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[Revolutionary]

Final Edit 4/20/23:
It's been fixed. Apparently it was a mistake.

Original post follows:

Last year, Capcom released a next-gen update (adding Ray Tracing and 3D Audio) for the Steam version of the game after the PS5 & XSX versions were released but they were poorly received because they performed worse than the previous DX11-only versions. As a remedy, Capcom allowed players to roll back to the previous DX11 version of the game if they chose.

Fast forward to yesterday, and Capcom put out a notice that support for the DX11 versions would end in July 2023. The versions won't be removed altogether (they are still available via beta branch), they simply won't receive further support through official Capcom channels.

Resident Evil 2 - Notice on the End of Technical support for DirectX 11 Non-Ray Tracing Versions - Steam News

On 7/12/2023, support will end for the DirectX 11 non-ray tracing versions (dx11_non-rt) of Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3. After technical support has ended, we cannot guarantee compatiblity or operation when using these versions of the games.

store.steampowered.com

HOWEVER, they also updated the Steam version of the games and they no longer have Ray Tracing or 3D Audio. Huh?? I'm not seeing a lot of chatter about it outside of their dedicated Steam forums (probably because most Resi fans are still playing and talking about RE4R), and I'm hoping it's just a mistake of some sort, but I thought I'd make a thread to draw some attention to the issue.


I recently replayed RE3 on Steam with RT On and it was beautiful. Was looking forward to replaying RE2 with RT as well but alas...

Edit:
Some Steam forum threads that report the issue

RT option is gone! :: Resident Evil 2 General Discussions

I have the direct12 version installed. Where is the RT option? it's gone after the latest update!

steamcommunity.com

Did ray tracing disappear after the most recent update? :: Resident Evil 3 General Discussions

I just looked at the graphics settings and its just gone and I am running the DX12 Version of the game so that's not the issue.

steamcommunity.com

WHERE IS THE RAY TRACING CAPCOM RE2 AND RE3? :: Resident Evil 3 General Discussions

WITHOUT CLOCK TOWER AND COMPLETELY CUT OUT OF THE ORIGINAL SET NO DISMEMBERMENT OF THE ZOMBIES. NOTHING FSR 2 update NO native DLSS NO PS Buttons FOR DUALSENSE OF DUALSHOCK Official NO DOLBY ATMOS SUPPORT OF CANCELED OLD VERSIONS "DX11". CAPCOM WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THESE GAMES? WHY ARE THE...

steamcommunity.com

Edit2:
So I find out there is a way to download old updates on Steam (PC gaming FTW).

How to Downgrade Steam Games

Want to play an older version of a Steam game? It's possible, and we'll show you how.

www.makeuseof.com

If you want to reenable RT on RE2, the console code is:

download_depot 883710 883715 4596656973454619188

For RE3, the console code is:

download_depot 952060 952062 7305189131432908184

Remember to follow the instructions in the link to the letter or you might mess up something. Also make sure to have enough space on your hard drive because it's basically redownloading the entire game.

 

[Killer8]

They probably broke it by mistake. And they'll potentially take months to fix it. TAA flat out didn't work for years across a load of RE Engine games and they didn't even notice (even affected Monster Hunter Rise).

 

[Spyxos]

It must be broken a lot if they even take it out.

 

[ReBurn]

Fast forward to yesterday

This is twisting my noodle.

 

[Patrick S.]

Japanese devs

 

[Buggy Loop]

caPCom is back

The fuck are they doing? I mean yeah, not a big implementation anyway, but just, why!?

Japanese devs

 

[OverHeat]

The hell?!?!

 

[M1987]

Was just playing RE3 and it still had Ray tracing

 

[adamsapple]

Remove ray tracing ? You sure ?

 

[SportsFan581]

That's too funny. I don't get why they'd do that, unless they are reworking it in some way. Did they actually remove it from the game or did the mention just get deleted from the sales page?

 

[rofif]

It crashed and did barely anything outside of re3

 

[OverHeat]

It crashed and did barely anything outside of re3

Was playing it fine last week

 

[GHG]

Are you serious?

Are they trying to compete with the Ghostwire Tokyo devs who are retroactively adding denuvo to their game?

It crashed and did barely anything outside of re3

You say this about RT games all the time for some reason. It's important that is starts to get wide adoption so that developer pipelines can adjust to it moving forwards.

 

[LaughingStock]

Whatever. The best nude mods only work on the non RT versions.

Edit: That was true the last time I played these games.

 

[M1987]

Are you serious?

Are they trying to compete with the Ghostwire Tokyo devs who are retroactively adding denuvo to their game?

