DX10 effects with DX9 for patched Crysis 1.1 - Crysis AddOn

This minimod unlocks all DX10 graphics features in Crysis 1.1, even if you have DX9 hardware and a DX9 OS like Windows XP. You heard right, this mini-mod unlocks all dx10 graphical features even if you have DX9 Hardware (ati 1950, nvidia 7900...) and an DX9 OS (windows xp...). All you have to do is switch every option in teh advanced graphics menu to high! Thats all!

Installation:

Copy the extracted folder named " CVarGroups " and ovewrite all original files that should be in: c: Program Files, Electronic Arts, Crytek, Crysis, Game, Config, CVarGroups

With the new files from the download. Then Start the Game and make sure that all advanced graphic settings are on HIGH!!

Download from: Filefront
Screenshot: >> Click here <<
View: Full DX10 effect in Crysis using DX9 rendering path
Link: ModDb

Crysis New Suit Power - Slow Motion

Crytek let the community know about a pretty neat mod that will be coming soon enough that adds a Slow-Down element to the Nanosuit. Have a listen...

"Our community member Shajbot is currently developing a flowgraph for a new Slow-Motion Nanosuit Power that will be usable ingame. Imagine Crysis' nanosuit technology mixing with Max Payne's "bullet time" feature. This new power, obviously, will slow down the world around you, much like other similar powers the community has created. However, this one will drain your suit power a lot slower - like Cloak Mode."

The current status on the project is following:

• Button triggered slow down time scale
• Drain energy and stop ability when energy exhausted
• Global sounds fade a little while in slowmo
• Sound as when slowmo activated
• Glow player body as he travel throughs time, when slowmo activated

Even though there is a bit left to be done, the new feature (developed in Flowgraph) already looks pretty neat and play nice according to his feedback. In addition he also released two trailers showcasing his new flowgraph. You can find them here and here.

[Via Crymod]

News source: Planet Crysis

Linux Mint 4.0 RC2 "KDE"

Clement Lefebvre has announced the second release candidate for Linux Mint 4.0 "KDE" edition: "The second release candidate for Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna KDE Community Edition is out and available for download. Daryna KDE is nearly as 'minty' as the main edition now. The packages are (safely) up-to-date and the kernel is the Gutsy Gibbon kernel 2.6.22. Mint applications: mintInstall, mintwifi, mintUpdate, mintAssistant, mintUpload. 'Minted' versions of Firefox, Sunbird. Known issues: When shutting down or restarting the live CD it will freeze about 25% of the time at the last step. I had this problem with Gutsy too and have not found a fix for it. This happens more in virtual machines than on real ones. After adding new users log in and check their KMix settings because they will have no sound. Check the output and PCM levels." See the full release notes for more information. Download (MD5): LinuxMint-4.0-KDE-BETA-044.iso (1,002MB, torrent).

Ubuntu 6.06.2

Canonical has announced the release of Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS, the second update to its "Long Term Support" release from June 2006: "Canonical, the commercial sponsors of the Ubuntu project, announced today the second maintenance release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, which continues to be supported with maintenance updates and security fixes until June 2009 on desktops and June 2011 on servers. Over 600 post-release updates have been integrated, so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation, and the installation system has been improved. These include security updates and corrections, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. Some particularly notable updates in Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS include: Users can configure LVM using RAID partitions as physical volumes; detection of the DAC960 RAID controller...." Read the rest of the press release for further details. Download the updated Ubuntu Server CD images from here (MD5): ubuntu-6.06.2-server-i386.iso (434MB), ubuntu-6.06.2-server-amd64.iso (431MB).