DirectStorage 1.1 out soon is DirectStorage 1.0 in Unity yet?

[Arowx]

Decks Cleared for DirectStorage 1.1 and GPU-accelerated Game Asset Decompression | TechPowerUp

DirectStorage 1.1 Coming Soon - DirectX Developer Blog (microsoft.com)

Is DirectStorage tech (speeds up game/data loading speeds) in Unity yet?

[Murgilod]

You were already told how it wasn’t as simple as adding it to Unity back in March.

DirectStorage doesn’t really load data directly in the GPU, at least not in its current shape. It always goes through the CPU buffer right now.

To answer the question, we are planning to investigate which areas of the product could benefit from it and how much effort it would be to implement. Unfortunately, DirectStorage not a simple “replace all your ReadFile calls with this new API” - it requires restructuring how the engine ingests data so it will likely involve quite a bit of engineering effort to make use of it.

How much could the Microsoft Direct Storage API speed up Unity?

DirectStorage doesn’t really load data directly in the GPU, at least not in its current shape. It always goes through the CPU buffer right now. To answer the question, we are planning to investigate which areas of the product could benefit from it and how much effort it would be to implement. Unfortunately, DirectStorage not a simple “replace all your ReadFile calls with this new API” - it requires restructuring how the engine ingests data so it will likely involve quite a bit of engineering e…

[Arowx]

@Murgilod

You were already told how it wasn’t as simple as adding it to Unity back in March.

https://discussions.unity.com/t/809048/28

About 6 months, thought there might have been some news or progress especially with Unity dedicated to improving the editor and engines performance.

[Murgilod]

@Arowx

About 6 months, thought there might have been some news or progress especially with Unity dedicated to improving the editor and engines performance.

Except improving performance on a single aspect of the editor that works on a single platform which works on a very limited range of hardware is a waste of time compared to more broad, much more needed improvements.

[Tautvydas-Zilys]

@Arowx

About 6 months, thought there might have been some news or progress especially with Unity dedicated to improving the editor and engines performance.

Nope, still at planning to investigate stage.