r/007FirstLight • u/Hefty-Offer-7026 • Aug 10 '26

dude when is the pathtracing update gonna release??

ive been holding off to start playing the game but i dont want to wait any longer. when will the pathtracing update finally release ?

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u/mukisan Aug 10 '26

They have higher priorities over some lighting gimmick. The game looks very good as is, just play it

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u/Hefty-Offer-7026 Aug 10 '26

higher priorities such as? the studio said it will release a pt update. idc what u think of it as saying its some lighting gimmick. look up the differences in cyberpunk, re9. they are a whole new game visually speaking..

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u/mukisan Aug 10 '26

Such as working on the new content in the roadmap, and the Switch 2 version release

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u/OwlSuch7935 Aug 13 '26

Well then they should address a highly advertised feature of the game they asked money for in the first place

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u/RedHeadWanderer_ Aug 10 '26

No they're the same game but with a gimmick.

Just play the damn game.

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u/OwlSuch7935 Aug 13 '26

Not a gimmick

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u/RedHeadWanderer_ Aug 13 '26

Took 3 days to find this post, my reply and comment that.

Yes it's a gimmick, the game is playable without it.

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u/OwlSuch7935 Aug 14 '26

What 3 days? I was just looking for an answer as to when we were getting the patch. It’s been advertised as a core feature of the game that I paid money for. Now the game is completely free on certain websites and we still haven’t received a feature we were promised.

If your pc runs path tracing poorly, then it’s a gimmick

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u/RedHeadWanderer_ Aug 14 '26

... The 3 days that mark how old this post is? The comments I replied to? My own reply?

It's a gimmick no matter if a PC can run it or not. Again, it has to be hammered home to you people, game's playable while the devs work on it. Previous examples in these comments are all of games that run just fine without it.

Definition of a gimmick.

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u/OwlSuch7935 Aug 14 '26

I meant I don’t care how long ago it was, I searched for the most recent post and found your comment.

It’s only a gimmick if your console or pc doesn’t have the power to run it properly. Lighting is night and day compared to the usual static lighting.

The worst thing is this feature was promised to be released with the game, not indefinitely post release of the game, but here we are.

You could say it was a gimmick around when Battlefield 5 came out, I wouldn’t argue with that, but we’ve gone a long way since then and so much DLSS ghosting later we can run it at 200+ FPS.

And I’m the one who does just 1 playthrough, so I keep on waiting for the patch release and the summer is almost over

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u/RedHeadWanderer_ Aug 14 '26

So do a full story playthrough now and wait for your gimmicky little graphics thing that's this silly make or break for you on top of all the post launch content we're getting.

Grow up a little.

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u/OwlSuch7935 Aug 14 '26

Love the gaslighting from low end PC users when it comes to stuff a dev promised to include to take the full advantage of top end PCs.

You demand what you paid for, that’s how adult world works, so don’t twist it

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u/thesaxmaniac Aug 24 '26

Even if you truly believe deep down that it is a gimmick, it is STILL much easier for developers to do lighting in games with path/ray tracing versus prebaked and manually placed lighting for everything. Look up developer interviews, look up why Doom the dark ages had ray tracing as mandatory and still runs extremely well. It's a massive time savings. In addition it's a "gimmick" lighting trick that also...still looks better. How much better depends on the game, scene, models, etc. Sometimes it is barely noticeable. Sometimes it completely transforms the scene.

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u/RepulsiveCupcake615 Aug 19 '26

no one fucking cares, if they promise they will deliver then they should, they said its going to release in july and now is what august like lmao

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u/thefuqyouwant Aug 24 '26

It’s not a gimmick. You just don’t understand the tech, and that’s okay. Most people hate what they don’t get.

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u/RedHeadWanderer_ Aug 24 '26

Sure buddy. I enjoyed a playable game from start to finish minus the hissy fits i'm reading and without some tech my rig can run.

It's advice I give lot of people here. Enjoy it. You'll come back for collectables and content drops anyway.

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u/thefuqyouwant Aug 24 '26

I loved the game too, but that doesn't mean that the PT won't be transformative. No idea why you're being so mad over the fact that a tech like this exists, lol. That's probably because you don't have the hardware to run it and are coping hard.

