Auto-exposure now reacts faster to sudden lighting changes (e.g., looking from a dark cave to bright sky).
Version 0.17.0.2 is being hailed as a "stable" milestone. If you previously found the shader too "fidgety" or prone to crashing your game, this is the version to jump back in with. It provides a much cleaner baseline for creating presets in games like Skyrim, GTA V, or The Witcher 3. How to Install Ensure you have the latest version of ReShade installed.
While the jump from 0.16 to 0.17 was substantial, the 0.17.0.2 release focuses on polishing the ray marching core and improving user experience. Here are the key highlights: rtgi 0.17.0.2 release
RTGI is a post-processing shader created for ReShade. It injects software-based ray tracing into almost any 3D game. By reading the game's depth buffer, the shader calculates how light should bounce, scatter, and cast shadows in real time.
Because it relies on screen-space data, objects hidden behind the camera or blocked by the user interface will not contribute to the lighting equation. However, the blending algorithms in 0.17.0.2 mitigate this limitation seamlessly, ensuring that light transitions remain smooth as the camera rotates. To optimize your specific configuration, let me know: Which you are modding? What GPU you are using? If you need help fixing depth buffer issues? Auto-exposure now reacts faster to sudden lighting changes
Pascal Gilcher’s Ray Traced Global Illumination (RTGI) shader has completely transformed the PC gaming landscape. It allows players to inject modern, hardware-agnostic ray-traced lighting into legacy and modern titles alike via ReShade. The launch of the RTGI 0.17.0.2 release marks a major milestone in this journey. This update introduces critical stability fixes, massive performance optimizations, and structural enhancements that refine how light bounces, shadows form, and ambient occlusion settles in your favorite game worlds.
Note: The 0.17.0.2 update generally recovers 3% to 5% performance compared to older 0.16 or early 0.17 beta builds due to its smarter temporal caching. How to Install and Configure RTGI 0.17.0.2 It provides a much cleaner baseline for creating
Unlike hardware-native ray tracing (like Nvidia RTX or AMD DXR) which builds a BVH structure of the entire 3D world, ReShade RTGI operates as a . It intercepts the game's depth buffer (the data showing how far objects are from the camera) and casts virtual rays across the pixels visible on your screen.
For enthusiasts of PC gaming graphics, few tools have made as significant an impact as by Pascal Gilcher, also known as Marty McFly. This powerful ReShade shader has long been celebrated for its ability to inject dynamic, realistic ray-traced lighting into older and contemporary games, delivering visuals that often rival—and sometimes surpass—native implementations.
The release of RTGI 0.17.0.2 marks a major milestone for real-time ray-traced global illumination in modern PC gaming. Developed by Pascal Gilcher (McFlyPG), this Screen Space Ray Traced Global illumination (SSRTGI) shader for ReShade completely changes how legacy and modern titles handle lighting. By injecting path-traced lighting into games without native ray tracing support, this update provides enthusiasts with unprecedented visual fidelity. Technical Enhancements and Performance Optimization
Enhanced algorithms to reduce the "flickering" or grainy noise common in software-based ray tracing solutions.
