The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Path Tracing and Ray Tracing Optimization Mod v4.0

                    
Path tracing in The Witcher 3 Remastered looks stunning, but it drains frame rates fast, especially indoors. The Path Tracing and Ray Tracing Optimization mod cuts path tracing to one light bounce instead of two. Its DLL rebuilds the path tracing shader on your first launch, since the game compiles its bounce limit into it. As a result, you gain about 10% outdoors and up to 30% indoors, where path tracing runs slowest.
Was ist inbegriffen?

PT Optimization 2.0: the single archive that holds the bin Ordner.

Warum Sie diesen Mod brauchen
Path tracing still runs ray-traced shadows on top of itself, so turning them off adds about 10% with regular shadows. Similarly, turning caustics off under ray tracing adds about 5%, although water loses its light patterns. Movement also feels steadier, because the mod spreads out scene updates and texture streaming. Beyond that, light bounces go up to 4 on high-end GPUs, and hair bounces go up to 6. Meanwhile, bounced light brightness makes up for the removed bounce. Lowering sky or moon light then helps scenes that look washed out. However, one bounce makes the darkest indoor corners about 10% darker, while outdoors looks the same. Since every setting is adjustable, you can raise the bounce count whenever your GPU has headroom.
Wie man anfängt

Lade den Mod herunter und entpacke das Archiv auf deinem PC.
First, copy the bin folder into your game folder.
Next, remove any other mod that ships an xinput9_1_0.dll file, such as the old RTXGI Setting Unlocker.
Then launch the game for the first time, so the mod builds its path tracing shader in about a second.
Finally, open Options > Video > Graphics and scroll to the bottom, where every new setting applies instantly.
To update, replace all files, and your in-game settings stay as they are.
Zum Deinstallieren löschen Sie xinput9_1_0.dll, rt_pt_shader2.dxilund rt_optimizer.log von bin\x64_dx12. Also delete RTOptimization.ini von bin\config\platform\pc und pt_optimization.xml von bin\config\r4game\user_config_matrix\pc.

Gut zu wissen

This mod includes AI-generated media.
Furthermore, the latest update adds 5.0c compatibility.
The mod works on GOG and Steam with NVIDIA and AMD GPUs. It also works with DLSS, FSR, XeSS, and frame generation.
If something fails, check the rt_optimizer.log file in bin\x64_dx12.