Modder ‘mmdanggg2’ has updated his Unreal Engine 1 RTX Remix Renderer, adding support for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. This means that you can now play this 2003 Harry Potter game with Full Ray Tracing/Path Tracing.
To showcase the game with these new Path Tracing effects, NVIDIA’s Jacob Freeman shared the following screenshots. These shots will give you an idea of the visual improvements that the renderer brings to the table.
As we can see, the lighting has been completely overhauled. And while the game looks better than its vanilla version, it still needs A LOT of work.
For starters, the textures have not been improved. Thus, they still look blurry and they lack any PBR values. As we’ve seen, PBR materials are a must for games that get Ray Tracing/Path Tracing support. Also, since this is an old game, its devs used a lot of “fake” light sources to light up the scenes. For Path Tracing to look right, modders will have to remove those fake lights.
All in all, while it’s cool, it’s still a very early WIP state. It’s also not representative of what RTX Remix is really capable of. At least right now. Still, if you want to try it, you can go ahead and download the Unreal Engine 1 RTX Remix Renderer from this link.
In these past few months we’ve shared a lot of RTX Remix Mods for various games. In January 2023, we shared several RTX Remix Mods that are in the works. As such, you can take a look at screenshots and videos for Tomb Raider 2, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Manhunt, and Garfield Kart RTX Remix. Then, in February 2024, we shared videos for Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Unreal, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 and Midnight Club 2. In March 2024, we also shared the first screenshots from the RTX Remix Mod for Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines. Finally, you can check out some early RTX Remix videos and screenshots for Fallout: New Vegas, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, COD 2, and Half-Life.
Speaking of Path Tracing Mods for older titles, you might also want to check out the following ones. Modders released demos for their Path Tracing Mods for Deus Ex, Tomb Raider, and Call of Duty 4. Do note that the COD4 Mod is a “proof of concept” demo, and it does not look that great. Let’s also not forget the RTX Remix for COD: WoW. And then we have the RTX Remix Mods for NFS: Underground and Underground 2. Oh, and don’t forget to give a go at this RTX Remix for Unreal Tournament 2004. In September 2024, we also shared a new version of the RTX Remix Mod for Max Payne. Finally, you can download Path Tracing Mods for Doom, Doom 2, Quake, and Serious Sam.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
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