Hello everyone! Today, we would like to give you a first look at the changes that v1.5 will introduce to INSOMNIA. One of the greatest things about the 4.21.2 version of the Unreal Engine 4 is DirectX 12 support which brings dramatic changes to the appearance of in-game locations (click on the thumbnails below for full resolution):
As you can see, the lighting effects have been improved drastically, making Object 6 look and feel more realistic and sinister than ever before. You can also expect DirectX 11 support, even though INSOMNIA worked only with DirectX 10 initially:
One other thing we are really happy with is the texture streaming feature that fixes the missing textures issue that some of you have experienced before:
As more tests of v1.5 are carried out, we will be able to give you additional details regarding performance optimization.
Stay tuned for next week’s update!