AMD provided performance benchmarks for the game running at 1080p on a Ryzen 7 1800X processor paired with 16GB of RAM and a GeForce GTX 1080 graphics cards running on an ASUS Crosshair VI motherboard. With Rise of the Tomb Raider, Ryzen processors are getting a massive performance boost thanks to the new v770.1 patch.
That latest updates bring a huge performance uplift for Rise of the Tomb Raider and Pixologic’s ZBrush. Luckily, both AMD - with its microcode updates - and developers have been quick to bolster Ryzen’s gaming performance.
However, this was to be expected given that Ryzen is based on brand new Zen architecture and developers need time to optimize for the platform. Use this in conjunction with the Boolean system to engrave words and designs into surfaces.AMD got off to a bit of a shaky start when it launched its Ryzen processors with regards to gaming performance. This is invaluable for things like machine panel lines, for example.ģD Text and Vector Shape Creator enables you to easily create strings of text in ZBrush as 3D objects and you can even import a SVG file to generate a logo inside ZBrush. You can also cross over a stroke without adding buildup to the previous stroke. These brushes are particularly useful for applying things like overlapping scales or feathers to a surface and seeing immediate feedback in real-time.Īlpha 3D, meanwhile enables you to store any 3D object as an alpha and retain the ability to edit the orientation of the alpha at any time, effectively changing the alpha shape.Ī subtle yet wonderful addition, Lazymouse 2.0 and lazy snap enables you to continue a stroke or a pattern after stopping to rotate the model. This enables you to create brush libraries of a variety of teeth, horns, tentacles or any number of other complex forms you want to sculpt and store. Multiple instances can be stored in a similar manner to the Insert Multi Mesh brush. It allows for some fantastic new shapes to be sketched and eases the creation of highly complex surfaces. Think of this as a brush that uses a vector displacement map in place of an alpha. This works by generating a vector displacement of the mesh and storing this in a custom brush. This allows complex organic forms, including those with overlapping parts and backfaces, to be stored as brushes for use on other meshes. One new feature that is particularly exciting is the Vector Displacement Mesh. The Vector Displacement Mesh brushes in action This is very helpful for large models in which you may have a large variety of related tools (such as teeth, armour plates or claws) that you want to keep separate but would like to collapse in the display as to not crowd the SubTool menu. One wonderful aspect of the Boolean toolset is the ability to group SubTools into subgroups now. These Booleans are achieved through a rendering and display mode so they remain fully live and editable until the user chooses to collapse them into a final object, which will retain a highly workable topology.īooleans in ZBrush can be used with polymeshes, primitives, ArrayMeshes, and even NanoMeshes. Even noisemaker will be factored into the Booleans.Īny SubTools can be set to add, subtract, union or difference in any order effectively allowing for highly complex forms. The Boolean operators will respect poly meshes, primitives, NanoMeshes and Arrays. These Booleans are fast and fully editable until you choose to collapse them into new geometry.
The Boolean toolset enables the creation of complex shapes with unprecedented ease and speed using traditional Boolean operations.
These updates offer something to excite any user with new possibilities and smoother workflows. These additions provide a traditional method of moving SubTools in the world space and a powerful alternative to the Transpose tools. The gizmo and deformers will even respect masking across SubTools. You can now easily set the object centre, move multiple SubTools at once and even utilise a variety of deformers to further manipulate the shape of your objects. The new gizmo moves, scales and rotates objects in the ZBrush window. The most notable of these must be the inclusion of the long requested gizmo for object manipulation and a suite of deformers that respect the simultaneous manipulation of multiple SubTools.