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In-Game GPU Profiling for DirectX 12 Using SetBackgroundProcessingMode

Nvidia

Still, even with GPU Boost disabled using the DX12 SetStablePowerState API, GPU timings measured in-game may still change unexpectedly from run to run, or from frame to frame. One factor to consider is whether background driver optimizations were engaged and when their resulting optimized shaders were deployed.

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Ultra-Realism Made Accessible with NVIDIA AI and Path Tracing Technologies

Nvidia

Portal’s next-generation lighting rebuilt with path-traced direct and indirect illumination and shader execution re-ordering The RTX Path Tracing SDK accurately re-creates the physics of all light sources in a scene to reproduce what the eye sees in real life. Watch the demo video to learn more. Video 2.

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Implementing Path Tracing in ‘Justice’: An Interview with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase

Nvidia

New technologies generally bring new problems, and the debugging process is particularly more difficult. Fortunately, NVIDIA has upgraded the NVIDIA Nsight debugging tool in time, making it an easier process for development work. Debugging costs us significant time. From beginning to end, it took us about five to six months.

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[Share] 2D Post-Processing & Lighting Framework

Cocos

You just need the following resources and code: A post-processing shader A material with the shader bound to it A post-processing extension TypeScript file for passing parameters to the material Let’s use an example of creating a screen grayscale effect: 1. I’ve traversed various game engines, and currently, my primary choice is Cocos.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 14

Mircosoft Game Dev

Add often used built-ins to spatial shaders ( NODE_POSITION_WORLD , CAMERA_POSITION_WORLD , CAMERA_DIRECTION_WORLD , NODE_POSITION_VIEW ) ( GH-63597 ). Navigation: Add more detailed Navigation debug visualization ( GH-62601 ). Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work.

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Maintenance release: Godot 3.4.4

Mircosoft Game Dev

Edit 2022-03-24 @ 12:15 UTC: There was a slight packaging mistake affecting the macOS editor, and the iOS and macOS export templates, as well as a build issue affecting the iOS debug template. Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ).

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Godot Showcase - Human Diaspora developer interview

Mircosoft Game Dev

Do you have prior experience with other game engines? I began making games with Game Maker 8, then switched to Unity to create my first 3D game and kept using it until I tried Godot. Now I use Godot as my only Game Engine tool. I am staring at you shader compilation and parenting errors.