This is a fast raytracing implementation on PS1 hardware using Fixed Point arithmetics for computing all linear algebra operations, also utilizing some GTE operations. Inspired by Ray Tracing In One Weekend.
| Implementation | Time to render a frame (seconds) |
|---|---|
| Floating Point | 17 |
| Fixed Point | 1.5 |
Without fixed point operations, a single frame takes about 17 seconds to render!
I used PSn00bSDK for creating this project.
This program is tested on DuckStation PS1 emulator.
If you want to test it on a real PS1, you will need to mod it with a chip or using a modded memory card.
You can't use CD-RW because the PS1 laser reader cannot read it, use only good CD-R (Verbatim or Sony).
Download the latest release and burn .iso into a CD using any CD burner software.
This project is currently in development on Ubuntu (using WSL), Windows is not tested.
Steps for setting up environment:
- download last PSn00bSDK release
- open
sudo nano ~/.bashrc - add in the end of the file
export PS1_SDK_ROOT=/path/to/PSn00bSDK/root/folder source ~/.bashrc- clone the repository
https://github.com/SimoSbara/ps1-raytracing.git - execute cmake
cmake --preset default .
Now you can build the project with cmake --build ./build