save hide report. level 1. 51. Get ready to experience 1997’s Quake II like never before. Quake 2 was released over two decades ago, but is now being given a modern makeover, courtesy of real-time ray tracing. share. Quake II RTX is a cutting-edge, ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic, by NVIDIA’s Lightspeed Studios. The beginning of that first video for example looks like they added screen space reflections to Quake 2, instead of ray tracing. Nvidia and id Software are bringing real-time ray tracing to Quake 2, officially.The release, known as Quake 2 RTX, will be available as a free download for … Even if its just Vulkan mode without RTX stuff Not sure if it would even let you launch it, if you can launch it then you can turn RTX off and play it that way, though if you just want to play Quake II, you can get the demo here: These effects Nvidia says will require the RT cores found on RTX series GPUs, thus the minimum specification for running the game will be a GeForce RTX 2060 GPU. Nvidia and id Software are bringing real-time ray tracing to Quake 2, officially.The release, known as Quake 2 RTX, will be available as a free download for … Quake II RTX is the perfect ray tracing demo, and it’s out for free next week. Any way of playing with an 9xx or 10xx card instead of overpriced 2xxx cards ? Check out Quake II RTX and how it applies an advanced form of ray tracing known as path tracing. Global lighting effects, including realistic reflections, refraction, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination are a result of the path-traced simulation of light. I know they're faked, but they're faked quite well with a much lower gpu cost.
You can find out all about that project here. Quake 2 Ray Tracing.
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This thread is archived. Archived. Sam is quite passionate about raytracing in videogames, be sure to check out his other posts and past projects. Sort by. Quake II RTX includes real-time range time of day lighting, sun light and indirect illumination. An old game reimagined with stunning new technology. New weapon models & texturesReal-time reflectivity of the player and weapon model on water and glass surfaces, and player model shadows, for owners of the complete game (the original Shareware release does not include player models)Those visual effects include, but are not limited to, the following enhancements, according to Nvidia:Time of day options that radically change the appearance of some levelsUpdated effects with new sprites and particle animationsDynamic lighting for items such as blinking lights, signs, switches, elevators and moving objectsImproved Global Illumination rendering, with three selectable quality presets, including two-bounce GIDownload the RTX demo or upgrade your own copy of Quake 2 New weapon models & texturesReal-time reflectivity of the player and weapon model on water and glass surfaces, and player model shadows, for owners of the complete game (the original Shareware release does not include player models)Those visual effects include, but are not limited to, the following enhancements, according to Nvidia:Time of day options that radically change the appearance of some levelsUpdated effects with new sprites and particle animationsDynamic lighting for items such as blinking lights, signs, switches, elevators and moving objectsImproved Global Illumination rendering, with three selectable quality presets, including two-bounce GIDownload the RTX demo or upgrade your own copy of Quake 2 Quake 2 Ray Tracing. This is possible thanks to Nvidia's VKRay, an extension that allows developers using the Vulkan API to add ray-traced effects to their games.© 2020 TechSpot, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Experience realistic reflections, refraction, shadows, and global illumination while you fight your way through the hostile Strogg civilization in the first three levels of the original game. Posted by 1 year ago. Get ready to experience 1997’s Quake II like never before. Quake II with RTX—It’s On. Quake II RTX, our ray-traced remaster of Quake II is now available to download and play!Grab it from Steam, or directly from our website, for PC, Ubuntu, and SteamOS.And if you’re a developer, download the source from Github. Owners of the original can patch their copy and enjoy the entire game, including multiplayer modes fully path traced.Global lighting effects like realistic reflections, refraction, shadows, and global illumination create a whole new Quake II experience. This demo includes the first three single-player levels of the PC gaming classic. Water and glass will refract light, surfaces will deliver more accurate reflections and light sources illuminate surrounding objects. An old game reimagined with stunning new technology. Only then will the fate of humanity be known. 72% Upvoted.