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    We have posted a new VaM2 dev log on Patreon, starting a monthly cadence of written progress updates between Beta releases. Highlights include the new Gizmos System, Selection Carousel, and Modes System with Context-Specific Editing. Beta1.2 is 15 of 21 items complete.

    Read the full post on Patreon, or follow progress on the public Trello roadmap.

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  1. Caustic Lighting Rig

    Lighting + HDRI Caustic Lighting Rig 5
    Hub-Hosted VAR CC BY

    This is a subscene for a lighting rig to simulate caustic lighting, generally for use in underwater environments. Should be pretty simple to use, but there are some caveats. Simply add the CausticLighting subscene to your scene and it should start working out of the box. The trouble starts...
  2. Evil ReShade Presets

    Lighting + HDRI Evil ReShade Presets 1

    Greetings VAM Community, I've been sitting on these for quite a while now since my last release, but I'm finally getting around to releasing them. These are based on ReShade version 6.6.0, which is the most recent as of posting these, but the last version may also work. Due to Halloween coming...
  3. Crystal ReShade Presets

    Lighting + HDRI Crystal ReShade Presets 1

    Hello VAM Community, I hope you have all been doing well since my last release. These are probably some of the most lightweight presets I have made to date, excluding the RT shaders which are totally optional on these unless you want to achieve the look from the pictures. They are all very...
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  4. VAM Desktop ReShade Guide 2025 + Redux Presets

    Guides VAM Desktop ReShade Guide 2025 + Redux Presets 1

    ReShade Guide for VAM Introduction I am updating my previous guide as I have learned a bit since then. Some of the stuff in this guide will mirror the last guide as nothing has changed in those sections. I have also included some of my latest presets that you will find at the end of the...
    • Munchyman25
    • Resource
    • graphics guide lighting preset reshade rtgi
    • Category: Guides
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  5. Guide: Easy AutoFocus/Depth of Field for scenes

    Guides Guide: Easy AutoFocus/Depth of Field for scenes

    A couple awesome plugins exist for depth of field effects, but making them autofocus is another matter. This guide steps you through the simple process of adding that extra bit of realism. Things You'll Need 1. PostMagic plugin by @MacGruber (or Post Processing by @moyashi) 2. Focus plugin by...
  6. Guide: Soft, high-performance volumetric lighting glow from any angle

    Guides Guide: Soft, high-performance volumetric lighting glow from any angle

    Super quick guide to adding slick glow effects at a low cost... in this case, a soft glow to the fire pit, viewable at any angle. Things You'll Need 1. HPVL plugin by @PluginIdea 2. Rotate to Camera plugin by @Spacedog 3. A light source. Steps 1. Drop an empty atom near/over your existing...
  7. Lighting Manager

    Plugins + Scripts Lighting Manager 2
    Hub-Hosted VAR CC BY

    Lighting Manager for Virt-A-Mate Lighting Manager is a plugin designed to simplify and enhance lighting setups in Virt-A-Mate (VaM). It automatically creates and positions a 3-point lighting rig (Key, Fill, Back lights) around your Person atom, providing professional-quality lighting without...
  8. Neon Re-shade Preset

    Lighting + HDRI Neon Re-shade Preset 1

    Neon Re-shade Preset I had a little fun making a re-shade preset and thought that I would share it.
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  9. Luts

    Lighting + HDRI Luts 2
    Hub-Hosted VAR CC BY-NC-SA

    As many know the colortone assetbundle can break certain effects in vam and as a work around I've made a lut that attempts to get close to the same effects and then combined that with my favorite existing luts from @BooMoon , @ICannotDie , and @ptrxxx . I'll probably add to this as I make more...
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  10. Chroma ReShade

    Lighting + HDRI Chroma ReShade 1

    Hello VaM Community, I am back once again to share with you all my latest preset. I always think I'm done and I can't do anymore but I always find something I can change. I went back to the drawing board and used the foundation of my Cellshade preset I included in my original guide which...
  11. Trucino

