Looks like VXGI and Apollo 11 Demo Is Coming Officially To UE4

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@MC Stryker;159219

Absolutely, but in the least bit, like you said, even if we have to do it through NVidia, looks like we’ll get our hands on it in some fashion. If its just PC support for the initial release, I’ll be happy with that but I’m guessing they could make an implementation for Xbox One or PS4 and just dial back the resolution of their Voxel grid. But I agree that Epic has been a little quiet about it and it’s very possible they are also waiting to see if NVidia gets it integrated good enough to work well and not conflict with parts of the engine. But I definitely did a double-take when Tom said it and it has me feeling hopeful. I’m literally about to create a branch of my game and move off of static lighting and try LPV at the moment so if isn’t far off and since I just got a 980 SC, I hope I can try soon. But stay positive buddy, I think we’ll have a good GI implementation soon

EDIT: Another thing is you are probably right that the upgrade to DX12 is creating a lot of pressure on the team and I’m sure they are having to re-write a bunch of aspects of the engine to support it. But you’re absolutely right, definitely not easy being #1 lol.

LPV + DFAO works pretty darn good (plus the new soft shadows), in 4.5 preview they have optimized it and it runs much faster. Plus you can now get reflections in dynamic scenes without faking it! add a Movable skylight, and then you can use reflection spheres again!! The lack of reflections in dynamic light was very noticeable before 4.5, but I can assure you it now works as expected, and looks great.

I also heard that Nvidia may be using a version of UE4 on their end to implement VXGI, so that is another possible route, have them submit a pull request. Either way, exciting times ahead!