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Confirm:Does VRAD3 requires ray-tracing support on Half-Life: Alyx, Dota 2 and SteamVR Home aswell?
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Earlier Source 2 games use '''VRAD2''' to preview baked lighting in Hammer, using CPU. | Earlier Source 2 games use '''VRAD2''' to preview baked lighting in Hammer, using CPU. | ||
In {{cs2|4}}, VRAD3 requires a GPU with ray tracing support | In {{cs2|4}}, VRAD3 requires a GPU with ray tracing support 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 {{hla|1}}, {{dota2|1}} and {{svrh|1}} aswell?}} | {{Confirm|Does VRAD3 requires ray-tracing support on {{hla|1}}, {{dota2|1}} and {{svrh|1}} aswell?}} | ||
VRAD3 is also available in {{hla|1}} and {{dota2|1}} in later updates. | VRAD3 is also available in {{hla|1}} and {{dota2|1}} in later updates. | ||
VRAD3 currently only support all NVIDIA RTX and AMD RX 6000 series (or later/other RDNA2) cards. Intel Arc currently not yet supported. | |||
== Games with VRAD2 == | == Games with VRAD2 == | ||
Revision as of 00:58, 10 September 2024
VRAD3 is the command-line tool that calculates and embeds lighting data into compiled maps. It is the 
Source 2 counterpart of 
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 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?VRAD3 is also available in Half-Life: Alyx and Dota 2 in later updates.
VRAD3 currently only support all NVIDIA RTX and AMD RX 6000 series (or later/other RDNA2) cards. Intel Arc currently not yet supported.
Games with VRAD2
- All Source 2 games except Counter-Strike 2, and newer versions of
Dota 2 (since 2023/2024).
Games with VRAD3
Valve
- Counter-Strike 2
- Dota 2 (later version)
Half-Life: Alyx (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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