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When Sony Made Optimized Realistic Graphics By Fixing UE4 | An Urgent Frame Analysis. Threat Interactive 2025-01-10 | In this video, we cover one of the most underrated technical marvels of graphics development. We show how this game provides wonderful lighting and immersive illusions that provide cheap micro detail all around the optimized geometry. We show how UE5 remains inferior to some aspects of this project and the history of UE4. We also don't sugar coat the issues found in this title. Using our own goals on 9th gen development, we outline where 9th gen can enhance this titles' flaws. We are here to provide the PROOF for gamers and guide developers about the modern issues with how realism is being destroyed by poor shader designs, workflows and false narratives. Drop us a 👍's up & subscribe, and watch the whole video without skipping to KEEP the YouTube algorithm on our side! Thank you!Chapters: Intro: 0:00Why The Industry Needs To Be Reminded of Days Gone: 0:37Days Gone Optimized Settings & Engine History: 1:13Completed Frame Comments & Odd DLSS Relations With TAA: 1:47Frame Start Up & Lack of Bloat is Already Seen: 2:50Prepass & Explaining Lack Of Context Optimizations: 3:02BassPass/2nd Geometry Pass & Forward Rendering Likeness: 4:01Texture Micro Detail Depth Illusion: 5:29BassPass/2nd Geometry Pass Ending Draws: 6:18Culling, D-Buffers, G-buffer Decoding, Misc: 6:44SSShadows, Shadow Maps, Proving More Issues With Modern Titles: 7:10Cheap Cubemap Updates & Optimized Dynamic Light Interactive GI: 8:29Direct Lighting: 10:33Translucents, Post Processing, & Estimated ms Budget: 10:47Conclusions(Foliage): 11:06Conclusions & Ultra Zoom(Dithering Lessons): 12:03Final Conclusions: 12:58GitHub News and Developer Resource Goals: 14:19The Importance Of This Channel & What You Can Do To Help!: 15:27Outro: 16:06Our Website: threatinteractive.wordpress.com🚨 Official Threat Interactive Discord 🚨 discord.gg/F6vrCPwz2j (invites may be temporarily paused due to moderation cooldowns, check every week for a link update on the newest video)For Updates or Questions, contact our studio or founder on with these links: Threat Interactive: Email: ThreatInteractive@gmail.comX / Twitter: https://x.com/ThreatInteractReddit: reddit.com/user/ThreatInteractiveLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/threat-interactiveStudio Founder:X / Twitter: https://x.com/TheKevinJimenezCredits & UE5 Developer Resources: bendstudio.com/blog/inside-bend-screen-space-shadowsunrealengine.com/en-US/blog/unreal-engine-4-11-releasedunrealengine.com/en-US/blog/unreal-engine-4-14-releasedgithub.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/pull/9288github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/pull/12695github.com/nicholas477/SMAAPluginblueprintue.com/blueprint/a-pi0wfq (bayer shader)youtube.com/watch?v=vef_ZPLhjt8
Challenged To 3X FPS Without Upscaling in UE5 | Insults From Toxic Devs Addressed Threat Interactive 2024-12-17 | In this video our founder optimizes a project that created a disproportionate view on the cost of real time realism. This video shows major core problems with unreal engine such as workflows and foundational management issues. Then, we will address the abundant insults thrown at this studio in order to attack our credibility. We prove the people who insult us do not watch our content or ignore crucial statements we've defined. Despite these attacks, we show many developers and major industry names have applauded our work because we stand for a new direction consumers and developers want for their games. We are here to provide the PROOF for gamers and guide developers about the modern issues with how realism is being destroyed by poor shader designs, workflows and false narratives. Drop us a 👍's up & subscribe, and watch the whole video without skipping to KEEP the YouTube algorithm on our side! Thank you!Chapters: Intro & Abstract: 0:00Scenario & Optimization Goal: 0:56Butched Lights: 2:02Geometry Problems & Core UE Issues: 2:35Solutions & Goals For Improvement: 3:53Poor Plugins & Changed Settings: 4:48Performance and Visual Ratio Achieved: 4:58Get Over It & Instead Remember This Fact About UE: 5:22There Is Way More Room for Improvement Visually and Perf Wise: 6:03Threat Interactive Focuses On Real Problems That Affect All Games: 6:24The Powerful Shift TI Has Created & Who Wouldn't Like That: 6:58The False Information Surrounding Threat Interactive: 7:40The Important Context of Our Attackers & The Problem Spot in Game Dev: 8:06Not Only Gamers Support Us, Major Devs Are Giving Support Too: 9:59If They Can't Argue With Us, They Will Only Insult Us: 10:52We Outline Industry Goals Developers & Gamers Can Agree On: 11:51By Not Diluting Reality, The Answer Becomes More Clear: 12:15Thank You All & Outro: 12:42Our Website: threatinteractive.wordpress.com🚨 Official Threat Interactive Discord 🚨 discord.gg/7ZdvFxFTba (invites paused indefinitely)For Updates or Questions, contact our studio or founder on with these links: Threat Interactive: Email: ThreatInteractive@gmail.comX / Twitter: https://x.com/ThreatInteractReddit: reddit.com/user/ThreatInteractiveLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/threat-interactiveStudio Founder:X / Twitter: https://x.com/TheKevinJimenezCredits: youtube.com/watch?v=x3lgFFgEcr4&lc=Ugz4k7LdWX2weMagae94AaABAghttps://www.humus.name/index.php?page=Comments&ID=228youtu.be/ROqB8xhKZ6U?si=dlAS2GNKQK0tDKVAmeshy.ai3daistudio.com
Dynamic Lighting Was Better Nine Years Ago | A Warning About 9TH Gens Neglect. Threat Interactive 2024-12-02 | Poor optimization is a broad topic which is why we’re making sure to define the common game scenario that drives our initiative. We cover the neglected areas of graphics optimization and visual quality since we often see modern techniques only discussed in graphics conversations such as Lumen or DDGI. But we have a whole generation of techniques that we can and should scale complexity on for our 9th gen use case. If you are a gamer or graphics enthusiast, this video is extremely important to watch. We are here to provide the PROOF for gamers and guide developers about the modern issues with how realism is being destroyed by poor shader designs. Drop us a 👍's up & subscribe to KEEP the YouTube algorithm on our side! Thank you!Chapters: URGENT WARNING: 0:00Abstract: 0:43Threat Interactive Target Scenario: 1:07Target Hardware: 1:54Explaining 9TH Gen Potential: 2:56Why Lightmaps Don't Work: 4:45Expensive GI is NOT the Only Alternative: 5:16SSAO is YEARS Behind(Optimizations Explained Too): 6:28Probe Memory And Leaking Fixes: 7:43Abstract 2: 8:06DDGI, Radiance, Cheap Indirect DF Shadows, Current Issues : 8:29Lumen GI is on it's 6th Failure: 9:52Fox Engine Lighting, The Division, PS4 Shadow Map Tracing: 10:57Radiance Cascades: 12:27The Incredible Potential Visualized: 13:29The Truth People NEED to Accept: 13:42How You Can Change Where The Future is Heading: 14:29Our Website: threatinteractive.wordpress.com🚨 Official Threat Interactive Discord 🚨 discord.gg/7ZdvFxFTba(invites paused indefinitely)For Updates or Questions, contact our studio or founder on with these links: Threat Interactive: Email: ThreatInteractive@gmail.comX / Twitter: https://x.com/ThreatInteractReddit: reddit.com/user/ThreatInteractiveLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/threat-interactiveStudio Founder:X / Twitter: https://x.com/TheKevinJimenezCredits: tanalin.com/en/articles/integer-scalingyoutu.be/nheFNQs378s?si=DDW4o9uHepMq4Povyoutu.be/WsmxBE9Gw6A?si=flL_aE9HjxN5Syeryoutu.be/7dVv6XwkLbM?si=wlFpKxMyHy4jgBUiyoutu.be/9f9MhAW62gM?si=MHf3CPBheg6zyOXfyoutube.com/watch?v=IpVuIZYFRg4&t=653s&ab_channel=Unitygithub.com/GameTechDev/XeGTAOgithub.com/AmplifyCreations/AmplifyOcclusionreshade.me/forum/shader-presentation/1874-marty-mcflys-ambient-obscurance-mxao-with-ilmartysmods.com/mxaoshadertoy.com/view/WtjSzmshadertoy.com/view/ssBBW1youtube.com/@RetroCrisis(Retro