The project manager Nikita Buyanov from Escape from Tarkov reports to the community via Facebook post and describes the upcoming graphics update and the future plans of the Battlestate Games studio for the survival shooter.
Graphics update: Beautiful apocalypse
In the attachment of the post there were six new screenshots from Escape from Tarkov, which should show the new, better quality of the graphics.
According to Nikita, development is in full swing. The team was increased to 70 employees in order to better coordinate and manage the work. For this purpose the game development was divided into different phases and modules. This includes an online test of the server and a performance optimizer.
In order to make it clear what is behind the graphics update, the developers have summarized all changes in a list.
Ambient Light Portals (lighting in buildings and rooms)
New SSAO (surrounding obscuration)
Improved shaders based on PBR (physically based rendering)
Full and improved sky lighting with day and night cycle
Contact ambient obscurance
New tone mapping
Eye adjustment
Improved SSR (Screen Space Reflection)
New color adjustment
Revised and improved textures of characters, weapons and objects
Improved terrain and vegetation
The update should be implemented in the game with the next alpha patch. However, it is not known exactly when this will appear.
Upcoming Updates - What To Expect Closed Alpha Players
In addition to the impressive update of the graphics, which will be added in an unknown time, the players of the Closed Alpha from Escape from Tarkov can expect a lot more, according to the developer.
According to the developers, the fear that the graphics update would worsen performance is unfounded. In addition to improving the visuals, they also focused on optimizing the game to avoid loss of frame rate.
Further contents of the next updates are, for example, a stress test for all online services in the game, a test module for quests and skill systems and new weapons and animations.
The developers also promise a lot more content, which they do not want to deal with at the moment.
