Omnivore

Dev Blog

I suspect Bedrock RTX is dead, so I am currently paying more attention to the Java and Mineways versions of my resource pack. Here's a summary from the JG RTX Discord:

"I think Mojang has moved on from ray tracing. Bundling Java and Bedrock now seems telling (in addition to the lack of updates/fixes). I get the impression: Java is for enthusiasts, who care about graphics and will take the time to find packs and shaders; whereas Bedrock is focused on add-ons and cross-platform."

I highly encourage you to try JG RTX with Mineways and Omniverse Create. So far SEUS seems to be the best shader for the Java version. Here are a few screenshots to compare the Java, Bedrock and Mineways versions:

Omniverse Create

SEUS

BSL

Bedrock RTX

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Omniverse Create

SEUS

BSL

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Bedrock RTX

SEUS

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Changelog

Added

• (Bedrock) Bamboo sapling

Updated

• (Bedrock) Updated coral textures
• (Bedrock) Updated dead bush texture
• (Bedrock) New slushy ice design
• New prismarine brick design
• New sandstone designs
• Smaller oxeye daisy design
• New leather item frame background

Fixed:

• (Java) Clear glass texture is no longer opaque
• (Bedrock) Fixed missing iron block inventory texture
• (Bedrock) Removed metalness from water texture
• (Mineways) Included kelp textures
• (Mineways) Removed generated tiles

Full Changelog: v0.27.0...v0.28.0

Foggiest Clue Pt. II: Don't Know What to Do

Changelog

Removed all fog settings

I give up on volumetric fogs again. 😔 I recommend using JG RTX alongside some great packs which do include volumetric fogs, such as Lumen RTX and Defined PBR. Please feel free to contribute to this repository if you would like to provide fog settings for JG RTX!

World resource pack stack example

Updated

• Birch door
• Birch trapdoor
• Oak door
• Iron door
• Mangrove roots
• Muddy mangrove roots
• Amethyst crystal
• Calcite
• Deepslate brick

New Packs

• New glass variety pack
• Work-in-progress JG RTX Java conversion

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Texture and painting updates

Glass variety pack window options

Full Changelog: v0.26.0...v0.27.0

Wild Support

This release includes some essential textures from The Wild Update.

Changelog

Added

• Mud
• Packed mud
• Mud bricks
• Reinforced deepslate
• Mangrove tree textures
• Mangrove planks
• Mangrove door
• Mangrove trapdoor
• Mangrove sign
• Double trapped chest

Updated

• Frog lights
• Chiseled deepslate
• Jungle log
• Smooth granite
• Campfire smoke particle blend mode (Thank you Alegzzis!)

Fixed

• Wheat stages (Thank you Kaibeth!)

Full Changelog: v0.25.0...v0.26.0

Some Kind of Joke?

Dev Blog

This release adds some less-exciting textures, like potatoes, compost, dead coral, filler textures and a couple updates you didn't ask for. 🎉

Changelog

Added

• Compost
• Potatoes
• Respawn anchor
• Small drip leaf
• Sculk shrieker (Temporary design)
• Sculk catalyst
• Sculk sensor (Currently not animated)
• Horn and bubble coral fans
• Dropper front vertical

Changed

New iron bars

• Iron bars
• Acacia trapdoor
• New, original paintings
• Decent default fog 👍

Full Changelog: v0.24.1...v0.25.0

Teasers

Java Version

JG RTX has been converted to work with Java shaders, thanks to Pukaia Ariki.

Block Models

I made some models with Blockbench, which I will somehow share soon.

Exit signs and track lights at my ART EXhibit

Kaleidoscope block

A.D.D. ON!

