erase these extra lines when you die



Again works only with Compression - ON or it can run out of vram really quickly.
Unless you have 3gb+, 2gb isnt enough one 670gtx user confirmed it, he used no compression and with those 3 commands @ 16k and he got 7fps.


When I tested above with VT-compressed I was ok @ 580GTX, usually 55-60fps (min ~ 45fps).

Log comfired it was using 8 &16k

Wolfenstein The New Order\virtualtextures\_vmtr.pages
0.0 seconds for FinishFeedback()
PHYSICAL_PAGES_POOL_VMTR
------------------------
total : 1024
locked : 6
current: 6
free : 1018
100 % empty hash table entries
100 % pages 0 steps down the hash chain
0 % pages 1 step down the hash chain
0 % pages 2 steps down the hash chain
0 % pages > 2 steps down the hash chain
------------------------
0.0 seconds to load and lock 21 pages
S 4096 4096 1 linr DXT5 clmp 16384k _physicalvmtrpages1
S 4096 4096 1 linr DXT1 clmp 8192k _physicalvmtrpages0
S 4096 4096 1 linr DXT5 clmp 16384k _physicalvmtrpages2
S 128 128 1 linr DXT5 clmp 16k _physicaluniquepages1
S 128 128 1 linr DXT1 clmp 8k _physicaluniquepages0
S 128 128 1 linr DXT5 clmp 16k _physicaluniquepages2
S 128 128 1 linr DXT5 clmp 16k _physicaluniquediffuseonlypages1
S 128 128 1 linr DXT5 clmp 16k _physicaluniquediffuseonly2pages1

virtual texture 1:
S 2048 2048 12 nmn RG clmp 10922k _vmtrpagetable

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Looks v nice, but 40gb dl+10gb patch omfg

 

[Shou Miko]

seta com_videoRam "00000000000" //insert your vram size here <-- u want that i bytes, kb, mb or???

plus when i use this settings the game starts up in 1680x1050 or something...

 

[AphexDreamer]

So whats the news on the Doom Beta? Is it out or not yet? I want to see some screen!

 

[Law-II]

Hi

seta com_videoRam "00000000000" //insert your vram size here <-- u want that i bytes, kb, mb or???

1024 * 1 = 1GB so 2GB vga card would insert "2048" and so on

atb

Law-II

 

[Eroticus]

Awesome game my recommendations =)

works on most high settings 1440p without any problems.

4k is bugged

 

[Shou Miko]

Hi



1024 * 1 = 1GB so 2GB vga card would insert "2048" and so on

atb

Law-II

thx, just wanted to make sure when i put in "4096" it was correct but is there anything i can change in those settings to make the game start up in 2560x1440? bcs it starts up in like 1680x1050 and it looks really weird and since it's read-only to make sure the game don't change the settings i can't do it from in-game.

 

[HammerON]

I have to admit that I screwed up. I ordered this game from Amazon and thought I had ordered the digital/download version. Received an email Monday that my item had shipped and the estimated delivery date is May 28
Not a happy camper, but will wait nonetheless...
Funny thing is that I cannot remember when it was that I had a actual game DVD versus a digital download from Steam or Origin...

 

[RCoon]

I have to admit that I screwed up. I ordered this game from Amazon and thought I had ordered the digital/download version. Received an email Monday that my item had shipped and the estimated delivery date is May 28
Not a happy camper, but will wait nonetheless...
Funny thing is that I cannot remember when it was that I had a actual game DVD versus a digital download from Steam or Origin...

It will probably be a 5MB .exe on a DVD that boots up steam and asks you to drop your CD Key in to activate it anyway

EDIT: I left mine downloading this morning when I went to work

 

[Eroticus]

I have to admit that I screwed up. I ordered this game from Amazon and thought I had ordered the digital/download version. Received an email Monday that my item had shipped and the estimated delivery date is May 28
Not a happy camper, but will wait nonetheless...
Funny thing is that I cannot remember when it was that I had a actual game DVD versus a digital download from Steam or Origin...

You can sell me ur dvd if it's full version and not steam and buy ur self digital ..

pc version not available in my country idk why . and steam uplay blocked my region

 

[RCoon]

pc version not available in my country idk why . and steam uplay blocked my region

Because various countries have beef when Nazis are mentioned for some reason. I'd like the think the world is old and mature enough to simply get over it by now.

 

[Eroticus]

Because various countries have beef when Nazis are mentioned for some reason. I'd like the think the world is old and mature enough to simply get over it by now.

Nah both ps and xbox edition are available. just not pc =(

 

[Law-II]

Hi

Is there anything i can change in those settings to make the game start up in 2560x1440? bcs it starts up in like 1680x1050 and it looks really weird and since it's read-only to make sure the game don't change the settings i can't do it from in-game.

From what I do not see in the configs; res is hard coded. res needs to be set ingame [have searched for hidden .ini and .cfg] resolution dose not appear to be linked to the .cfg

[Edit: Found it change line r_mode 16 to r_mode 19 =1080p
( Note: may not support resolutions beyond this; Edit: this is r_mode 21 = 2560*1440 16:9 thanks go out to puma99dk for Testing] however I am unable to test this with my current rig so proceed with caution)

Other members of the TPU community may have more knowledge of this

atb

Law-II