Generations Raytracing - Crisis City without Iblis

[@blueskythlikesclouds]

Hey, this mod is still in progress, if you want to see more, I frequently post images and videos of it on my Twitter: twitter.com/bsthlc Also, before you complain that day time lighting doesn't fit this stage, the mod is not going to come with this by default, it's just one of the many lighting choices you can pick for any level.

[@Zagareus]

Well without all the hellfire in the sky this is now just the average day in California.

[@TMcKeon408]

Just your average day in SF.

[@lionocyborg6030]

Or in this case Egypt given that’s where Soleanna is (likely a rebuilt Thonis which was basically Venice before it was cool, until it got destroyed & sank under the sea in a quake)

[@ItsJustGav_07]

​@@lionocyborg6030Soleanna is taken place in Venice Italy

[@lionocyborg6030]

@@ItsJustGav_07 No it doesn’t. It’s only based visually on Venice because that’s what people know. In reality, it’s supposed to be a futuristic version of Thonis, which was basically an Egyptian Venice. The real life Thonis doesn’t exist anymore because it was destroyed & sank in an earthquake: unlike Venice the city’s foundations were primitive. Not quite the flames of disaster as quakes aren’t usually volcanic but close enough. I mean, the Duat is where the lava, fire & brimstone version of hell came from: those of the damned who were “lucky” enough not to get their souls eaten by Ammit were tossed in a big lava lake, likely inspiring Abrahamic religions or at least the Christian idea of Hell later.

[@Sudipal_Dallacort]

You wanted to say Ohio?

[@KodyCrimson]

This is kinda how I wanted more places to look in Forces. It might be the middle of the day but the city is ablaze from war.

[@gameman5804]

As far as Sunset Heights is concerned though, I really couldn’t care in terms of the time of day.

[@boydixonentertainment]

And then Metropolis just looks like a regular city

[@Kompressor808]

​@boydixonentertainment it looks more futuristic in my opinion

[@ryannathaniel9296]

​@@boydixonentertainmentFor all we know, Metropolis could have been Eggman's city (not defending Forces tho)

[@boydixonentertainment]

@@ryannathaniel9296 I feel like there’d be way more Eggman symbolism if it was. Certainly feels like there should be way more destruction surrounding it if there’s a war going on.

[@thecaptain6520]

Mild Inconvenience City

[@Gamerturk]

12 years later, and Generations modding community keep on giving. Incredible... Cheers Skyth!

[@SonicTheBlueBlur15]

But will it work on sonicxshadow gens?

[@shreyashishmitra6196]

No as it is a seperate game it will only work from old sonic generation

[@JadenFox9]

would have to be redone or some kind of porting between the two, more likely the former

[@SaviorOfEdge]

@@SonicTheBlueBlur15only one way to find out

[@GoofyPoptart]

^^^^ That's if Sega keep's old Gen listed, They might remove it and replace with XShadow and if they do say goodbye to every mod.

[@emreekinci4258]

''yay we saved the city''

[@raikohzx4323]

All's well that ends well!

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Entertainment District be like:

[@spobsquare]

Just think what would happen if we didn’t tell people about the monster

[@TheLetterS_Rebooted]

i love how the new skybox kinda makes it look like the good future at the end of 06

[@chrishd659]

ngl this is how i saw the lightshafts and shadows mod back in 2013

[@AdachiSimp]

this is basically Silver's future after Blaze sacrificed herself. Just dealing with the remaining monsters.

[@VCofdaG]

My headcanon is that Empire City became Crisis City.

[@tailsfan10]

bUt iT's sUpPosSed tO bE SoLeAnNa-

[@bruhbuh32000]

​@@tailsfan10Wait, it is?!

[@tailsfan10]

@@bruhbuh32000 Yup, Soleanna New City. It's the second are in the game and it's basically the actual city

[@flufferoniman]

As someone who hasnt played the original gens, i cant tell you how much i want to play crisis city. I remember when i was little watching gameplay of this stage all the time. And now a i get a remaster and a separate game. Who wouldve thought

[@stanzacosmi]

I can't believe generations is the first sonic game to get raytracing and not the PS5 native one.

