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Dramatic Skys Video Preview: New Cloud Layering!

Added 2025-07-09 17:37:45 +0000 UTC

Hello everyone! I am super excited to share this new feature that's coming to Dramatic Skys, which is new and improved cloud layering!

Before now, the stars and moon would overlap the clouds. Which to most, is not a "huge deal" and that was always my stance on it too.. until UsernameGeri made proper masks for the clouds.

The amount of realism and detail that this gives the skies during the night is genuinely incredible. This in combination with the new blending on the sky textures in general to make them pop a lot more is crazy to see!

In this post I have attached a before and after video showcasing the new and improved night skies thanks to these new layering masks. The difference is truly night and day, I never thought something so small could make such a large difference.

This will be part of the next early access build of Dramatic Skys that will come out soon (Beta 2.5.8a) for Emerald subs and up! It will be available down the line for Gold and Diamond as well once it is no longer early access.

I really hope you guys enjoy this video/showcase, I am beyond excited to have this update out there for you all in the coming days! Again, HUGE thanks to UsernameGeri for doing the masking layers and setting all of this up. He is truly an asset to this community and I am beyond thankful for him being a part of things.

You can get the current Dramatic Skys Beta (for Gold and up) here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dramatic-skys-2-132767550

I hope you all are just as excited for this update as I am! If you were thinking of upgrading to Emerald or becoming a sub, this would for sure be an amazing update to do so on. If you have any questions or concerns please let me know!