:Id Tech 7

id Tech 7 features ten times the geometric detail of id Tech 6 and higher texture fidelity.{{Cite web |date=10 August 2018 |title=DOOM Eternal tech details: id Tech 7 can display 10 times higher geometric detail, demons will be destructible {{!}} DSOGaming {{!}} The Dark Side Of Gaming |url=https://www.dsogaming.com/news/doom-eternal-tech-details-id-tech-7-can-display-10-times-higher-geometric-detail-demons-will-be-destructible/ |access-date=2018-08-11 |website=www.dsogaming.com |language=en-US}} Moreover the capabilities of the game engine allow it to have a new system called "Destructible Demons", in which enemies' bodies become progressively destroyed and deteriorate in combat as they suffer damage. On PC, id Tech 7 supports Vulkan rendering only. Ray tracing and DLSS were added in June 2021. According to engine developer Axel Gneiting, the engine doesn't have a "main thread"; everything is implemented as jobs.{{Cite tweet |number=1241487918046347264 |user=axelgneiting |title=Fun fact: Doom Eternal does not have a main or render thread. It's all jobs with one worker thread per core. |first=Axel |last=Gneiting |date=2020-03-21 |access-date=2021-01-04 |language=en}}

• 1 million fewer lines of code, due in part to the removal of the OpenGL render-engine{{Citation |title=GDC 2019 Developer Session: First Light – Bringing DOOM to Stadia |date=2019-04-12 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdz4b5psrhE&t=2322 |access-date=2019-05-16 |publisher=Google Stadia |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624220956/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdz4b5psrhE&t=2322 |url-status=dead }}
• Unified HDR lighting and shadowing
• Full HDR support on PS4, PS4 Pro, PS5, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PC and Stadia{{Cite tweet |number=1233480106431205376 |user=idSoftwareTiago |title=@Smurfman256 @billykhan @axelgneiting @idJeanGeffroy @philiphammer0 y, literally all platforms |first=Tiago |last=Sousa |date=2020-02-28 |access-date=2021-01-04 |language=en}}{{Cite tweet |number=1237431544429641733 |user=billykhan |title=HDR is available on PS4, PS4 PRO, XB1S, XB1X, PC and Stadia. Unfortunately, the hardware of the original XB1 does not support HDR. |first=Billy |last=Khan |date=2020-03-10 |access-date=2020-02-28 |language=en}}
• Multi PBR material compositing, blending, and painting
• Increased texture fidelity and geometric detail due to removal of MegaTexture pipeline, used since id Tech 4
• Enhanced global illumination quality
• Majorly improved particle system as more particles are running on the GPU, which allows for bigger explosions, more atmospheric volumetrics and more vibrant particle effects{{Citation |title=DOOM Eternal: How id Tech 7 Is Maximized for Current Tech and Next-Gen |date=2020-02-28 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S5ABf53rDo |work=IGN First |access-date=2020-02-28 |publisher=IGN}}
• The framerate limit has been increased to 1000 FPS. The frame limit was 250 FPS in id Tech 6.
• Rewritten jobs-system to use all available CPU cores more efficiently
• Improved post-processing effects, including more detailed anti-aliasing and enhanced motion blur
• Support for gameplay areas twice the size of those in id Tech 6{{Citation |title=Doom Eternal Engine Upgrades: id Software Reveals New Details! |date=2020-01-25 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCOklD_PVLo |access-date=2020-01-25 |publisher=Digital Foundry}}
• Improved image streaming{{Citation |title=Doom Eternal – The Digital Foundry Tech Review – id Tech 7 Is Incredible |date=2020-03-21 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsmqWSZpgJY |access-date=2020-03-21 |publisher=Digital Foundry}}
• Expanded decal system
• Improved LOD system
• New GPU triangle-, light- and occlusion-culling system to not render what is offscreen
• Dramatically improved compression
• Improved level loading times, including after death screens
• DLSS 2.3.0{{Citation |title=NVIDIA Officially Announces DLSS 2.3 |date=November 16, 2021 |url=https://www.techpowerup.com/289038/nvidia-officially-announces-dlss-2-3 |author=Uskompuf (Nickname) |access-date=October 31, 2024 |website=TechPowerUp |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127060025/https://www.techpowerup.com/289038/nvidia-officially-announces-dlss-2-3 }}{{Citation |title=DLSS Keeps Getting Better – Nvidia Launches DLSS 2.3 |date=November 16, 2021 |url=https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu-displays/dlss_keeps_getting_better_nvidia_launches_dlss_2_3/ |author=Mark Campbell |access-date=October 31, 2024 |website=OC3D |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713120337/https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu-displays/dlss_keeps_getting_better_nvidia_launches_dlss_2_3/ }}
• Ray-traced reflections on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X (not available on Xbox Series S) and PCs with hardware accelerated ray tracing{{Cite web |last=Boyle |first=Joshua |date=2021-06-29 |title=DOOM Eternal - Next Gen & Update 6 Release Notes |url=https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en/article/1KfyxFsr3bsnLNW4LXa2f9/doom-eternal-next-gen-update-6-release-notes |website=Bethesda Slayer Club}}
• Variable rate shading on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S

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