Nachapon Bricks

^ Nice render for 2nd one, bublible. How to use HDR lighting? #1 & #2 Sunsky & spherical lights compare: #3 & #4 Dark trans problem can also fix by make another render with trans part only, then phototshoped. It seems like Bluerender can not render chrome part very well? koensayr_y-pod L.lxf by Nachapon S., on Flickr Capture 2 by Nachapon S., on Flickr s30_fairladyz L.lxf by Nachapon S., on Flickr 21004 by Nachapon S., on Flickr

@DasMatze: Thanks for share the "LEGO Worlds" game link. It looks fun, like minecraft in Lego version. I will buy and try it. I think Bricksperience still useful if LW don't allow to import model from LXF or LDR, or have very limit of brick type. It would be great if user and add custom bricks/decals into Bricksperience.

I think bluerender still much faster than POV-Ray low setting, at least in these case. - Huge quantity of bricks. POV-Ray low setting still take long time to parsing. Bluerender parsing very fast. It always start to render very fast. (if no error) - Many trans parts. Bluerender render trans parts almost the same speed as non-trans part. But POV-Ray slow down a lot rendering trans parts. (especially overlap/big/complicate trans parts)

@Shroud: I play a little source engine before, but Unreal engine is completely new to me (just try it today). It seems easier to learn and very powerful. As you can watch or download many UE4 tech demos on internet. It can do almost everything we can imagine for sure ;-)

msx80, can you create a "Bluerender Lego renderings"(for example) flickr group?

The good of Bluerender is fast trans part render speed. Many trans tile buit sails @2K res took only 8.x min. If render this model with Povray it will take forever. So we can use Bluerender to render cheese slope mosaic pattern. Almost only one factor of render time is quantity of pixels. sail.lxf by Nachapon S., on Flickr LDD Trans tile buit sails _2K res 8.x min render by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Just know that Unreal Engine 4 is free for everyone form March 2015, So trying it today to import some obj bricks model. It would be nice if DasMatze or someone can make a tool to import Lego model from LXF or LDR with auto material / bevel shader. Then we get a zero wait real time rendering tool! Even make some fan-made Lego game!! IF YOU LOVE SOMETHING, SET IT FREE... (14.5 GB HDD space) UE4 V4.8 free download link: https://www.unrealengine.com/faq http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6EMc6eu3c8 Unreal Engine 4 test _Lego log brick by bbqqq by Nachapon S., on Flickr Unreal Engine 4 - GDC 2015 Features Demo Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APegUrDjP3E

Add the 7th selection tool: "drag to select only visible bricks" (same as some 3D software) It will be very useful to simplify the model (minimal brick count). Good for huge MOC (prevent LDD crash) and speed up rendering. Just group all visible(external, shell) bricks together -> invert selection -> Delete all hidden(structure, core) bricks at once. The smaller modules lxf files keep full version, the bigger all modules assembly file use "shell" version to prevent LDD crash.

Can't wait for the decal function update!

The Bricksperience Unreal engine 4 Game Lego LDD file test (Use LDD export to ldr) Easy import your own Lego model! This model's LDR file download: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/nachapon/pinball/mc3.ldr - Place mc3.ldr into TheBricksperience\Sets\1980 (or any year) - Duplicate any ???.bxp then rename it to mc3.bxp - Load the model (a bit long wait) and Play! YouTube link: YouTube link: TheBricksperience Game LDD test WIP by Nachapon S., on Flickr YouTube link: TheBricksperience Game LDD test WIP by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Quad CC 24 floors of 29,000 pcs took only 1 min 18 sec! Tried to add one more floor to reach 30,000 pces, but LDD crash while saving the file. Bluerender test by Nachapon S., on Flickr 4K 4096 x 3072 test: -No plane = 9 min 48 sec -Blue plane = 21 min 58 sec Both use CPU 3 of 4 core to keep temperature around 70-80'C. If run 100% CPU, it should be 20-25% faster. Bluerender 4K test 29K pcs 8min by Nachapon S., on Flickr

26,000 pcs took only 6 min render time! (by average gaming notebook) Bluerender0001 test 10 by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Thanks, just make some more quick test. A 3876 pcs death star took 3 min 22 sec. I tried to render two death star at once but error. After delete some unseen part to 5842 bricks, two partial 10188 took 2 min 55 sec. dsl.lxf by Nachapon S., on Flickr Bluerender0001 test 2 by Nachapon S., on Flickr err by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Thank for this great tool! Train model below (4,238 bricks) took only 1 min 39 sec! This rendering speed is good for making animation. Suggestions: - Trans clear part material is too dark. (train headlight & windows of nanoblock castle below) - Error if render scene with many kind of different bricks. (out of memory?) The road part model by Dilvish. Bluerender0001 test by Nachapon S., on Flickr CASTLE 5.lxf by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Thanks, I can't upload it yet. So just PM your the file.

