v0.71.143

Changelog since last release:

0.71.142:

• animation retargeting updates:
  -- retargeting now callable from scripts: Scene::RetargetAnimation()
  -- runtime retargeting mode: doesn't bake new animation data, but reuses source, and computes retargeting in real time
  -- character controller sample uses separate animation file now and retargeting to character model
• editor: entity filtering by name

0.71.143:

• optimization for rendering of geometry that has wind enabled
• fix for Steam - Linux build that caused crash at startup

v0.71.137

Changelog since last release:

0.71.127:

• Volumetric cloud updates by @Kliaxe :
  -- second cloud layer
  -- rain clouds
  -- more parameters exposed to editor
  -- overall quality and performance improvements
• VXGI (Voxel GI) updates:
  -- improved quality of voxelization
  -- anisotropic voxels (directional voxels)
  -- clipmaps (voxel LOD)
  -- improved temporal accumulation, and multi bounce diffuse

0.71.137:

• configurable directional light shadow cascades
• character controller LUA sample updates: NPCs
• editor: transparency setting for transformation and bone picker tools

v0.71.124

Changelog since last release:

0.71.109:

• Added support for DirectX 12 Agility SDK (optional) (by: @amerkoleci )
• Added FidelityFX FSR 2.1: upscale from lower resolution rendering to full display resolution wi::renderer::PostProcess_FSR2()
• DDGI: optimization with R9G9B9_SHAREDEXP texture format - less memory usage, faster sampling
• Inverse kinematics with humanoid rig: added constraints for leg bones (avoids twisting thighs and knees)
• Character controller sample: dynamic foot placement with inverse kinematics
• planar reflections:
  • transparent objects will also be rendered into planar reflection
  • temporal AA, FSR 2.1 inside planar reflection will work better
• other fixes and improvements

0.71.112:

• .hdr image format can be loaded now
• .dds texture with BC6H format can be loaded now
• spherical map texture (2D texture) can now be used as weather sky map (static environment map)

0.71.123:

• audio state query: GetSampleInfo(), GetTotalSamplesPlayed()
• procedural lip movement for expression based on sound
• vulkan:
  • removed VK_NV_mesh_shader
  • added VK_EXT_mesh_shader
  • Vulkan 1.3: dynamic render pass and dynamic vertex stride are now used
• graphics:
  • optimizations for unified memory architecture (eg: intel integrated gpu)
  • forced precompiling a lot of graphics pipeline states at startup
• shadow map rendering optimization: improved batching
• profiler update: graph display

v0.71.100

Changelog since last release:

0.71.72:

• RenderPath3D: contrast, saturation, brightness adjustment (by @Cop46 )
• Editor: animation retargeting, Mixamo humanoid rig import
• Scene intersections on CPU: velocity reporting at hit result
• Collider CPU optimization: multi threaded update
• Spring - collider CPU optimization using BVH acceleration structure
• MeshComponent: double sided shadow property
• DX12: Device Removed Extended Data and device removed support callback (by @amerkoleci )
• DX12, Vulkan: GPU device name reporting (by @jdswebb )
• DX12, Vulkan: Sparse resource and async copy queue support
• Terrain:
  • shadow map optimization by disabling low curvature chunk shadows
  • sparse texture system that allows 16k * 16k texture resolution dynamically close by, and lower VRAM usage

0.71.84:

• [minor breaking change] graphics: removed TYPELESS formats, these formats can be used instead both for depth and shader resource binding:
  • R32G8X24_TYPELESS -> D32_FLOAT_S8X24_UINT
  • R32_TYPELESS -> D32_FLOAT
  • D24_UNORM_S8_UINT -> D24_UNORM_S8_UINT
  • R16_TYPELESS -> D16_UNORM
• graphics: added ResourceMiscFlag::TYPED_FORMAT_CASTING and ResourceMiscFlag::TYPELESS_FORMAT_CASTING for advanced format casting support
• terrain: surface textures are using block compression: memory reduction, better performance
• terrain: tessellation can be enabled for surface
• fluid simulation: performance optimization
• hair particle system: performance optimization
• LUA: fixed issue when sometimes instead error being reported, application would crash
• shaders:
  • meshlet packing improvement: added 1 bit extra precision = doubled the supported meshlet count to 16 million (fixes a problem with very high polygon scenes)
  • removed SRGB texture conversion code at most places, instead SRGB conversion will be performed by descriptor automatically
• Editor: added brightness, contrast, saturation sliders for graphics options

