Rethinking Voxels

DISCLAIMER

this version is an alpha release. it is expected to contain many bugs.

hotfix

• fix shading with basic PBR support or per-pixel lighting
• fix a compilation error with default settings

changes

• rewrite the lighting code:
  • increase maximum amount of lights at any given location from 3 to 64
  • bump openGL version from 330 to 430 for compute shader support (this breaks MacOS compatibility)
  • merge shadow volume blocklight shadow mode and basic light propagation
  • add accurate ray tracing (off by default)
    • this allows custom models and mobs to be handled correctly by the ray tracer
  • add denoising
  • remove global illumination (or not implement it again yet)
  • remove interactive water waves (the setting still exists, but does not work)
• Change versioning scheme
  • I would like to publish a full release eventually

DISCLAIMER

this version is an alpha release. it is expected to contain many bugs.

note

There are currently 3 primary files in this version. they are identical and only made it onto the download page by mistake

changes

• rewrite the lighting code:
  • increase maximum amount of lights at any given location from 3 to 64
  • bump openGL version from 330 to 430 for compute shader support (this breaks MacOS compatibility)
  • merge shadow volume blocklight shadow mode and basic light propagation
  • add accurate ray tracing (off by default)
    • this allows custom models and mobs to be handled correctly by the ray tracer
  • add denoising
  • remove global illumination (or not implement it again yet)
  • remove interactive water waves (the setting still exists, but does not work)
• Change versioning scheme
  • I would like to publish a full release eventually

• fix shader compilation on Iris 1.6

• updated to reimagined r2.0.3

• fix volumetric block light
• fix light shafts in caves when moving across block boundaries

• fix compile error with generated normals
• fix normals on entities with half-res blocklight shadow mode
• fix GI flickering in some cases

• update to reimagined r2.0.2
• attempt to rebalance a couple of things including GI (not done yet)
• fix light colour detection
• fix M1 crash

• add more modded light sources
• address some more issues with GI

• fix hard edges in lighting on non-block-grid-aligned surfaces with GI enabled
• fix compile error in gbuffers_block with block light shadow modes other than half-res

• fix compile errors
  • with per-pixel shadows
  • without light shafts
• add global illumination
• fix trapdoors sometimes blocking light when they shouldn't

• Fix Half-Res blocklight shadows on block entities
• Fix Half-Res blocklight shadows with pixelated shadows

• rename Pixel Perfect Blocklight option to Blocklight Shadow Mode
• add Half Res blocklight shadow mode
• fix flashing when moving the camera very fast
• fix ladder and repeater/comparator cuboid size
• add block.properties entry for modded light sources that uses the fallback blocklight colour
• improve wrong-looking shadows at noon
• fix compile error on some platforms
• add more modded light sources

• reworked light source sorting algorithm (less flickering, better performance)
• added some modded light sources
• fixed end nebulae

• Tweak interactive water waves
• Fix flickering and low performance on some platforms

• Interactive water waves
• more aggressive TAA
• fix some cases of incorrect VL in caves

• fix instant light propagation being impossible to turn on

• rename Advanced Light Propagation to Light Propagation Mode
• add primed TNT and TNT minecart to light sources
• entity light sources have more accurate positions
• lights can update instantly with advanced light propagation mode (enable in shader settings -> voxelisation settings -> voxel-related performance settings. Not supported on MacOS, older graphics cards and optifine)
• fix some compile errors

• fix some overly aggressive workarounds (cave sunlight fix, occlusion bleeding fix)
• better support for modded blocks
• add volumetric blocklight smoothing

• fix volumetric blocklight with advanced light propagation
• fixes related to subsurface scattering
• internal preparations for new features

• Rework sun shadows
• fixes