The MMORPG Justice Online has been playable in China for several years. Even now, it ranks among the most beautiful MMORPGs currently available. The developers at NetEase employ not only ray tracing but also “Mesh Shading”. MeinMMO explains why this is something special.
The Chinese MMORPG Justice Online looks extremely beautiful and detailed. For this, the developer at NetEase relies on the latest techniques.
On one hand, the developer utilizes Nvidia’s ray tracing technology, which was implemented in the game in 2020. Additionally, the game uses RTXGI (RTX Global Illumination), a scaled-down version of ray tracing, which is expected to benefit even weaker graphics cards. RTXGI works not only with RTX graphics cards but also with the GTX 1660 and models from the GTX 1000 series. The MMORPG Sword of Legend: Online is also expected to receive ray tracing support (via MMORPG.com)
In a post from late May 2021, it was announced that “Mesh Shading” would now also be implemented in Justice Online (via developer.nvidia.com). This is a technique that allows for particularly high-quality graphics representation without losing many details.
Is Mesh Shading a “Game Changer” for Future Games?
What is Mesh Shading, anyway? Simply put, Mesh Shading renders only what is actually needed and seen in a situation. Other techniques do this as well, but “Mesh Shading” takes it a step further.
Thanks to dynamic adjustment of the level of detail (LOD), gamers benefit from significantly better performance as well as much more detailed objects. Distant details are faded out, thereby reducing the load. This means that only what can actually be seen is calculated. With Mesh Shaders, you get better performance without loss of detail (via game-debate.com).
The Mesh Shader checks the visibility of elements and assesses how many triangles are visible. The necessary triangles are passed from the shader to the graphics card, which then renders them. Previously, the graphics card had to render all triangles simultaneously. This reduces the load on the graphics card, meaning more details can be depicted.
What this looks like can be seen, among other things, in a tech demo from Nvidia, which we have embedded here:
Why could this technology become so important? YouTuber RedGamingTech presented the technique in detail in a video and subsequently conducted benchmarks with various RTX graphics cards.
Furthermore, performance significantly increases with “Mesh Shading”. Sometimes the graphics cards reach double or triple the performance they had previously.
In particular, the fact that Mesh Shading is also supported by the PS5 and Xbox Series X will likely play an important role in the future.
What does Mesh Shading look like in Justice Online? There is already an official video showing “Mesh Shading” in Justice Online. We have embedded the video here for you:
The beautifully designed Justice Online cannot be easily played in Germany
Officially, you can’t play Justice Online in Germany. Essentially, it is possible to play the game in Europe with some tricks, but the client is only available in Chinese.
There is currently no English version, which will likely pose a hurdle for many interested players.
However, if you still want to try the game in Germany, you can find a guide on how it works here:
How to play Justice Online, the beautiful MMORPG, in Germany
