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PostPosted: 01-20-2019 01:25 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/0 ... raytraced/

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What I like about this is that, unlike a lot of Quake II But Fancy! mods, the change is one of atmosphere rather than swapping out character models and textures for hyper-detailed ones. Light and shade, explosions changing the whole tone of the room rather than just a corner of it, all these different gradations of shadow, lights that cast light like lights do.





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PostPosted: 01-20-2019 06:56 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


nifty - though of all the games that could really pop with this technology, i wouldn't pick Q2 as #1 on my list

maybe HL2/Eps

also, i'd forgotten how annoying and repetitive the soundscape in that level is :|




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PostPosted: 01-20-2019 07:05 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I dunno, it's an old game thats not packed with polys, so it was easy to make run well and show how much of a difference it makes to the visuals.

HL2 would probably destroy most PCs when using RT tech, but look beautiful.




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PostPosted: 01-20-2019 02:35 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Don Carlos wrote:
.............. HL2 would probably destroy most PCs when using RT tech, but look beautiful.


Be nice to see if anyone makes the effort. I am guessing it takes some work to do.



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PostPosted: 01-20-2019 05:49 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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PostPosted: 01-20-2019 07:11 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Impressive!




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PostPosted: 01-22-2019 10:54 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Don Carlos wrote:
I dunno, it's an old game thats not packed with polys, so it was easy to make run well and show how much of a difference it makes to the visuals.

HL2 would probably destroy most PCs when using RT tech, but look beautiful.


you think? it came out in 2005...




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PostPosted: 01-22-2019 11:43 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm just thinking of the wide open spaces, vast water areas and considerably higher poly count? It looks like the Q2 video stutters to me...

I'll get an RTX card and let you know ;)




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PostPosted: 01-24-2019 04:12 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Gonna have to give this a whirl.

EDIT: After playing around more. Yeah this is pretty damn neat. And runs just fine. 8700k @ 5ghz + 2080ti (60-80 fps)




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PostPosted: 01-24-2019 09:31 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


What res buddy?




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PostPosted: 01-24-2019 01:42 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Don Carlos wrote:
What res buddy?



2560x1080.




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PostPosted: 01-25-2019 02:17 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eep...so it really is a destroyer of frame rates currently. I guess it will be refined a little and optimised a plenty.

Really looking forward to seeing where this goes.




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Don Carlos wrote:
Eep...so it really is a destroyer of frame rates currently. I guess it will be refined a little and optimised a plenty.

Really looking forward to seeing where this goes.


Yeah I mean. Its not the 90000 fps it can do without it but its totally playable and I couldn't feel any dips really. Real neat.




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PostPosted: 01-27-2019 04:34 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Unless I'm missing something this doesn't add that much? :shrug:

After seeing the Battlefield V ray tracing I think I'm spoiled. The marble effect looks great (4:02)




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Thanks for the video PhoeniX. I'd be spoilt too.
That's a pretty impressive video, the detail is to die for. The reflections on the gloss paint and the wet bricks under the bridge :up:

I may need a new video card. I currently have a GTX980Ti so I had a look online for these 2080 Ti cards :eek: I better start saving 'cause I see they are over $2K (AUD)?



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PostPosted: 01-28-2019 01:46 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


PhoeniX wrote:
Unless I'm missing something this doesn't add that much? :shrug:

After seeing the Battlefield V ray tracing I think I'm spoiled. The marble effect looks great (4:02)



I guess thats the difference between a huge publisher and a game made for 2018/2019 and a bloke in a Uni creating the effect for a game made in 1997 :ninja:




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Hah true.

Still nice of id to release the engines though.




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