dslightingengine
@dslightingengine.bsky.social
DSLightingEngine is a renderer replacement for DS2/DS3.
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Darksouls3 Lighting Engine - Tech/Update
Ragevitamins published a post on Ko-fi
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Made a blog post about all the technology and updates about Darksouls3 Lighting engine.
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Testing The Gutter today in full PT mode. Lot of visibility if all the sconces are lit.
January 29, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Testing The Gutter today in full PT mode. Lot of visibility if all the sconces are lit.
Working on cutscenes, The Facial motion vectors were not captured earlier, but are now captured, note this is not the final lighting setup, Cutscenes have lot of camera switches and light intensity changes.
January 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Working on cutscenes, The Facial motion vectors were not captured earlier, but are now captured, note this is not the final lighting setup, Cutscenes have lot of camera switches and light intensity changes.
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Undead Hollow - Pre Render img
Dark Souls III
Dark Souls III
January 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Undead Hollow - Pre Render img
Dark Souls III
Dark Souls III
Free trade means more choices , quality of products. Euro cars , Pasta and Chocolates will be much more affordable in India. India also gets access to textile industry in exchange for eg. After all the racist and sad news all week. This put a smile on my face.
Europe and India are making history today.
We have concluded the mother of all deals.
We have created a free trade zone of two billion people, with both sides set to benefit.
This is only the beginning.
We will grow our strategic relationship to be even stronger.
We have concluded the mother of all deals.
We have created a free trade zone of two billion people, with both sides set to benefit.
This is only the beginning.
We will grow our strategic relationship to be even stronger.
January 27, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Free trade means more choices , quality of products. Euro cars , Pasta and Chocolates will be much more affordable in India. India also gets access to textile industry in exchange for eg. After all the racist and sad news all week. This put a smile on my face.
More temporal gradients work. This surface was having heavy ghosting even with gradients, adjusting the sensitivity by detecting specific cases like if the importance sampled ray was supposed to hit and was obstructed. If done to full screen it will cause false disocclusion.
January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
More temporal gradients work. This surface was having heavy ghosting even with gradients, adjusting the sensitivity by detecting specific cases like if the importance sampled ray was supposed to hit and was obstructed. If done to full screen it will cause false disocclusion.
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The latest episode of the DF Retro Super Show is live! 20 years on from 2006, the team look back at what was an amazing year for games - with the PS2 era still firing on all cylinders and the arrival of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii: youtu.be/N1CgSBa4iaI
DF Retro Super Show #006: 2006 - Revisiting An Amazing Year For Gaming - Oblivion, Zelda, Gears+More
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The latest episode of the DF Retro Super Show is live! 20 years on from 2006, the team look back at what was an amazing year for games - with the PS2 era still firing on all cylinders and the arrival of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii: youtu.be/N1CgSBa4iaI
WIP : Temporal Gradients Boosting and stabilization, here is video of Aldia hall, this hall has moving lights and multiple cages, the gradient is boosted only if a skinned object is hit, additionally the boost is faded over the view range. Bit of trial/error to arrive at decent solution.
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
WIP : Temporal Gradients Boosting and stabilization, here is video of Aldia hall, this hall has moving lights and multiple cages, the gradient is boosted only if a skinned object is hit, additionally the boost is faded over the view range. Bit of trial/error to arrive at decent solution.
PT test in Executioner's arena. Most of the lighting is baked(Path tracing offline). PT real-time matches the Luminosity of that and also ensures character interaction. I use the existing Post process LUT(High contrast) which was shipped in base game.
January 23, 2026 at 3:33 PM
PT test in Executioner's arena. Most of the lighting is baked(Path tracing offline). PT real-time matches the Luminosity of that and also ensures character interaction. I use the existing Post process LUT(High contrast) which was shipped in base game.
Doing some spells and effects testing, this is full path tracer mode to verify ghosting/denoising. All effects cast shadows/occlusion by default
January 22, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Doing some spells and effects testing, this is full path tracer mode to verify ghosting/denoising. All effects cast shadows/occlusion by default
Things like this suck for user adoption. The LE Path tracer mode currently requires SM-6.6+, (64-Bit atomics for SHARC performance), which is only available in Win11, additionally new features like OMM in Trace-Inline(which is used in LE pathtracer) is only available in SM6.9+.
January 22, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Things like this suck for user adoption. The LE Path tracer mode currently requires SM-6.6+, (64-Bit atomics for SHARC performance), which is only available in Win11, additionally new features like OMM in Trace-Inline(which is used in LE pathtracer) is only available in SM6.9+.
WIP : Improving transition when going to area with high sun fog intensity, The 2nd part of video using a simple exp(-density * fixedDistance) as a weighting parameter for the Lerp. Now the light intensity is faded in rather than blowout->settle to lower value
January 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM
WIP : Improving transition when going to area with high sun fog intensity, The 2nd part of video using a simple exp(-density * fixedDistance) as a weighting parameter for the Lerp. Now the light intensity is faded in rather than blowout->settle to lower value
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This January I found a vulnerability in the DS2 server code that lets a malicious user crash a player, even without connecting to them.
BA 2.06 fixes this issue, it's recommended you download it if you want to play online.
For more details, here's Yui's post:
www.patreon.com/posts/info-b...
BA 2.06 fixes this issue, it's recommended you download it if you want to play online.
