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A comment on Quake II RTX: Re-Engineering a Classic with Ray Tracing Effects on Vulkan. Parent comment

Re:Quake II RTX: Re-Engineering a Classic with Ray Tracing E... by mikepurvis on Friday March 22, 2019 @11:23AM (#19463414)
Hopefully it doesn't become one of those annoying tropes, though. Like Photoshop lens flares— every game has to have a bunch of arbitrarily reflective materials and light shafts just because the hardware now makes it possible.
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Re:Quake II RTX: Re-Engineering a Classic with Ray Tracing E... by tachyonbeam on Friday March 22, 2019 @11:29AM (#19463488)
When bump mapping was starting to become a thing, every surface had to look ultra glossy for a while (example: http://mojolabs.nz/screenshot.php?id=1740). Eventually the excitement subsided and people used this effect more tastefully. I think most people are just happy with more natural looking lighting though.
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