I can't find PathTracer in the drop-down list

[Muggs828]

Hello All,

New to UE and I’m doing Bad Decisions Studio’s Unreal Engine 5 Beginner Tutorial.
I am unable to see the Path Tracer in the View Mode drop down list.
I am running Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, 64.0 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Graphics Card.

Any advise would be most welcome.

TIA,
Muggs

[comlys (Shaun Comly)]

Is raytracing enabled? DX12?

[Muggs828]

Shaun,

Thank you. Again a complete noob to EU.
Yes, when I start a new project, I selected the “Raytracing” box.
I’m sorry but I don’t know what DX12 is, can you elaborate?

Thanks again,
Muggs

[Muggs828]

@comlys

DX12

AHH, DirectX 12, yes got it installed no change.

[comlys (Shaun Comly)]

In your project prefs, go to the Rendering section and make sure that raytracing is enabled.

[comlys (Shaun Comly)]

[Muggs828]

Unfortunately yes. I was hoping that that was it, but it still doesn’t show in the Lit dropdown.

[comlys (Shaun Comly)]

My guess it you are not raytracing for whatever reason. Is your card RTX? Do you know if it can raytrace?

Other things to check is SM6 and DX12

[Muggs828]

Shaun,

Thank you so much for all of your help, but I think I’ve have wasted your time, as it appears that the NVIDIA-P4000 does NOT do raytracing.

I’ll look into a different card for this kind of work.

Thank you again for all of your help.
Muggs