With Alan Wake 2‘s launch quickly approaching, followers are greater than prepared to leap again into Vivid Falls. Earlier than you get too excited, it is best to examine your PC specs to make sure your graphics card helps mesh shading.

On Twitter, a Treatment developer said that the Nvidia GeForce 10 collection and AMD Ryzen 5000 graphics playing cards aren’t talked about within the PC spec necessities as a result of “solely playing cards with mesh shaders are formally supported” and so they’re “unsure it should run with out it.” Therefore, simply because an RX 5700 XT can carry out in the identical ballpark as a few of the supported playing cards, this doesn’t assure you’ll be capable of play the sport.

The tweets have since been deleted, although screenshots are nonetheless accessible on Reddit. Treatment was going to implement vertex shaders, which the playing cards assist, however they dropped after it brought about efficiency points and bugs. The developer states that vertex shaders may, in principle, be added later through a mod, however it’s not one thing it is best to maintain your breath for.

This information comes as followers are nonetheless reeling from the excessive PC spec necessities for the sport. A brand new Nvidia trailer showcasing ray tracing in Alan Wake 2 makes it obvious why Treatment has made the alternatives it had. With ray tracing on, Vivid Falls turns into a visible deal with crammed with reflective puddles, correct shadows, and glossy surfaces that mirror gentle.

It has been a 13-year-long wait however Alan Wake 2 will lastly launch on October 27.