Sami 1999
Noob
- 28 June 2015
14 and 13 demo has been long delisted from EA stores. I have access to the full version but lost the account where I had 14 demo back in the day [I didn't bother adding the demo on my main account and by the time I thought about acquiring it, they delisted it].
Anyway, what am I exactly looking for? Mainly all the data.big, bh and the data, dlc folders and exe itself.
Why do I need it?
For FIFA 14, the graphical downgrade on the final build was not present on the demo. It would be nice to have access to the demo files just in case someone manages to figure out how to restore demo graphics. The normal map shader was severely botched in the final build along with the kit wrinkle normal maps. People successfully managed to take the kit wrinkle files from the demo and put it on the final build back in the day, but to this date the normal map shader intensity problem remains unsolved.
Digging further in the demo files might result in figuring out what caused that downgrade and potentially finding a solution as a result. Or maybe no one will manage to figure out how to fix it. But it's always nice to have access to the files since it was different from the final build.
As for FIFA 13, the demo build had the camera zoom in during goal celebrations like any normal football game should. For some reason EA forgot to put the camera zoom in for the final build.
Playing the demo on pc has become basically impossible though. Having access to the files wont be enough to boot the game since the game wont be registered to your EA account. And unlike final builds, no shady cdkey sites have keys for demo games either. So the purpose of having access to demo files is for only porting them to the final build.
And also last but not the least: Fuck EA for always releasing the final builds with missing features and downgrades compared to the demo builds.
Anyway, what am I exactly looking for? Mainly all the data.big, bh and the data, dlc folders and exe itself.
Why do I need it?
For FIFA 14, the graphical downgrade on the final build was not present on the demo. It would be nice to have access to the demo files just in case someone manages to figure out how to restore demo graphics. The normal map shader was severely botched in the final build along with the kit wrinkle normal maps. People successfully managed to take the kit wrinkle files from the demo and put it on the final build back in the day, but to this date the normal map shader intensity problem remains unsolved.
Digging further in the demo files might result in figuring out what caused that downgrade and potentially finding a solution as a result. Or maybe no one will manage to figure out how to fix it. But it's always nice to have access to the files since it was different from the final build.
As for FIFA 13, the demo build had the camera zoom in during goal celebrations like any normal football game should. For some reason EA forgot to put the camera zoom in for the final build.
Playing the demo on pc has become basically impossible though. Having access to the files wont be enough to boot the game since the game wont be registered to your EA account. And unlike final builds, no shady cdkey sites have keys for demo games either. So the purpose of having access to demo files is for only porting them to the final build.
And also last but not the least: Fuck EA for always releasing the final builds with missing features and downgrades compared to the demo builds.
Couple years ago I tried to install and play my legitimately bought copy of FIFA 11 on Origin and it straight refused to install. There are known problems with older games that EA ahs never fixed to this day and your best bet is to just look up "no cd" patch to bypass Origin completely.