Dev update #18: 1.3.0 - Lighting

[Spontaneous Explosions 1.2k]

Would other forms of reflections and lighting be the same case? Such as rasterization?

[Voxy 7.3k]

23 minutes ago, Spontaneous Explosions said:

Would other forms of reflections and lighting be the same case? Such as rasterization?

There are two forms of reflections that could be added if such a feature was to be considered. One would be specular highlights from light sources, the other would be screen-space reflections.

[Zerghunter666 309]

Can't wait!

[ItzMichaelPhillips 7]

On 3/22/2020 at 12:50 PM, Nimi said:

Looks like they broke when the flattening happened with 1.13, block IDs and texture names were changed in the process. This'll be fixed in the next update.

Thank you so much!

[le solo solio 40]

thats a big deal for mine-imator bro!

[Willy B. Serrv 4]

this is good

[SleepyblockAnimations 0]

Are you making some improvements to keyframes? Graphics it's good,yeah! But keyframes in this program works wrong than in others. I tried to make animation in other programs and it looks smoother and easier than in mine-imator,because of keyframes
P.S. Sorry for my bad english

[HeYoNia 1.6k]

nobody gonna mention the fact that this may be Nimi's last project until he leaves?

 

 

[CRAZYKOKEBROZ 64]

7 hours ago, HeYoNia said:

nobody gonna mention the fact that this may be Nimi's last project until he leaves?

 

 

???

[moniker 67]

Awesome, however, I would like to see something as basic as markers and being able to pin objects on the timeline finally added which would improve workflow alot. See:

 

 

[HeYoNia 1.6k]

7 hours ago, CRAZYKOKEBROZ said:

???

Dude said 1.3 may be his last project, pretty sad tbh but that's how life works.

 

though he probably wont quit until another dev takes his job.

[Anatoli 769]

A long awaited update, worth the wait

 

[CRAZYKOKEBROZ 64]

9 hours ago, Anatoli said:

A long awaited update, worth the wait

 

Worth the wait indeed!

[Kyle Freeze 83]

I just want the whole Mine-imator eat my CPU instead of using 25% of it 

[DragonW52 0]

ohohohohoho oh boi lets get this going

[GabrielFazbear 1]

Yeah no. I NEED A NEW COMPUTER because my computer doesn't let me open new versions. except 1.0.6
Now i'm stuck.

[mine-weird 1]

I am only praying all rigs don't break again

[Fauros 2]

i. want. this. now.

[NicoRTX 0]

Add PBR shader
https://github.com/GameMakerDiscord/PBR_shader_GMS2
 

On 3/21/2020 at 10:01 PM, Nimi said:

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.

Why don't you start to publicly release testing versions (like minecraft snapshots)?  I think the community will test and help with fixing bugs. It'll draw more attention to the Mine-Imator. Perhaps there will be those who will help with such a great deal of work.
Will the source code be posted on github?

My suggestion: Custom Render Settings on each models. It is convenient in a situation when you need a different AO or Glow size on different blocks.

[moniker 67]

Will peformance ever get any better? I can't even get 10 minutes of animation without seeing a big decrease in smoothness as I write more keyframes. I have one of the most powerful CPUs on the market (the new Threadrippers) with a 1080 ti and 64 megs of ram and still refuses to work smoothly after the update, this is insanity. I can't believe having like a small horde of 10 - 15 zombies walking in a straight line makes the program struggle because of the keyframes. It's ultimately Minecraft models. CPU usage is at like 5%. RAM and GPU usage are always pretty small, yet the program becomes unsmooth and yes im talking about work mode, im not working with the render on.

Edited April 18, 2020 by moniker

[9redwoods 3.8k]

4 hours ago, moniker said:

Will peformance ever get any better? I can't even get 10 minutes of animation without seeing a big decrease in smoothness as I write more keyframes. I have one of the most powerful CPUs on the market (the new Threadrippers) with a 1080 ti and 64 megs of ram and still refuses to work smoothly after the update, this is insanity. I can't believe having like a small horde of 10 - 15 zombies walking in a straight line makes the program struggle because of the keyframes. It's ultimately Minecraft models. CPU usage is at like 5%. RAM and GPU usage are always pretty small, yet the program becomes unsmooth and yes im talking about work mode, im not working with the render on.

Are you fantasizing about a world with no lag the more objects you add to a scene? That will never happen with the technology we currently have, let alone a low budget Minecraft animation program created in a 2D engine. Mine-imator lags; you can't escape it. If you're interested in large projects with less lag, I suggest blender, which is initially very light on performance and is built (correct me if I'm wrong) from the ground up. It also uses 64 bit rather than capping at 32. 

Edited April 18, 2020 by 9redwoods

[moniker 67]

20 hours ago, 9redwoods said:

Are you fantasizing about a world with no lag the more objects you add to a scene? That will never happen with the technology we currently have, let alone a low budget Minecraft animation program created in a 2D engine. Mine-imator lags; you can't escape it. If you're interested in large projects with less lag, I suggest blender, which is initially very light on performance and is built (correct me if I'm wrong) from the ground up. It also uses 64 bit rather than capping at 32. 

The problem is Gamemaker is garbage. If Mineimator was ported into a proper engine we wouldn't have to deal with this nonsense. My computer should be able to move 20 blocky models running at 60fps in any reasonable software. Blender is unfortunately too complex to use. I like the ease of use of Mineimator and the fact that it looks like Vanilla Minecraft, however, the performance is just terrible. Throw in a couple schematics, 15 or 20 models, animate for 10 minutes and you can't no longer have smooth playback in a high end 2020 CPU. Nuts.

Edited April 19, 2020 by moniker

[9redwoods 3.8k]

17 minutes ago, moniker said:

The problem is Gamemaker is garbage. If Mineimator was ported into a proper engine we wouldn't have to deal with this nonsense. My computer should be able to move 20 blocky models running at 60fps in any reasonable software. Blender is unfortunately too complex to use. I like the ease of use of Mineimator and the fact that it looks like Vanilla Minecraft, however, the performance is just terrible. Throw in a couple schematics, 15 or 20 models, animate for 10 minutes and you can't no longer have smooth playback in a high end 2020 CPU. Nuts.

Nimi isn't rewriting MI. Someone may in the future, but it's a slim chance. MI is limited to GameMaker's capabilities. Sorry you don't like that, but it's nobody's fault.

[__Mine__ 1.9k]

21 minutes ago, moniker said:

The problem is Gamemaker is garbage. If Mineimator was ported into a proper engine we wouldn't have to deal with this nonsense. My computer should be able to move 20 blocky models running at 60fps in any reasonable software. Blender is unfortunately too complex to use. I like the ease of use of Mineimator and the fact that it looks like Vanilla Minecraft, however, the performance is just terrible. Throw in a couple schematics, 15 or 20 models, animate for 10 minutes and you can't no longer have smooth playback in a high end 2020 CPU. Nuts.

Don't like it? Stop wasting your time whining about it and instead look for a program better suited to your needs, because you've been non-stop whining about this for a long time now and frankly it's making you look bad.

Edited April 19, 2020 by __Mine__

[moniker 67]

12 minutes ago, __Mine__ said:

Don't like it? Stop wasting your time whining about it and instead look for a program better suited to your needs, because you've been non-stop whining about this for a long time now and frankly it's making you look bad.

I had a hope that the bad performance was due me having a 10 year old computer. However, after buying a computer that can run next gen games at 3 figure FPS but fails to run 15 villagers running at 60 fps the conclusion is obvious: GameMaker is an abomination of a software, and Nimi's hard work feels wasted.