Pascal Gilcher, the man behind the amazing Reshade Ray Tracing Mod, is currently working on a new Reshade mod that will add Path Tracing effects to numerous DX9, DX10 and DX11 games. And, in order to showcase this mod, Gilcher shared the following video, showcasing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with Path Tracing effects.
In this video, we get to see how this upcoming Reshade Path Tracing Mod can significantly improve the graphics of older games. And, contrary to Reshade Ray Tracing, this mod won’t suffer from any annoying screen-space side effects.
Here’s how Pascal has achieved these impressive path-traced results.
“This is achieved by means of the ReShade addon API to interact seamlessly with the CPU-to-GPU data stream during rendering, akin to RTX Remix. This highly scalable addon integrates effortlessly into any game, forwarding essential data to shaders. My path tracing solution, though an experiment, delivers remarkable results even in Skyrim SE, with some missing buffers.”
There is no ETA on when this mod will come out. Similarly to his Reshade Ray Tracing Mod, though, this will most likely be a paid mod. And, despite that, we are really looking forward to it. After all, you’ll be able to use it in numerous games. So basically, think of it as a mix of ENBSeries and RTX Remix for multiple games.
What’s also interesting is that Pascal has implemented ReSTIR GI which promises to elevate the lighting quality. ReSTIR GI is a spatio-temporal resampling algorithm that is applied to samples of surfaces that produce indirect lighting.
Before closing, we should note that this upcoming Reshade Path Tracing Mod will not be able to match the quality of a natively path-traced game. Right now, Pascal’s mod cannot handle dynamic light sources, and it can only do diffuse indirect global illumination. The good news here is that the modder is working on improving it. However, we can’t expect this universal solution to be as polished as an RTX Remix Mod.
Enjoy the following path tracing video demonstration/comparison for Skyrim, and stay tuned for more!
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