0.71.93:

• terrain: texture compression improvements
• fixed mesh LOD incorrect UVs in ray tracing effects
• Editor:
  • play button: execute last script
  • stop button: kill background script processes
  • improved multiple scene switching
  • gui layout will be retained between application runs
• added camera_shake.lua sample script
• fix in font renderer - sometimes texts could disappear
• fix in tessellation - displacement mapping was not using texture tiling parameter of material

0.71.100:

• terrain:
  • virtual texturing system rewritten to be atlas-based, not using hardware tiled resource Tier 2 feature
  • now supports 64k * 64k virtual texture resolution per chunk
• Editor:
  • added GLTF export feature. You can export GLTF and GLB files with the save button in the editor (by @megumumpkin )
  • GLTF importer improvements: avoid negative scaling correction on imported objects (by @megumumpkin )
  • terrain prop asset configuration file: customize terrain object placement with props.ini configuration file
  • terrain grass configuration file: customize grass properties with grass.ini configuration file

v0.71.47

Changelog since last release:

0.71.37:

• terrain generator physics mesh generation
• lua bindings for physics

0.71.39:

• added ray traced diffuse effect: 1 bounce indirect diffuse light (hardware raytracing GPU only). Can use DDGI as fallback for adding multiple bounces.
• optimization for scene intersection functions:
  • LOD level can be specified
  • they will use multiple threads to collect intersections

0.71.42:

• repurposed RENDERTYPE enum to FILTER (old values are still usable)
• added FILTER_NAVIGATION_MESH type - allows tagging meshes for navigation and filtering them in scene intersection functions
• added FILTER_COLLIDER type - allows processing colliders in scene intersection functions
• added simpler interface to get scene intersections: new Scene::Intersects() function overloads
• improvements in character_controller_tps.lua script: script is checking colliders and navigation meshes instead of all meshes in the scene. This can result in faster performance when meshes are set up with colliders.
• terrain sample assets specify custom colliders for trees and bushes. Terrain chunks and rocks are tagged as navigation meshes.
• playground sample scene has now navigation mesh tagging for meshes that need collision

0.71.46:

• VRM humanoid data import, automatic LookAt for head and eye bones.

0.71.47:

• Lua bindings for expressions, humanoids
• Weather: added fog color override for realistic sky
• Editor: display save confirmation text
• Editor: fix for Win + D shortcut crash

v0.71.34 [Steam release]

Changelog since last release:

0.71.0:

• lua scripting updates by @megumumpkin :
  • improved handling of script paths (code breaking change, might break existing asset paths in lua scripts)
    • scripts can now query their originating directory and file path with script_dir() and script_file() commands.
  • advanced process tracking by script and process identifiers, new sample script: Content/script_tracking.lua
• gui: text input field caret positioning, selection highlighting support

0.71.3:

• font renderer: 2x base upscaling, SDF rendering can be disabled
• editor updates:
  • paint tool:
    • screen aligned brush visualizer update (thicker geometry, better visible)
    • sculpt mode: axis locking support
    • texture mode: brush mask shape, rotation
  • terrain generator: stackable modifiers (perlin noise, voronoi noise, heightmap image)

0.71.7:

• default Arial font replaced by Liberation Sans (by @brakhane )
• editor: bone picking, animation editing

0.71.10:

• added light animation support: color, intensity, range, innerConeAngle, outerConeAngle properties can be animated

0.71.15:

