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[Chosker]

im with you in this, couldn't agree more.
for me the video format for tutorials is a huge waste of time. skipping the parts you already know about...

[Chosker]

been playing around with refraction lately, and I've found some flaws in how UE4 handles refraction which now make me suspect the point of the improvements...

[Chosker]

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I agree. at times it doesn't feel like I'm doing something new, but rather just trying to advance UE4's tech to "only"

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[Chosker]

okay here's a new test scene, the classic Sponza Atrium
This one is just 9 probes placed so the capture time is really quick (just 3 seconds)....

[Chosker]

thanks
the results can be convincing but they will never be as good as static lighting. also it can require a lot of fine tuning at times, but...

[Chosker]

true, but you only get the parallax correction of the sky when the near pixel mask lets the sky in. so I don't get how the sky would be more visible....

[Chosker]

I'll have to double-check but IIRC unreal already has a sky threshold for probes and uses it to composite the skylight's reflection into local reflections....

[Chosker]

for me motion blur usually makes TAA worse but I haven't tested this recently (and I know TAA improved a bit in 4.19).
still the point is that the...

[Chosker]

looks good and I really appreciate the effort
however I wonder why not go the opposite: sharpen everything else instead of blurring the affected...

[Chosker]

semi-indoor areas are already possible as visible here: https://forums.unrealengine.com/deve...87#post1494687

however things can always improve...