[@aluzion2616]

Crysis City ❌ Destoryed Town ✅

[@ataladin87]

This actually looks gorgeous because of the lighting.

[@Musicbelu]

Crisis city NAH we got DAY CITY

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

It's cool seeing this level in the day time

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Reject Raytracing, embrace BLAST PROCESSING

[@vani-lla]

Raytracing stole my husband.

[@TusharSundarka]

This is insane well done man

[@DeathXGamer]

low key with daylight, gives me Darksiders vibes

[@smugsneasel]

Ah yes, California Zone.

[@Thaumiel98]

The whole city is less on fire!

[@ginnnnnn00]

cant wait to install this when it releases and see how unleashed project looks

[@jamesdeanrodriguez1791]

Bro predicted the future 💀

[@hotel_arcadia]

I feel like this is one of the rare instances where the game's original graphics were so good, that raytracing isn't even necessary.

[@Kahunaseb]

This looks awesome

[@GhostLordRetro]

TBH, I honestly thought you stopped working on this mod in favor of other stuff for Frontiers. Glad to know this is still being worked on!

[@wildeyedduck]

I’m starting to imagine doing the Crisis City missions with this lighting.

[@Mohamed58290]

Why does this look like dmc 5 😂

[@joespeed1952]

Now *THIS* is what gens should look like if remade.

[@ThisisTheUltimate]

Stop using the engine made for Sonic games to look like Pixar Movies and just use ray tracing? Remove the red sky of Crisis City? Nah, I'm good

[@RandomGreenKirb]

​@@ThisisTheUltimateyeah but still they are arresting shadow x sonic gens are a remaster when it looks the exact same as the current pc version they should have atleast done something like this

[@melan8ed197]

average commute during arizona summers

[@MANGOM1LK]

this is ridiculously fucking cool

[@trickstercj4366]

I can at least say this looks infinitely better than sonic adventure rtx

[@tailsfan10]

Basically where Silver was before Solaris and after Blaze left

[@Starz5211]

Iblis is still there it just got sunny 😭

[@SB-ex8nt]

So interesting! Is it possible to show off the stage at nighttime with Flame Core's auroras?

[@DanRockProductions]

what the fuck this is amazing

[@GiygasUCD]

Looks nice, but the clear blue sky kinda hurts the original vibe of the stage

[@kaxcommentssomethingREAL]

agreed

[@AverGaby]

the real sonic generations remaster

[@miadatenshi9903]

Silver: Thanks for everything Blaze....oh I'll have to rebuilt all this myself? And where's everybody else? Guys, Iblis is defeated...um...anyone?

[@DLGanimator]

Crisis city act 3 (unleashed reference)

[@404Velox]

Crisis city looking a lot more like Abandoned city

[@mesomena]

Crisis City looking more like City now

[@Wulfxous]

Well it’s Called “Just Devastated City”

[@JTthrowback]

This is what Sega fears of after 2008

[@jnebby396]

its always sunny in philadelphia

[@Plastino2]

This is epic imagine this but with Speed highway 😮 and reshade too, it would be Poggrs na jk jk, keep going mannn!! Also, did you upscale the textures to higher Quality??

[@Onaterdem]

As a matter of fact, no, he didn't :) It's DLSS magic. DLSS renders the game at a lower resolution, then uses AI to fill in the missing details. Since DLSS has been trained on very high resolution images, it automatically "imagines" higher quality textures when filling in the blanks (upscaling the image). A very surprising, and very welcome side effect of AI upscaling. Edit: Source: I too noticed higher quality textures and asked him if he did something with anisotropic filtering. He said it was DLSS only.

[@Plastino2]

@@Onaterdem wow, dlss is really cool!! I heard something like that in the past. There is a Lot of work here man! I see a good future for this project. Keep going guys ❤️

[@Onaterdem]

@@Plastino2 Haha I shouldn't take credit, I'm not involved in development, just the occasional testing :) But thanks nonetheless

[@Plastino2]

@@Onaterdem You are welcome, doesn't matter if You are there to test or not, if You are his friend and give ideas or just be there it's more than enough.

