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What upcoming graphical improvements are you personally most excited about?

TL;DRAli Brown most wants a solid 60 frames per second first, and then better global illumination, which he says is the engine's weakest area compared with other engines.

Ali BrownDirector of Graphics Engineering

This probably won't be the answer everyone wants, but I just want frame rate. Frame rate's king for me. Until it's a solid 60, it's no good. So yeah, for me, it's frame rate. Once we have a solid 60, my interest will pique elsewhere. There are some areas of the engine visually that I certainly want to see improve vastly, but not before frame rate. That's the number one for me. If I had to pick a second, though, just to pique someone's interest: our global illumination lighting system is lacking. That's probably the area where we are furthest behind other engines. Everything else is on a par with or better than your average competitor. But our global illumination system is not where we want it to be. So that would help the visuals and really help the art teams as well. So that's what I'd like to see.

Star Citizen Live›Graphics Engineering Q&A·
Published on this date.4 Feb 2022
EpisodeArt & graphics