Dev Blog

A few distractions made this release come a little later and lighter than planned. I spent too much time on my RAINBOW! add-on update and JG RTX add-on. But hey, they're both very cool and you should check out the progress. 👍

It's also very hard to devote free time to Minecraft while being concerned about the invasion of Ukraine. Truthfully, I only found motivation after realizing I can use this release to attract thousands of generous people to this message:

I've never accepted money for JG RTX. I've only asked for charitable donations (and RTX ON keycaps) instead of asking you to click links or buy me coffee. I didn't mind if you considered that a pass for a free download. But now I do. If you like JG RTX enough to donate and can afford to give ANY amount of money, please give something to Doctors Without Borders, UNICEF and other organizations helping Ukrainian refugees. If you can't afford to donate, you can always afford to advocate for peace. ☮️
— Jason

Changelog

Added

• Frog lights
• Cocoa
• Trip wire
• Potted warped and crimson roots
• Minecart
• Trapped chest
• Ender chest
• Pink coral plants
• Kelp
• Soul campfire animation and logs
• Campfire smoke
• Loom bottom

Changed

• Campfire animation
• Paintings
  • Replaced public domain paintings with a few new, original works
• Yellow coral plants
• Fire coral fan
• Loom
  • Changed wood material
• Default fog
  • Enabled thin, uniform fog
• Taiga fog
  • Fixed crazy-thick taiga fog
• Savanna fog

Full Changelog: v0.23.1...v0.24.1

Creeper petroglyph and stonebrick pillars from JG RTX add-on

Pushin' It

Several new entity textures have been added in this update. Alas, Minecraft does not support PBR materials for entity textures, so these are just 2D-renders of the entity materials.

The repository now includes tools and templates for anyone interested in creating their own RTX-enabled resource pack.

This release is coming a little later than its due date because I experienced performance problems after adding certain textures. Specifically, the piston top textures in the blocks/. Minecraft uses the piston arm entity textures in-game. The block piston tops appeared to load in the inventory screen because the icon was using piston_top_normal.png on its top face. I'm assuming this attempt to add a PBR texture to a data-driven block, like pistons, made Minecraft go haywire.

The performance issues could have also been caused by the multiple Substance Painter instances I tend to run alongside Minecraft – and I saw a slime mob's face in my world. (That's another known-issue). Once I removed the piston tops blocks and candles from the pack it seemed to run fine. So, who knows? I'm pushing this release anyway!

Performance Tips

• JG RTX is currently around 250mb. Set it as your global resource pack to avoid bundling it with worlds. Otherwise, any well-developed or explored world could be easily over 500mb.
• If Minecraft says you have low memory, you might not actually have low memory. Minecraft will report low memory if multiple resource packs are in use with mismatched mipmap settings. Try putting JG RTX on top of the resource pack stack to ensure the correct mipmap level.
• Try RenderBender to tweak denoiser settings and more.

Changelog

Added

• Double chest
• Boats
• Signs
• Beds
• Sculk vein
• Sculk block
• Spore blossom
• Potted azalea
• Jigsaw blocks
• Frosted ice
• Powder snow
• Turtle eggs
• Lead knot
• Pistons
• Nether wart stages
• Cactus bottom
• Pumpkin stems
• End frame eye
• Bee's nest with honey
• Glowing obsidian

Changed

• Stonier observer design
• Added glow to Nether wart block
• Chiseled stone brick design
• Soul lanterns and torches have blueish glow
• Glassier obsidian

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Clear Glass FTW

I recently held a reddit poll to help determine which style of glass to use in the pack. The clear glass won. Next round will be medieval clear glass vs. simple clear glass. This release still offers the old glass variety as an alternative.

The Foggiest Clue

New Textures

• Dropper front horizontal
• Brewing stand
• Chorus flower (dummy/dev placeholder)
• Chorus plant
• Double tall sea grass (unanimated placeholder)
• Red coral plant
• Sea pickle
• Conduit (but its PBR textures are not supported in Minecraft?)

Updated Textures

• Raw ores
• Still water animation
• Stone andesite and diorite
• Blue and pink coral blocks
• Blue, lime, and orange glazed terracotta
• Purpur blocks and pillar
• End stone and End bricks
• Simple, clear glass

Important Fog Fix

"Oooh, so that's how volumetric fogs work..."
I completely misunderstood volumetric fog (and it was apparent). The max_density_height property measures the fog height in blocks, from the ground up. I mistakenly thought this value was supposed to be set to the desired Y coordinate. 🤦‍♂️

• All biomes have fog settings
• Fogs are generally better, but not all biomes have been fully tested or tweaked.