#path tracing mod

[dd-wyd]

That Grumpy Old Man

Dragon's Dogma II with path tracing

[pictureamoebae]

USING RELIGHT FOR RESHADE - a tutorial by amoebae

[You can also find this tutorial over at imgur and patreon]

ReLight is a premium shader for ReShade made by Marty's Mods (Pascal Gilcher). It allows you to add four new lights to your scene that help illuminate, and create realism and drama. To download and use ReLight you need to subscribe to the Path Tracers tier on Gilcher's Patreon to get access to the iMMERSE Ultimate package of shaders. Once subscribed, you'll be prompted to link your Patreon account to discord, and then you'll be granted access to his discord server, and, most importantly, to the Path Tracers discussion channel and the Downloads Level 2 channel, which is where you will find ReLight (along with the other premium shaders included in that tier). 

Be sure to also download the up-to-date free iMMERSE shader package, because you'll need the Launchpad shader and some of the other included files.

The following guide is for the older qUINT_relight.fx version of ReLight. The latest version of ReLight is MartysMods_RELIGHT.fx, released on 31st December 2023. Many of the settings have changed in the newer version, but you can still use this guide to help understand how to enable and position lights. The guide will be updated/rewritten once I've had time to properly play around with the new version. You can continue to use the older version if you'd prefer.

When you turn on ReLight in the ReShade menu you'll be greeted with these settings. Yours may look different because I've used it a lot and it remembers your last settings.

Take a look at the settings at the top.

Use Smooth Normals = On

Trace Shadows = On

Filter Shadows = On

Use Temporal Supersampling = On

Shadow Mode = Trace All

Shadow Quality = Ultra (change this if you get bad performance)

Shadow Sharpness = I have mine set around 0.65 but you can play around with whatever looks best

Z Thickness = Play around with this too. It controls how realistically shadows fall on and around objects

At the very bottom of the settings is Visualize Light Position. Turn this on so you can easily see where your lights are.

Now we can turn on one of our lights. Remember, it remembers your previous settings so yours will look different to mine the first time you use it.

Under Light 0 check the Active box.

You should see a big circle appear somewhere on the screen. If you have any object close enough to it, you should see them get brighter. If nothing is close to the circle you may not see any difference.

You can see a difference between this screenshot and the last - Shadowheart's face is brighter.

Now it's time to move the light where we want it and change it to a colour we like.

Under the Active box you'll see a row of 3 boxes containing numbers, next to the word Position. These control the coordinates of your circle of light in relation to the screen. You can place your mouse inside these boxes and move it while holding down left-click to change the value a little like a slider.

Left box = moves the circle left/right

Middle box = moves the circle up/down

Right box = moves the circle forward/back

In this shot I've moved the circle of light over to the right and a little further back so it better illuminates the front of Shadowheart's face.

Next you can choose the colour of your light.

In the row below Position you'll see it says Tint. Click on the coloured box next to Tint and it will bring up the colour picker you see in the screenshot. Choose your colour from here. Click anywhere in the main ReShade menu to close the colour picker.

I adjusted the position and the tint a little more until I had it exactly where I wanted it. You can see a darker circle now over in the top right of the screen (my mouse cursor is hovering over it to make it easier to see).

You can use the Intensity slider (directly below Tint) to control how bright the light should be.

You may need to go back and forth between the Position, Tint, and Intensity settings until you get just the right effect.

Here's a reminder of what the picture looks like without that added light. Compare it to the screenshot above to see how great our new little light has been at helping illuminate Shadowheart.

You can turn individual lights on and off whenever you want by checking or unchecking the Active box next to the light in question. It will save your settings.

Now I want to add a second light. I've moved my ReShade window over a little so I can see what I'm doing.

I turned on the Active box under Light 1, and positioned my new light where I wanted it. Look over to the left of the statue in the background. You'll see my mouse cursor, and directly above it is a tiny blue circle. That's our second light!

The further you move the light away from the camera (using the right-hand box under Position) the smaller the circle gets, because it's further away!

I made this light blue, and I turned the intensity up quite high. This has helped illuminate the statue and added nice shadows that help give it some depth.

Here's a screenshot to remind you what everything looks like without any of the ReLight lights I added.

And here's a screenshot showing how everything looks with ReLight turned on and my two lights in action. I chose a subtle effect because I just wanted to draw attention to Shadowheart's face and to the statue behind her.

