Happy Halloween! (1.18 Progress Update) (Patreon)
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Just a ping to say I'm still working hard on 1.18.1 (yeah I probably should have just called it 1.19 given how long it has taken to complete!) and Hair Sim V3. While V3 was envisioned to mainly just add support for custom styling, along the way I decided to improve nearly every aspect of Hair Sim V3 over Hair Sim V2. Because of this additional work that was put in, I believe V3 vastly improves the options for variability and realism beyond just the new style system. These shots show the new curl system, spread options. and other tweaks and new parameters that improve the lighting, shadows, and overall hair render quality. I'm done with nearly everything needed for 1.18.1 release except for some final work on the styling tools, which I will spend the next few days on. I'm hopeful to get 1.18.1 Beta out within the next few days for everyone to try out.