dithering)youtu.be/05FCjQR--Sc?t=1474youtu.be/h1ocYFrtsM4?t=702youtu.be/p0loRAoakuo?si=Ioe5mTSwUOfhF62Fyoutu.be/AShFlzgeFaA?si=MzKSd3UBb3doCqQSblog.selfshadow.com/publications/s2015-shading-course/rad/s2015_pbs_rad_slides.pdfadriancourreges.com/blog/2017/12/15/mgs-v-graphics-studyyoutu.be/04YUZ3bWAyg?si=S7YAkU9HLgpiaMhSyoutu.be/GOee6lcEbWg?t=953shadertoy.com/view/tsVGRdadvances.realtimerendering.com/s2022/SIGGRAPH2022-Advances-Lumen-Wright%20et%20al.pdfhttps://jason.today/rctmpvar.com/poc/radiance-cascades/#flatland-2d(special thanks to tmpvar for site fixes)adrianmargel.ca/demo/nested-radiance-cascades-fastyoutu.be/5Ua-h1pg6yM?si=CHwzN-3tehwPFcdsshadertoy.com/view/X3XfRMde45xmedrsdbp.cloudfront.net/Resources/files/TemporalAA_small-59732822.pdf
The Price of Realism? | SH2R Optimization From The GPU Perspective Threat Interactive 2024-10-28 | In this video, we dive into how Unreal Engine 5 Nanite technology continues to drag down your game's performance In Silent Hill 2 Remake. Debunk misleading claims made in the community regarding performance and offer clear insight on what could have been improved. Are you a game developer looking to make your game more performant? After watching this full frame analysis on Silent Hill 2 Remake you will learn discover a real game scenario regarding the viability of overly pushed engine technology and abusive uses of temporal AA/SS. Are you a gamer or graphics enthusiast? Witness what actually kills performance and where the developers need to improve on in the next update of the game. Draw call by draw call on affordable GPU hardware several times beyond 8th generation hardware and learn about what AAA should be providing.We are here to provide the PROOF for gamers and guide developers about the modern issues with how realism is being destroyed by poor shader designs. Drop us a 👍's up & subscribe to KEEP the YouTube algorithm on our side! Thank you!Chapters: Abstract: 0:00Why Silent Hill 2?: 0:21Explaining Optimized Settings (UE5 general): 0:58PSSR News: 3:38Fixing The Captured Frame Temporal Issues: 3:58Dispatches: 6:18Early Z Pass and Occlusion Testing: 6:36G-buffers, Quads, and Topology: 7:17SSAO, Decals, Dispatches: 7:54Translucents and Lumen: 8:17Translucents, Subsurface, and Fog: 8:45Advanced TAA Analysis: 8:54Motion Blur and Finished Frame: 9:41Estimated Budget: 9:55Conclusion 1 (Dispatches) : 10:06Conclusion 2 (Geometry): 10:55Conclusion 3 (Lighting): 12:33Conclusion Summary (with UE news): 13:17Why We Are Here: 13:52Outro: 15:40Our Website: threatinteractive.wordpress.com🚨 Official Threat Interactive Discord 🚨 discord.gg/7ZdvFxFTba (invites paused indefinitely)For Updates or Questions, contact our studio or founder on with these links: Threat Interactive: Email: ThreatInteractive@gmail.comX / Twitter: https://x.com/ThreatInteractReddit: reddit.com/user/ThreatInteractiveLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/threat-interactiveStudio Founder:X / Twitter: https://x.com/TheKevinJimenezSpecial Thanks to our supporters who liked, commented, and shared our previous content and this video!IGNORE TAGS!------------------------------------------------------1080p, 1440p, 4k, temporal anti-aliasing, TAA, TSR, MSAA, SMAA, FXAA, CMAA 2, DLSS, XESS, PSSR, DLAA, Topology, TAAU, Surface Area, Math, AI Optimization, PS4, Video Games, Gaming, Topology, Silent Hill 2, Remake, SH2R, Bottleneck, CPU, GPU, 4090, 3060, GTX, RTX, Ray Tracing, Topology, Tessellation, Smooth Shading, GTAO, SSR, 9th gen, PS5, Series X|S, Pipelines, Reddit, Youtube, AI, LLM, Shadow Maps, GI, Rendering, Game Dev, Nanite, UE4.26, UE4, Unreal Engine, Threat Interactive, PS5 pro, Remake, Optimized, GPU News, Optimized settings, News, Unreal Engine, UE4, UE5, Shaders, FPS, Math, Surface Area, Lighting, Reflections, RTX, AMD series, DLSS 3.
When Botched GPU Optimization is Eclipsed By CPU issues: Jedi Survivor Full Frame Analysis Threat Interactive 2024-10-03 | To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/ThreatInteractive . You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription.Are you a game developer looking to make your game more performant? After watching this full frame analysis on Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, you will learn about several topics such as bloated portions that could exist in your UE4 pipeline, abusive uses of temporal AA/SS, topology optimizations, and the truth about over pushed AI upscaling vs deterministic potential. Are you a gamer or graphics enthusiast? Finally witness how several portions of this famous game is bloated with hundreds of calls across the GPU pipeline. Draw call by draw call on affordable GPU hardware several times beyond 8th generation hardware and learn about what AAA should have provided.We are here to provide the PROOF for gamers and guide developers about the modern issues with how realism is being destroyed by poor shader designs. Drop us a 👍's up & subscribe to KEEP the YouTube algorithm on our side! Thank you!We intend to set up a crowdfunding page once we get to 100K subscribers but since many of our supporters want to donate early and have given us Superthanks we decided to go ahead and set up a Patreon because they take a much smaller % than YouTube does. All of it helps and we truly appreciate all donations. Thank you!Chapters: Abstract: 0:00Why Star Wars Jedi Survivor & Not OutLaws?: 0:18Test Conditions and Variables(TC&V1): 1:35AI AA vs Half Competent TAA(TC&V2): 3:13Completed Frame Comments: 4:17Dispatches: 4:57Early Z Pass: 5:50G-buffers, Quads, and Topology: 6:44Shadows and Fog: 7:11Decal Shading & SSAO: 8:03Lighting, Shadows, & GI: 8:34The Most Advanced TAA Analysis So Far: 10:58Motion Blur and Finished Frame: 14:17Estimated Budget: 14:311st Conclusion-Early Z : 16:092nd Conclusion-Topology: 18:583rd Conclusion-SSAO: 21:184th Conclusion-Bloated Indirect Lighting: 22:06You Can Now Make Your Own Conclusions!: 22:38Outro: 23:04Our Website: threatinteractive.wordpress.com🚨 Official Threat Interactive Discord 🚨 discord.gg/7ZdvFxFTba (invites paused indefinitely)For Updates or Questions, contact our studio or founder on with these links: Threat Interactive: Email: ThreatInteractive@gmail.comTwitter: https://x.com/ThreatInteractReddit: reddit.com/user/ThreatInteractiveLinkedIn: linkedin.com/ThreatInteractiveStudio Founder:Twitter: https://x.com/TheKevinJimenezCredits: ea.com/frostbite/news/physically-based-unified-volumetric-rendering-in-frostbiteactivision.com/cdn/research/PracticalRealtimeStrategiesTRfinal.pdfde45xmedrsdbp.cloudfront.net/Resources/files/TemporalAA_small-59732822.pdfhttps://perso.telecom-paristech.fr/boubek/papers/PhongTessellation/youtu.be/ycJ434Lh21w?t=1691advances.realtimerendering.com/s2021/Karis_Nanite_SIGGRAPH_Advances_2021_final.pdfgithub.com/TU-Clausthal-Rendering/Ray-Traced-Stochastic-Depth-MapSpecial Thanks to our supporters who liked, commented, and shared our previous content and this video!This video was sponsored by BrilliantIGNORE TAGS!------------------------------------------------------1080p, 1440p, 4k, temporal anti-aliasing, TAA, TSR, MSAA, SMAA, FXAA, CMAA 2, DLSS, DLAA, Topology, TAAU, Surface Area, Math, AI Optimization, PS4, Video Games, Gaming, Topology, Jedi, Star Wars, Survivor, Jedi Survivor, Bottleneck, CPU, GPU, 4090, GTX, RTX, Ray Tracing, Topology, Tessellation, Smooth Shading, GTAO, SSR, 9th gen, PS5, Series X|S, Pipelines, Reddit, Youtube, AI, LLM, Shadow Maps, GI, Rendering, Game Dev, Nanite, UE4.26, UE4, Unreal Engine, Threat Interactive, PS5 pro, Remake, Optimized, GPU News, Optimized settings, News, Unreal Engine, UE4, UE5, Shaders, FPS, Math, Surface Area, Lighting, Reflections, RTX, AMD series, DLSS 3.
