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|OT| Ray-Traced Games Discussion
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Lethal01
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Miles and R&C aren't using RT for shadows/AO. And where is the link for DS using it for shadows/AO?
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Control, Metro and Crysis all use the most computensive RT - GI/AO. GI/AO has more of an impact on the overall scene than any other RT feature. And Quake 2 may use them all but it doesn't look better than the modern games.
I have a feeling that Cyberpunk 2077 will NOT use GI (2nd bounce lighting). But that's ok if it has area lights like in Metro's DLC. There are so many arbitrarily shaped lights. AO is going to be in worldspace so we won't be seeing "halos" around objects and it will be accurate down to small objects. Shadows and reflections should be doable too.
Lethal01
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You've literally had this conversation about Dark souls already. If you want the link search for it, it's been confirmed for ages.
And yes, they confirmed it Spiderman will have Ray-traced ambient shadows on the playstation blog.
Anyway I was gonna be more strict with my answer but your opening post simply asked for the best looking games with ray tracing so I gave the simple answer..
Oh, you made a mistake btw, I never said Ratchet and Clank had ray-traced shadows, I wasn't talking about my post.
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Another RT game that looks pretty damn good! First DXR game using the Unreal Engine. I just picked this one up today. Indie developers are going crazy with using it.
* RT reflections
* RT shadows
* RT translucent reflections
* RT reflections
* RT shadows
* RT translucent reflections
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Well, I invite discussion when it's released.
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Mod of War: Remastered
- could you change the thread title to "|OT| Ray-Traced Games Discussion". It doesn't need to have a "combative" title.Thanks.
Lethal01
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Oh I never claimed it one of the best games with ray tracing, just stating that it was confirmed to have more than just reflections.
I'll give it a shot eventually though.
ripeavocado
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The fact that we have to showcase RT in games using Crysis Remastered that barely shows any improvement is very telling.
RT cores are weak and that's why most games using them just for reflections.
We are not going to see proper raytraced lighting this generation, other maybe hybrid solutions like the one used by Unreal Engine 5 or this one, SEUS PTGI a Minecraft mod that looks better than the official path traced version of the game.
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wait forgot about Quake 2 RTX
if you need a comparison video to see the results of RTX applied to a game then is almost pointless.
Unfortunately we don't have the hardware for a proper RTX implementation except for simpler games like Quake 2 or Minecraft
RT cores are weak and that's why most games using them just for reflections.
We are not going to see proper raytraced lighting this generation, other maybe hybrid solutions like the one used by Unreal Engine 5 or this one, SEUS PTGI a Minecraft mod that looks better than the official path traced version of the game.
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wait forgot about Quake 2 RTX
if you need a comparison video to see the results of RTX applied to a game then is almost pointless.
Unfortunately we don't have the hardware for a proper RTX implementation except for simpler games like Quake 2 or Minecraft
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llien
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That would mean CyberPunk looks suck without RT enabled. Quite unlikely.
DJT123
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It should definitely be top-tier AAA in looks without RT. Hopefully RT does offer a really nice jump though, for technologies sake, not that my wallet would appreciate it, lol.
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The fact that we have to showcase RT in games using Crysis Remastered that barely shows any improvement is very telling.
RT cores are weak and that's why most games using them just for reflections.
We are not going to see proper raytraced lighting this generation, other maybe hybrid solutions like the one used by Unreal Engine 5 or this one, SEUS PTGI a Minecraft mod that looks better than the official path traced version of the game.
SEUS | Sonic Ether
wait forgot about Quake 2 RTX
if you need a comparison video to see the results of RTX applied to a game then is almost pointless.
Unfortunately we don't have the hardware for a proper RTX implementation except for simpler games like Quake 2 or Minecraft
I don't know what you are trying to prove here. Crysis does show a big difference than conventional probe based GI. Anne the reflections are done very well. They results are there.
Path tracing isn't the same as Ray tracing. While Minecraft and Quake uses the technique for the entire rendering pipeline, they don't look modern at all.
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VFXVeteran
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Yes.
Voxel-Based Global Illumination (SVOGI) - CRYENGINE V Manual - Documentation
Ray-traced GI is going to be the most expensive technique this generation. Period. No other RT technique will be more expensive. That's because it takes up most of the screen area in a given frame. You could potentially have reflections be very expensive but it would have to take up a large portion of the screen. Some games like Ghostrunner and Cyberpunk may benefit more with reflections than GI (like Crysis) because of their environments.
