Visual Effects+

General

• Fixed multiple bugs from the previous version
  • Major issue: broken mipmaps (found by @im_bunny7 on the Visual Effects + Discord)
• General particle optimization pass

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Colormaps

• Implemented a compound colormap system
• Updated fog and sky colormaps for every biome
  • Includes dynamic weather and sunsets
• Updated grass and foliage colormaps for every biome
• Updated water and water fog colormaps for every biome

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Lightmap

• Added a new lightmap implementation
  • Subtle lighting and color shifts for a more stylized look

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Particles

New Particles

• Mid / full block–sized glow particle
• Waterfall cascade particles
  • Spawn from flowing water when a still water block is above
• Wind gust particle

Particle Reworks

• Block break particles for foliage (all leaf block types)
• Cherry flower particles
• Dragon breath particles (new approach)
• Falling leaves particles
• Fog particles
  • Math expressions rewritten
  • Texture replaced
  • Spawn behavior improved
  • Added fog to many new areas
• Leaf litter particles
• Light rays particles
  • Includes underwater light rays
  • Math expressions rewritten
  • Texture replaced
  • Spawn behavior improved
• Run and jump dust particles
• Smoke and poof particles (new texture)
• Wild flower particles
• Wind particle (old variant reworked)
• davidparticles:flame and soul davidparticles:flame particles

Weather Particles

Rain

• Rain particle behavior and spawn conditions reworked
• Rain fog particle behavior and spawn conditions reworked

Snowy Biomes

• Drizzle particle behavior and spawn conditions reworked
• Snowflake particle behavior reworked

Desert Biomes

• Added fog particles
• Sand dust cloud particle behavior and spawn conditions reworked
• Sand mote particles reworked
• Sand mote group particle behavior and spawn conditions reworked
• Sandstorm particle behavior and spawn conditions reworked
• Tumbleweed behavior and spawn conditions reworked

Soul Storm

• Added fog particles
• Added wind gust particles
• Soul particles behavior reworked
• Soul sand group particle behavior and spawn conditions reworked

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Textures

• End sky texture rework
• New sun and sky textures
• Removed shading from some blocks to improve compatibility with glow particles

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Misc

• Many additional minor particle tweaks and adjustments to unify the overall visual style
• And probably a lot of other things I already forgot