Reference Path Tracing

⭐ ⭐ (259 endorsements) 📥 40,295 downloads 📌 v0.1 📅 3/23/2026
🟡 Updated this year

By sosuinepsixuyu · Visuals and Graphics

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods 📅 Updated: 5/23/2026 📅 Created: 3/23/2026
⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
1🛠️ Cyber Engine Tweaks — Cyber Engine Tweaks (CET) Download ↗
2🛠️ RED4ext — RED4ext (native plugin loader) Download ↗
3🛠️ redscript — redscript (scripting framework) Download ↗
4🧩 ArchiveXL — ArchiveXL (archive loader) Download ↗
5🧩 TweakXL — TweakXL (tweak framework) Download ↗
6🧩 Codeware — Codeware (UI framework) Download ↗

Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
  • 🏆 #107 of 143 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Various tweaks to game's Path Tracing.

Disables two badly implemented features in order to fix two outstanding issues with local light sources:

  • []Direct light leaking. [/]

    []Indirect light dimming. [/]

Caps GI multipliers to 1. 0, so it doesn't reflect more light than it physically should. Adjusts albedo (de)modulation weight for ground-truth indirect lighting color.

The end result will appear darker in general and a bit more unstable in fully indirectly lit scenes compared to vanilla game.

You can override amount of rays and bounces in mod's settings. Game will use "brute-force" GI method as before 2. 0. Performance heavy. I'm using 2 rays 3 bounces for screenshots on the mod page. Not recommended without Ray Reconstruction.

Additional info:

  • []Any mod modifying the same variables is incompatible. [/]

    []If you're a collection author - restrain from adding this mod. It won't improve user experience and is meant mostly for players who want to push the limit of the game's PT implementation.[/]

📊 Mod Details

Game
Cyberpunk 2077 Mods
Author
sosuinepsixuyu
Version
0.1
Downloads
40,295
Endorsements
259
Category
Visuals and Graphics
Created
3/23/2026
Updated
5/23/2026

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