When you close the ReShade menu the circles that helped you know where your lights were will go away, but the light they cast will remain. Notice how you can't see the two circles in this shot?

You can also uncheck the Visualize Light Position box if you want to hide the circles while keeping the ReShade menu open. This can be helpful if they're obscuring parts of the scene that you need to see while you continue editing.

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And that's it! You can add up to 4 lights and control them independently from one another. You can use them to just help illuminate a character for a portrait, to add drama with bold lighting, or to increase the realism of a scene with better shadows and light falling where you would expect it to. If you have a big fiery sword you can add a light to it that makes orange light cast onto the character who is holding it, which can look really cool. The only limit is your imagination.

(If I ever learn how to make videos I'll translate this tutorial into an easier format, but for now I hope this helps.)

[springismss]

ᱬ⛧ my villain prologue ~ dabi

𖤐 pairing: dabi x pro hero! female reader

𖤐 content: sfw - no warnings to place here.

𖤐 a/n: no part summary as this is self-explanatory. tag list is open if you want to be tagged going forward, just comment to let me know. as always likes, comments and re-blogs are deeply appreciated!

𖤐 word count: 641

𖤐 links: series masterlist | next part 》

Dull chatter filled the air as a sense of excitement and nervousness hung almost heavy around the figures making their way up the path. It was the start of a new school year, and as always, the new students were still on cloud nine. One student in particular wore a proud smile as they looked up at the building in front of them. "Touya!".

At the sound of their name, they turned around just in time to see a flash of colour before they were on the floor. Looking up at the sky, they blinked a few times to give their brain time to catch up, trying to regain their bearings.

With a soft grunt, they lifted themselves to a sitting position and looked at their friend. "Really (y/n)? You couldn’t help yourself for one day, could you?”. Beaming brightly, you let out a laugh before nodding your head. “You know me Tou, I have to keep you on your toes”.

Standing, you brushed off your uniform and held out your hand, pulling your best friend off the floor. “Of course I know that, but I don’t want to explain why I need a new uniform on the first day to my old man”.

Letting out a hum, you nodded your head, squeezing the hand in yours briefly as you turned to look at the building. “On another note, can you believe we’re here? We’re part of the hero course at U.A!”. Turquoise eyes looked at you before looking at the building, smiling widely before they spoke. “Well, having a pro hero for a dad has its advantages”.

Rolling your eyes, you elbowed Touya in the side and smirked, hearing him cough slightly from the force. “Yeah, yeah, no need to rub it in, you know. You missed out though, the entrance exam was something else”.

Taking one last glance at your best friend, you both smiled brightly before walking up the path, gripping the straps of your bags as you stepped through the doors of your hero academy. Soon after, the first day of officially becoming heroes started.

Little did you know that your life would change drastically one day when you no longer faced the world as a duo.

"Did you hear? Touya Todoroki's gone missing".

"I heard he's run away from his monster of a father".

"I heard he's been kidnapped by an upcoming group of villains".

"I heard he just left, disappeared without a trace".

"Sounds about right, a freak like him could never have become a hero".

Curled up on your bed, you gripped your pillow as you sobbed. Throat sore and eyes swollen from the countless tears and yells. You refused to move, shouting to be left alone if anyone dared enter your room to check on you.

You hoped it was a lie, jealous people making everything up, but as the days passed, turning into weeks and months, the empty seat beside you in classes and no responses to your messages only added to your distress.

Touya was gone. Your best friend, your ride or die. The one person you could trust with your life had left you with no reason or explanation. You wanted him back, fuck what anyone else said.

No amount of wishing, hoping, wanting or praying brought the faintest hope that he was out there. It was almost like he’d disappeared and left no trace because he wanted to.

Despite the loneliness you felt, you tried to carry on as best you could, making sure to become the pro hero you both wanted to be so much.

However, in your near future, an event would happen that would bring your world crashing down once again, but not in any way you could ever possibly imagine.

Leaving you with more questions than answers for the person at the centre of it.

✎ tag list: [open - 4/10]

@dabislittlemouse @hawkwithsocks @bogearts @isabeauwolf

© springismss 2025 - don’t repost, copy, translate, steal or modify.

[valessacat]

I think I've been spending far too much time learning new tricks in photomode.

Love you to death pose pack.

Pose Pack

Path tracing enabled for photo mode, plus the CharLi lighting mod.

