Is alpha-to-coverage in the 4.16 forward renderer? (Looks like it in DM_Chill foliage?)

Development Rendering
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I notice a big difference in the Robo Recall’s DM_Chill map in the pine tree foliage with r.MSAASampleCount 1 vs r.MSAASampleCount 4

I didn’t expect this since I heard forward rendering still didn’t support alpha-to-coverage. Is alpha-to-coverage what I’m seeing, or is something else going one with MSAA to make it improve the foliage? Is it new in 4.16?

I do see the pine trees use masked materials, not translucent, so I expected them to be an aliased mess and was surprised that they looked good.

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Show some screenshots.

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It appears to be supported in 4.15 or 4.15.1.

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Awesome, guess it just got left out of the 4.15 changelog so I hadn’t looked for it there.