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Trending News:Trump heads to high-stakes summit in ChinaGoogle’s Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they’re coming this yearTargeted promotions ‘influential’ in luring Melbourne man who gambled $895,000 back to betting apps, inquest hears | GamblingBlue Jays vs. Rays: Toronto rally hits the wall in extra inningsWrexham: Beyond the Hollywood story, what are the club building?Australia, Canada and New Zealand release statement following APEC Ministerial Meetings in Jeju, Korea, on Russia’s illegal invasion of UkraineIndia’s RBI Governor Sees Fuel Price Hike If Oil Stays HighRemarkably Bright Creatures has arm up on Emmys competitionCorsair Discount Code: 50% Off on Gaming Gear in May 2026Inside look at quarantine facility for cruise ship passengers12-Year High: Boeing Records Its Strongest Opening To A Year Since 2014Disinflation disappearsMikisew Cree First Nation sues Alberta, feds over industrial development impactsHead beneath the waves and pull up “corpses from an oil-drenched nightmare” in the ocean-fear inducing KEROGENFHCM & Camera della Moda Unveil Joint ESG Framework for Fashion SupplyAs Becerra Rises in Polls, He Draws Fire for Trying to Direct InterviewReport: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbitBrad Raffensperger became famous by defying Trump. Now he wants Georgia Republicans to forget thatScottie Scheffler or Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth’s Slam chances and sleeper contendersUS tariff whiplash pushed toy factory in China to brink of collapseToronto looks to partner with GTA paramedic services during World CupPatients of retired dentist warned of bloodborne viruses, including HIVChina’s Great Wall is being restored one brick at a timeA Shift in Ukraine – The New York TimesExperts believe breakthrough in US fentanyl crisis may have started in China | FentanylDOJ Extracts $30m Settlement From PayPal Over Minority-Owned Business ProgramCanada Gazette – Part I, July 2, 2022, Vol. 156, No. 27Women in technical industries face rising burnout, leadership pressuresStrathcona County votes to keep integrated emergency services with a tax increaseJake Lintott: Kent sign Warwickshire spinner on loanTrump says Dr. Marty Makary will leave role as FDA commissionerDark Souls 2 path tracing mod is now available for all, and yes, it inevitably makes the game harderFirst openly gay NBA player Jason Collins dies at 47‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’ Is Short, Bloody and Basically Serves One PurposeFighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile State displaces thousands | Sudan warNo new illnesses after postponement of Montreal-Minnesota PWHL playoff game, league saysDoes cocokind’s Ceramide Barrier Serum Really Work? 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Back in February some amazing footage emerged of path tracing implementation in Dark Souls 2. At the time I was pretty impressed, but I didn’t have my fingers crossed that the ambitious mod—which is an update to the beloved DS2Lighting Engine Mod—would be available to the public anytime soon.
I was wrong: the DS2LightingEngine mod on Nexus Mods was updated today with path tracing implemented. It’s compatible with the Scholar of the First Sin version of Dark Souls 2.
The mod actually released on Discord late last month but is now more widely available on Nexus for people who might not be actively following its development. It’s a beta, so you should expect some hiccups here and there, but it’s an impressive feat and it brings the often scrappy-looking RPG to life.
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It’s worth pointing out, as per mod creator Ragevitamins on the DSLightingEngine Disord, that path tracing will inevitably make Dark Souls 2 more challenging, which I’m sure is music to the ears of sickos the world around. If there aren’t light sources the game’s going to be dark, meaning you’ll need to use in-game light items like Prism Stones, torches, or the Cast Light spell if you can’t see anything. “If there is a cave without [a] possible light source, it means you must be prepared for the dark.”
That’s fine: if you don’t want punishing realistic lighting the earlier, non-path tracing version of the mod is still available on Nexus. But if you do use path tracing, Dark Souls 2’s once-touted survival elements come to life with tech that FromSoftware would not have had access to in 2014.
While development continues—this new version of the mod is after all in beta—it’s a great result for Dark Souls 2, which the modding community has obsessed over for 12 years by dint of its famously lacklustre launch state. Pre-release footage of the original game showed dynamic lighting the likes of which was completely absent in the final game; modders have not only added those features over time, but improved on them exponentially.
If you want to see the mod in action, YouTube LobosJr demonstrates it, with the added bonus of having a randomisation mod installed:
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