Alpha Piscium v1.8.0

Highlights

• Diffuse GI overhaul with ReSTIR SSGI
• Denoiser overhaul with ReBLUR-based denoiser

New

• Integrated Shadesmith for shader release optimization
• Added translucent absorption saturation setting

Improvement

• Diffuse GI overhaul with ReSTIR SSGI
• Denoiser overhaul with ReBLUR-based denoiser
• Optimized various passes with custom Z-order thread group tiling
• Optimized various passes's VRAM bandwidth usage
• Optimized Hi-Z SST
• Replaced imageLoad with texelFetch for performance
• Refactored post-processing pipeline
• Improved HiZ mip tiles
• Enhanced TAA with more filter options
• Improved TAA sharpness, reduced motion blur and ghosting
• Improved image sharpening
• Updated default tonemap setting
• Migrated various images to Shadesmith tiles
• Improved bloom stability
• Tweaked auto exposure
• Tweaked emissive default settings
• Adjusted translucent SST thickness factor for less flickering and false hits
• Removed unused skylut

Fix

• Fixed backward SST (Screen-Space Tracing) near camera
• Fixed HiZ backward tracing failing in some cases
• Fixed missing sky reflection at night
• Fixed ghosting over sky
• Fixed cloud curl noise default strength
• Fixed incorrect cloud multiple scattering math

Misc

• Updated build scripts to include branch names in zip files
• Updated release script to support beta releases on dev branch
• Improved shift-program script to handle different worlds and no-suffix passes
• Removed old unused CAS code
• Added dynamic range to debug text