Better visual mini patch - 0.8.3.3 — YAR: Forgotten Throne Steam update #1050187

Well, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? 🙂I couldn’t resist and decided to release another small patch — but one that I believe is important for the overall...

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YAR: Forgotten Throne (2669860)
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Published
26 January 2026 - 16:22:21 UTC
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Well, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? 🙂I couldn’t resist and decided to release another small patch — but one that I believe is important for the overall visual perception of the game, especially since atmosphere is absolutely crucial here.The new rendering method gave us a significant performance boost, made the image cleaner and less blurry, and added more depth to textures. However, since it doesn’t support SSAO, it also introduced an issue with “floating objects” and a flatter-looking image.This was especially noticeable in interiors. If you look closely, you could see that objects lacked shadows underneath them — something that never happens in real life. As a result, objects appeared to be hovering in the air.In this patch, I addressed this by adding Ambient Occlusion via post-processing, which essentially creates fake contact shadows around objects.The difference is immediately visi...

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