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New Prelewd Release / New Pragma & PFM Preview Updates

Hey all!

Sorry for the late post, I was going to create it a few days ago, but a few things got in the way 😅. Anyway, here's what's new:

Filmmaker

LuxCoreRender

LuxCoreRender is now fully integrated and can be selected in the render settings in the latest preview update! It will b...

VR, Asset Import Pipeline and Performance Updates

Hey all, it's that time of the month again! 😄

General

So, turns out VR is a little more taxing than I thought, so my performance improvements from last time weren't quite enough and I had to put some more time into general performance  improvements to the Engine to ensure everything runs smoothly both in...

LuxCoreRender, Fur Rendering, Performance improvements and a new Prelewd animation

Hey all! Here's another quick overview of what's currently being worked on 😋

Filmmaker

LuxCoreRender

I've added support for LuxCoreRender, which is a pathtracing rendering engine like Cycles. (You can see some example renders on their official website: 2020-12-18 21:06:56 +0000 UTC View Post

[NSFW] Prelewd Radial Menu Customization / PFM updates

Prelewd

I've been working on some Sims-style radial/pie menus to replace the drop-down menus for character customization:

https://prelewd.pragma-engine.com/uploads/videos/radial_menu_demo.mp4 

Prelewd Project Launch / Important Patreon changes

[Content Warning: All links in this post are NSFW (non-furry and furry content)]

Hey all!

I already mentioned in my last post I was going to launch a new project to try and finance the Filmmaker in the long run, so here we go!

I'm launching a new project called "Prelewd", wh...

Animation Retargeting / Color Management / Misc

Animation Retargeting

This is something I've really wanted to do for a while, and it turned out much better than I expected: I've implemented an animation retargeting system, which allows you to map the skeleton of one model onto another. Effectively this means that you can switch out the model you've used fo...

Cycles Updates

Apologies for the long wait since my last post. I've made a bunch of changes and improvements to my implementation of the Cycles renderer, which is always time consuming since there's no proper developer documentation available for it, but I think it was worth it. 😅 

I've more or less revamped my entire implemen...

Wiki Overhaul / Update News

New Wiki

I've been dissatisfied with the old Wiki for a while now, so I've finally switched to a different wiki software now (Bookstack). Previously I've been using MediaWi...

Status Update

Hey guys!

I haven't posted any updates recently since I've mostly been busy with some internal engine updates that I can't really show very well, but here's a rough overview of some of the recent changes:

OpenGL support

This is something I've been working towards on the side for a while, but it'...

Post-processing and render tools

External render tool

I've added an external render tool which can be used as an alternative to rendering in Pragma. Here's how it works:

1) You load your session in PFM like usual

2) You set up the scene for renderi...

Meet the Soldier - Raytraced

Better late then never, here's finally the full Meet the Soldier short, rendered with Cycles (+Pragma for the particle systems)! It won't be the final render, since there's still a lot of room for improvement, but I think it came out pretty good for the most part 😊.

I've also created another comparison video between ...

Particle Updates

Hey all!

I'd love to say that I'm done with particles, but they've proven to be a bit more finicky than I'd like. I ended up having to rewrite parts of my particle system implementation (as well as the implementation for animated textures) to properly support Source Engine particles, and I still haven't quite nailed it ...

Progress Overview

Hey all!

I'm working on a bunch of stuff simultaneously at the moment, so I don't have anything complete to show, but here's a general overview of what's being worked on:

Source Engine Particles / Particle Editor

Full support for Source Engine particles is currently the only 2020-05-12 17:57:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Material Editor / Public Source Code

Hey all!

Here's the material editor I was talking about in my last post 😋 . Its purpose is primarily to make the import of texture assets as easy as possible, as well as allow you to edit PBR properties on the fly.

Textures can be added (or replaced) via drag-and-drop and ambient occlusion can be automatically ...

Model Import/Export and Model Catalog Updates

Apologies for the lack of posts lately, I've been very busy working on the import/export capabilities, but it wasn't something I could show off very well until now.

That being said, these features are now complete and fully integrated into the Filmmaker (and available in the preview version). You can export models and a...

glTF Asset Export

A lot of people have been asking for a proper model exporter for Pragma recently, so I've decided to implement support for exporting models in the glTF file format. It's standardized and specifically tailored for PBR assets, which makes the import into othe...

Half-Life: Alyx - Russell's Lab - 360° Cycles render

Just a quickie, I've added support for rendering panorama (as well as orthographic) images with Cycles, which allows you to create 360° videos (among other things):

Ortographic:

Equirectangular:

2020-03-24 05:23:58 +0000 UTC View Post