Rayman: Revenge of the Dark

[THEdragon]

Great! I'm downloading it now.

[Adsolution]

Awesome! Thanks everyone for the downloads. Also I'm gonna quote this here:

DOWNLOAD THE RAYMAN: REVENGE OF THE DARK STRESS-TEST IMMEDIATELY!

Be absolutely sure to read the readme inside the "RaymanROTD-StressTest" folder! If you don't, then it will not work. One of the things you need is a username and password to run the stresstest, and to get it, follow the instructions in the readme.

Just so you don't lose your heads: You don't play as Rayman in this, you are only controlling a first-person camera that you can observe the small area with. It controls like an FPS. The main purpose of this is to 1) test your performance, and 2) observe the ambient environment. However, there are two ways in which you can escape the ruins' boundaries and wonder aimlessly through the forest that is only there for background purposes, but I won't tell you how.

I've stripped the game completely down to only what you see in the area and I've packed all the files, so don't think you get to let your hands on some nifty assets. To be honest though, the most you'll be able to sneak out are some low-poly tree models with 3D Ripper DX; I don't even know if that programme works in CryEngine3.

Unless you have a decent computer, this won't run too well. Fortunately I've included three graphics settings you can switch between (low, medium, high (default is on high)), but that won't save you if you don't have a decent computer.

[TeensieKing]

Downloading^^ I'm willing to explore everything!

[Danone]

Finally
Downloading it

[Master]

I'd download it, but I think I've moaned enough already of the evil that is integrated intel graphics.

[Adsolution]

Downloading^^ I'm willing to explore everything!

Whatever little there is to explore, that is.

[Rayman fan2000]

I wanna save my laptop space for the day a demo comes out.

[ikke471]

downloadin' now
gonna investigate the shit outta this thing!

[Rsandee]

If you need another voice actor, I could help.
It's the least I can do.

What voice did you have in mind?

No idea.
I could say a couple of test lines and upload it here.

[Adsolution]

I wanna save my laptop space for the day a demo comes out.

Rayman fan2000, this is 250 MB compressed, 450 uncompressed. Did you know that 450 MB costs one penny? Did you know that if your laptop (assuming it doesn't use a solid state drive) is worrying about 450 MB of space, then it's probably so old that trying anything to do with ROTD is completely pointless? Ah well....

If you need another voice actor, I could help.
It's the least I can do.

What voice did you have in mind?

No idea.
I could say a couple of test lines and upload it here.

Sure, that could please my soul.

[Rayman fan2000]

I wanna save my laptop space for the day a demo comes out.

Rayman fan2000, this is 250 MB compressed, 450 uncompressed. Did you know that 450 MB costs one penny? Did you know that if your laptop (assuming it doesn't use a solid state drive) is worrying about 450 MB of space, then it's probably so old that trying anything to do with ROTD is completely pointless? Ah well....

It's not worrying, it's just I already have too many games and I don't have fun without them.

[ikke471]

say... how long do I have to wait for username/password?
edit: about 2 minutes

[Adsolution]

I wanna save my laptop space for the day a demo comes out.

Rayman fan2000, this is 250 MB compressed, 450 uncompressed. Did you know that 450 MB costs one penny? Did you know that if your laptop (assuming it doesn't use a solid state drive) is worrying about 450 MB of space, then it's probably so old that trying anything to do with ROTD is completely pointless? Ah well....

It's not worrying, it's just I already have too many games and I don't have fun without them.

Ah, carry on then!

[Rayman fan2000]

With what?

[ikke471]

I tested it... you can't do much but... OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG it's beautiful! I had to run it on medium though because high was too laggy for meh.
also the animations of the trees look splendid! nice work rayfan!

[Haruka]

I'm downloading it now, but I think I can only take a look this weekend.

[Rayfist]

Ah, crap I still dont have my new computer yet, I thought you were gonna let me test that area early, ah well guess I gotta wait. :p

[ikke471]

Ah, crap I still dont have my new computer yet, I thought you were gonna let me test that area early, ah well guess I gotta wait. :p

you're not missing THAT much though XD
it's cool but you can't really do much

[Rsandee]

2) Inside the "RaymanROTD-StressTest folder, there is a file named
"Autoexec.cfg." Open it with notepad, and you will see a place
to enter your resolution. Do so to be rewarded with the
greatest experience possible with the Rayman: Revenge of the
Dark stresstest on your computer running Windows 7. If you
are running Windows XP, this will work, but for the love of
god, upgrade your system so you aren't using an ancient
decade-old programme; if it's because your computer can't
run Se7en, then don't think for one second you can run
Revenge of the Dark. If you are running Vista, it will work,
but there's no reason to have Vista when you can have
Windows 7. If you're reading this on a Mac, you're an
idiot.

5) When promted to enter a username and password and you don't
have one to enter, either email [email protected] with a
subject entitled "Rayman ROTD credentials," or get off my
planet. :>

I couldn't help but laugh on every single line I read in that file.
You make the same little ''jokes'' as I do. :')

Btw, my screen was just filled with blackness, I could however see your little menu, and I saw your beautiful logo when I hit the escape button.
My FPS was like 2-4 all the time, because I ran it on my shitty laptop from 2009. :/

[Adsolution]

You make the same little ''jokes'' as I do. :')

Aha, I can't help myself.

Btw, my screen was just filled with blackness, I could however see your little menu, and I saw your beautiful logo when I hit the escape button.
My FPS was like 2-4 all the time, because I ran it on my shitty laptop from 2009. :/

Rats, that sucks! If it helps, try running it in wireframe mode by pressing "~" to open the console, then type "r_wireframe=1." If you can see anything, then that's a good sign, it just means that the shaders aren't loading correctly (although all you'll really get is a nice mess of meshes for a view, but at least you can see something). If it works but still lags, type "e_vegetation=0" to remove all the trees, so you don't get that black mash of mesh all around the area you're in.

For a second debug option, delete the whole "USER" folder inside the StressTest folder and start it up again. All it is is a cache for the shaders so they don't have to take ~20 seconds to glitch, flicker and load when you start up the game. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what I can do.

EDIT:

In other news, I've successfully ripped the entire Gemstone Temple area from Rayman Arena to use in ROTD, complete with textures and all. Men, feast your two eyes; women, feast your three eyes, it worked perfectly (rendered in 3ds Max):











IMPORTANT EDIT:

Since I've found out that using one global account does not work to log onto the stresstest, you must create your own account on CryDev.net. Don't worry; after you do it once, you can use the same account to log on to any of my future releases. Just register and log onto ROTD with your CryDev account when prompted. I originally used the global account idea for extra security and exclusivity, but it doesn't work nearly as well as I thought it would.