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 Confirm:Does VRAD3 requires ray-tracing support on Half-Life: Alyx, Dota 2 and SteamVR Home aswell?
 Confirm:Does VRAD3 requires ray-tracing support on Half-Life: Alyx, Dota 2 and SteamVR Home aswell?
		
	
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| * {{Dota2|4}} (later version) | * {{Dota2|4}} (later version) | ||
| * {{hla|4}} (later version) | * {{hla|4}} (later version) | ||
| * {{Svrh|4}} (later version) | * {{Svrh|4}} (later version) | ||
| === Third-party === | |||
| * {{Sbox|4}} | |||
| {{todo|Add more information about Source 2's VRAD2/VRAD3 lighting.}} | {{todo|Add more information about Source 2's VRAD2/VRAD3 lighting.}} | ||
Revision as of 08:49, 26 July 2024
VRAD3 is the command-line tool that calculates and embeds lighting data into compiled maps. It is the  Source 2 counterpart of
 Source 2 counterpart of  Source 1's VRAD.
 Source 1's VRAD.
Earlier Source 2 games use VRAD2 to preview baked lighting in Hammer, using CPU.
In  Counter-Strike 2, VRAD3 requires a GPU with ray tracing support (NVIDIA RTX, Intel Arc or AMD Radeon 6xxx+ series) to both preview and bake lighting[confirm]. VRAD2 and the old CPU lighting compiler have been removed.
 Counter-Strike 2, VRAD3 requires a GPU with ray tracing support (NVIDIA RTX, Intel Arc or AMD Radeon 6xxx+ series) to both preview and bake lighting[confirm]. VRAD2 and the old CPU lighting compiler have been removed.
 Confirm:Does VRAD3 requires ray-tracing support on Half-Life: Alyx, Dota 2 and SteamVR Home aswell?
 Confirm:Does VRAD3 requires ray-tracing support on Half-Life: Alyx, Dota 2 and SteamVR Home aswell?VRAD3 is also available in Half-Life: Alyx and Dota 2 in later updates.
Games with VRAD2
- All  Source 2 games except Source 2 games except Counter-Strike 2, and newer versions of Counter-Strike 2, and newer versions of Dota 2 (since 2023/2024). Dota 2 (since 2023/2024).
Games with VRAD3
Valve
 Counter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike 2
 Dota 2 (later version) Dota 2 (later version)
 Half-Life: Alyx (later version) Half-Life: Alyx (later version)
 SteamVR Home (later version) SteamVR Home (later version)
Third-party
Todo: Add more information about Source 2's VRAD2/VRAD3 lighting.
See also
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