Epics Unreal Optimization Disaster | Why Nanite Tanks Performance! Threat Interactive 2024-08-21 | In this video, we dive into how Unreal Engine 5's Nanite technology is dragging down your game's performance and debunk misleading claims made to convince you it’s superior to traditional rendering.This is a crucial topic for both gamers and developers and we offer a unique insight that aims to change how you understand mesh rendering and potential we could be exploiting in 9th generation hardware. Thank you!Chapters: Intro & Current Research: 0:00Debunking Nanite Poly Myth: 0:33Why is Nanite Slower?: 1:49LODs & Topology Performance: 3:24Temporal Aliasing & Performance Connection: 4:06Nanite vs Traditional Quad Cost Per Pixel: 4:28The Downward Performance Spiral: 5:13Debunking Lies About Nanite Skeletal Meshes: 5:38Why Draw Calls Are Not an Excuse For Using Nanite: 6:58Better Systems Could Exist: 7:44How Epic Devs Are Neglecting Optimization Support: 8:06Good News: 8:39Mitigating LOD pop properly vs Nanite: 9:07Studios and Consumers Need a Quality Compromise: 9:54Why AI Should Replace the Nanite Workflow: 10:19Why Nvidia Wouldn't Want to Get Involved: 11:24If You Can't Win, Make Competition Worthless: 12:17Support Us!: 12:34Outro: 12:52Our Website: threatinteractive.wordpress.com🚨 Official Threat Interactive Discord 🚨 discord.gg/7ZdvFxFTba (invites paused indefinitely)Updated Mega Thread: forums.unrealengine.com/t/nanite-performance-is-not-better-than-overdraw-focused-lods-test-results-epics-documentation-is-dangering-optimization/1263218For Updates or Questions, contact our studio or founder on with these links: Threat Interactive: Email: ThreatInteractive@gmail.comTwitter: https://x.com/ThreatInteractReddit: reddit.com/user/ThreatInteractiveStudio Founder:Twitter: https://x.com/TheKevinJimenezCredits: https://www.humus.name/index.php?page=Comments&ID=228IGNORE TAGS!------------------------------------------------------1080p, 1440p, temporal anti-aliasing, TAA, TSR, MSAA, SMAA, FXAA, CMAA 2, Topology, Surface Area, Optimization, PS4, Video Games, Gaming.
