YoshiHunter

Greetings everyone! In this dev update, I'll be covering a handful of new features I've been working on for Mine-imator 1.3.0.
However, before we dive into the following eye candy, I want to mention that due to the sheer size of this update, its official release is not in the near future-- and doesn't have an ETA. Unlike the past two updates, 1.1.0 and 1.2.0, this update includes a variety of goals. This includes an effort to improve rendering, animation workflow, and the interface along with adding new features that may come with them. Though during development, I'll be posting dev updates more often to give insight on how development is going. With that being said, this post will highlight a couple of the first big improvements to come to the update. Renders used in this dev update were made by @Hozq.
 
Lighting improvements
The way lighting is applied to objects has changed in 1.3.0. Before, ambiance only affected dark areas, but now, ambiance is applied more accurately to the scene by being applied additively to pre-existing lighting in the scene. This allows for brighter scenes and improves the appearance of dark areas such as areas with AO.
 
Changes to shadows
Shadows are getting a significant upgrade in 1.3.0. Previously, shadows used a method that would blur all shadows in the scene. Now, shadows are rendered multiple times determined by a new samples setting that scatters the shadow maps of lights around, allowing for shadows to be harder near its caster, and softer the further away it is. (Also to clear up a misconception, this is not PCSS. )
An improvement was also made to the way sun shadows are cast, allowing the sun to act as a proper directional light in the scene.
 
Volumetric rays
This feature has been requested many times over the past few years, and is finally being added to 1.3.0. However due to (technical) restrictions, the rays are only available for the sun. These rays are not rendered in screen-space and will appear even if the sun is not in-frame.
 
As mentioned before, rendering isn't the only aspect of Mine-imator that will be getting improvements though however, that's the first part of this update I'll be tackling so it may be a while till other features are shown off. Until next time!

Let me know what you think! I am considering making lot more 2D wallpapers.

@BaconSandwich's pets in our survival world

Here you go, @MicrogamerCz.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/436693329086906370/683760236318031874/Spinnnyyyyy_lightsaber.zip
Images: 

The grand finale (unless vinny decides to make episode 7)
[Warning: contains swear words and  n i p p l e s .]
 

I lost internet all week and decided to mess with character render lighting stuff here have fun

This rig made in Modelbench 0.4.2
the Advanced version made in Mineimator 1.2.0
There was 5 Skin
Include Aimpoint(idk it have V target) and Foregrip
sorry for too late the upload
DOWNLOAD LINK
MEGA: Download
MEDIAFIRE: Download   *Sorry, im a bad grammer*

This has been my little project over the past week or so. I haven't seen anyone take on the task of making a movie accurate R2-D2 rig, with all of his gadgets so I figured I'd give it my go! He's based specifically off of the original Radio Controlled model seen in A New Hope, hence the black and blue holo-projector in the front and the single silver panel in the back.
Also, yes. This is in work in progress, because you need a download to put it in rigs, and I'm also not sure yet if I want to release him, but I did want to show him around.

So far, he features the following.
-Fully animated (Rotating dome, moving legs, etc)
-All doors open (even ones that don't open in the movies!)
-All gadgets (Minus ones from Clone Wars or his Rocket Boosters. Minecraft flames wouldn't look right!)
-Authentic Light systems (The logic screens are animated, and his light fades out like it's supposed to.)
-Third leg (It wouldn't be Artoo without it.)

His planned accessories are:
-Parascope  (Seen in The Empire Strikes Back when he falls into the swamp)
-Life Form Scanner (Seen in The Empire Strikes Back in the beginning when they wait for Luke)
-Buzz Saw (Used in return of the Jedi, to free the heroes from the net trap)
-Gripper Arm (He uses this arm to fight Yoda over the flashlight)
-CPU Arm (The arm he uses to plug into doors and control panels)
-Taser (In multiple movies, though most noticeably used in Revenge of the Sith, to kill the buzz droid)
-Drink Server (Return of the Jedi, Jabbas Sail Barge)
-Side Arms (I believe he uses these to press a button in A New Hope but I could be mistaken. You should be able to find them in a reference.)

Have a look for yourself!

 

https://imgur.com/bYgMjl9

Nobody asked for this, but it's good for decorating.

Make sure to tell me if you want to see more of these mini blocks.
 

I made this just because SCP is cool and this was easy.


 
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So this is Commission for Dendy he want have electricity
power so here is my best

I've been getting PUMPED about the new season of The Clone Wars, So for the past 2 days I've been making an Ahsoka model in my free time. Here's the result!

I will most likely make more renders with her because this is one of the most detailed models I've done and deserves more than one render.
I may or may not release the model in the future. I'm still deciding on that.

"It's getting lonely, it's getting hard to breathe...
The arcade's empty, I think it's Christmas Eve...
Someone's broken in, now they're painting on my skin..
Breaking me and taking my quarters...
Bashing in my face with a crowbar..
Kicking me and pushing me over...
Now they see my blood on their sneakers."

BIG thanks to @Frost for helping me alot with the render!!!

Well, about 3 monthes ago I posted a tutorial about sphere reflections in wich I used external software and claimed that it would not be possible to get the same effect just within MI. But well, it seames that I found a way to do that, event though some fine tuning still needs to be done and I still have to get creative to solve the problem with the bottom and top.

Once the 212th and 501st learned of Krell's betrayal, they moved in to stop him before he could escape. This proved to be much more difficult than anticipated...

I would've loved to add particles to the stabbed clone but I can't make particles to save my life ?

This is just a little thing I threw together using assets from today's 1.16 snapshot.

I'm not too happy with how it came out.
Idk how to make nether lighting not boring. ? There's just this weird ambient light that emits from no apparent location.

Made something for @david  

Fully customizable and shnazzy UNO cards, plus a deck model for games.

 

Also comes with a piece that can be taken off or rotated.

 

Bloom is a bit too high overall and the fire on the torch's fire is higher resolution and stretched, but other than that, it looks alright.
Oh, right! One more thing!
Change the title right now, Revenge is a dead meme and should stay dead.
If you change the title, I'll give you an upvote, but until then, I'll give it an angry.
That reaction won't give you a downvote, but it'll show you, that Revenge is not welcome here.

Abandoned mines are dangerous. I suffered a lot ...