    Performance - Physics

    Hey everyone, I've been developing the RealFeel scene for over a year now. Over time, the scene has grown significantly in size and complexity — which, as expected, has led to a gradual drop in performance. We can imagine that this scene is heavy on performance because of lights, hundreds of...
    • Trucino
    • Thread
    • assets immersion lighting mocaps performance performance metrics realfeel realism scripting
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Help
  12. VaMDeV

    Official 05: The Lighting Rig

    VaM2 The Lighting Rig Please load “Example 2”. You may have noticed a unique lighting rig inside this scene file. Several Options are available. Open it's options under the "Environment" rollout within the scene. The rig is currently Auto Rotating and this can be turned off and rotated...
  13. [Experimental] Volumetric Global Illumination

    Plugins + Scripts [Experimental] Volumetric Global Illumination 1
    Hub-Hosted VAR CC BY

    An initial attempt at importing SEGI global illumination into VAM. All credits go to SonicEther. https://github.com/sonicether/SEGI This project hasn't been updated in ages, so I doubt I'll get it to perform better than it currently does. The upside is that it runs on VAM's ancient version of...
  14. ReShade Preset Ultimate Bundle

    Lighting + HDRI ReShade Preset Ultimate Bundle 1

    Hello Everyone, After a lot of tweaking and experimenting I am proud to release this ultimate bundle, which comprises of 6 different presets. In the zip folder you will find both the presets and the list of how they should look in ReShade. For these presets you will need the full array of...
  15. J

    Block/mask light

    Hi, I'm trying to understand lighting in VAM, and I'd like someone to confirm something. Let say we have a two room asset, with no light on it's totally dark (black screen), you create and point a light at the adjoining wall in room A, room B should be dark as there is no light, but instead...
    • Jexx
    • Thread
    • lighting
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Help
  16. T

    Question Passthrough topic: Is there some material setting so an atom with a flat colour won't receive any shading effect, allowing passthrough effect?

    So the atom will look like a silhouette essentially in whatever colour it's been allocated. This is for creating passthrough portals in a scene.
  17. Composing Light and Shadow Example (case Xacreux)

    Guides Composing Light and Shadow Example (case Xacreux)

    There have been several requests that to describe my process of creating lightings in my scene, and here I want to share my process. It always depends on the scene situations so there are no single route to finish from start to the end, but I feel there are some common issues that I always take...
    • Xacreux
    • Resource
    • composing scene guideline lighting
    • Category: Guides
  18. Tomboy's Light Rigs Pt. 3

    Lighting + HDRI Tomboy's Light Rigs Pt. 3 1
    Hub-Hosted VAR CC BY

    12 portrait lighting rigs using subscenes. should be positioned with the head (and parented to it as well, if animated). Some dramatic, some subtle, some weird. These lights are all set to high settings (very high shadow quality and forced pixel) so take caution if you have a weak computer...
  19. Linn Scene

    Scenes Linn Scene 2
    Hub-Hosted VAR CC BY-NC-SA

    Make sure to Join discord for early access and bonuses: https://discord.gg/HkcWVM8KMs Scene used to take screenshots of Linn for her hub release now as its own hub post so dependencies are kept separate. This version comes with a blank model as well as a few different pose presets to be used in...
    • Damarmau
    • Resource
    • damarmau lighting scene
    • Category: Scenes
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  20. The River

    Scenes The River 1
    Hub-Hosted VAR CC BY-SA

    Make sure to Join discord for some bonuses: https://discord.gg/HkcWVM8KMs This environment was inspired by an AI screenshot @Noc_This posted on official discord. I still plan on making several changes to this scene to make it more like my mountain temple scene where there are buttons for...
    • Damarmau
    • Resource
    • damarmau environment fantasy interactivewater large environment lighting trees
    • Category: Scenes
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