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Clouds are too thin.

While I really like the work you guys are doing with Vibrant Visuals, I noticed that clouds were made much thinner in the 1.21.80.25 Beta & Preview compared to previous versions. The thickness of clouds should either be reverted to how they were in 1.21.70 because I don’t think it’s very realistic and doesn’t really match with Minecraft’s established style.

If the team is looking to change the way clouds are rendered in the game, I think they should instead:

  • experiment on making the thickness of clouds variable and random with each cloud in the sky,
  • experiment with making the clouds float at different y values in the sky (with higher clouds being more transparent and lower clouds being opaquer).

 

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    Something simmilar to how story mode handles clouds could work.

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    yesss. perhaps they should also make the clouds more three dimensional. make them look like they are almost made of blocks instead of just flat sheets. make them more voxel-y! its minecraft after all

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    I also want to clouds to be thicker the thin clouds look kind of ugly and weird

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    Les nuages sont devenus… un peu trop timides ! 

    Je rejoins totalement cet avis. Depuis la mise à jour 1.21.80.25, les nuages semblent beaucoup plus fins qu’avant. Cela casse un peu l’ambiance visuelle iconique et immersive de Minecraft. Dans la version 1.21.70, les nuages avaient une belle densité, une vraie présence dans le ciel. Aujourd’hui, ils paraissent presque effacés…

    Si l’idée est de rénover le rendu des nuages, pourquoi ne pas aller plus loin en innovant ?

    • Ajouter une épaisseur variable pour chaque nuage, pour un ciel plus vivant.

    • Leur faire occuper différentes altitudes, avec des effets de transparence réalistes selon leur hauteur.

    Ce genre d’ajouts rendrait le ciel plus dynamique, plus naturel, sans trahir le style cubique de Minecraft que nous aimons tous.

    Merci pour votre superbe travail sur Vibrant Visuals, mais n’oublions pas : un beau ciel, c’est ce qui donne de la magie aux mondes que nous créons.

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    Here is an English translation of the above French comment, which I totally agree with! 

    The clouds have become… a little too shy! 

    I totally agree with this opinion. Since the 1.21.80.25 update , the clouds seem much thinner than before. This breaks the iconic and immersive visual atmosphere of Minecraft a little. In version 1.21.70 , the clouds had a nice density, a real presence in the sky. Today, they seem almost erased...

    If the idea is to renovate the rendering of clouds, why not go further by innovating?

    • Add varying thickness for each cloud, for a more vibrant sky.

    • Make them occupy different altitudes , with realistic transparency effects depending on their height.

    These kinds of additions would make the sky more dynamic, more natural , without betraying the cubic style of Minecraft that we all love.

    Thanks for your great work on Vibrant Visuals , but let's not forget: beautiful skies are what make the worlds we create magical.

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    they should also make cloud shadows more soft, because the current ones look strange. Additionally, thicker clouds would have more intense shadows.

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    Clouds can be dynamic, so they alternate between when it starts to rain and when it becomes a beautiful sunny day.

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    The outline around clouds should be reduced slightly.

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    I totally agree with this view!

    Over the past period of time, Minecraft has not made any significant changes regarding the cloud aspect.

    We should add more things of the clouds in Minecraft!

    For instance, add cumulonimbus clouds, cumulus clouds, cumulus fractus clouds, alto clouds, cirrus clouds, cirrostratus clouds... and even some unique halos!

     

     

     

    I have visited a nature reserve. The environment there is similar to that in Minecraft, But the clouds in there are ever-changing and come in various shaps, while in Minecraft, there are only a few thin clouds floating in the sky at any given time.

    I think Minecraft should have more clouds: on sunny days, let there be cumulus clouds, cirrus clouds (it seems a bit complicated to create this model. You could add a halo to the sun when it's in the cirrus clouds) or altostratus clouds moving slowly across the sky, or no clouds at all; during the transition period between sunny and rainy days (or let Minecraft add the cloudy days), let high clouds, cumulonimbus clouds or stratocumulus clouds hang in the sky; during rainy days, let cumulonimbus clouds make the sky feel gloomy. If it's a thunderstorm, let cumulonimbus clouds appear. By the way, you can add the rainbow in Minecraft, but you need to make the rainbow with a small probability after a rainy day!

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    The cloud texture should be updated so that there are different types of clouds 

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    There should be cumlus clouds thar are a 3d model made of pixels 

    Stratus clouds should be thin the higher up they go the thinner they get 

    Cirrus clouds should be curvy lines 

    Basically all cloud types 

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    Obviously they should be 3s models, not 2d pixelly textures. And then cirrus clouds can't be an irl image, that would impact low end devices. Also I like your cloud variant idea 👍

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    They definitely need multiple layers and a new 3d look done to them.

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    The clouds should be big and full of wonder and players should enjoy flying through these giant blocky clouds, not just one block layer many blocks in a no specific order.

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    YESS that would be amazing.

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    i hate how vibrant visuals looks. it looks like junk rather than minecraft it is a disgrace and i hate it we need to make them take it down we need to make a revolution. everyone with me comment: i'm in

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    WHAT I DON'T EVEN GO UP THERE THEIR THIN?!

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    Thank you Microsoft for this account.

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    Thank you Microsoft for this account.

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    Ahmet Sefa

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    Sebastián

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    I agree. I preferred the old clouds because they looked like nice cumulous clouds. And now they look more like cirrus.

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    I Love the idea

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    Idk why you said that but the clouds are fine bro

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    I do not like when an update is about something, like Chase the Skies, but does not add anything to it at all. They should add some structure in the sky, so you are forced to use the happy Ghast

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    I wait that Mounts of Mayhem would not have this problem and add the Jellyfish. Here is the direction to vote for it. https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/40473850000909-Jellyfish-for-Mounts-of-Mayhem

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    Nice work mojang on your vibrant visuals project, but you might wanna fatten those clouds for the new update so make another game drop in the Minecraft settings that says “thick clouds” which you can change the thickness with a bar like the one for the amount of players needed to skip the night. Pleeaasse

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    They should copy the Better Clouds mod; they're perfect.

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    We should have really thick cumulonimbus that maybe toss around elytra, and all kinds of cloud types. That would be awesome. We need all the cloud types. We also need darker and lighter clouds

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    THICK CLOUDS PLS MOJANG.