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Considering that Vulkan is faster and should be well supported on all platforms by the time this game finally comes out, i think it's a good decision. I guess o
by kayoone 10y ago
Considering that Vulkan is faster and should be well supported on all platforms by the time this game finally comes out, i think it's a good decision.
I guess only possible since they don't plan console support.
- ygra 10y agoIt's faster than OpenGL or older DirectX versions, but DX12 was pretty much on the same level of abstraction as far as I understood it.
- simion314 10y agoYes, DX12 is very similar to Vulkan but the major difference is Vulkan is present on most gaming platforms except iOS, so it makes sense if you have to choose one of those two you will choose Vulkan.
- nottorp 10y agoIsn't Vulkan AMD only though?
- glaze 10y agoNo. Mantle, on which Vulkan is based on, was AMD only. AMD gave it to Khronos and it evolved into Vulkan.
- hansjorg 10y agoVulkan is based on Mantle from AMD, but the code was donated to Khronos. Both Nvidia and Intel have Vulkan drivers.
- vetinari 10y agoDoes Intel have a vk driver? AFAIK, they only have a Linux one, but only for Broadwell and newer. Do you know something about the Windows driver?
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- cmpxchg8b 10y agoAnd except Xbox One...
- kakarot 10y agoThis was the most polite jab at their long dev cycle in this thread. I wish people would be more forgiving of the trial-and-error process that goes into designing genre-breaking games with a small staff and tight budget. The devs are committed to artistic quality however long it takes.
- sevensor 10y agoI'm not sure Star Citizen qualifies as having a small staff and a tight budget. Three or four offices in major cities, dozens of developers, a whole art department. Hardly a scrappy little garage studio.
- kakarot 10y agoI didn't realize they had grown so much. I don't follow the development closely.
- Hurtak 10y agoHow much faster is it? I saw a few random videos comparing Vulkan vs. DX11, and the difference was usually in the 10% range in both ways (sometimes Vulkan won, sometimes DX won).