For more details, here's Yui's post:
www.patreon.com/posts/info-b...
January 21, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This January I found a vulnerability in the DS2 server code that lets a malicious user crash a player, even without connecting to them.
BA 2.06 fixes this issue, it's recommended you download it if you want to play online.
For more details, here's Yui's post:
www.patreon.com/posts/info-b...
BA 2.06 fixes this issue, it's recommended you download it if you want to play online.
For more details, here's Yui's post:
www.patreon.com/posts/info-b...
Testing out DLC in DS2LE-PT. These images are lit mostly with just "Windows" similar to the Dragonslayer cathedral. Except when you talk to the queen which has a small spotlight(as per base game).
January 20, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Testing out DLC in DS2LE-PT. These images are lit mostly with just "Windows" similar to the Dragonslayer cathedral. Except when you talk to the queen which has a small spotlight(as per base game).
Testing Aldia Keep for Stability and issues in DS2LE-PT
January 19, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Testing Aldia Keep for Stability and issues in DS2LE-PT
FOFG - Path tracing mode samples. Now able to capture almost all base game assets correctly. Some features would be required for Shulva, like no-sun yet having ambient sky-cube.
January 18, 2026 at 2:59 PM
FOFG - Path tracing mode samples. Now able to capture almost all base game assets correctly. Some features would be required for Shulva, like no-sun yet having ambient sky-cube.
Iron keep was able to capture all the meshes in the outside area correctly now. The lava here is set to emissive and all "Ambient lights" to simulate bounce are disabled in Pathtracing mode
January 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Iron keep was able to capture all the meshes in the outside area correctly now. The lava here is set to emissive and all "Ambient lights" to simulate bounce are disabled in Pathtracing mode
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Bloodborne emulation on PC via ShadPS4 has evolved significantly since we last saw it - improved performance, more stability, graphics enhancements and much more: youtu.be/fqOs2chL3NQ
Bloodborne PC Emulation in 2026 - 4K 60FPS and Beyond - Plus ROG Xbox Ally X Tests!
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Bloodborne emulation on PC via ShadPS4 has evolved significantly since we last saw it - improved performance, more stability, graphics enhancements and much more: youtu.be/fqOs2chL3NQ
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The full lowdown on our latest look at Bloodborne PC emulation via ShadPS4 - 4K at 60fps and beyond is now viable and it's a remarkable experience: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...
Bloodborne PC Emulation Can Now Exceed 4K at 60FPS - And It's Brilliant
Graphics mods provide additional enhancements.
www.digitalfoundry.net
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The full lowdown on our latest look at Bloodborne PC emulation via ShadPS4 - 4K at 60fps and beyond is now viable and it's a remarkable experience: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...
I am seeing a mass hypnosis event in real-time on X with related to X changes in creator payments. A lot of ppl are posting their earnings today with some crazy wild numbers which I believe are fabricated, leading to ppl telling others "yeah do more engagement". Which means mostly negative kind.
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I am seeing a mass hypnosis event in real-time on X with related to X changes in creator payments. A lot of ppl are posting their earnings today with some crazy wild numbers which I believe are fabricated, leading to ppl telling others "yeah do more engagement". Which means mostly negative kind.
Fixed correctly adding some of these meshes which use multiple transforms in Ironkeep. Editor will automatically "Bake" meshes in world space, ideally a mesh is in object space and instanced for eg : Gravestones in DS3. These unique geometries are not instanced so no downsides.
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Fixed correctly adding some of these meshes which use multiple transforms in Ironkeep. Editor will automatically "Bake" meshes in world space, ideally a mesh is in object space and instanced for eg : Gravestones in DS3. These unique geometries are not instanced so no downsides.
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"You can't fight back because that's what he wants" is another example of Democrats being huge losers who are inadequate opposition to facism.
The messaging doesn't need to be anything other than:
We will prosecute everyone, at all levels, involved with human rights abuses and we will abolish ICE.
The messaging doesn't need to be anything other than:
We will prosecute everyone, at all levels, involved with human rights abuses and we will abolish ICE.
January 16, 2026 at 4:15 AM
"You can't fight back because that's what he wants" is another example of Democrats being huge losers who are inadequate opposition to facism.
The messaging doesn't need to be anything other than:
We will prosecute everyone, at all levels, involved with human rights abuses and we will abolish ICE.
The messaging doesn't need to be anything other than:
We will prosecute everyone, at all levels, involved with human rights abuses and we will abolish ICE.
Missing the Caucasian ethnicity test - 100% to ensure you don't get racially profiled, "Show me papers, because of your accent"
turns out a significant amount of americans want to live in a dystopian police state
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Missing the Caucasian ethnicity test - 100% to ensure you don't get racially profiled, "Show me papers, because of your accent"
Fixed motion vectors capture for dynamic objects which are "not skinned" and are represented by a multiple world transform Here the wheel of the cart has fixed motion vectors in the 2nd image, leading to correct image reconstruction, Motion vectors are very important for Pathtracing and DLSS.
January 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Fixed motion vectors capture for dynamic objects which are "not skinned" and are represented by a multiple world transform Here the wheel of the cart has fixed motion vectors in the 2nd image, leading to correct image reconstruction, Motion vectors are very important for Pathtracing and DLSS.
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Dark Souls 2 - Looking Glass Knight
January 14, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Dark Souls 2 - Looking Glass Knight