And again, this completely misses the point of the showcase. It's not about "wow this looks so much better than the original". It's about "wow, look at what you can do with this tool".
You must be using some really shitty texture mods then...This is what games look like when you use HD texture mods:
Inb4 RTX is used exclusively to replace ENB mods and presets.
Spoiler: they all are.You must be using some really shitty texture mods then...
Lots of losers are on fire over this now. If you notice it's usually people who have failed at becoming versed in whatever is it they try to use AI for.
Not the ones I useSpoiler: they all are.You must be using some really shitty texture mods then...
Instead of this wall of text, you could have just said "RTX replaced some of the cool lighting with warm lighting and that makes me angry"Some comparison screenshots from the video above:
First, altering textures is unavoidably altering the creative vision of the original developers, which means that a game altered in such a way is no longer true to its original, and this in turn has repercussions on the overall aesthetics and the quality of the game; obviously, this goes beyond simple "upscaling" of textures which may retain the original look, but are simply of greater resolution and clarity. However, this particular point can be put aside for now, and we can focus exclusively on what this technology brings us in terms of graphical presentation, or more importantly - in terms of the overall aesthetics.
1. Virtually every single instance of the "RTX ON" "enhanced" scene shows that everything is covered in shades of yellow and brown, and occasionally orange and other similar colours. This yellowish-brown "filter", because it very obviously amounts to being a filter and nothing else, is so intensive, that it drowns every other colour present. Take a look at the first screenshot for instance: without RTX we have grey floor, brownish walls, red and purple table sheet, white (silvery?) cutlery, light green (azure?) candles, brown and white floor carpet, green (leftmost), brown (left) and brown-red (center) wall tapestries, among other things. And what do we have with "RTX ON"? Almost everything is of brown and yellow coulour, with *sometimes* other colours managing to get through (mostly red in the case of floor carpet). This can be seen in all the other instances and scenes as well. Horrendous.
2. The last pair of screenshots, showing a large interior with stairs, looks crispy-clear in the original, whilst the "RTX ON" causes the whole scene to become blurry, foggy and simply messy; in addition to the yellowish-brown filter of course.
So what does this technology *actually* achieves, in terms of aesthetics? Quite simply, it achieves the look of such disgustingly-looking games like the first Gears of War, with everything looking like shit, mud and piss. Not only is the colour palette reduced to a couple of colours, but everything is also blurry. Well, congratulations Nvidia! With the resources of a large, successful corporation, and with all the modern advancements in graphical processing, you've managed to create something that looks worse than a game made 20 years ago. Truly an achievement only a complete imbecile can be proud of, which I have no doubt many of modern-day developers, gamers and others are. Otherwise we would have gotten a few Morrowinds by now, but instead here we are incapable of creating something at least on its level and resorting to pitiful attempts at "enhancing" it, failing miserably as expected.
Final verdict: it is shit.
The primary draw of this tech was cleary it's functionalities and operation - a program that allows modders to easily modify various complex graphical properties (lighting, textures, models, physics, etc.) by replicating in-game assets in it's own separate file (this last part is actually quite impresive)
Instead of this wall of text, you could have just said "RTX replaced some of the cool lighting with warm lighting and that makes me angry"Some comparison screenshots from the video above:
First, altering textures is unavoidably altering the creative vision of the original developers, which means that a game altered in such a way is no longer true to its original, and this in turn has repercussions on the overall aesthetics and the quality of the game; obviously, this goes beyond simple "upscaling" of textures which may retain the original look, but are simply of greater resolution and clarity. However, this particular point can be put aside for now, and we can focus exclusively on what this technology brings us in terms of graphical presentation, or more importantly - in terms of the overall aesthetics.
1. Virtually every single instance of the "RTX ON" "enhanced" scene shows that everything is covered in shades of yellow and brown, and occasionally orange and other similar colours. This yellowish-brown "filter", because it very obviously amounts to being a filter and nothing else, is so intensive, that it drowns every other colour present. Take a look at the first screenshot for instance: without RTX we have grey floor, brownish walls, red and purple table sheet, white (silvery?) cutlery, light green (azure?) candles, brown and white floor carpet, green (leftmost), brown (left) and brown-red (center) wall tapestries, among other things. And what do we have with "RTX ON"? Almost everything is of brown and yellow coulour, with *sometimes* other colours managing to get through (mostly red in the case of floor carpet). This can be seen in all the other instances and scenes as well. Horrendous.
2. The last pair of screenshots, showing a large interior with stairs, looks crispy-clear in the original, whilst the "RTX ON" causes the whole scene to become blurry, foggy and simply messy; in addition to the yellowish-brown filter of course.
So what does this technology *actually* achieves, in terms of aesthetics? Quite simply, it achieves the look of such disgustingly-looking games like the first Gears of War, with everything looking like shit, mud and piss. Not only is the colour palette reduced to a couple of colours, but everything is also blurry. Well, congratulations Nvidia! With the resources of a large, successful corporation, and with all the modern advancements in graphical processing, you've managed to create something that looks worse than a game made 20 years ago. Truly an achievement only a complete imbecile can be proud of, which I have no doubt many of modern-day developers, gamers and others are. Otherwise we would have gotten a few Morrowinds by now, but instead here we are incapable of creating something at least on its level and resorting to pitiful attempts at "enhancing" it, failing miserably as expected.
Final verdict: it is shit.
Net positive, in the sense that it truly is an addition - it doesn't replace any of the other tools, and it provides new possibilities to modding
It's a mod built using tools centered around an engine supporting RTX rendering with special mod tools developed for it that also allow stuff like generating textures based on materials and upscaling. The models are either made by the modder or stolen from somewhere else (pretty likely the other one because I've also seen literal Skyrim potion bottles in the full video - watch it for context)
That reminds me of that modder Arthmoor who made a mod that opened up the cites in Oblivion but also added weird ugly oblivion gates in all the cities for fast travel. He would not remove the gates and screamed bloody murder when someone edited his mod.
What is up with that room in the first picture? Looks really nice.I tried to pick out one that wasn't hurting my retinas. It's still just overall bright mode turned on.
And this same sunlight effect, happens on interiors. It's annoying as hell.
