NVIDIA just made one of its most powerful creator tools open-source, meaning modders are now able to add ray-tracing to classic older games like Half-Life 2.
According to the announcement (opens in new tab) on the Nvidia News page, mod creators can now use the platform to "remaster classic DirectX 8 and 9 games with path tracing, NVIDIA DLSS, AI-enhanced textures, and user-created assets."
This means some of the best classic PC games might be in for a modern facelift – starting with Half-Life 2, as shared by Twitter user LambdaGeneration (opens in new tab).
"Nvidia just open-sourced their Portal RTX Remix Runtime for the modding community to use. This allows modders to add ray tracing to existing Source games/mods without changes to runtime," they said. "Modder igorzdrowowicz (opens in new tab) has already got this working on Half-Life 2 and it looks stunning." Honestly? We have to agree.
Our own team (@DavidB737) just got RTX Remix runtime working on @BlackMesaDevs in just a couple of hours
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