[@Chiko27]

It looks better than frontiers hehe :P

[@victorsoares7479]

Essa fase mostra como daria pra fazer um ótimo remake de sonic 2006

[@RichardTaylor-ht1qd]

verdade

[@nwcr_]

Has potential, but doesnt really fit the mood

[@barneyjuniorYT]

Thats beautiful

[@ahhazgaming600]

Now it look like the potential of hedgehog engine 2

[@JakeTylenol]

It looks to bright. There’s so much fire and brim stone but the sky isn’t ash covered?

[@mediamuncher69]

Good future?

[@scpturb]

Nope, still bad lol

[@mediamuncher69]

@@scpturb oh...Rip.

[@shitpostingdragon2370]

My brother in crust this is just Phoenix Arizona.

[@j.c.p.l2.081]

Sorry, mr Skyth Can you make a mod that improves the Time Eater boss?

[@dreamnail]

Wtf happening in Florida

[@Andyorsomething]

does this mod utilize rtx remix in any way or form?

[@blueskythlikesclouds]

NAUR

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

...god the fire looks so out of place. If there were signs of an earthquake or maybe the planet split again from dark gaia, then I'd legitimately buy it....

[@Thewaterspirit57]

they could probably do this in Shadow X Sonic generations :P the game is getting some updates here and there to fit modern consoles (excluding the switch, cuz it can't do ray tracing lol)

[@leonardowynnwidodo9704]

If Iblis were excluded, then wouldn’t his monsters be nonexistent too?

[@boltdoublet]

Ok, gotta ask, why are random parts of the geometry just red? Windows, 1-ups, the entire ending segment, ect... Is this a glitch with the mod?

[@ChronoRevers]

Now with Iblis

[@heyitsgabe1093]

I mean, this is impressive technologically, but wow was crisis city not the stage to use if you wanted to show it off

[@mikaylaakridge4635]

What stage(s) do you suggest would be better?

[@heyitsgabe1093]

@@mikaylaakridge4635 This would probably look its best on seaside

[@justho9215]

A N I M E

[@RetroGamerVR]

I bet sonic x shadow generations on ps5 is gonna have the same graphics

[@adina-the-nerd]

This doesn't look like Ray tracing. Or at least it doesn't have the artifacting ray tracing normally has Also if you could make Sonic's jumping change the lighting around him that would be cool.

[@Thewaterspirit57]

Also everything is a bit too... blue for a city thats on fire 💀

[@skep2139]

Fucking goated

[@SSL_2004]

This blue sky ruins the vibe of the stage ngl.

[@fandomlover6778]

Please play this mod as silver

[@moister3727]

this looks like venezuela

[@alannd6104]

luce similar a los shaders de sonic unleahsed 😮

[@CarbonSaturn]

westopolis

[@hansmoleman2666]

So it's like, normal Crisis City except it's hard to see because you got rid of the lighting designed specfically made for the level... wow awesome... the power of raytracing... maybe one day someone will actually put the technology to use on something that isn't shitter than whatever it's replacing.

[@sameergill-raza711]

California Edition

[@SkychinEzuk]

Russian roads be like

[@F0nnmcguy8]

"City"

[@Scari1893wheniwasborn]

I wannit

[@Alexifeu]

i absolutely hate it why tf do the boosters do noit move what in the hell is this the boosters are supposed to move it looks so so bad

[@blueskythlikesclouds]

Chill, I already fixed that

[@xzddarkmatter698]

fucking hater

[@AgentNibbles]

Not a big fan of the lighting. IDK the original lighting should of just been enhanced instead of adding regular day time lighting. Kind of ruins the aesthetic of this was the end of the world with how darkly clouded the sky was with an orange hue from everything burning.

[@blueskythlikesclouds]

The day time is one of the many lighting choices you can pick. The mod is not going to come with this by default.

[@SlushiiPls]

atleast used like 60mpbs if u wanna upload a fucking quality showcase, how am i supposed to see if the screen is full of pixels

[@blueskythlikesclouds]

That's from a lack of denoiser, not the YT bitrate.