• wi::ecs::ComponentLibrary can be used to register custom components to the scene (by @megumumpkin )
• Linux: engine can be compiled as dynamic library optionally (by @portaloffreedom )
• Added support for spring colliders
• DDGI will be serialized with the scene, can be used for baked GI
• DDGI grid size parameter is no longer hard coded, can be edited
• Added controllable light shaft strength parameter
• Editor:
  • GLTF importing supports sparse accessors
  • GLTF importing can import spring bones and colliders
  • can import VRM model

0.71.18:

• added support for .ini config file loading and saving
• cartoon outline effect can be configured per material
• added userdata to material, support for custom material parameters
• pen pressure support for windows desktop platform
• Editor:
  • config.ini file update with lots of parameters
  • many application settings will be saved and loaded from config.ini
  • layout improvements

0.71.28:

• colliders will affect for particle systems
• Lua scripting updates (by @megumumpkin )
  • option to add custom script parameters at script launch
  • many new bindings for wi::scene components
• new animatable properties:
  • sound: play/stop event, volume
  • emitter: emit count
  • camera: fov, focal length, aperture size, aperture shape
  • script: play/stop event
  • material: color, emissive, roughness, metalness, reflectance, texmuladd
• many updates to Editor

0.71.31:

• Volumetric cloud updates (by @Kliaxe )
  • Improved reprojection: improved quality, less noise
  • Cloud model changes
  • Weather map import
  • Local lights
  • Environment capture
  • Volumetric cloud shadow
  • Aerial perspective for clouds
• added support for sparse morph target: greatly reduces size of morph target data
• expressions will be imported from VRM models
  • human preset and custom expressions supported
  • procedural blink, look, mouth animation

0.71.33:

• mesh LOD works in ray tracing effects

0.71.34:

• terrain separated into core logic and gui
• terrain generation parameters are serialized
• ddgi extents and smooth backface test parameters serialized (prevents static DDGI probe relocation)
• raytraced shadow fixes

v0.70.18

0.70.14:

• Editor:
  • completely rewritten transform tool: improved functionality, usability and visuals
  • completely refactored GUI: window grouping, component listing, icons, and a lot more
  • multiple scenes support, scene switching, saving, quicksave, etc.
  • color grading reference palette display
  • many new keyboard shortcuts and features (check help in the Editor)
  • new undo/redo operation that supports any component addition/removal/data change (not implemented yet for every gui control)
  • terrain generator: grass and prop density, chunk scale and other parameters added
  • generation of cube and plane mesh without loading model
• GUI improvements, initial theming support
• Font renderer: 1byte char stream will be interpreted as UTF8 automatically (no need to manually decompress into wide char any more)
• physics: triangle mesh LOD support, removed some allocations, fixes
• Dear ImGui docking sample that showcases a custom 3D editor by @plemsoft
• Linux Template sample by @MolassesLover
• Updated DirectX, Vulkan headers, Volk and VMA libraries by @amerkoleci

0.70.18:

• Editor: material picker, layout improvements, transform tool improvements, checkbox icons, tooltip theming

v0.70.0

0.70.0:

• shadowmap atlas, dynamic shadowmap resolution: high number of shadow casting lights are supported
• impostor rendering updates: optimizations, fixes
• environment probes: MSAA rendering option
• spot lights: added inner cone angle parameter
• GLTF importer supports punctual lights (KHR_lights_punctual extension)
• switched to physical light units for punctual lights (might break old lighting configurations)
• font renderer: HDR display output support
• graphics API: subresource data GPU upload/download improvements
• terrain generator: export heightmap image

v0.60.84

0.60.62:

• terrain generator uses virtual textures
• removed terrain specific shaders (terrain will use normal shaders from now)

0.60.63:

• Added experimental rendering method: visibility buffer shading in compute. You can try this by enabling "VCS" in the Editor's Renderer window and compare performance with forward rendering. (Disabled by default)

0.60.73:

