Ray traced shadows have too short draw length

[Mike_GS]

Hi,

The Next Gen version of Witcher 3 looks absolutely amazing, but there are a lot of smaller and larger visual issues. One thing is the ray traced shadows that have a too short draw length radius. Try walking around in forests and rural areas in clear sunlight (like in Velen), and the pop-in is very noticeable and distracting, to the point I have to disable ray traced shadows.

Better to have a slightly more taxing RT shadow setting, or at least give an option of choosing a more visually less distracting draw length. So far I can't see a big difference in framerate with ray traced vs regular shadows anyways.

Thanks for the update, CDPR!

(dx12 all settings maxed out, Windows 11, 4090 latest driver)

 

[Menlu01]

It's not only the distance from Geralt. With a Geralt not moving, just slightly changing the orientation of the camera can sometimes leads to pop-in too. It looks almost like some elements are swapping in and out of the BVH just from slight changes leading to shadows not stables in camera movement.

In my end, I also have disabled RT shadows temporarly until a fix as it is really distracting.

 

[Mike_GS]

It's not only the distance from Geralt. With a Geralt not moving, just slightly changing the orientation of the camera can sometimes leads to pop-in too. It looks almost like some elements are swapping in and out of the BVH just from slight changes leading to shadows not stables in camera movement.

In my end, I also have disabled RT shadows temporarly until a fix as it is really distracting.

Same here, RT shadows just isn't useable as it is now. It's a shame, because they do look better (when you stand still at least).

 

[nesumisakano]

This DXR port really is a mess.
Compared it to 2077 RT shadows it cast all the way no matter how far the building/object is.

I hope they have an update ready in a few days(Not that Hotfix) before the year ends.

 

[John_Russell]

With the holidays I wouldn't count on it ..... I don't expect people to have to work extra hours for the next couple of weeks. I sent all my people home last Friday and they won't be back until January 3. I'm only available for dire emergencies

 

[Kreaoc99]

The Next Gen version of Witcher 3 looks absolutely amazing, but there are a lot of smaller and larger visual issues. ... Try walking around in forests and rural areas in clear sunlight (like in Velen), and the pop-in is very noticeable ...

I can confirm that. In the forest there are many objects where the shadow just pops in.
This is very noticeable when riding.
But it looks great

 

[mutantspicy]

Same for me. Thanks for the explanation. Very helpful.

 

[Kreaoc99]

That's one of the reasons I haven't played it yet. It just happens way too often. It catches the eye. Like in this video. The video is at the right time.

 

[Menno555]

Thought it was my rig causing it. But reading this, it isn't. Hope they fix it indeed because it's looking so bad