Block visuals guide

[fallen tulip]

This new wiki page combines what used to be many separated pieces of documentation into a single place where most aspects of block visuals are covered.

It also includes new information regarding block textures and shading which previously had very limited documentation.

https://wiki.bedrock.dev/blocks/block-visuals-intro

[simple karma]

So, does the sand use ambient occlusion + shading disabled?

[fallen tulip]

sand would look like this

"*": {
  "texture": "flattened_sand",
  "render_method": "opaque"
  "isotropic": true,
  "ambient_occlusion": 0.55,
  "face_dimming": true
}

you can tell it has face dimming because the faces are different shades (easier to see with Vibrant Visuals disabled)

the rest is based on its blocks.json entry https://github.com/Mojang/bedrock-samples/blob/main/resource_pack/blocks.json#L4999-L5003

[simple karma]

Oh yea

[drowsy robin]

Do you know what isotropic means?

[simple karma]

The texture rotates randomly.

[drowsy robin]

Does the render_method in blocks.json really work?

[fallen tulip]

That is a material instance

Not blocks.json

[simple karma]

"sand" : {
      "ambient_occlusion_exponent" : 0.550,
      "isotropic" : true,
      "sound" : "sand",
      "textures" : "flattened_sand"
   },

I find it funny that there's an ambient_occlusion in blocks.json, but I suppose that only works for blocks without a material instance.

[fallen tulip]

Yes, anything but sound is not functional for blocks with data driven tesselation

[simple karma]

Is this a bug? One side looks like vanilla, but the other side has excessive shadows.