Tutorial: How to install rtgi graphic mod

[AlphAtomix]

Hi,
i've seen a lot of interest for the ray tracing mod and i want to help you to install it.
First, this mod have a cost of 5€. I'm not the owner of the mod. The mod can be found on this website: https://www.martysmods.com/rtgi/
You need to buy a month sub and connect your discord on patreon to receive the access on a special discord channel on the martysmod's discord.

whats next?
you need to install sildurs grahic mod from here: https://returnofreckoning.com/forum/vie ... c5677b3cda
and follow his instruction.

Spoiler:

Installation:
1. Download Sildur's Enhanced Warhammer V7.2
2. Unpack all files in to your Warhammer folder, next to the launcher and .exe files.
3. Use "Sildurs-Launcher.bat" to launch the RoRLauncher and play the game, that's it!
Important: If you close the game also close the RoR-Launcher, it must be restarted with my custom launcher to function properly.

now, update reshade at https://reshade.me/ and download the lastest version with full addon support (need it to avoid some graphics glitch).
Select war64 as exe and then directx 11. Now update only reshade.

Now the last part. Place the rtgi folders in your reshade-shader folder in the directory of the game.

Load the game through the sildurs Sildurs-Launcher.bat file and wait for the launcher to pop up.
When in game press "home" key on you keyboard to open the reshade menu.
Turn off performance mode

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now place the shaders in this order (from top to bottom) and enable them (turn off everything else).
LAUNCHPAD
MXAO
RTGI(Diffuse)
RTGI(Specular)
Solaris
Exposure Fusion
ReGrade
SMAA
Sharpen (or Clarity)
Insight (you don't need the Histogram one)

In the launchpad turn on smooth normals and normal texture

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If your performance are too low just turn off rtgi diffuse.

[Caffeine]

Any before/after pictures?

[Roids]

yeah would be great some pre and after pics

[Fenris78]

I got the thing to work, some notes however :

- RTGI effects are very taxing, especially on a game without GPU acceleration as RoR. Maybe the Vulkan/DXVK version of reShade could allow the use of GPU, if anyone got infos about that ?

- Thus, it greatly increases the CPU usage, mine is a i5-14600KF 3.5 GHz and the load is about 90-100% as soon I activate one or both RGTI shaders.

- On my end, I got two effects (RTGI Diffuse and Solaris) which are not correctly loading under "Performance Mode", so I have to deactivate it for them to work.

- Some effects like Solaris, Exposure, are majing the game a bit too bright so I disabled or toned down the values.

- RTGI Specular looks far better with "Enable Texture Normals" checked (in Launchpad options), otherwise everything will look smooth and slippery surfaces (on ground mostly).

- RTGI Diffuse need to be toned down for intensity value, the default is making every character diffusing light on cloaks and mounts like they were made of mirrors...