Scenes City Lights

What It Is
An MMD-ready, feature-rich stage that utilizes light beams and audio-reactive elements. It's meant to be used with your MMD player plugin of choice.










Model Jane by MonsterShinkai—Used for demo with permission

This particular environment is a bit of a heavier hit on performance than my last stage, but I've included several options to turn some things on or off to suit your setup. The UI for toggling various items on/off in the scene appears when the main UI is open (U-key).



There are lots of lights, light beams, rain, ambient sounds, and some wind to add a little more to the overall effect of the rooftop. (I'm pretty proud of that stupid helipad). This scene is intended to be used in conjunction with your favorite MMD player plugin and motions, and will react to audio on the lower frequencies, adjusting lights and visual effects in real-time. Farger's effects and environment really pushed this one to the next level, so the majority of the thanks goes to him for his wonderful contributions to the community.

This is only an environment
The model, morphs, hair, clothing items, and dance motion shown are not included. They are only used for demonstration purposes. Credits to everything included in the scene are referenced below.

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Demo


Dreamcatcher - Scream — Big thank you to NatsumiSan

Recommendations
These are a couple of things that I typically like to use to enjoy MMD-style scenes.

Tips

• An MMD player plugin is not included with the scene—see the recommendations above for a free option
• Add the MMD player plugin to the Dancer atom to ensure the audio is captured as it's played
• The scene has been set up for depth of field effects. This can be toggled via the UI button or via Scene Plugins in edit mode
• The lighting effects are quite performance-heavy. Toggle them on/off as needed via the Light Effects button
• Custom light rig—good for photos too, not just dances

Credits
Farger - As always, my good friend has created all of the wonderful particle effects, and the city skyline
Sally Whitemane - Audio reactivity plugin
PluginIdea - Light cones and effects—without it, this would be impossible
MacGruber - PostMagic making things shiny
ICannotDie - LUT for atmosphere
everlaster - Randomizer plugin for a few lighting effects
WgSoup - Highly underrated and underused wind effects
Captain Varghoss - Plugin used to rotate some background light cones
HAL9001 - CUA editor used to save performance on Farger's fireworks
DragonPhantom - Shanghai skybox

Note
All of the background and ambient sound effects are provided by Pixabay, free for use under their Content License.

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Thank You
Thank you for taking the time to view this resource. I put a few days of work into it and am proud of the result.