[wangxianficrecs]

Rewind 2023 - Proud Author Spotlight

WangxianFicRecs - Rewind 2023

Here are some recommendations from 2023 sent in by our fandom's authors themselves. Make sure to give them much love. PS: Authors, don't be shy! Submit more Proud Author Spotlights!

~*~

I published my first MDZS fic this year.

It's a 60k time travel fix-it fic from the POV of several outsider characters who are all witnesses to Wei Wuxian's change in behaviour and the events following that change.

I tried really hard to stick to canon (novel-only) characterization and I'm really proud of what I wrote so don't hesitate to give it a try (it's complete too!) :D

We'll Build A Dynasty (one the heavens can't shake)

by One_eyed_God (@oneeyedoctogod)

T, 66k, Wangxian

Summary: Wei Wuxian is well-known as a trouble-maker, someone who likes jokes and chaos. He promptly proves this by disappearing without a trace from the Cloud Recesses, in the middle of the Lectures. But when war is on the horizon and tensions boil over, can his actions really be summarized as a simple prank? Or, the unbelievable story of Wei Wuxian, time traveller, told from everyone's point of view but his.

~*~

Hi there! I don’t know if anyone remembers, but I posted my first ever fic on Ao3 this year!

Jailbreaking

by CullenBlue (@cullen-blue23)

T, 21k, NHS & WN

Summary: During the Wen indoctrination, we see everyone escape during the fight with Xuanwu… except Huaisang, who had fainted earlier. So, in short… how TF did he escape?? The story of how Nie Huaisang broke out of Qishan, and the events that happened afterwards

~*~

Mod Kay himself here :D I published a fic this year where novel canon Lan Wangji transmigrates into the CQL-verse and saves post-canon Wei Wuxian, who struggles to keep himself alive during his lonely travels. It goes hard on the It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, but I promise there's a happy ending.

the roots

by thelastdboy (@thelastdboyy)

E, 30k, Wangxian

Summary: In one universe, Wei Wuxian had been left by the side of the road while Lan Wangji had become the Chief Cultivator. He found himself alone again, discarded and heartbroken. He also found himself to be a target again, as people started hunting the Yiling Laozu once more. He was all alone and just so fucking tired that he couldn't even bring himself to fight back. Some part of him yearned to return to the peaceful oblivion that had been death. In another universe, Lan Wangji's world fell apart in a single day. He was forced to bury not only his son, but his husband as well. Sizhui's Wen heritage had been discovered and Wei Wuxian's past had once again inspired animosity. While Sizhui would hopefully find peace at least, Wei Wuxian's soul had been destroyed and Lan Wangji would rather destroy his own soul than never be re-united with Wei Wuxian again. However, his late husband had left him one last gift: a path into a different universe. Or: MDZS!Lan Wangji transmigrates into the CQL-verse just in time to save post-canon CQL!Wei Wuxian. Together, they grieve and eventually, they find a home for themselves.

~*~

(Please REBLOG as a signal boost for these hard-working authors if you like – or think others might like – these stories.)

[lemonsrosesandlavender]

Fae Bindings 3//Rolan x GN!Fae Reader

Rolan is laced into your corset... and now, as you promised, you'll take care of him. But healing comes at a price. A drop of blood, a wince of pain... you swallow them greedily, and only then will he find relief.

Read parts 1 and 2 here, or all three chapters on AO3!

Tags: undernegotiated kink, mild dubcon, D/s, sub!Rolan, corsetry/body mod, vaginal sex, anal sex, light bloodplay, painplay, somnophilia. shapeshifting gn! reader. 1467 words.

Rolan’s free hand brushes his waist as you lead him over to your throne, tracing the bones of the corset for just a moment before dragging his fingers away.

You stop, guiding his hand back.

‘You can touch,’ you murmur. ‘Feel it. Take pleasure in it. You are all mine now, and I will treat you as such.’

Hesitantly, he continues his touch, his breath catching as he finds the deepened curve of his waist. The fabric of the panels is thin enough that the warmth of his body radiates through; so incredibly mortal that you are drawn like a moth to a flame— if moths could bend the fire to their wishes, and make it burn forever to drink in its heat.

‘Sit,’ you tell him, gesturing to the thorns.

‘But—’

‘Sit,’ you repeat, placing your hand firmly in the small of his back. Rolan wavers, glancing at you with concern; trepidation that you make no effort to cure. He must learn to obey you first, now he has seen your care for him, and understand the reasons after.