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ripeavocado
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I know what path tracing is and it's still a ray tracing algorithm.
Crysis doesn't show any big difference, yes it's nice to have that but it's very rough and barely noticeable by the common user.
if that's the best we have then let's forget about RT for some years.
Luckily we are going to see something better but we can't expect miracles by weak hardware.
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I'll consider this trolling the game.. suit yourself buddy.
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ripeavocado
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Give me a call when we will have a RT implementation that doesn't look like some old ambient occlusion post processing.
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Mister Wolf
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Yes but when people say real time raytracing, what Nvidia brought to gaming they are more or less referring to triangle raytracing. SVOGI has been out for years and no one was ever lauding it as real-time raytracing not even Crytek or Nvidia.
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VFXVeteran
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That's because it couldn't run well in software. And, to my knowledge, only TTC implemented it in a game. The solution is very good. I'd like to see if Unreal's Lumine does something similar. I believe Crytek uses the GPUs of the 20x-30x with Vulkan to accelerate the intersection tests. Also, RT isn't limited to triangle intersection tests. You can trace rays against planes as well. In fact, it's more efficient than triangles if you can get the results you need.
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pawel86ck
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SVOGI makes a big difference in crysis.
ripeavocado
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The algorithm has been refined during the years a couple of games used it afaik (KC: Deliverance and the unreleased Fable Legends)
I am sure that UE5 uses a variation of it.
SVOGI was too demanding for old gen consoles, this is why almost nobody implemented it.
ripeavocado
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Please show me more evidence because I really can't see it.
pawel86ck
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Alex from digital foundry did extensive comparison. Lighting in crysis 1 without SVOGI is just flat.
Right at the beginning Alex talks about SVOGI.
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Mister Wolf
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Kingdom Come Deliverence used SVOGI on PC and they were never calling it raytracing. Unreal's documentation on their website separates and makes a distinction between VXGI and RTGI.
Mister Wolf
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I'm aware of its demand. My thing is they never promoted it as real time raytracing in the games that used it. Neither Crytek, Nvidia, or the man that created Voxel GI. Why?
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Oh, I forgot about SVOGI on KC. Well, the technique itself does have to test for ray intersection.
Alex from digital foundry did extensive comparison. Lighting in crysis 1 without SVOGI is just flat.
Right at the beginning Alex talks about SVOGI.
He probably doesn't own the game. Or hates Crysis for whatever reason.
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As we can see now about Watch Dogs and Spiderman MM. RT is severely lacking in the consoles. The material shaders that are evaulated during a bounce is turned off on consoles (among many other things: draw distance, polygon geometry, transparent polygons like smoke, etc).. this severely detracts from the quality of the pixel. I told you guys before that the quality of a pixel is very important to the overall fidelity of a game. Art is definitely a factor in the quality of a pixel, but that doesn't lend 1:1 on the tech of the game engine or represent the GPU capability of the console.
This generation will see the PC have a remarked leap over the consoles in RT and I don't see that gap closing at all during this entire generation. Like I suspected early on, RT was an after thought after so much demand for RTX and AMD admittedly not wanting to even pursue RT so soon before the next-gen consoles announced.
Btw, WD Legion leads the way in RT reflections. There are other games like Crysis Remake and Control that use even better RT techniques. Knowing what we know now, a PS5 exclusive will never show superior RT in a game this entire generation. We'll have to wait for a PS6 at the least to even match what we have today on PCs - and then we won't even know at what quality setting since the PC is robust in it's settings.
This generation will see the PC have a remarked leap over the consoles in RT and I don't see that gap closing at all during this entire generation. Like I suspected early on, RT was an after thought after so much demand for RTX and AMD admittedly not wanting to even pursue RT so soon before the next-gen consoles announced.
Btw, WD Legion leads the way in RT reflections. There are other games like Crysis Remake and Control that use even better RT techniques. Knowing what we know now, a PS5 exclusive will never show superior RT in a game this entire generation. We'll have to wait for a PS6 at the least to even match what we have today on PCs - and then we won't even know at what quality setting since the PC is robust in it's settings.
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