Serious Sam TFE: Ray Traced. Update 1.4: Lens Flares

Update log

• lens flare rendering
• upscaling techniques:
  • AMD FSR
  • Nvidia DLSS
• fixed some sparkles in the reflections (e.g. on weapons)
• mirrors can have texture on them
• sadly, still no AMD support, sorry :(

Future updates?

• better light source sampling only when TSE will be in development
• but no plans for TSE for the near future :/

Presentation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFUwx8zLKfE

Installation

1. Unzip TFE_RT_Bin.zip into an empty folder

2. Unzip TFE_RT_Textures.zip to the same folder

   • This archive contains textures (upscaled/PBR)

3. Optionally download nvngx_dlss.dll and place into the Bin/ folder to use DLSS

4. Copy these original Serious Sam: The First Encounter files from the Steam folder:

   • Levels folder
   • 1_00_ExtraTools.gro
   • 1_00_music.gro
   • 1_00c.gro
   • 1_00c_Logo.gro
   • 1_00c_scripts.gro
   • 1_04_patch.gro

5. Launch Bin/SeriousSamTFE.exe

How to update

If you already have the previous version, you just need to:

1. Download TFE_RT_Bin.zip
2. Extract all files to the old folder, replacing the existing files

Warning

RivaTuner (or MSI Afterburner) may cause CRASHES, in that case, disabling them should help

Download

• TFE_RT_Textures.zip: https://github.com/.../v1.1/TFE_RT_Textures.zip (wasn't changed since the last release)
• TFE_RT_Bin.zip: https://github.com/.../v1.4/TFE_RT_Bin.zip or ⬇️