Finalizing Acts 1 and 2

While I am currently working on Act 3 of '2B needs a checkup', I still have some work to do on the first part of the whole project (the one made last year), which contains the first two acts and begins with 2B returning to YoRHa base.

Originally, the entire checkup was supposed to be in a single video, but as it became longer and longer, I split it into two videos. Then I went on to create 'Eldritch Christmas' and now Act 3, while the first video still needed some final work.

And that's what I did over the last few days. So, what changed?

1) Overhaul of X-ray scenes: All of them were significantly improved. The original internal scenes in that video were my first attempts to use Blender for X-ray animation, and the results were a bit crude. It is time to do it right. Comparison pictures are below.

Image above: Original scene from 2023, my first attempts to create an X-ray scene in Blender. Not exactly a masterpiece.

Image below: The scene improved in 2024. Added body outlines, better lighting, and improved movement plus other things.

2) A shout-out to my most dedicated patrons is now located at the end of the video.

3) Minor improvements to some sounds and transitions. I clarified some texts. Video is now 1 GB smaller, from 6 to 5 GB. It is still pretty big, but it is half an hour long, so that is to be expected.

Image above: All X-ray scenes have seen significant changes.

The full name of the movie is '2B needs a checkup—Acts 1 and 2, final version', and it is online now. If you downloaded the previous version in the past, by far the biggest difference in the new version are the improved X-ray scenes.

So, whether you should re-download the large file or not depends on how much you care about these internal scenes. If you don't, then you can probably just ignore this post.

And now I return to work on Act 3 again. Cheers!