His cheek ticks; and then he surrenders. Backing towards the throne, he gingerly tries to find a handhold that is not covered in spikes. To no avail. Your tongue wets as you hear his heart beat faster, and smell the sharp scent of stress return to his mortal sweat.

‘They want to take care of you,’ you tell him, gentle and reassuring. ‘Just like I do.’

Rolan nods, raking his claws over his palm in a gesture that draws its own blood— and then sinks down, eyes crushed shut in the expectation of pain.

And pain there is. His thighs twitch as a hundred thorns bite into him at once, an anguished gasp slipping from his lips.

‘Good,’ you whisper.

‘What now?’ he asks. His cock still throbs, perhaps even more so now.

‘Impatient mortal,’ you chide him tenderly, brushing his cheek. ‘Now— ’

‘Ahhh!’

Rolan’s eyes flicker open, crush shut again, seized with flinches and whimpers as you straddle him, thrusting his back into the thorns too. Pulsing with magic, you murmur an incantation and bring forth your cunt once more, slicked with lust to welcome his cock.

‘Does that feel good?’ you murmur, already knowing the answer. Your cunt swallows his entire length in one thrust.

‘… Yes,’ Rolan chokes out. The poor thing must be fighting it hard; your body clasps so tight around him, that he hangs suspended between pain and pleasure. Too much, and yet he wants more.

He looks up at you pleadingly, waiting for your mercy— and then he swallows and arches back in submission, pressing harder against the thorns.

‘Please!’ he gasps.

You smile, and give him what he seeks. Slowly, at first, riding him in long, slow strokes. Rolan tenses. The apple in his throat bobs—

‘You are so good for me,’ you murmur. ‘So good— ’

‘Ah!’

He flinches again, as the thorns crowd over him, lashing around his chest and arms. They retreat in staggering, hitching paths, leaving oozing scratches that pearl with sweet-smelling blood. You please your cunt with his cock, rolling against him in slow, deliberate movements, satiating yourself with every ridge, the thick curve of his head pressed to your depths. He is exquisite. Sumptuous, despite his broken nose, and the deep circles beneath his eyes. With his cock captive, throbbing inside you, and his lips apart in a weak, desperate moan, you want for nothing— except—

‘Oh,’ Rolan gasps softly, as your tongue presses to a scratch. ‘Oh— ’

Iron spills into your mouth. You lap it up in eager strokes, gripping his waist tight as you fuck him faster, drinking deeper. Rolan whimpers, driven into the thorns by every one of your thrusts. Suddenly, he clutches tight— you press your blood-slicked lips to his— and then with a sob, and an exhausted buck of his hips, he comes.

‘Yes,’ you whisper, seizing him tight. ‘Yes—'

His cum pours down through your cunt, swallowed by your walls— an offering of his strength that you drink in. You will drink him dry. Take everything that is not essential, wring him out, make him perfect— beauty and magic untarnished by any mortal concern.

‘You are so good for me,’ you murmur. Rolan’s eyes flicker open, and he frowns, looking caught. Faraway, and uncertain.

‘I am used to obeying,’ he points out.

‘Not like this,’ you whisper, stroking his cheek.

He shakes his head. ‘No. Not like this. Gods— I feel— ’

‘Tired?’ you ask.

‘It is your doing,’ he notes weakly, reaching for a scratch. The skin is already knitting closed. His hand drops suddenly, to the upper line of the corset. ‘Ah— my ribs— ’

‘Let me take you to bed,’ you murmur.

‘How?’ he groans. ‘I don’t— know if I can stand— ‘

You smile, licking the blood from your teeth. Mortal strength is already swelling within you. Slipping from his cock, you gather him up in your arms, purring in pleasure at his evident surprise. His thighs clench as you array them around your waist.

‘I told you,’ you murmur. ‘I will take care of you. Now…’

‘What?’ Rolan asks, catching the edge in your voice.

You let your cock answer for you. Newly shifted, it presses to his entrance.

‘Oh— ’ His chest rises tightly. ‘Please be gentle— I—’

A murmured spell slicks it with dew.

‘Nnnhh!’ Rolan whimpers, as you lower him down onto it. His body gives around you, yielding to its new owner.

‘I promised you,’ you tell him, as you press deep into heat and tightness, opening him, filling him. ‘You will be shaped to fit me; to be mine. My love.’

