xash-rt VS vkd3d-proton

There is a mod for that, unsure if it works with this new release though, but try it out and report back :)

https://github.com/sultim-t/xash-rt

Another option, btw, if your PC is up to it: there has been a really nice release of a raytracing mod for HL rather recently (https://github.com/sultim-t/xash-rt/releases), this also breathes some live into the old game.

Half Life 1 (A mod for Half Life 1 made by the community): https://github.com/sultim-t/xash-rt/releases

I'm excited to go through the original HL again. I started when the pathtracer, Xash-RT was released, but then MMod v2 dropped, and I want to combine them so bad. It's not as simple as a drop in mod though. mmod needs to be 'recompiled' to be compatible with the new renderer as stated here. In addition mmod uses new models with new textures, and they would need to be given some tweaks to support the pathtracing PBR features. (Might be nice to sneak in some ReSrced textures where appropriate too, although they do have that AI upscaled look about them)

Here is the mod Releases · sultim-t/xash-rt (github.com)

Read through this https://github.com/sultim-t/xash-rt/issues/15

Exchange my 750W PSU for a stronger one as 7900 XTX is a hungry beast, then some upscaling/AI work on (Arch BTW) Linux, testing Cyberpunk 2077 with RT once this fix is in Proton-GE. For the CPU I would obviously have to get a new mobo, and new RAM and then I would test how fast the Dwarf Fortress world generator is/slow, Cities Skylines I/II, RimWorld, Paradox Interactive games, and so on.

For DX12 games you must set the env var VKD3D_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME. But currently it might not work for some games.

If anyone is playing on Linux with an AMD GPU and has texture issues (missing FBI text on the characters' jackets is the give away), it can be fixed with applying a patch to mesa-git: https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/issues/175.... It should hopefully be implemented soon. I think it's only limited to RDNA2.

Similar issue but different platform - CP77: Black scenery in Konpeki Plaza and No-Tell Motel · Issue #632 · HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton · GitHub

Vkd3d (the dx12->vulkan translation layer) developer has put up a change log for a new version that is about to be (released here) and also a pull request with more information about what he discovered about all the awful things that starfield is doing to GPU drivers (here).