v0.71.473

Changelog since last release:

• added texture streaming system: DDS texture files will be using streaming
• reduced resource loading times
• terrain virtual texture improvements: better caching, reduced texture pop-in
• added background image scaling modes for loading screen
• editor:
  • new redesigned GUI
  • paint tool brush size can be modified by scrolling mouse wheel
  • general options: DDS convert button to convert every texture in the scene to DDS

v0.71.446

Changelog since last release:

• volumetric light quality and performance improvements
• path finding: added search for cover query
• terrain: unlimited virtual texture layers, object-terrain blending
• surfel GI: quality improvements, block compression
• DDGI: faster dynamic lighting changes, voxel grid can be used for probe correction, block compression, performance improvements
• ray traced shadows: switched back to half resolution to have better performance, but with better upsampling to retain quality
• ray traced ambient occlusion: upsampling quality improvement
• screen space shadows: quality improvements
• Archive: added support for embedded thumbnail image
• Editor updates:
  • paint tool: redirect alpha mode (redirect red channel paint into alpha channel)
  • paint tool: terrain material painting
  • Content Browser will now list the recently used folders
  • Content Browser will now display thumbnail image for wiscene files
  • FBX model importer

Edit: Updated for version 0.71.452 with some critical fixes

fbx.mp4

v0.71.422

Changelog since last release:

• DX12, Vulkan resource aliasing, GPU memory usage improvements
• parallax occlusion mapping is now supported for decals
• added Screen Space Global Illumination (SSGI)
• added trail renderer
• loading screen and async loading tasks can be set up from Lua scripts
• PaintIntoTexture can be done from Lua scripts
• Editor:
  • improved terrain customization: props, materials
  • added content browser window
• other fixes and improvements

Update: added new build with some fixes and improvements: 0.71.431

v0.71.392

Changelog since last release:

• fix for sound instance begin and length setting
• physics: fix for kinematic activation and deactivation after rigidbody was created
• added raytest that is optimized for simple occlusion check
• added simple fatness and head size controls for ragdolls
• fixed issue with terrain saving that was introduced in previous release

v0.71.385

Changelog since last release:

• Added Vertex Ambient Occlusion (Vertex AO)
• Ray traced shadows changed to full resolution
• Voxel GI: removed low resolution resolve mode
• Added lightshafts, lens flares and volumetric clouds to path tracing
• Added transparency map texture slot to materials that can be used for a secondary transparency texture
• Added voxel-based 3D path finding and line of sight occlusion testing
• Editor: camera preview render for selected camera, and path finding testing mode
• optimizations, fixes

v0.71.354

Changelog since last release:

• fixes for motion blur pop-in artifacts on terrain
• improved temporal AA for materials using wind
• rain effect "head blocker" to avoid rain droplets under and very close to camera
• vertex buffer quantization: reduced GPU memory usage of vertex buffers
• emitted particle system feature: take color from mesh (particles will take their color accoring to where they are spawned on the mesh surface)
• editor: physics impulse improvement will be applied at more accurate position on rigid body instead of center of mass
• editor: paint tool now works correctly for textures that use tiling
• editor: open standalone image, sound and video files
• other fixes and improvements

v0.71.338

Changelog since last release:

• enabled path tracing depth stencil effects for vulkan
• fonts and sprites can be added to the scene
• added ocean water foam effect
• added rain weather effect
• added ragdoll physics
• water ripples can use embedded asset, also fixes missing water ripples in Steam build
• many new lua script bindings
• many fixes
• editor:
  • create humanoid rig from armature with naming convention
  • grab physics rigid bodies and ragdolls with left mouse button while nothing is selected
  • shoot physics rigid bodies and ragdolls with an impulse by pressing left mouse while "P" key is held down
  • improvements for importing VRM 1.0 models

v0.71.312

Changelog since last release:

• fix in capsule collision detection by @MortimerSnerd
• mouse delta position fox for Linux by @dpalais
• optimizations for integrated GPU resource loading
• foreground object rendering (useful for FPS weapon)
• fixes for AMD GPUs
• font rendering quality improvements
• scripting updates, many new scripting functions
• audio fix: loop can be disabled when audio stopped playing
• enabled particle rendering in planar reflections
• water rendering improvements:
  • underwater fog is now based on distance to water plane instead of depth difference
  • refraction separation quality improvement
  • ocean underwater improvement
  • refraction fix when looking up from underwater
• editor:
  • fix for armature reset pose button
  • added new sphere mesh creation

v0.71.285

Changelog since last release:

0.71.285:

• initial support for PlayStation 5 platform
• Environment probe updates:
  • probes can be exported into DDS texture files with Editor
  • probes can be imported from DDS texture files with Editor
  • probe resolution can be set per probe (they are no longer in cubemap array, but separate cubemaps)
  • improved probe filtering
• Tonemap type can be now selected (Reinhard/ACES). Default is ACES as before
• weather: exposure will also affect static sky (previously only dynamic sky was affected)
• textures can be exported into DDS files from c++
• Editor: added support for EXT_lights_image_based GLTF extension (imports environment map from GLTF file as sky)

v0.71.272:

Changelog since last release:

0.71.255:

• added capsule/point and capsule/sphere intersection functions to lua bindings
• character controller: fade out whole character when camera gets inside it
• temporal AA frame reset fix (fixes startup crash on Vulkan when temporal AA is enabled)
• fixed flickering grass issue on AMD graphics cards
• physics fix: rigid bodies that are attached to parent will be detached at beginning of physics simulation
• added support for 16-bit PNG loading and writing
• terrain heightmap modifier will work with 16-bit PNG
• editor:
  • terrain heightmap export will create 16-bit PNG to avoid major precision loss compared to 8-bit PNG
  • added depth of field refocus hotkey to the editor: Press C and click anywhere where you want to focus the camera (takes effect when camera aperture size is greater than zero and depth of field is enabled)
  • added dummy visualizers to editor: display a female or male dummy anywhere in the scene easily, this makes it easier to get a sense of scaling for objects. Access this from the top menu toolbar. The dummies are scaled like characters imported from Vroid studio.

0.71.272:

• added support for Xbox Series X and S consoles
• fixes for handling paths with unicode characters
• fixes for AMD GPUs
• Vulkan stability improvements (by @brakhane )
• support for precompiled LUA scripts, greatly improves performance of script components in the scene
• HDRi image import will be converted to lower precision float for memory saving
• editor: added KHR_materials_emissive_strength GLTF extension
• character controller: NPC will turn towards player when entering conversation