‘You cannot tell me that,’ he protests shakily, panting with the effort of accommodating you. ‘You do not know me— ’

‘A fae’s love is not like a mortal’s. We see so much more than you do. I have felt the shape of your soul— seen the fire in your eyes—’

‘Oh!’

His eyelids flutter shut, and then clamp, a grimace arcing through his lips. You are all the way in, and thrusting against him already, the heat he inspires in you urging you to take him.

To bed. You bury yourself deep within him, and order the depths of your lair to reveal themselves. All the branching corridors of your warren; and Rolan is far too insensible to see them. He whimpers softly, head lolling back, as you carry him to his bed and set him down on the woven rush.

‘Hells,’ Rolan whispers. ‘I cannot stop myself from falling asleep— my apologies—‘ His voice catches, as if with the memories of far away. ‘Please, do not be angry— I did not sleep well— it is not an excuse— I— ’

‘Rolan.’

His eyes flash open, but before he can say a word you press your lips to his, on top of him now, your hungry cock weeping at his entrance. It is the most urgently that he has kissed you yet, searching, heaving with anxious breath.

‘You need to sleep,’ you murmur, when at last the kiss slows. ‘You will forget these things, I promise. They will recede into the distance. As if another person lived them. But first, you need to heal.’

‘You wanted to take me— ’

‘And I will.’

You take his hips and bring them up towards you, your balls brushing against his tail. He is so lovely; you had imagined mates in all kinds of forms, before you met him, but now he lies beneath you, horns and tail and ridges, you know only his could ever be the one.

Rolan gasps, realising your intentions, and offers himself. His cock is stiffening again, and as you thrust into him, over and over, it begins to leak on his corset. The silk drinks it in, contracting ever so faintly tighter; not that Rolan notices. He is lost, clawing at the rushes, gasping as if he is fevered. Oh, how tempting it is to loose yourself on him wildly, snarling with the lust of mating wolves and fucking him even harder. But you have all the time in the world— in a thousand mortal worlds— and you must not wake your beloved.

His golden eyes roll backwards, lips parting in an invitation for a kiss.

‘Sleep,’ you groan into them, unable to hide the pleasure that his body’s tight grasp wakes in you.

Rolan nods, softly— and then goes limp in your arms, the tongue that was returning your kiss slackening until it is still.

Good. Your healing has already begun, and all that is left for now is to steward him through it.

Smiling, you buck your hips, and rut into him, enjoying the softness of his sleeping breath, and the slow, rhythmic slap of your skin against his.

[hamsterbellbelle]

Hiatus

Hot weather. Not in the mood. Bye for now.

My Sims 4-game has been crashing in a insane amount of time since the last update, and I am unable to play nor build without losing a lot of progress due to sudden crashes. Can't do anything without opening the menu then pressing save, there's not even a convenient hotkey for saving (Alt+F4 is not a hotkey and it closes the game after saving...).

I've been building without cc so my mod folder only consists of Better Build Buy and T.O.O.L. and yet my pc burns like it's playing Cyberpunk 2077 on ultra with path tracing *or worse*. (I'm not insinuating is the result of the two mods but I believe it's more of the game itself.)

Sims is suppose to be a relaxing game with a wide range of possibilities, but the more I play the more bugs and glitches I've ran into, the restriction and absurdity is making me frustrated. Browsing through the EA Sims 4 Bug Report Forum is just saddening. Playing Sims 4 without mods is boring and unbearable.

Anyway latest build I teased is up in the gallery ID: HamsterBellBelle. There's also a cc-collection that I've been working on and may have teased it to one person, I'll see what to do with the set. I may release only a small part of it and the rest after the hiatus.

I may or may not be around Tumblr and YouTube or other social media. My replies may mainly be technicality-oriented e.g. How to install, etc.

Thank you for the love and support.🧡🐹 Stay safe wherever you are, think happy thoughts. Hope you enjoy the summer/winter, have a nice day :)

[skambigbang]

We're celebrating today the incredible art for an incredible collaboration. "A Safe Place in All Universes" written by @annadriesen2121 and @paralleluniversesfan spans multiples continents, timezones and Skamverses as it traces Sobbe and Evak path forward. And the art to accompany it by yedinleaf is just stunning. Savor it and then go check out the fic

The Skam Big Bang is a fandom event that pairs writers and artists to create a 10K+ story and artwork inspired by it. Every year we’re graced by an amazing wealth of creativity in the various pieces of art and this year was no exception! Though the bang is officially over, we’re gonna be highlighting the artwork and their stories over the next few weeks as we put out a call for new mods to carry it on! Enjoy the eye candy, check out the stories and show our artists and writers some love!

