Jedi Knight 2 looks more beautiful than ever thanks to ray tracing mod

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What is ray tracing? – Radiation tracing explained

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Porting more difficult than expected

As a starting point for his project, the modder uses the same path tracer that already enables ray tracing in the classic shooter Quake 2. Since Jedi Knight 2 relies on the related Quake 3 engine, the modder assumed that it would be relatively easy to take over many parts of the code.

A serious mistake: It quickly became apparent that porting would be significantly more complicated than initially assumed. Some components of the two engine versions should be similar, but others should be completely different. Outdated technical documents and forum entries from bygone times made him almost despair when he understood the code.

In the meantime, however, the ray tracing mod is largely running without any problems. In order to present the current status of his work, “Mr. Zyanide «has released its first trailer. Of course, the game as a whole still looks old-fashioned. But interior spaces in particular benefit from modern rendering technology thanks to realistic reflections and better illumination:

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Release still unclear

But you still have to be patient. Even if one or the other has an itchy fingers: Unfortunately, you can’t try the mod yourself yet. The modder has not yet completed the work on it and before that he will not come out with a download link. He would like to fix other bugs first and bring the code up to date as best he can.

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