It's not gone,I started my first playthrough of RE3 a couple of hours ago and it definitely had Ray tracing

Edit:looks I was wrong as the option isn't even there

 

[Revolutionary]

It must be broken a lot if they even take it out.

In my experience it was more stable than the RT in RE4. I can be in Red VRAM usage and it wouldn't crash, while RE4 has a high chance of crashing even in Yellow.

Was just playing RE3 and it still had Ray tracing

Show me a picture of your settings where it clearly states Ray Tracing, please.

It would be right under Resolution.

 

[M1987]

In my experience it was more stable than the RT in RE4. I can be in Red VRAM usage and it wouldn't crash, while RE4 has a high chance of crashing even in Yellow.

Show me a picture of your settings where it clearly states Ray Tracing, please.

It would be right under Resolution.

Just checked and you was right,it's gone.It definitely looked like it had RT while I was playing it though

 

[Revolutionary]

Whatever. The best nude mods only work on the non RT versions.

I have it on good authority that there are now a good amount of RT-compatible mods of that nature. God bless modders.

Just checked and you was right,it's gone.It definitely looked like it had RT while I was playing it though

What's weird is that the console versions still have RT. It must be a mistake. Hopefully it doesn't take too long to fix...

 

[Kuranghi]

Its pretty comical how broken shit is in RE Engine, I still like it overall but I couldn't play RE2 and 3 Remake on console due to the number of forced broken features. On PC you can turn them all off easily but then only on PC it has the weird sharpening... even though it has sharpening as an option, its like they are smoking trees over there.

 

[M1987]

I have it on good authority that there are now a good amount of RT-compatible mods of that nature. God bless modders.

What's weird is that the console versions still have RT. It must be a mistake. Hopefully it doesn't take too long to fix...

Yeah I won't be playing any more RE3 until they fix it,but it definitely looked like it was there

 

[Icymanipulator]

And nothing of value was lost.

 

[LaughingStock]

And nothing of value was lost.

I couldn't tell the difference. RT makes a huge difference in some games, like Cyberpunk. But not in others. Sometimes realistic doesn't mean better looking

 

[CGNoire]

Last year, Capcom released a next-gen update (adding Ray Tracing and 3D Audio) for the Steam version of the game after the PS5 & XSX versions were released but they were poorly received because they performed worse than the previous DX11-only versions. As a remedy, Capcom allowed players to roll back to the previous DX11 version of the game if they chose.

Fast forward to yesterday, and Capcom put out a notice that support for the DX11 versions would end in July 2023. The versions won't be removed altogether (they are still available via beta branch), they simply won't receive further support through official Capcom channels.

Resident Evil 2 - Notice on the End of Technical support for DirectX 11 Non-Ray Tracing Versions - Steam News

On 7/12/2023, support will end for the DirectX 11 non-ray tracing versions (dx11_non-rt) of Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3. After technical support has ended, we cannot guarantee compatiblity or operation when using these versions of the games.

store.steampowered.com

HOWEVER, they also updated the Steam version of the games and they no longer have Ray Tracing or 3D Audio. Huh?? I'm not seeing a lot of chatter about it outside of their dedicated Steam forums (probably because most Resi fans are still playing and talking about RE4R), and I'm hoping it's just a mistake of some sort, but I thought I'd make a thread to draw some attention to the issue.


I recently replayed RE3 on Steam with RT On and it was beautiful. Was looking forward to replaying RE2 with RT as well but alas...

Edit:
Some Steam forum threads that report the issue

RT option is gone! :: Resident Evil 2 General Discussions

I have the direct12 version installed. Where is the RT option? it's gone after the latest update!

steamcommunity.com

Did ray tracing disappear after the most recent update? :: Resident Evil 3 General Discussions

I just looked at the graphics settings and its just gone and I am running the DX12 Version of the game so that's not the issue.

steamcommunity.com

WHERE IS THE RAY TRACING CAPCOM RE2 AND RE3? :: Resident Evil 3 General Discussions

WITHOUT CLOCK TOWER AND COMPLETELY CUT OUT OF THE ORIGINAL SET NO DISMEMBERMENT OF THE ZOMBIES. NOTHING FSR 2 update NO native DLSS NO PS Buttons FOR DUALSENSE OF DUALSHOCK Official NO DOLBY ATMOS SUPPORT OF CANCELED OLD VERSIONS "DX11". CAPCOM WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THESE GAMES? WHY ARE THE...

steamcommunity.com

Fucking stupid. Was about to play RE3make with RT for 1st time.

 

[GHG]

Fucking stupid. Was about to play RE3make with RT for 1st time.

I literally just bought the gold edition of Village to play that for the first time this weekend.

They better not mess with it.

