VRU Nexus Unity is not open, All I have running is #VRChat in a private lobby and Blender using my VRU Nexus plugin. - I built a single ceiling support beam then instance it as a GPU instanced object. - GPU instanced objects are properly stored as a single object in text data to save space. - I duplicate the beam over the ceiling adding detail to the scene. - I baked Vertex lighting so the beams are correctly lit. I go to my private VRChat lobby. reload the scene for all players in the lobby. We see my changes live without having to reload the world. This works for multiplayer as well. If multiple people were in the lobby they would all see this change at the same time. Again UNITY IS NOT OPEN ON MY PC DURING THIS VIDEO.

VRU Nexus Blender plugin live test Today marks the first time I had a chance to test the VRU Nexus Blender plugin externally. There were some hiccups and things to solve but overall it seems functional! Anyone can build entire worlds inside of The VRU nexus in #VRChat provided they have this Blender plugin. We got the plugin working and the first thing we did was test a couple things and place a pool table. lol The plender plugin outputs a text file that can either be baked into the world upload itself or loaded externally. What does this mean? It means we have a resource now where all of the complex stuff around world creation is baseline and the only thing you have to worry about is making a cool space. We have an extensive list of arcade games and props as well as a double video player setup with fully functional options menu for things like epilepsy mode and quality settings. It's a sandbox inside of a sandbox! The system makes extensive use of light volumes and LTCGI. Its quest compatible. Moving forward I will probably never go back to building worlds the old fashioned way as its completely unnecessary with a setup like this. Its not going to stop here, not only is this the foundation of The VRU Nexus, but I plan to provide tools to make world building more user friendly than ever. Worlds built for the VRU Nexus are fully compatible with other platforms such as #NexVR and anything on #BasisVR

It reminds me of old school level design because vertex lighting requires different building techniques. I have not made something like this since when I worked with crystal dynamics editor tools for working on Legacy of Kain. That was a system built with 3DSMax. It's strange that now that I have absolute capabilities the first thing I did was build a system that limits what I can do and encourages working within a specific framework. If an entire world, everything placed in it and all geometry is a single text file then its a completely different way to do world creation. I am essentially working within a new tools pipeline. Now here is where it gets really different. If I package up this plugin and share it with others. People will be able to build stuff using it. If they keep their world on pastebin or send it to me then that section of the world can be loaded. Now I just need to have a library of props, interactive objects and games and this will operate a lot like it is to make levels for a game pre set assets.

I don't use lightmaps but rather I compile lighting with vertex colors. I have a special custom shader that fully supports treating vertex lighting like lightmaps in addition to full supporting light volumes and LTCGI. Performance is amazing with this setup.

VRU Nexus development is officially underway. This city layout is going to be tighter and much more interconnected than the other two mega worlds. This is going to feel a lot more connected. Each location is stored as text data and constructed in real time when its needed.