FromSoftserve on YouTube posted a preview of his upcoming Darkish Souls 3 lighting engine mod on July 6, showcasing an in-depth take a look at DS3 re-imagined with vastly improved lighting and textures.
FromSoftserve’s mod is constructed on prime of the DS3LightingEngine, which permits for deep customization of sunshine mechanics. DS3LightingEngine can be a piece in progress, however the modder, Ragevitamins, mentioned in an replace that it is going to be completed in This fall of this 12 months.
FromSoftserve’s mod is not out there simply but, however they beforehand launched a number of different mods for the Souls video games, together with an in depth Darkish Souls: Remastered overhaul and the same visible overhaul for Darkish Souls 3. Every has garnered 1000’s of distinctive downloads on NexusMods.
If these are something to go on, FromSoftserve’s subsequent DS3 mod is bound to impress. At the least, the close to 40-minute demo of it does. The mod additionally options upscaled textures with fashions which have been manually up to date for improved reflections and shadows.
FromSoftserve additionally revised Darkish Souls 3’s degree of element (LOD) system, noting that they “mainly simply turned it off” so the sport hundreds excessive element fashions by default. The usage of LOD could have made extra sense when DS3 launched almost 10 years in the past because it helped enhance efficiency (on the expense of graphics high quality), however, as FromSoftserve factors out, graphics playing cards have improved sufficient that it is not actually mandatory anymore until you are utilizing an older GPU.
The demo seems nice to this point, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a piece in progress. FromSoftserve famous within the video that there is nonetheless work to do fixing bugs (just like the participant lantern, which presently does not present up) and getting the improved lighting to mesh effectively with the sport’s built-in lighting mechanics, amongst different issues. The mod does not actually have a title but. So, you might be in for a wait in case you’re itching to attempt it out.
FromSoftserve talked about within the video that they’re engaged on mods full-time, so you possibly can help them on Patreon or Ko-Fi if you wish to contribute to this challenge. Within the meantime, you can even try their different Darkish Souls mods on NexusMods.
