v.1.6.0

Summary

• Quality and performance (10-15%) improvements
• DirectX Shader Execution Reordering preview example
• Refactoring, bug fixes, optimizations

Details

• Updated to latest Streamline v2.7.30, which among other things brings DLSS-RR Preset E with significant improvements to image stability and quality
• Updated to latest DirectX Shader Compiler v1.8.2505, which is now downloaded via CMake script
• Added ability to optionally download and integrate DirectX AgilitySDK via CMake script
• Added DirectX Shader Execution Reordering code path example - this requires DirectX AgilitySDK 717-preview and special graphics driver, see README.md for details
• All ray tracing shaders are now compiled at runtime, allowing for a higher number of permutations, which allows shader specialization based on settings and enabled features; this helps with performance, complexity and unlocks future upgrades
• New material saving/loading to support sharing of materials between scenes and future work
• Various performance and quality improvements with NEE-AT light importance sampling
• Various image quality & correctness bugfixes
• Bloom effect & placeholders for post-process effects
• Minor tweaks to scene materials
• UI upgrades, zoom-tool for zooming in screen region (Ctrl+Z) and few other debugging improvements
• Various misc optimizations for a total combined performance boost of around 10-15%