Optimized Photorealism That Puts Modern Graphics to Shame: NFS 2015 Threat Interactive 2024-07-26 | Are you looking into game development or AAA optimization? After watching this full frame analysis on Need For Speed (2015), you will learn 8 different lessons pertaining to progressive motion clarity accessibility and optimization thought processes that you'll be able to implement in your workflows immediately . Are you a gamer or graphics enthusiast? Sit back and witness how a photorealistic frame is produced buffer by buffer, object by object, on affordable GPU hardware. Refresh your memory on the graphic performance potential the industry is struggling to move towards. We are here to provide the PROOF for gamers and developers about how far worse modern "realism" performance is becoming. Drop us a 👍's up & subscribe to get the YouTube algorithm on our side! Thank you!Chapters: Intro: 0:00Settings & Hardware: 0:37Completed Frame Comments: 1:13SSSR Is Key To Realism: 2:27Mesh Draws & G-buffers: 3:48Simple Mesh, Biggest Cost: 4:23HBAO: 4:57Shadow Maps and Optimization: 5:58Stochastic SSR: 6:26Cubemaps & Lighting: 6:50Alpha Testing & Translucents: 7:14Nice Motion Blur Has a Problem : 7:33Post Process and UI: 8:45Performance Budget (9.4ms): 8:578 Things You Can Learn: 9:54Simple But Powerful Support: 12:37Outro: 13:02Our Website: threatinteractive.wordpress.com🚨 Official Threat Interactive Discord 🚨 discord.gg/7ZdvFxFTba For Updates or Questions, contact our studio or founder on with these links: Threat Interactive: Email: ThreatInteractive@gmail.comTwitter: https://x.com/ThreatInteractReddit: reddit.com/user/ThreatInteractiveStudio Founder:Twitter: https://x.com/TheKevinJimenezCredits: EA & FrostBite developer publishment on 'Stochastic Screen Space Reflections' including slides and shader code: ea.com/frostbite/news/stochastic-screen-space-reflectionsBonus link containing more information about Frostbite 2015: ea.com/frostbite/news/moving-frostbite-to-pbReddit link to shadersreddit.com/r/MotionClarity/comments/1c5yh27/unreal_engine_5_fixing_taa_dependent_shaders_viaKarl Casey @ White Bat AudioKarl Casey @ White Bat Audio
This Should be Standard Optimization...(Runs on PS4!) Threat Interactive 2024-07-05 | While we continue to produce our game title, our studio founder will be presenting in-depth documentation videos to bring awareness to most optimized photorealistic techniques we believe the industry should lean more heavily on. We will remind gamers of what optimized technology they are missing out on and should be receiving in 9th gen gaming. Drop us a 👍's up & subscribe for unique graphic rendering documentation.We intend to be a major resource for developers and programmers in terms of performance, visuals and possibility. Our Website: threatinteractive.wordpress.com🚨 Official Threat Interactive Discord 🚨 discord.gg/7ZdvFxFTba (invites paused indefinitely)Stay tuned with our social media: Threat Interactive: Main Site: threatinteractive.wordpress.comEmail: ThreatInteractive@gmail.comTwitter: https://x.com/ThreatInteractReddit: reddit.com/user/ThreatInteractiveStudio Founder:Twitter: https://x.com/TheKevinJimenezCredits: Bend Studios publishment on 'Screen Space Shadows' including slides and shader code: bendstudio.com/blog/inside-bend-screen-space-shadows
Fake Optimization in Modern Graphics (And How We Hope To Save It) Threat Interactive 2024-06-17 | We are a new indie game studio working on a new IP but a couple years ago we discovered a huge narrative behind optimization that was not only destructive to realism and motion, but also false. This false narrative is being abused more than ever by industry leaders. We want to change the direction the industry is heading so that sufficient hardware is not buried for the sake of unnecessary hardware sales and mass consumer manipulation. But we need both gamers and developers more aware of this massive industry oxymoron. Our Website: threatinteractive.wordpress.com🚨 Official Threat Interactive Discord 🚨 discord.gg/7ZdvFxFTba (invites paused indefinitely)For Updates or Questions about any test variables or our plan for funding contact our studio or founder on with these links: Threat Interactive: Email: ThreatInteractive@gmail.comTwitter: https://x.com/ThreatInteractReddit: reddit.com/user/ThreatInteractiveStudio Founder:Twitter: https://x.com/TheKevinJimenez00:00:00 Intro00:00:24 Creativity00:01:26 Performance00:02:30 Visuals: TAA & Upscalers00:06:10 TAA Off Issues (Visuals)00:07:20 Proving TAA's Insignificance To Real Optimization 00:08:54 The Cost Problem of "Good" TAA 00:11:23 TAA Design Requisites00:11:36 Why Epic Games & UE is the biggest problem 00:19:09 A Little About Threat InteractiveKey words: TAA, Upscaling, Fake Optimization, Blessing or Curse, Hybred, DLSS, DLAA
