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| core:vulkanrenderer [30/07/2022 18:27] – [Compatibility / Important Notes] admin | core:vulkanrenderer [27/10/2022 09:16] (current) – [Compatibility / Important Notes] admin |
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| <alert type="warning">This feature is not present in RW Enhancer 2 yet but will be included soon.</alert> | |
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| =====Description===== | =====Description===== |
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| * Please ensure that your graphic card/GPU drivers are up to date. The Vulkan renderer requires recent GPU drivers to be installed. | * Please ensure that your graphic card/GPU drivers are up to date. The Vulkan renderer requires recent GPU drivers to be installed. |
| * RW Enhancer 2 HUD can't be used **yet** when Train Simulator is in raw "FullScreen" display mode. Please select "Borderless" or "Windowed" mode if you want to use Vulkan and RW Enhancer 2. | * RW Enhancer 2 HUD can't be used **yet** when Train Simulator is in raw "FullScreen" display mode. Please select "Borderless" or "Windowed" mode if you want to use Vulkan and RW Enhancer 2. |
| * Due to the nature of how the Vulkan renderer is working, the "Reshade" or "SweetFX" programs are not working with this Vulkan renderer. If you try to enable the Vulkan renderer, reshade/sweetfx files will be overridden. | * Due to how the Vulkan renderer is working, the "Reshade" or "SweetFX" programs are not working with this Vulkan renderer. If you try to enable the Vulkan renderer, reshade/sweetfx files will be overridden. |
| | * You might need to clic one time anywhere on the screen at the beginning of a drive session if you want the RWE 2 HUD to appear. Same when you have done a drive session for the RW Enhancer 2 window to reappear on the screen. (this may be fixed in the future) |
| <callout type="info" title="Please Note" icon="true">Once enabled in RW Enhancer 2, the Vulkan renderer can be used even if you are playing Train Simulator without RW Enhancer 2. Just like RW Enhancer 2 shaders effects.</callout> | |
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| =====Setup===== | =====Setup===== |
| If Vulkan renderer is not working well on your PC, then just disable the same option and the default DirectX 9 renderer will be restored. Simple and easy ! | If Vulkan renderer is not working well on your PC, then just disable the same option and the default DirectX 9 renderer will be restored. Simple and easy ! |
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| <callout type="info" title="Please Note" icon="true">When enabled, the Vulkan renderer do not delete/overwrite any Train Simulator file, making this feature quite safe to use.</callout> | <callout type="info" title="Please Note" icon="true">When enabled, the Vulkan renderer doesn't delete/overwrite any Train Simulator file, making this feature quite safe to use.</callout> |
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| | <callout type="info" title="Please Note" icon="true">Once enabled in RW Enhancer 2, the Vulkan renderer can be used even if you are playing Train Simulator without RW Enhancer 2. Just like RW Enhancer 2 shaders effects.</callout> |
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| =====Pros and Cons===== | =====Pros and Cons===== |
| ^ Pros ^ Cons ^ | ^ Pros ^ Cons ^ |
| | Modern renderer and better supported by recent GPU drivers | May not work correctly on old hardware/GPU | | | Modern renderer and better supported by recent GPU drivers | May not work correctly on old hardware/GPU | |
| | Can give up to ~30% framerate boost when driving on complex routes with a lot of 3D geometry/3D vegetation | Framerate may be a little bit worse than default TS renderer in some cases (but framerate will be more stable). Will be improved in the future with updates | | | Can give up to ~15% framerate boost when driving on complex routes with a lot of 3D geometry/3D vegetation | Framerate may be a little bit worse than default TS renderer in some cases (but framerate will be more stable). Will be improved in the future with updates | |
| | More stable framerate with less micro-freezes and micro framerate hiccups | RW Enhancer 2 HUD not displayed when using raw fullscreen display mode in Train Simulator (Borderless fullscreen or windowed display mode must be used) | | | More stable framerate with less micro-freezes and micro framerate hiccups | RW Enhancer 2 HUD not displayed when using raw fullscreen display mode in Train Simulator (Borderless fullscreen or windowed display mode must be used) | |
| | Better GPU/CPU usage and reduce/eliminate TS crashes when alt-tabbing and such operations | May be incompatible for now with some special technologies like Nvidia DLSS... | | | Better GPU/CPU usage and reduce/eliminate TS crashes when alt-tabbing and such operations | May be incompatible for now with some special technologies like Nvidia DLSS... | |