NVIDIA wants to give even more control to game modders
In case you are not familiar with NVIDIA RTX Remix, it’s is a modding platform for remastering older PC games that use DirectX 8 or DirectX 9. It focuses on upgrading visuals by swapping in new materials and assets, then relighting the scene with path tracing while the game is running.
RTX Remix is split into a Runtime and a Toolkit. The Runtime sits alongside the game and intercepts rendering so it can capture scenes, replace selected assets, and output a new render. The Toolkit is the editor where a creator builds the mod, sets up replacements, adjusts materials to PBR, and rebuilds lighting for path traced rendering. The Runtime also uses a bridge design so a 32-bit game can work with a 64-bit process, which helps with memory headroom for higher resolution assets.
NVIDIA has just announced an update for RTX Remix called “Logic”, which will allow modders to ‘remix’ effects in realtime:
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RTX Remix Logic builds on that by adding event-driven controls for visuals. Instead of a static look that is always on, a mod can react to what the game is doing. Logic is a no-code, node-based system that connects triggers to actions, so a creator can switch or blend visual states based on in game conditions.
NVIDIA says Logic supports 30-plus event types, such as camera state, object state, time flow, world bounds, and key presses. Those triggers can drive hundreds of Remix settings. The examples focus on context, like snow and fog that only apply outdoors, a night vision look that turns on during a zoom state, or effects that ramp when an enemy is near but outside the player’s view.
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Logic does not replace gameplay scripting, and it does not change how the original game systems behave. It expands what a Remix mod can do on the visual side by making lighting, weather, post-processing, and other rendering controls respond to real gameplay events.
NVIDIA says RTX Remix Logic is coming in a RTX Remix update later this month via the NVIDIA app.
Source: NVIDIA
