Level designers no longer need to wait for lengthy lightmap bakes to see how color changes affect a room. Lighting changes are instantaneous, accelerating design iteration cycles. Performance Impact
Reduced flickering and temporal lag, which were common issues in earlier, more experimental versions.
Once active, tweak these settings in the RTGI UI panel for the ultimate balance of visual fidelity and performance: rtgi 0.17.0.2 release
To get the most out of this release, follow these step-by-step setup instructions: Prerequisites
📍 Would you like a guide on how to configure the settings for a specific game? Level designers no longer need to wait for
A common issue with ReShade shaders is depth precision loss, which causes light leaking through solid walls or shadows detaching from character feet (peter-panning). The 0.17.0.2 release improves depth buffer reading and filtering. Shadows now anchor perfectly to the bases of objects, and light leak artifacts in complex geometry are substantially reduced. 4. Code Optimization for Modern GPUs
This update shines brightest in titles released before the ray tracing era. Games like The Witcher 3 (classic version), Skyrim , Grand Theft Auto V , and various legacy directX 9/11 titles receive a transformative face-lift. Dark corridors naturally catch the glow of nearby torches, and bright blue skies accurately cast a subtle cool tint onto open-world landscapes. Once active, tweak these settings in the RTGI
Pascal Gilcher has hinted that future work may move toward (combining screen-space with cached world probes) or AI denoising . 0.17.0.2 feels like a stabilization release —polishing the current screen-space ray marching approach to its absolute peak.