Cynicalking
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I think it does use PBR materials, just very inconsistently. The update improves them greatly but of course not on par with newer games.
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2022 was the year I fell in and out of love with ray tracing
But DLSS is still my BFF.
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Oh it doesn’t use PBR? Yeah that’s a big limitation right there.
RT does wonders for Witcher, but if that game felt late-to-the party with PBR at its release, it feels doubly so now. Next-gen lighting over last-last-gen materials. Feels like a hyper-detailed PS3 game.
At dusk in The Witcher 3 NG:
1. https://imgsli.com/MTQwNTE5
2. https://imgsli.com/MTQwNTE4
Game looks so much better.
1. https://imgsli.com/MTQwNTE5
2. https://imgsli.com/MTQwNTE4
Game looks so much better.
Not up to debate which looks better (these things may be individual), however i think you do know why its praised so much. Its quite funny though that minecraft and fortnite are now one of the most praised games technically.
One being better than the other doesn't mean the other one is trash.
Both implementations in both games are incredible technical feats. Both have a massive effect on the visuals of each game over their traditional rendering modes.
Finally, let's not sit around and act like Fortnite is displaying Unreal Engine's capabilities to it's fullest. There will be games with much better, more realistic visuals, with better implementations of both Nanite and Lumen than Fortnite has... and The Witcher 3's RT implementation ends here.
Both implementations in both games are incredible technical feats. Both have a massive effect on the visuals of each game over their traditional rendering modes.
Finally, let's not sit around and act like Fortnite is displaying Unreal Engine's capabilities to it's fullest. There will be games with much better, more realistic visuals, with better implementations of both Nanite and Lumen than Fortnite has... and The Witcher 3's RT implementation ends here.
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Does it though? RTXGI will be used in future projects. It can in fact be used in UE5.
Yes, it does for The Witcher specifically, as I said. Compare game to game all you want... but the point is that the implementations and performance will vary game by game in the future. Just like you wouldn't look at a crappy looking UE game and say "Unreal Engine is crappy"... you shouldn't do that here either. Fortnite's implementation is not the be all and end all. Neither is The Witcher 3's as you said..
So my original point stands that both games are technically doing impressive things.. you can prefer which you want, but it doesn't mean that one form is better than the other as fact.
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More comparisons showing the transformative difference, in Witcher 3.
Turns out Real Time GI in an open world game is really important. Hopefully they will fix the performance issues soon.
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A good video showcasing some of the crazy good things you can do with Path Tracing in Portal RTX.
The dynamic lighting from dozens of emissive textures is next level stuff. It really drives home how “video gamey” lighting has been up to this point. It’ll take another generation or two for this stuff to be pervasive but it’s so cool to see it in action already.
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DegustatoR
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It's interesting that OMM one is EXT. Means that more IHVs than just Nvidia support them already?
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Maybe. Intel and AMD also contributed the API. But it could only support API compatibility if there is no native hardware support.
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Funny. A developer named @pixeljetstream used to post at this forum.
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If Nvidia suddenly releases Racer RTX right before Xmas.. or save it for CES?
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