[dd-wyd]

Path tracing

Made some posts with path tracing pics, but I figured I'll add a comparison so one can see the difference better.

Because the game looks gorgeous as is, but holy hell it looks amazing with path tracing. Sadly it completely obliterates the fps, and produces horrible noise during daylight :(

There are some tricks to make it better, but it'll eat your resources. Definitely only something to turn on for screenshots (sadly).

The mod that enables this is Graphics Suite.

DD2 Masterlist

[pokeroid-central]

_initializing connection to site...

_successful.

_now running intro.exe

...

[a video plays as there were some screen tears on screen, before it shows a purple(pink?) android styled after an Espeon and woman with pink hair similar to a nurse joy, but they seem to be wearing attire more fitting of a mechanic, and has a prosthetic arm. Both of them are in a high tech lab, and the android fiddles with the camera a bit before backing up showing some of the background, there's an iron hands in the background lifting pair of crates and floating off with them.]

<<Is this thing on? Oh hey it is! anyways, hi there everyone in this site! names Zetai or 09-XP (she/they), but you can all call me Zeta! A researcher and developer of the quark drive Mk.2! As well a researcher for pokeroids and their behavior!>>

And I'm Sierra Joy(she/her please!) And yes I'm one of the family members of the Joys you usually see in the centers but I took a different path of careers as a mechanic for pokeroids here, as well as help Zeta here with the improved quark drive system. It's nice to meet you all!

<<we're here to teach others about pokeroids, the various models of said Pokemon droids, the history of Quark drive system technology, and maybe even show you how life and them blend around us!>>

We hear that this site also has some stuff related to it and sometimes, and sometimes misconceptions about pokeroids. So it's my girlfriend's job to talk and share information about robot companions!

<<if you have any questions for us, you're more than welcome to ask, all that we request is to be appropriate and reasonable for us!>>

hope to see everyone here enjoy this archive!

//magic anons are disabled, mail stuff is only on for events! and sapient pokemon of any kind is welcome to talk to them as well!

//blog is run by @wiralonprimesskits aka the mod of @robot-diver-and-poison-punk and various blogs (head to @wirals-harbor for the rest), also do note that is meant to be expanding the lore of future paradoxes, and it takes place in the far future. additionally alot of the canon stuff of the future paradoxes are subjected to change within my interpretation of them. there will be some triggers in some entries but nothing too serious. however as always there's a blanket TW for unreality for this blog especially since its a blog that takes place in the far future!

picrew for Zetai's look is shown here:

for sierra:

and for the trainer cards templates:

[andiv3r]

let me tell you a shorter version of that story we started a world where we were gonna collect resources for a while, fight, and then fuck around for the rest of time. Anyways, here's the story so far:

-We spawn on a small island in the middle of nowhere, (white X on map) surrounded by sea serpents (very dangerous) -we make boats and hightail it. Youngest goes north, (green X) other two go southeast.

-Youngest ends up in a mushroom island (green X) and we end up crawling through a fuckass desert/savanna. -I find two villages. Lots of food. I almost die (bright red X) just before I get to the first. -We both find dragon skeletons, and dragon bones mean we are very stronk now. -youngest is fighting slimes and mining iron in a mushroom island.

-Black X and dark red X show the rest of my path. After this, I teleport everyone to the mushroom island and fight. -I win really good, but thats pretty irrelevant. -afterward, me and older fight sea serpents (for some reason. mostly fun.) and I get my ass kicked by one-shotting big fish several times. -We begin to settle down more. Older picks a spot in the mainland (blue X), and younger stays in the mushroom island. I just wander for a bit.

Now for the really interesting parts.

-I find a "new" continent (which I later discover is connected to the old) and settle my house (evil wizard tower still under construction, black O on map) on a mountain. I soon learned my house spot was so good a dragon had taken up a space ~260 blocks from it lol. Would kill that soon.

-Older followed, settling 400 blocks north of me (Blue O.)

