But this isnt the end of the road for this tech, theres still several major features were working on. One of these is particle effects that are created, simulated and rendered entirely on the GPU, and this gives them two huge advantages. The first is performance, we can spawn 10-100 times more GPU particles than CPU particles for the same cost. The other benefit is that they tie in perfectly with the precise damage youve taken, so as the hull burns youll get glowing embers falling off, when it takes physical damage youll see shards of metal fly off, and when you blow out a large section of the hull youll see space littered with the debris. Were also working on some major optimizations using to the damage system using DirectX 11 features to ensure that itll still run fast when theres twenty fighters attacking a capital ship!
