168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Portal RTX is, well, still Portal, but with a graphical overhaul that showcases some of the latest lighting technologies powering video games today. Ray tracing and global illumination are pretty big deals and something that is already re🦩volutionizing the way developers make games. And quite surprisingly, they might also revolutionize older games too.
We've already seen the technology of Portal RTX 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:used to 🌃give Half-Life 2 an RTX overhaul, with varying degrees of success, but it tur🗹ns out that Portal RTX's tech doesn't need to share an engine to benefit older games. In a thread on , we see that Portal RTX files are being used to enhance even non-Source engine games like Swat 4 and the original Max Payne.
has dropped Portal RTX files into Swat 4 and found they can drastically improve the game's lighting. Note that the player model doe🍃sn't appear to be rendering correctly, but these are the earliest da🐈ys of using RTX to modify older games and it's probably a relatively easy fix. In response to the tweet from , user Alex showcased , which worked exceptionally well for every level except for the office textures going all wonky.
We should note that both games aren't Source titles, but they are both DirectX 8 games. This means we could theoreti♊cally see non-Valve games get the same RTX treatment from modders. Imagine GTA 3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, or even Tribes 2 with RTX turned on.
To be fair to Portal RTX, it's not just a tech demo. Valve also 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:added several new easter eggs to the remastered game, including an RTX 4090 in the꧃ Ratman hideout and a bunch of QR codes that will send players on random Half-Life-related Google searches.