

On PC, however, Elden Ring will need to compile/ install shaders upon the first launch after downloading the update - a common occurrence with most modern PC games. That's because the PS5 version comes with precompiled shaders, which are ready to go once downloaded and installed.


McDonald, who rose to prominence by creating the much-needed Bloodborne 60fps mod, notes that the PS5 ray-tracing patch is larger, coming in at 5GB, while the PC update is merely 200MB in size. There are no ray-traced reflections either and most visible changes are only seen outdoors, eliminating glowy edges on nearby rocks. While Elden Ring's settings menu does include a ray-tracing toggle, there are no options for Nvidia DLSS or AMD's upscaling options to ensure better framerates when playing on high-fidelity graphics settings. The feature is now live on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X, with renowned Dark Souls modder Lance McDonald affirming that it's unfortunately limited to ray-traced shadows and ambient occlusion. That said, it appears to be in testing and could possibly be ready for prime time by the time that the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S launch on November 10th.Elden Ring has finally received its long-promised ray-tracing update, courtesy of patch 1.09. TgmO3rfUBkĪt the time of writing, Microsoft had yet to make official announcements or statements about the feature, so we can’t be totally sure when or if it will roll out to the public. Now I can either purchase a 💿 version or the digital one. For now, you need Xbox (beta) Android app to initiate the download. Here's proof that I didn't preorder Valhalla, but I can install it through the new Xbox preload functionality. Writer Jerko Cilas demonstrated the feature on Twitter: Any effort to remove that hurdle is a welcome one, and with video game sizes certain to grow even larger as developers aim for 4K resolution and higher frame rates, the last thing anyone is going to want to do when they buy a new game is sit around for 4 hours waiting for a 100GB file to download and install. The concept of preloading games isn’t exactly new, but the ballooning size of games in recent years has become an annoying hurdle for many gamers, especially those with slower internet speeds.