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

No one cannot notice a dam difference anyway so WHATEVER

 

[Drizzlehell]

Unrelated but this reminded me of that one time when I saw a button with a picture of Ray Charles on it and it said "RAY TRACING" underneath and it just made me laugh.

 

[Nocturno999]

This is kind of a sign from Capcom.
I wouldn't be surprised if it goes the way of Phys X and other overhyped technologies.

 

[Arsic]

Good. RT was a mistake.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I literally just bought the gold edition of Village to play that for the first time this weekend.

They better not mess with it.

Too late. Lady Dimitrescu’s got A cups now.

On a more serious note I only played RE2, and that was thankfully before they hurt performance with the update. Never followed it afterwards, and never got to see the RT addition.

Doesn’t make sense that Capcom would pull the upscalers as well if that’s the case. Hopefully it all comes back.

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[adamsapple]

No one cannot notice a dam difference anyway so WHATEVER

Good. RT was a mistake.

My bros, this is one case where the RT reflections helped out greatly. RE Engine's shitty SSR was an eye-sore.

 

[aries_71]

Any logical explanation?

 

[Rush2112]

Any logical explanation?

they suck at pc porting.

 

[OCASM]

They probably broke it by mistake. And they'll potentially take months to fix it. TAA flat out didn't work for years across a load of RE Engine games and they didn't even notice (even affected Monster Hunter Rise).

Don't hold your breath. Lost Planet games remain unplayable and unbuyable to this day.

 

[SeraphJan]

The RT was actually good, way better than the broken ass SSR

 

[kingyala]

My bros, this is one case where the RT reflections helped out greatly. RE Engine's shitty SSR was an eye-sore.

i thought the left pic was rtx on

 

[adamsapple]

i thought the left pic was rtx on

No, you see the bad broken spotches in front of Claire? That's what the SSR in the RE2 and 3 remakes looks like.

The RT is subdued, and not the highest resolution, but it is not broken and makes the reflections look stable.

 

[kingyala]

No, you see the bad broken spotches in front of Claire? That's what the SSR in the RE2 and 3 remakes looks like.

The RT is subdued, and not the highest resolution, but it is not broken and makes the reflections look stable.

both pics look shit

 

[SSfox]

Just get a PS5

 

[Braag]

The RT patch broke some of stuff such as SSR (apparently also on consoles). Dunno if they fixed those issues but could be they went back to the drawing board to improve the game and the RT.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

Just get a PS5

nah dog

 

[Sakura]

I couldn't tell the difference. RT makes a huge difference in some games, like Cyberpunk. But not in others. Sometimes realistic doesn't mean better looking

Really depends on how the RT is implemented I think. Some games might say they have raytracing, but all it is doing is raytracing shadows, and only shadows that are close to the player, for example. In such a situation you will of course notice barely any difference.

 

[Doczu]

The RT patch broke some of stuff such as SSR (apparently also on consoles). Dunno if they fixed those issues but could be they went back to the drawing board to improve the game and the RT.

Nah man, it literally fixed it in the best possible way.
SSR in RE engine is fucking garbo.

 

[Soodanim]

The DX11 builds with SSR are superior anyway, at least on my quite old machine. Floor reflections are such a small detail that I would never ever pick them over performance.

 

[MasterCornholio]

caPCom is back

The fuck are they doing? I mean yeah, not a big implementation anyway, but just, why!?

That's a strong butt.

 

[ahtlas7]

caPCom is back

The fuck are they doing? I mean yeah, not a big implementation anyway, but just, why!?

Dude can bust a lot of nuts with his ass.

 

[M1987]

Fucking stupid. Was about to play RE3make with RT for 1st time.

I started my first playthrough yesterday thinking it was on,and it still looked amazing

 

[killatopak]

My bros, this is one case where the RT reflections helped out greatly. RE Engine's shitty SSR was an eye-sore.

Yeah but that frame rate drop though. RE2 is a game where frames matter a lot since knife swings depends on fps.

 

[rofif]

Yeah but that frame rate drop though. RE2 is a game where frames matter a lot since knife swings depends on fps.

only if you are a cheesing speedrunner

 

[GHG]

Yeah but that frame rate drop though. RE2 is a game where frames matter a lot since knife swings depends on fps.

Good thing RT is optional then.

Some of us have the hardware necessary to play with RT on without needing to sacrifice framerate. No reason for them to stop those who have the capability from playing it that way.

 

[Revolutionary]

Good thing RT is optional then.

Some of us have the hardware necessary to play with RT on without needing to sacrifice framerate. No reason for them to stop those who have the capability from playing it that way.

The people in this thread saying "good" to an optional feature being removed had me so confused