-Younger went wayyy south on the desert for some reason. Not pictured, but farther than my farthest south, I believe. He would soon move to Older's place (built his house at Green O) so its not like it matters anyways lol.

-We begin to explore dimensions, start up on increasingly advanced stuff, and kill dragons. I'm pretty much the only one to have extensively explored the aether, and I plan on being the first to explore multiple less pleasant dimensions too. I kill the first dragon (remember the close by one?) and Older explores the Nether and Twilight Forest first. -Younger grows an enormous tree from a sapling from the Twilight Forest, is building a tree house (I call it a tree complex, there are several platforms strewn about the top.)

-I go into tech mods a bunch. Lately, I've coined a currency. In what, you ask? Well. You know those elements in the periodic table that don't exist in nature, so we create them ourselves? Basically, a mod adds platinum, but doesnt spawn platinum ore, so I found a way to alchemy the fuck out of the stuff (I am an evil wizard, after all,) to produce hundreds of ingots out of trace platinum dusts. I turn most of this into coins, but platinum does produce one alloy that makes the final tier of stuff in the mod that adds it.

-I built a vault defended by about 25 potato cannon turrets. This is the treasury, and it will be where I hold all platinum not yet put in circulation.

This hall leads up to it. And yes, the redstone lamps dramatically turn on one at a time. And yes, the door has a key code, even if it's easily breakable. Professionals have standards. In the back of the vault is the machine that produces coins. I currently have it working right now, it'll take a while to go through all that metal. Anyways, just look at all those potato cannons. Beautiful.

-I built a flying Ford F150. I call it my 2008 Ford F150 Seraph. It has four wings made of aerclouds from the Aether and is utterly majestic. I'll be strapping gun turrets to it soon enough.

Not only does it have 4 seats, a glovebox, and four glorious angelic wings, it has actual engines in the engine! And it actually does fly!

Yeah I can't really top the Ford F150 lmao. feel free to not answer this, I'm just not copying all of this over to discord so please respond about it there lmao

HOLY FUCKING SHIT NO I'M DEFINITELY REPLYING HERE AS WELL. OH MY GODDDD THAT'S REALLY FUCKING COOL I am a huge fan of your potato cannons... although I must ask why potato cannons instead of. Massive death lazers or something. Not questioning your choices but I am curious.

ALSO the 2008 Ford F150 Seraph is wonderful.

[pictureamoebae]

BIG UPDATE BY MARTY'S MODS

EDIT: If you only use ReLight in TS4, hold fire with resubbing. We've discovered a potential compiling error for TS4. If you use it in other games too, then go right ahead and pick it up if you want. It's likely a dx9 problem. Marty knows about it.

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Pascal Gilcher, the brains behind Marty's Mods, has released a refresh of some of his most popular shaders. RTGI has been updated, and, most excitingly, thanks to recent renewed interest *cough*, ReLight has been updated as well.

ReLight now uses ray tracing, and has introduced sub-surface scattering. Quite a few of the previous options have changed, although the way you position the lights remains the same. You can still use my previous ReLight guide to help with moving the lights, but many of the other settings I go through are obsolete now. Once I've had a chance to have a proper play with the new version I'll create an updated guide.

ReLight has now been incorporated officially into the iMMERSE Ultimate package of shaders, which can be found by subscribing to his Path Tracers tier on Patreon.

If you're updating, make sure to update all the available shaders and files, and update the regular free iMMERSE shaders, because Launchpad has received an update to work with these new versions.

As always, remember to make a backup of your current shaders first in case you want to revert for whatever reason. There are some reports the new Launchpad doesn't play nicely with dx9 games, so you may run into problems with it in TS4, but I haven't tested that myself yet. You can still use dx11 shaders in TS4 by using DXVK to use Vulkan instead of dx9, so that's always an option.

For funsies, here's a comparison of the above shot with/without ReShade.

[my hi-res bg3 shots]

[pinkyjulien]

Made the mistake of turning Path tracing *off* some days ago to test a mod and now everytime I put it back on my game either turn at 2 FPS or crashes straight up

Bro we've BEEN THROUGH THIS ALREADY 😭 There's no reason for this!

[cosmic-kinglet]

Woo! I'd been waiting to see the evil Sun that Moon talked about during the podcast thing.

He's probably about what anyone would have expected from an evil Sun: cold, malicious, making everyone "more compliant" so he has nothing to worry about, being more technologically and scientifically inclined than our Sun. It was surprising that he killed his creator; not because of the killing itself, but because the main dimension's creator seems untouchable. I wonder what was different to allow that version of the creator to be killed.

