Elden Ring Update Hints At Sweet Ray Tracing Effects And New DLC Maps
While the game's 1.07 patch was originally meant to separate PvP and PvE balance changes, other gems were found as well. On Twitter, a dataminer named Lance McDonald found some memory locations that held a string that invokes a raytracing warning. In the case of Elden Ring, the warning is that turning on the feature is intended to lock all other performance features in favor of quality.
I was able to enable Ray Tracing in the latest Elden Ring update with a small patch to the executable. However it seems to be completely broken for now, I assume some shaders missing or something. (I’m using a GeForce RTX 2070super) pic.twitter.com/bBbFWFXlqN
— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) October 14, 2022
So what does it do? Well, nothing yet, according to the data miner who managed to get the option showing in his copy. He points out that it is likely there are no raytracing shaders for the title yet. That doesn't mean it won't ever happen, though. Sony's PlayStation 5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series S|X both support raytracing, as do most modern GPUs after all. So why not turn it on? The only platforms it was released for that don't support the feature are any PCs that don't have the hardware, Playstation 4, and Xbox One.
Not only is there references to prettier game engine effects, but there is also reference to new DLC maps. Data Minter Sekiro Dubi pointed out that there are map labels that start with m20 for maps that haven't been seen before. Dubi noted that m20 is legacy labeling, but there are also labels for maps that are labeled with m45, which hasn't been seen before. Implying that there could potentially be DLC coming up.
Image of a Dining Hall in Elden Ring, maybe we'll see raytracing here one day
