The only Chinese element at the Apple press conference? Nishuihan mobile game is the first to support ray tracing on iPhone 15

Nishuihan mobile game is the first to support ray tracing on iPhone 15 at Apple press conference

【Phoneauto News】According to previous reports, NetEase’s flagship martial arts game “Nishuihan” mobile game has announced cooperation with multiple chip and mobile phone manufacturers to optimize performance and improve visuals. For example, through cooperation with Qualcomm, hardware ray tracing based on Qualcomm chips has been achieved, with graphics quality comparable to PC games; through joint research and development with MediaTek, VRS (Variable Rate Shading) technology has been introduced, significantly reducing power consumption without compromising graphics quality; through deep cooperation with Huawei, targeted optimization based on Kirin 9000s has been implemented, allowing the Mate60 series phones, which are still in the release period, to have a “far leading” performance in running the “Nishuihan” mobile game.

It can be said that, apart from the Apple series, the “Nishuihan” mobile game has collaborated with almost all other mobile platforms. And in the early morning of today, the “Nishuihan” mobile game made an appearance at the Apple launch event, with a striking Chinese character “” becoming a rare Chinese element icon at the event. At the same time, the “Nishuihan” mobile game announced today: it will be the first to support ray tracing and real-time global illumination on the new iPhone 15 series phones, and released a demo video of ray tracing levels recorded on an iPhone. Moreover, ray tracing support will not be limited to the new 15 series phones, but also include the iPhone 14, 14 Pro Max with A16 chips, and the iPad Pro with M2 chips.

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As a result, the “Nishuihan” mobile game has basically gathered all the mainstream mobile chips and conducted in-depth optimization, achieving “collecting all achievements” in the mobile phone market.

The performance optimization and visual improvement of the “Nishuihan” mobile game will never stop, and cooperation with various chip and mobile phone manufacturers is in full swing.

For example, as we introduced last week, Huawei is a very important strategic technology partner for us. Even during the development period before the release of the Huawei Mate60 series phones, engineers from NetEase Leihuo and Huawei have already collaborated to complete the adaptation of the game “Nishuihan” on the new phone. The technical teams from both sides are now communicating and collaborating more closely to provide deep targeted optimization for “Nishuihan” players.

“Nishuihan” mobile game has completed the adaptation for Huawei Mate 60 series phones ahead of time.

Due to factors such as high game quality, support for MMO multiplayer open world, powerful and abundant combat and movement systems, as well as a large amount of game content, “Nishuihan” has brought about a huge amount of computational, display, and information synchronization pressure, posing a greater challenge to our performance optimization work!

Therefore, performance optimization has been one of the most important tasks for the “Nishuihan” team since its launch. We have formed the most experienced group of program experts within NetEase (and the team is still expanding), collaborating with engineers from various mobile phone manufacturers to continuously conduct comprehensive performance optimization using various advanced methods. We strive to minimize lag, reduce heat generation, increase the duration of mobile gameplay, and improve the smoothness of gameplay, while still enjoying immersive high-quality sound and visuals.

Thanks to a large amount of optimization work over the past few months and various updates, compared to its performance at launch, the “Nishuihan” mobile game has made significant improvements in smooth operation and reduced heat generation and lag.

In the upcoming major version updates in September (1.1.4) and October (1.2.1), we will focus on implementing more comprehensive performance optimization updates. Please stay tuned.

For example, last week, we quietly launched an optimization upgrade patch for all models. Utilizing exclusive “technology and hard work,” we significantly reduced the power consumption related to audio while retaining the delicate audio experience. We also disabled some completely irrelevant sound effects, resulting in a noticeable reduction in power consumption in complex scenes such as instances. Many players have provided feedback such as “suddenly feels cool and magical, no longer overheating.”

We continue to closely cooperate with various mobile phone manufacturers to carry out targeted optimizations for players of the Nishuihan mobile game at the hardware and driver levels. For example, in the most recent upgrade recommendation of MIUI 14, the top reason is to enhance the experience of playing “Nishuihan” mobile game.

Of course, we will continue to optimize in future versions (not limited to version 1.2.1). In addition to continuous optimization, we will also bring a more extraordinary and leading-edge visual experience.

Today, the iPhone 15 series made its appearance as scheduled at the Apple press conference. As you can see, one of the new features of the brand-new A17 Pro chip in terms of gaming experience is the support for hardware-accelerated ray tracing on mobile devices.

After winning the “Apple Editor’s Choice Game” medal, which is one of the only three awarded by NetEase, the “Nishuihan” mobile game once again takes the lead globally and becomes the world’s first MMO mobile game to simultaneously support ray tracing and real-time global illumination on Apple phones.

One of the few Chinese characters elements at the Apple 2023 Autumn Conference.

“Nishuihan” mobile game, these two technologies are first implemented on iPhone 15 series phones, iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, and iPad Pro M2 chip versions. This not only provides a more realistic and immersive light and shadow performance for the Chinese martial arts world, but also allows players to cleverly use environmental light as an interactive element, bringing unexpected fun to everyone’s open world exploration and puzzle-solving experience.

To put it simply: not only is the rivers and lakes more beautiful, but you can also “play with light” like a fairy, including playing with very realistic environmental light from the sun, moon, and stars.

In the demonstration level, you will explore a mysterious cave in the grand open world, manipulate a sundial to change the time, and rotate the environmental light coming from the outside to solve puzzles and obtain a legendary sword.

When you rotate the sundial, the light from the sun, moon, and stars will change in real time, with a clear distinction between warm sunlight and cool moonlight; the light entering from the top of the cave will affect the overall atmosphere inside the cave, even the parts not directly illuminated by the light will be affected, displaying real-time global illumination effects comparable to game consoles.

Real-time global illumination effect

When ray tracing is enabled, the water surface, copper mirror surface, and sword blade will accurately reflect the surrounding scenery. By tracing the trajectory of each ray of light, it accurately displays the details of each scene element, presenting a realistic feeling like the real world.

Currently, the technicians are still working on the final performance and effect optimization, trying to minimize the performance load on the phone when ray tracing is enabled. It is expected that everyone will be able to experience the smooth ray tracing effect of “Nishuihan” mobile game on the new iPhone personally within this year.

In addition, Apple will also hold some experience events in the near future, allowing everyone to personally try the ray tracing demonstration level of “Nishuihan” mobile game. Please pay attention to the relevant information from Apple for specific details.

In the future, we will also closely cooperate with more chip manufacturers and mobile phone manufacturers, continuously applying more cutting-edge and extreme black technology, making the graphics of “Nishuihan” mobile game more delicate and exquisite, and continuously leading the generation. In the next few months, you will see our presence under the spotlight of more major technology release stages.

The show has just begun.

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