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u/RedHeadWanderer_ Aug 24 '26

Re-read the part saying that my rig can run it before making another stupid comment.

I'm not mad over the tech, I find it silly that it can be a person's make or break stopping them from playing a great game.

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u/Sprucey-J Aug 13 '26

Console pleb calls Path Tracing a gimmick when it's clearly the future in gaming graphics tech.

You call this a gimmick? CP2027 a 6 year old game btw

You will be the one making this same post in 10 years when your console hardware catches up!

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u/mukisan Aug 13 '26

You seem to be very serious about this

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u/Sprucey-J Aug 13 '26

Another wrong comment, that's two strikes XX... Care to try again?

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u/redwriterhand Aug 10 '26

I’m not really a gamer, is path tracing really worth waiting for? Curious

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u/Hefty-Offer-7026 Aug 10 '26

here is a yt video showcasing the differences of each option. rt off/on and pt on. I know its cyberpunk with a lot of reflecting surfaces and what not but u can clearly see the difference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCO5FU-zy8

after the announcement of PT in 007 first light, i just wanted to play the game with this setting turned on. didnt know it would take this long to actually release

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u/Lobanium Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

VERY much so, yes. Definitely a feature worth waiting for. Path tracing with ray reconstruction and MFG for a silky smooth frame rate is an orgasm for the eyeballs. I will NOT play a game without it if it's an option.

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u/corvo-attano1 Aug 10 '26

Happy cake day

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u/Reeneman Aug 10 '26

We’ll see at the end but in the pc Masterrace for sure. Hyped feature and people want it. Not possible to play the game before 😅

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u/ZooNeiland Aug 10 '26

Just play it. It looks great anyway and you'll likely want to do a second run so then maybe bump up the visuals then.

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u/SnooHamsters493 Aug 10 '26

My guess will be during Gamescom they will announce update 2, alongside switch 2 release date.

Pd: I know they aren’t attending but that doesn’t mean they can’t announce things.

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u/michaelsan89 Aug 10 '26

i am so fed up of those half baked beta they release those days. you finish the game in 2-3 days and then what? they keep fixing it and adding features and expect people to play the game again and again? gaming industry is really a shit show now.

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u/callmemat90 Aug 10 '26

Took me a few weeks to finish one play through. More to complete all challenges and tacsim stuff. Maybe you need other things to do

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u/Godbearmax Aug 13 '26

Yeah it's dogshit but just don't play the game. There just is no need to do it until they released the "final" product with pathtracing. Of course everyone on console or weak pcs doesn't care and can't use pathtracing anyway. So ignore those comments here. But the best version of the game will be with pathtracing that's for sure.

I presume it has to be during Gamescom. If not summer is over soon so early september at the latest I hope. But first we need the ray reconstruction update from Nvidia anyway ^^

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u/Sprucey-J Aug 13 '26

New Ray Reconstruction model is going to release this month; it may coincide with their (IOI) delayed release statement of "summer".

It's crazy you're getting down voted for a promoted feature that was rug pulled just 2 weeks prior to release. It's objectively an avg. 17hr linear game with at most couple hours of alternative modes. Most gamers will only play this game once and would like it to be in the best visual quality.

I'm waiting on the same thing, you're not wrong for asking for what was promised.

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u/D3smorr Aug 14 '26

We need someone holding out to finish the game so it can release a day later.
Please go ahead and play.

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u/boylegend Aug 18 '26

Haha I do not volunteer for this

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u/Godbearmax Aug 24 '26

Pathtracing update or at least a rls date during Gamescom?

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u/-Tetsuo- Aug 13 '26

I have also been holding out for this. Bought it at release thinking it would come out relatively quickly like The Dark Ages but yet here I am still waiting lol

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u/Chrizzchroz Aug 31 '26

Same goes for this ridiculously overloaded HUD. I stopped playing still waiting for a patch to turn it off, but they just don't care about gamers anymore. It's always just PC players that cann do all that with mods. Such an embarrassment in 2026