Reflection for blocks?

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@Mittekemuis just started a new project and the pictures she added made me think of reflection, one of them was this

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basically what i ask is if we could have blocks that have this reflective property? we already have it kinda in the water.

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The reflection of blocks could be used for several things, we humans mainly use it to make a room or an area seem bigger than it actually is, and it has a really nice feel to it.

some of the things it could be used for was

Mirrors:

Making a sort of ‘‘mirror’’ block or prop, would be pretty neat.

Gleam:

It was suggested that gleam had a very vague amount of reflection, if it is possible to make then i also think it is an okay cool idea.

Building:

Different blocks could have these properties, things like marble could be used as a floor (kinda like the picture above) and there could be other building blocks that refleceted the area around it.

just an idea though, would this be something people would like?

@james

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It would be cool to have different types of reflections, too. Like having a straight up mirror, or having it it barely reflective but not to the environment like gleam, or having it reflect the world, but also have a “coherent” texture.

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Glass should be somewhat reflective.

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Pretty sure the devs talked about this when the textures updated and they explained that it isn’t something they will/can do on a single block scale due to game/processor resources
They have reflection in larger bodies of water but not on such a small scale

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Nah. im pretty sure you read the thing about having transparent gleam. which is different. but yeah i am not sure it is possible.

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This is why I always build over water.