The 4000 bricks left 10189 Taj Mahal was import from LDD without any building steps. It took about 10 minutes loading time on my notebook PC (i7 3630QM, GTX660M, RAM8Gb, SSD). Walking/jumping virtually inside the model is great fun already! Not just a building game, Bricksperience can be use as Lego model viewer tool / screenshot tool / Maze game, jumping game creator etc.. TheBricksperience LDD test by Nachapon S., on Flickr TheBricksperience LDD test 2 by Nachapon S., on Flickr TheBricksperience LDD test 3 by Nachapon S., on Flickr

It took more than 5 minutes to load 10188 (LDD exported). Only 2250 bricks left due to TheBricksperience have 133 bricks type only. The game run quite smooth with max graphic setting. 10188 by Nachapon S., on Flickr 10188 bxp by Nachapon S., on Flickr Jump into 4000 bricks is possible ! 10189 bxp 2 by Nachapon S., on Flickr 10189 bxp by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Just test this game. It's great fun. Just need more bricks and more loading model performance. TheBricksperience test_LDD Kwik-E-Mart by Stephan Just use LDD to export model into The Bricksperience\TheBricksperience\Sets folder.(*ldr format) and make a same name text file as *.bxp TheBricksperience test_LDD Kwik-E-Mart by Stephan by Nachapon S., on Flickr Cap ture by Nachapon S., on Flickr Capture by Nachapon S., on Flickr TheBricksperience LDD test by Nachapon S., on Flickr Capture by Nachapon S., on Flickr Cap ture by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Good job! The first image looks like a CG rendering :D

Amazing! almost perfect. Just some brick gaps look like black line. Can't see the reflection of bevels and texture on roof tiles. Great job for Scrubs and DaPhatty that can build this model on Mecabrick . For close up. MODO(cost) render is more photo-like than Blender(free) one. Can you make more rendering form different angle, and on the wooden plane?

Great work! can't wait to see your scripts.

^^ @bublible: You can try method below link. It can apply many trick decal anywhere / any directions very quick. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=108042

Template Lxf: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/nachapon/94UCSSSD/16_decal_template.lxf Decal template Quick demo build Delete template by color and export to 1st lxfml then undo undelete , but place one template outside the scene. (for make sure both lxfml to include needed bricks and decals) Delete all brick but template by color invert Move all templates in place Delete all template guide bricks _change color _export to 2nd lxfml Use ldd2povray to convert (do not render yet) 1st.lxfml and 2nd.lxfml (do NOT use part position variances) Then open 1st.ini 1st.pov 2nd.pov in POv-ray. Drag select and copy 2nd.pov's bricks part: bricks part sample: ldd_3039(array[2]{23,0},array[1]{86666},array[1][12]{{0,0,-1,-0.31106442213058472,0.95038872957229614,0,0.95038890838623047,0.31106436252593994,0,1.8326966762542725,0.73403692245483398,-1.2000001668930054}}) ldd_3039(array[2]{23,0},array[1]{86666},array[1][12]{{0,-0.99999988079071045,0,0.31106433272361755,0,0.95038890838623047,-0.95038878917694092,0,0.31106439232826233,2.9673032760620117,1.2000994682312012,1.5340409278869629}}) ldd_3039(array[2]{23,0},array[1]{86666},array[1][12]{{1,0,0,0,0.95038890838623047,-0.31106442213058472,0,0.31106442213058472,0.95038890838623047,-0.39999976754188538,0.73404121398925781,0.23269671201705933}}) ldd_3039(array[2]{23,0},array[1]{86666},array[1][12]{{0,0,1,0.31106439232826233,0.95038884878158569,0,-0.95038878917694092,0.31106439232826233,0,-1.8326966762542725,0.73404121398925781,-1.9999997615814209}}) ldd_3039(array[2]{23,0},array[1]{86666},array[1][12]{{0,1,0,-0.95038890838623047,0,-0.31106439232826233,-0.31106442213058472,0,0.95038884878158569,-2.334040641784668,0.40020030736923218,-4.5673031806945801}}) ldd_3039(array[2]{23,0},array[1]{86666},array[1][12]{{-1,0,0,0,0.95038878917694092,0.31106442213058472,0,0.31106439232826233,-0.95038890838623047,0.39999973773956299,0.73403787612915039,-3.4326968193054199}}) ldd_3039(array[2]{23,0},array[1]{86666},array[1][12]{{0,-0.99999994039535522,0,0.31106436252593994,0,0.95038890838623047,-0.95038884878158569,0,0.31106439232826233,-3.432697057723999,1.1999962329864502,4.8940415382385254}}) Then paste it into end of 1st.pov Then render the 1st.ini Copy 2nd lxfml 's brick to 1st and render Using same method can make these: HAN by Nachapon S., on Flickr Darth by Nachapon S., on Flickr sw gold by Nachapon S., on Flickr

For print decal: Just made a quick test. Place a 2x2slope(with decal) 2 unit above the target 2x3slope. In povray: Z value of the 2x2slope minus 2 before render. I will find out a better position and share the template in the ldd2povray topic soon. For sticker decal: Have to use old LDD V4.2.5 and use a 2x2 tile and edit its lxfml to scale it to sticker size, and make its thickness to almost zero hight. cs test 2 by Nachapon S., on Flickr cs test 3 by Nachapon S., on Flickr

You can use 1x1 plate to simulate -- to join a brick horizontally to a Technic piece by joining the knobs on the top of the brick to the holes on the side of the Technic piece. Capture by Nachapon S., on Flickr There is a smell gap between long Technic and long normal brick. 6q by Nachapon S., on Flickr