Level Up Your Night Scenes Using Ray-MMD【MikuMikuDance Beginner's Tutorial 2025】

Are your night scenes in your MMD / MikuMikuDance videos turning out too dark and ugly despite watching countless Ray-MMD tutorials? Frustrated with tutorials giving vague instructions like "put it just around here," only to change the instructions later? Well, worry no more! In this MMD tutorial, I'll provide you with the exact values and techniques I use to make your videos shine during night scenes using Ray-MMD Time of Night Skybox. By the end of this beginner's tutorial, you'll not only learn how to set up a night scene using Ray-MMD but also combine it with other MMD effects.

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DL LINKS FOR THIS TUTORIAL:
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MME(MikuMikuEffect) - https://learnmmd.com/http:/learnmmd.c...
Hatsune Miku Model - https://3d.nicovideo.jp/works/td56081
Stage - https://bowlroll.net/file/273709
Raycast/Ray-MMD 1.5.2 - https://github.com/ray-cast/ray-mmd/r...

DL LINKS FOR THE OTHER MMD EFFECTS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL:
Diffusion7 by Soboro -
Autoluminous4 by Soboro - https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=EF581C...
SoftSmoke by Beamman - https://ux.getuploader.com/BeamMan2/d...

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Video Clips Used in the intro(From my channel):
CH4NGE -    • 🅼🅼🅳 Happy Hatsune Miku / 初音ミク Wet In ...  
KING -    • 🅼🅼🅳 KING - Arcana Sour Hatsune Miku /...  

Model used in intro/outro:
REM's SEKAI Style Hatsune Miku / 初音ミク VS ver.1.2 - @REMmaple
DL link: https://bowlroll.net/file/284224

Motion Used in the Time of Night + Kirakira effect sample: みや様

CHAPTERS:
0:00 The Ray-MMD Night Scene You'll Ever Need
0:38 Requirements For This Tutorial
1:27 Basic Setup: Clearing The Stage
1:57 Basic Setup: Loading All Assets
3:09 Basic Setup: Configuring Ray-MMD In MME(MikuMikuEffect)
4:30 Configuring the Time of Night Controller
5:36 Configuring the Ray Controller
6:19 Materials: Adding Ray MMD Materials
7:20 Materials: Changing the Eyes White Texture Via Controller
8:12 Combining Ray MMD with other MMD Effects
9:53 Lighting: Configuring SpotlightIES
10:38 Lighting: Making the Light Source Follow The Model
11:39 Lighting: Hiding the Light Source From the Scene
12:18 Ray-MMD Night Scene + KiraKira Effect Sample
12:30 Want More MMD Tutorials?

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