World of Tanks' enCore RayTracing Demo is now available

tommybhoy · 16 Oct 2019 at 14:45

World of Tanks' enCore RayTracing Demo is now available
In a future update, World of Tanks will gain support for what Wargaming calls enCore RT (Ray Tracing), offering gamers high-fidelity tank shadows without the need for specialised hardware like Nvidia RTX.

Today, Wargaming has released their WOT enCore RT demo, a benchmarking tool which will allow gamers to test the performance impact of the company's raytracing implementation while also looking at its graphical impact. In this demo, raytracing is disabled by default, though additional options of Off, High, Maximum and Ultra will be available.

Wargaming's implementation of real-time raytracing utilises a combined CPU and GPU approach, using Intel's Embree library to create Bound Volume Hierarchy's (BVH) to allow the user's graphics card to conduct raytracing calculations with a relatively low performance impact using compute shaders. This is much faster than completing both tasks using a graphics card. This solution also enables ray tracing in World of Tanks through DirectX 11 without specialised graphics technology or new APIs. All you need is a relatively new processor and a DirectX 11 compatible graphics card.

The demo can run on all DirectX 11 compatible graphics cards. There is no need for Nvidia RTX series graphics cards to enjoy raytracing in this game.

https://wotencore.net/en-eu/

RT Benchmark for everyone to try.

3700X/2070

@Kaapstad

VincentHanna · 16 Oct 2019 at 14:49

That video is pretty funny.

LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE RAY TRACING MAKES! *Queue incredibly zoomed in footage that shows slightly more accurate shadows*

Poneros · 16 Oct 2019 at 15:00

It's just the wrong game for RT & the effect is too neutered. But I guess it's something?

melmac · 16 Oct 2019 at 16:15

So the Ray Tracing is disabled in the demo at the moment?

Nasher · 16 Oct 2019 at 16:16

VincentHanna said:
That video is pretty funny.

LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE RAY TRACING MAKES! *Queue incredibly zoomed in footage that shows slightly more accurate shadows*

Like almost all of the RT examples.

Freeze image and get the magnifying glass out. Totally worth it for a 50fps drop...

VincentHanna · 16 Oct 2019 at 16:29

Ray traced lighting and reflections makes a difference, Control looks great.

Shadows - Meh

Mauller · 16 Oct 2019 at 16:44

RT based lighting and shading can allow more realistic dynamics lighting within a scene. Slthough so can using more advanced forward rendering techniques instead of deferred shading.

Nasher · 16 Oct 2019 at 17:00

But it's more down to how the game, engine and maps have been developed. Just slapping RT on top (like they did in BF) doesn't suddenly make it look much better. Reflections are often skimmed over because they are harder to do.

tommybhoy · 16 Oct 2019 at 18:44

melmac said:
So the Ray Tracing is disabled in the demo at the moment?

It's a benchmark with Ray Tracing I think done off the cpu.

Rofflay · 16 Oct 2019 at 19:02

tommybhoy said:
It's a benchmark with Ray Tracing I think done off the cpu.

I thought it was RTX meh. Warships would have been a better choice with all the water but any kind of RT now is going to be small and gimmicky. The power just does not exist.

varkanoid · 16 Oct 2019 at 20:27

When you are trying to one slot the enemy tank who cares about the shadow it makes !!!

Nasher · 16 Oct 2019 at 20:57

With stock clocks on GPU and CPU (6700k).

Was easily smooth enough to play on. Litteraly couldn't tell the different though and with it off the score is just under 30k...

Rroff · 16 Oct 2019 at 21:02

Mauller said:
RT based lighting and shading can allow more realistic dynamics lighting within a scene. Slthough so can using more advanced forward rendering techniques instead of deferred shading.

Specular effects/more subtle reflection and indirect lighting show off ray tracing much better - but just being able to use ray tracing feasibly for shadowing at all is in itself a milestone.

Nasher · 16 Oct 2019 at 21:03

They should have just ray-traced the lighting, but it's still not going to make much visual difference on a full bright environment like that.

Reflections, also pointless because tanks and sand are not shiny.

EastCoastHandle · 16 Oct 2019 at 21:07

Nasher said:
They should have just ray-traced the lighting, but it's still not going to make much visual difference on a full bright environment like that.

Reflections, also pointless because tanks and sand are not shiny.

For RTX shiney is nooooo problem.

RTX ON!!!!!

Rroff · 16 Oct 2019 at 21:10

Nasher said:
Reflections, also pointless because tanks and sand are not shiny.

Thing is though most surfaces have a level of reflectivity - games generally model this poorly with a lot of surfaces lacking any specular effects - done properly ray tracing can do specular lighting, etc. much more naturally across the scene and it looks a lot better and in built up areas, etc. indirect illumination from things like explosions can add to the immersion.

EastCoastHandle · 16 Oct 2019 at 21:16

I've watched a few videos and for the performance hit the IQ isn't noticable enough to warrant anyone to use RT.
IMO a better graphical engine would look better if you want to up the IQ.

Wrinkly · 16 Oct 2019 at 21:30

tommybhoy said:
3700X/2070

My laptop (8750h/1070) scored 14,413 with 1080p Ultra.

scubes · 16 Oct 2019 at 21:55

my score is 38976 spec is in sig setting s ultra...

sorry cant do the pic thing lol...

adwol48 · 17 Oct 2019 at 02:20

my pc managed 25870 at ultra with RT at ultra @ 1080p with RT off its scores 38564

3700X/2070S