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sounds like the shadows aren't, otherwise they would mention it
Shadows are the lack of light, so they are a byproduct of every RT simulated light. If all light is RT simulated, all shadows should be too and for "free".
In addition, if all GI data is RT simulated and has multiple bounces, AO should be another "free" byproduct because AO is a result of less bounce light hitting occluded areas.
They've always been very tech-focused, I remember them having a large deep-drive with Digital Foundry when they released the Redux games (which still look excellent by the way, altough a bit dated on some fronts) on PS4/X1 in 2014. Still a pretty fun read because they were honest about the platforms, hehe:
Metro Redux: what it's really like to develop for PS4 and Xbox One
As tech interviews go, this one's a corker. Readers of our previous Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light tech Q&As will know…
www.eurogamer.net
Hopefully they'll do a similar piece about the Exodus update.
This. You just put lights and shadows, ssao and every shadow, small shadow and global illumination bounces "just happen". No more work creating shadowmaps, optimizing ssao or using workarounds to simulate bounce lighting. Lots of saved time for devs.
Work then would shift to make materials react accordingly and properly I guess.
I highly recommend people to read about software VRS vs hardware VRS.
Software-based Variable Rate Shading in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
This lecture covers a novel rendering pipeline used in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2020).
Yup. No more GI probs placing, no more GI and shadow baking, no more faking baked lights and shadows into textures, and everything is dynamic so it removes limitations which will help scenes be more dynamic (distraction and less static objects). It also makes time of day changes zero effort and solves classical problems like long shadow casting.
4A Games Tech Q&A - RTX 3000 Is in a 'Different League' for RT Performance, But AMD's Approach Is More Flexible
4A Games CTO Oleksandr Shyshkovtsov talks to us about next-generation consoles and GPUs, ray tracing implementations and a lot more.
wccftech.com
Good interview talking about the differnce between platforms and how AMD appraoch with hybrid RT is different. They are praising AMD approach for hybrid RT, yet they didn't use it. If they did they would have gotten RT reflections without any brute forcing. Hopefully they would use it in their next projects when they shift to more adequate hybrid approach.
I barely know anything about this specific subject, but that says software-based VRS has better performance and quality than the hardware-based implementation of it but I thought it was the other way around? At least with the Xbox Series'.I highly recommend people to read about software VRS vs hardware VRS.
.Software-based Variable Rate Shading in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
This lecture covers a novel rendering pipeline used in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2020).research.activision.com
Well they were both already remastered for for Xbox One/PS4 era systems, PC too I believe. I doubt they will be remastered again.
Wew, thats the real news here. Unbelievable value for that tiny box.
I'd honestly be shocked if it isn't native 4k on ps5/Series x.
I think DF already covered this in the article below:
DF Article covering the original release.
It's already Native 4K on One X, with a little over half of the paper gpu frequency of the ps5
and a considerably slower CPU (disregarding advantages in bandwidth, improvements at the hardware
level with a current gen GPU, etc.)
Native 4k at 60fps is a real possibility.
The blog post already talked about temporal reconstruction for the console versions lol.
Huh? That is not what was said at all in this Interview. They are quite literally using low Level AMD exclusive Code to make the RT run on consoles.4A Games Tech Q&A - RTX 3000 Is in a 'Different League' for RT Performance, But AMD's Approach Is More Flexible
4A Games CTO Oleksandr Shyshkovtsov talks to us about next-generation consoles and GPUs, ray tracing implementations and a lot more.
Good interview talking about the differnce between platforms and how AMD appraoch with hybrid RT is different. They are praising AMD approach for hybrid RT, yet they didn't use it. If they did they would have gotten RT reflections without any brute forcing. Hopefully they would use it in their next projects when they shift to more adequate hybrid approach.
Bought the gold edition for PS some time ago and waited for this. If performance holds up this will be one impressive port to next gen!
It's doubtful once RT is introduced. If it was just the same settings as last gen then sure they could mod 4K60FPS.
You're right, I looked further into it and I see all of the RT settings being added in.
