Dev news : lots of improvements for RA base blocks (Patreon)

Published:

2021-06-04 13:36:01

Imported:

2021-10

Content

Lots of base blocks were in need of an overhaul or at the very least a touch up. Here are the changes that Realaccurate received today.

Grass side

Side grass (also paths, podzol, snow) were kinda meh at the moment. I spent a bit of time trying to improve the side mask, as well as adding well-crafted AO maps and making sure the heightmap wouldn't cause issue with depth-aware shaders.

Kappa v4.1 E1:

MollyVX Rewrite:

SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1:

Cobblestone

I needed cobblestone to have better AO and less noise, also the mossy variant was a bit off so I redesigned its AO and normal/depth maps. The masks have better shapes and transitions, the details are crispier without being especially noisy. They're in my opinion much better

Kappa v4.1 E1:

MollyVX Rewrite:

SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1:

Andesite, diorite, granite

Those were also in great need of a revamp. Granite was okay so I just made some slight adjustments to the normalmap. Andesite and diorite got a complete detail overhaul. All three also have their base colormap redesigned.

Kappa v4.1 E1:

MollyVX Rewrite:

SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1:

Stone and ores

base stone texture was then getting a bit bland compared to the new andesite/diorite/granite rocks. I added some details and changed the base texture. It's maybe not final as I might tinker a bit more with the shape so the pattern is not too obvious. In any case it's more detailed and fits better alongside the new *ite rocks.

Kappa v4.1 E1 (here with diorite and andesite on the right)

MollyVX Rewrite:

Polished blackstone

Lastly I want to show you the changes to the polished blackstone blocks (regular polished blackstone, chiseled, bricks, cracked bricks).

I made changes to the edges and completely overhauled their shape, they now look grittier, cruder, more suited to the Nether. I also adjusted the heightmaps to get more details and avoid compression/white clipping.

MollyVX Rewrite: