Dev news : some more screenies before RA release (Patreon)

I'll give more details about the upcoming RA version that's due very soon.

Lots of things have changed since v0.5.1, here's what you can expect. I made some screenshots using lower-res packs this time, 256x LabPBR and 512x OldPBR so they're smoke-tested in most scenarios.

Notice how OldPBR now has ambient occlusion baked-in the albedo/colormaps. It's not as refined and subtle as with LabPBR and the custom AO maps (that react according to light) but it brings lots of detail when texture AO is not supported. That's why you'll see different behaviors between OldPBR and LabPBR shaders, LabPBR being a bit more toned-down when the AO subsides when in direct light (it only applies to ambient lighting, hence the name).

I made sure to use a large number of different shaders to illustrate my designs, as well as different lighting conditions. I haven't really shown off porosity here but I might do it at some point later.

enough chit-chat, on to the screenshots!

First, I made big changes to some of the most basic stone-related blocks: stone and ores, cobblestone, andesite, diorite, granite, as well as their polished counterparts.

Voyager using SEUS PBR and the 512x OldPBR pack

Sildur's Extreme v1.283 using 512x OldPBR

SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 using 512x OldPBR

Nostalgia v3.0 using 256x LabPBR

MollyVX with 512x OldPBR

Loop v2 with LabPBR 256x

Kappa v4.1 E1 with 256x LabPBR

Fraction with 256x LabPBR

Continuum 2.1 alpha build 12 with 256x LabPBR

Chocapic v9.1 Extreme PBR test 2 with 512x OldPBR

BSL v8.00.02.14d with 256x LabPBR

Astralex v19.1 w/ SEUS PBR using 512x OldPBR

Next you'll see I also quite heavily redesigned stone bricks and their variants. I brought much more consistency in materials and defined edges with much more detail. They look much more refined now.

SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 using 512x OldPBR

Nostalgia v3.0 using 256x LabPBR

MollyVX with 512x OldPBR

Loop v2 with LabPBR 256x

Kappa v4.1 E1 with 256x LabPBR

Continuum 2.1 alpha build 12 with 256x LabPBR

Chocapic v9.1 Extreme PBR test 2 with 512x OldPBR

BSL v8.00.02.14d with 256x LabPBR

You might have seen some sandstone changes too here. I made some changes that are somewhat subtle yet very important, almost everything changed on those blocks. I also seriously improved the AO component as with other blocks, which now give much more detail to sandstone. This also includes red sandstone of course.

Voyager with SEUS PBR using 512x OldPBR

SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 using 512x OldPBR

Nostalgia v3.0 using 256x LabPBR

MollyVX with 512x OldPBR

Kappa v4.1 E1 with 256x LabPBR

Fraction with 256x LabPBR

Continuum 2.1 alpha build 12 with 256x LabPBR

Chocapic v9.1 Extreme PBR test 2 with 512x OldPBR

Astralex v19.1 w/ SEUS PBR using 512x OldPBR

The various Blackstone-related blocks also got improved. Polished variants have got a serious redesign, mostly around their edge detail. I'm really thrilled about those blocks I think they look MUCH better than before. Regular Blackstone got some changes to the base colormap and heightmap/normals, and have had their AO map redesigned.

Voyager with SEUS PBR using 512x OldPBR

SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 using 512x OldPBR

Nostalgia v3.0 using 256x LabPBR

MollyVX with 512x OldPBR

Kappa v4.1 E1 with 256x LabPBR

Fraction with 256x LabPBR

Continuum 2.1 alpha build 12 with 256x LabPBR

Chocapic v9.1 Extreme PBR test 2 with 512x OldPBR

BSL v8.00.02.14d with 256x LabPBR

Astralex v19.1 w/ SEUS PBR using 512x OldPBR 

Among other changes I also reworked the side pattern for grass/dirt blocks (grass side, grass snow, grass path, podzol) that was pretty inconsistent. I added lots of AO and carefully made sure the overlay version (for grass) and baked-in versions (other grass side blocks) were consistent. Dirt itself got slightly adjusted, mostly about pebbles.

Voyager with SEUS PBR using 512x OldPBR

SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 using 512x OldPBR

Kappa v4.1 E1 with 256x LabPBR

Remaining changes include small adjustments to prismarine and a major rework to End stone.

SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 using 512x OldPBR

MollyVX with 512x OldPBR

Kappa v4.1 E1 with 256x LabPBR

Chocapic v9.1 Extreme PBR test 2 with 512x OldPBR

BSL v8.00.02.14d with 256x LabPBR

Astralex v19.1 w/ SEUS PBR using 512x OldPBR