I initially thought this was just a resolution bump and unlocked framerate.
was Demon's Souls gonna have RT but was removed or was that an early error?
I believe that it was an error. I think the details for the game stated that it'd have raytraced shadows? But it was removed before launch and we learned that it didn't have RT a few weeks prior to launch.
EDIT: From the official blog
"From Japan Studio and Bluepoint Games comes a remake of the PlayStation classic, Demon's Souls. In addition to beautiful shadow effects*, players can choose between two graphics modes while playing: one focused on fidelity, and one focused on frame rate.
*This entry has been updated"
So it was a miscommunication from them.
Dang, the console versions sound pretty incredible. I would live to see how nice it looks and runs there, and how the ray tracing stacks up.
Considering my saves got lost due to the early shoddy Epic store version, it's tempting to considering re-playing this on Series X due to the reliable cloud saves. If they can make cross-save work with the MS Store version, there would be little to deter me from playing it there.
DLSS and RT reflections on PC sounds like an amazing way to play though, so I'll probably give the PC version another go once this releases.
Considering my saves got lost due to the early shoddy Epic store version, it's tempting to considering re-playing this on Series X due to the reliable cloud saves. If they can make cross-save work with the MS Store version, there would be little to deter me from playing it there.
DLSS and RT reflections on PC sounds like an amazing way to play though, so I'll probably give the PC version another go once this releases.
It was supposed to have RT but they ditched since they wouldn't be able to implement it before launch because deadline, small team etc.
4k/60 should be doable on consoles, if they improve lighting I'm happy enough. Can't play at 30 anymore.
Spider-Men gaems were suppsoed to have RT shadows/AO too on top o reflections but it didn't happen. It seems PS Blog makes a lot of errors or that stuff were cut in the mean time.
Yup, always have been... I hope they (or parent company) don't get acquired by any of Console manufacturers.
Edit- wait, they have already been Embraced! Forgot haha.
I was really impressed with this games graphics on PC on my 2060 at 1080/60. Ill definitely pick it up for Series X and will also check out the improved DLSS on my PC.
Latency will be better than without it. They are probably talking about taking advantage of DLI or whatever it's called.
They are comparing it to Tier 1. VRS is divided by Tiers, think of it like version 1.0, 2.0, ... . Hardware based implementations will always be better than software based solutions.
Demons Souls is just straight up 1440p, ive said it like 50 times, 4K is a big meme once TAA was introduced, the resolution chase was only such a thing because MSAA being more or less removed in 7th gen.
This sounds absolutely incredible. Not sure why people are saying this is not going as far as Control on PC. Based on their notes it's going beyond Control, as it will have more advanced ray-traced lighting, global illumination AND is also getting reflections on PC now too.
Infinite bounces for lighting sounds like a step up, but I'm not sure how many bounces current versions of Control and Metro do. Control's ray-traced ambient lighting leaves a lot to be desired on PC - it's very noisy compared to Metro's implementation.
Infinite bounces for lighting sounds like a step up, but I'm not sure how many bounces current versions of Control and Metro do. Control's ray-traced ambient lighting leaves a lot to be desired on PC - it's very noisy compared to Metro's implementation.
BTW I hope they fix the HDR on PlayStation platforms. I have my TV set up properly but HDR in Exodus on my PS4 Pro crushed blacks levels so badly parts of the game were unplayable with it on. Would also love it if they adjusted how they handle stick input. Way stiffer and slower than most other FPS, moreso than the slower pace of the game would merit
You don't need to complete the campaign to be able to play the DLC. You just choose it from the menu. And it's fairly detached from the main story, so you don't even need to play the campaign first, really.
The second DLC - Sam's Story - start right after the main game's ending, so someone who didn't played the main game but starts with this DLC, he's going to be spoiled by one of the two potential endings (and their small variations).. and the first DLC - The Two Colonels - has definitely bigger emotional impact if the player played the main game to the end
Should TAA be considered as reconstruction along with cb and the various other temporal techniques?
there's temporal upsample, or TAAU which is derived from TAA, I guess