After adding support for DLSS 2.0, Piranha Games released a new patch that adds real-time ray tracing effects in Mechwarrior 5. According to the developers, these Ray Tracing effects are still in a beta phase. Still, PC gamers can now enable them in the latest version of the game.
Unfortunately, Piranha Games has not shared any additional details about these Ray Tracing effects. Thus, and unless we re-install the game, we can’t tell whether they enhance reflections, Global Illumination or Shadows.
Alongside the new Ray Tracing effects, Piranha Games has updated MW5 Mercs’ DLSS implementation. Therefore, you can expect a bit better results now with DLSS 2.0.
As always, Epic Games Store will download this patch the next time you launch its client.
Lastly, we might re-install the game in order to share some Mechwarrior 5 screenshots with its new Ray Tracing effects.
UPDATE:
In order to test the new Ray Tracing effects, we’ve re-installed Mechwarrior 5. However, there isn’t currently any option that enables the RTX effects.
Here is what Piranha Games claimed on its release notes.
“If you have a GeForce RTX GPU it offers some nice visual upgrades to reflections, lighting, and shadows.”
However, and after testing the game, we’ve discovered that the game uses screen-space reflections instead of RTX reflections. You can easily test it by lowering your camera and witnessing the screen-space side effects (reflections disappearing).
Even if the game uses RTX for specific effects, there is no way to capture before/after screenshots as there isn’t any option. Thus, we’ll wait until Piranha Games provides such settings.
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This game any good?
well, it has tons of planets and missions and the you go around doing mercenary jobs, the economy is very grindy, it takes a while to get good stuff. So you want tons of missions and grinding, thats it. If you hoping for a super amazing campaign or anything, not really.
So, it’s a Mercenaries game.
well it is called mechwarrior 5 mecenaries however i have not played those games in order to tell you whats wrong with its economy or contracts or whatever.
does it worth pirating?
you know my taste, i have no patience for dog shet games and story games so consider that before answering me or you will be blocked.
The game feels like a semi-professional fan project in the universe of Battletech. Can I recommend it? Well – if you are a fan of Battletech – yes, go for it, it’s alright. Especially if you like the lore. Has very nice ending in that regard too. But if you want to just start diving into the universe – start with a recent Battletech strategy game. I’d recommend MW3 and MW4 games, but they happen AFTER the events of Battletech game and never bother explaining anything, expecting you to be a fan. You will be bombarded by all these Davions/Camerons/Kerenskys not understanding why anything is happening. Thus the lore is too good to pass
Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries v.MP-3.1 was better. Vastly more mech and weapon variety with more in-depth customization. Shorter, but more well-designed campaign with no grinding. And you can slug it out with multiplayer bots after you’re done with the campaign.
On a side note, MW5M is made by a company with a reputation for repeatedly failing expectations and shutting down the development of MW4M (last update was 2010) and a fan project with lawfare because they know they are incapable of competing.
Garbage
“Thus, and unless we re-install the game, we can’t tell whether they enhance reflections, Global Illumination or Shadows.”
Get to work. Isn’t this your job???
Lazy articles these days.
I write for a website and most of my articles take mutliple days. No one puts in the work anymore.
Unless it’s an actual beefy article, not a news dump, it shouldn’t take days.
No one puts in the work because unless you make a big expose a la Kotaku, that can keep attention an constantly bring in readers. Otherwise, the work is not worth it. No one pays for that. We live in the world of “You’ve got 15 minutes to write two news articles or I’ll find someone else to do it for half the price and be grateful for the opportunity”.
Unless you’re independently wealthy, in which case, you can do whatever you want. But in the rat race, get first, get it almost right, or get out.
Speaking from a decade of experience.
Honeslty, if this is how you work you are not doing a good job.
Not everything is about being first. Sometimes being the best, or at least decent, is more important.
The pages I work for demand quality, and the audience reflects that. If I need to spend some time on an article, I do. I don’t do it for the clicks, I do it because I’m there to do a job. The clicks come anyway, because I do a good job.
Anyone can do this garbage dumping stuff. Do better.
The pages I work for
Got a link?
Yep, so we don’t have the misfortune to ever read any more of his wilfully contrarian ‘hot takes’!
No sir. ?
So, you’re all talk.
Or too smart to give you all my work address.
Hate the game not the player.
Or a lying coward.
If you don’t want people to ask you to back up your statements, then don’t make statements that you’re unwilling to back up.
Here’s the thing, I don’t want/need to prove anything to anyone. I’m quite content with my life and really wouldn’t want to invite the likes of this comment section into it. So, sure, if not wanting a garbage pile on my front door makes me a coward I guess I am. 😀
Or too smart […].
Anyone can do this garbage dumping stuff. Do better.
Oh trust me, I do (or don’t, I don’t care either way).
Apparently it’s dangerous to install games from some kind of unknown servers nowadays. You may get coronavirus into your PC.
you clicked that’s all matters, now be quiet.
I totally agree man…laziness everywere
Still looks awful, I was so disappointed with this game. The game feels and looks like you are playing with toys not giant fu#%ing robots. MechWarrior 3 and 4 are still the best.
I never understood the whole crush with the big mecha battlefield oriented games/movies. It’s so impractical it’s borderline silly. It’s one of the few genres (I think the only one actually) where I just cannot bring myself to suspend my disbelief.
because it’s all about how cool the whole idea is. Plus in case of Battletech – they go a long way in the lore to explain practicality of giant robots (starting with them being able to engage in any environment and being able to carry several of tank platoon’s worth of guns on just a single combat unit). It may not make any sense in reality, but within that setting it sounds consistent.
I understand it’s cool. It’s why the genre exists in the first place.
But using large and tall bipedal constructs within any kind of modern warfare looks dumb from any way you look at it. It would make sense if they were also agile, or slightly smaller quadrupedal (or even hexapedal) machines so they can quickly outmaneuver multiple enemies from all sides in rough terrain. It also doesn’t make any sense they are also man piloted. Like it’s not enough these things cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build, you’re also putting the life at risk of highly trained people in there for no reason. And the list of flaws goes on…
well it felt like a fan project alright. But the late game and ending scratched my Battletech lore itch in very good ways. Apparently they had Jordan Weisman involved in that. Kinda tied it with Battletech strategy game nicely and hinted at timeline moving -where-we-all-want-it-to-move- in the following games.
I did Jon’s work earlier, posting a video of this in action and he deleted it. ?
Here is a video. Hopefully the encode goes above 360p at some point.
Did your job John! You’re welcome 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLXrXyJVnPI
I’ve already re-installed the game. The fact that I hadn’t replied does not mean that we weren’t planning to cover it
Just keeping you honest. You know we all love you. ??
Ray tracing enabled, the user claims, but he’s running the game at 4K on a non-RTX card. Can’t be using DLSS. Doubtful he would get playable performance if any ray-tracing effects were actually active.
Although, performances are very bad. With my RTX2060 and even with dllss2 turn on, I have only between 5 and 20 fps in hangar .
Before and after screenshot please.
Aside, when is VR going to be implemented? Unreal Engine supports it and this game would be perfect for it; albeit performance will certainly be an issue.
Can’t polish a turd though.