Anyway, definitely didn't like how ominous some of the evil Sun's statements were. The one standing out most being about how our Sun hasn't reached that point "yet". Sun's ventured around that path before, so it isn't unbelievable that he could go there again, and go further. I also feel like the fact that Moon didn't seem too hung up on that statement highlights just how much faith he has in Sun. He really doesn't believe, or at least doesn't want to believe, that Sun could ever become like that, despite very clear evidence that he could. This was even the case during previous instances of someone implying that Sun would be twisted or corrupted in some way. For example, when Ruin played Security Breach with a mod that showed a twisted version of Sun, and implied that what they were seeing could happen to Sun with his use of the Star. Even then, Moon didn't want to listen. He doesn't want to believe that Sun could ever be corrupted or go down a dark path from which he can't return.

On a somewhat funnier note...what happened that caused an entire council of Eclipses to die shortly after the council was formed? I mean, obviously it was the result of extreme arrogance, but what did they do?? What could they have done that resulted in ALL of them dying?? And what was that like for THEIR Suns and Moons? Like, did they all, in the middle of figuring out how to deal with their respective Eclipse, come to learn that he had died while being aligned with other Eclipses? Or did they have some trap set and then were just waiting a REALLY long time to see any trace of their respective Eclipse, only to finally get frustrated, try to search for him, and find nothing? Are there some Suns and Moons out there who have been waiting MONTHS OR YEARS because they still don't fully trust that their Eclipse is actually gone? I'm just thinking about the implications, and I NEED answers!

[naturally-dazed]

aaaa i got some mods (natural cali lighting, preem hair, blur begone, & hd reworked - i think thats it) and figured out the settings that let me use path tracing and still get 70-ish fps, and it looks so good now :')

[eurodyne-d]

Firstly, your Cyberpunk photography is fucking incredible. I love your characters and- as a side note away from my main question- absolutely need to know what mod you used for your V’s long hair. Plus seeing Kerry content is automatically a A in my book because he’s just the best character- what can I say? Anyways, I’m sure it’s been asked hundreds of times- but, how do you manage to get your photography’s so… perfect? I have a pretty beefy PC and run CP on the highest graphics but both with and without mods all my pictures always look so blurry and terrible- specifically around the faces. I’d love to know how you get them so clear and beautiful plus any tips and recommendations on your posing/composition.

This is so kind, thank you so much omg. Your message just made my week <3

For your first question, you can find the hair here!

As for my shots... Honestly it's mostly just me balling it haha. Mine used to be very blurry too but I can't for the life of me remember my settings when that happened, but I do know Path Tracing makes stuff look weird for me even tho my video card should be able to handle it. In general, ray tracing is always off for me, and I have Resolution Scaling on DLSS quality priority with max graphic settings (except for clouds, those are on medium(if that even matters)). Once in photomode tho, it's just a bunch of messing around and see what works. Most of the time I first press space for a quick render to fix the lighting/shadows, then I start messing with the exposure/contrast/filters a bit to enhance the colors of the overall composition, and sometimes I throw on a reshade that compliments the vanilla look further. My general FOV is around 20-30 with 70-80 on DOF cause I feel that makes the overall shot look most crisp and if necessary I'll clean up a bit in photoshop afterwards, but most of the time i just use it to slap on a filter and some grain and call it a day.

After I throw it into photoshop, the end result would be something like this:

As for tips on posing/composition; first and foremost, in-game lighting is your best friend. There are plenty of spots with neon signs and spotlights that give great lighting. If I found a great spot but aren't too sure about the lighting, I also tend to mess around with AMM and adjust the time of day for better (or no) sunlight. Or you found the perfect spot but the lighting is just a bit off? Spawn some spotlights or area lights with AMM to enhance your models! I usually just roam around, find a spot I like as background, and then go from there with setting up an outfit/color scheme/pose. Most of it for me really is just throwing shit at the screen and seeing what sticks tbh. I do use the photomode grid a bit especially for 16:9 shots to align my models a bit off-center cause that just looks better to me personally.

And that's all I can really think of right now.. Sorry if it's not much of a help or all over the place, I'm currently sick and my brain isn't functioning too well lmao. If you have any more questions, don't be afraid to ask! I'm more than happy to answer!