Modder ‘R3MIND_OFFICIAL’ has found a method to integrate Ray Tracing into Palworld by simply adjusting specific settings in the game’s configuration file or by downloading a specially modified config file. Players can now unlock these improved graphics thanks to R3MIND_OFFICIAL, who has showcased the impact of this tweak through comparison screenshots, revealing notably enhanced reflections and ambient occlusion, courtesy of the ray-traced effects.
Understanding that this tweak introduces only partial Ray Tracing effects is essential. As such, it doesn’t deliver the complete spectrum of Ray Tracing capabilities, and players might notice some minor visual irregularities due to the lack of native Ray Tracing support in Palworld. However, for those with advanced GPUs, this modification could significantly enhance their gaming experience.
In addition to Ray Tracing, this mod amplifies the quality of Global Illumination and PostFX effects and ensures the game runs on the DX12 API, elevating the overall visual quality.
Players keen to explore this visual upgrade can download the Ray Tracing Mod from here.
Mod Details
What it does?
- Enables some of the RayTracing functions
- Switches the rendering API from DirectX11 to DirectX12
- Increases the native rendering from 100% to 120% (you can adjust this value)*
- Removes some of the annoying fog (you can enable it back)**
- Improves the quality for some of the PostFX effects
- Brings the Anisotropic filtering level at x16
- Improves the Global Illumination quality
- And some more quality parameters..
*r.ScreenPercentage is the native rendering scale, a higher value will increase the quality (less aliasing) and WILL make your FPS drop.
**If you want to re-enable the fog then change r.Fog=0 to r.Fog=1
How to install?
- Navigate to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Pal\Saved\Config\Windows\
- Open and modify by yourself the Engine.ini file OR just replace it with the provided one.
