Questions on Gameworks SDK 3.1

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hi people,

few days ago GW sdk 3.1 has been released and to my joy volumetric lighting is one of the features.
new to unreal and just got the VXGI running.

i have a couple of questions, for anyone more in the know:

  • is volumetric lighting completely independent of the VXGI system?
  • as a newbie, is my only option regarding volumetric stuff to wait for the generous souls like to compile them for us?
  • what is the general relationship of UE and nvidia tech? is it bound to be something that is fully supported in later builds or will it continue to be a separate branch to compiled on our own.
  • nvidia also released the source code to gameworks. is it fair to speculate that this will lead to a wider and tighter integration of the tech?

i have scoured many threads and could not find the answers.
any thoughts are much appreciated.

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I dont have any answers to your questions unfortunately, but I am pretty much dying to get my hands on the SDK to begin integration work with UE4.11. Even tho its been released, I cannot find any information on how to get my hands on it. I have emails pending with Mike and Alexey, so hopefully soon I can begin, and get something for people to try up and going quickly.

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an answer from the man himself:)

thank you very much. i guess i will be in your wake then.
extremely glad to hear you are keen.

have great weekend!