• QOI image loading integration (by @Sororfortuna )
• Physics fixes and torque support (by @eddieataberk )
• GUI: slider support for windows and labels
• Editor: paint tool custom brush textures and reveal textures (only for Texture paint mode)
• Tests: directional sound test

0.60.84:

• font renderer: SDF font rendering, outlines, softness, boldness effects; cursor exposed to allow continue text rendering from previous draw; kerning fixes;
• added VRAM usage query and display
• added typewriter animation effect for sprite font
• vulkan row pitch, slice pitch fixes

v0.60.61

0.60.14:

• hierarchy update system was rewritten to use multiple threads (instead of top-down update, now a bottom-up traversal is used)
• vulkan: added support for dynamic uniform buffers
• added motion blur shutter speed to remove dependency from frame rate
• light shaft fix when camera is far from origin
• water ripples are rendered in lower resolution
• added restitution property for emitters
• emitters will be distance-sorted with 16-bit float precision instead of integer precision
• graphics API: command lists count is no longer hard coded, so infinite number of command lists can be used
• RenderQueue refactors, improvements in wi::renderer, no longer using fixed allocator sizes
• wi::font and wi::image SetCanvas() function no longer requires a CommandList
• wi::image::SetBackground() function no longer requires a CommandList

0.60.19:

• added Dynamic Diffuse Global Illumination (DDGI)

0.60.31:

• Screen space reflection improvements by @Kliaxe : optimizations, quality improvements. Some improvements also included for ray traced reflections.
• Added missing SetPointer implementation for Linux/SDL by @flipdp
• Updated Vulkan Memory Allocator library by @amerkoleci
• The Visual Studio build now uses Visual Studio 2022 by default
• GraphicsDevice improvements:
  • new function: ClearUAV: fully clears unordered access view resources to value
  • new function: GetMinOffsetAlignment: queries the precise offset alignment needed for a GPU buffer's subresources
  • CreateSubresource: added optional parameter to request a specific format for only a single subresource
  • other improvements, fixes
• MeshComponent: merged index, vertex and subset buffers into combined resources, reduced allocations
• CPU performance improvements when updating the Scene
• Entity_Serialize improvements
• Editor: lots of fixes for undo/redo functionality

0.60.32:

• MIP mapping implemented in raytracing effects with ray cones technique
• improved visibility resolve pass
  • depth is now computed purely from primitive ID and camera projection, depth buffer is never converted to shader resource
  • fast path for when minimal amount of surface params are needed for the frame
  • it will compute surface params only when certain post processes request them
• ShaderMesh and ShaderMeshSubset are now combined into ShaderGeometry to reduce GPU buffer loads
• Mesh UV Set 0 and 1 vertex buffers are interleaved, improves performance of depth passes
• render queue will no longer be sorted for RENDERPASS_MAIN - Opaque
• dx12, vulkan: draw-indirect-count implementations
• performance improvements, fixes, refactors

0.60.48:

• improvements for materials with additive blend mode in raytracing
• added better random generator in shaders
• path tracing performance improvements:
  • ray termination chance based on expected ray contribution
  • anyhit traces will be disabled after set amount of bounces ( ANYTHIT_CUTOFF_AFTER_BOUNCE_COUNT value )
• ocean updates:
  • ocean mesh uses indexed draw (performance improvement)
  • gradient tiling pattern fix
  • added underwater effect
  • transparency range (distance fade) improvement
• raytracing shaders use sampler that is configurable by user like the in object shaders
• added support for Linux package files (by @MolassesLover )
• added support for system-wise install by CMake (by @portaloffreedom )
• Linux file dialog fix (by @megumumpkin )
• other fixes

0.60.50:

• Added procedural terrain generator (for now this is Editor only preview version)
• Added LOD (Level Of Detail) support
• Added LOD Generator to Editor (Mesh Window -> LOD Gen), uses the meshoptimizer library
• Editor can merge multiple objects now into one mesh (Mesh window -> Merge Selected)
• Ocean: added occlusion culling support to detect when ocean is occluded
  • can skip planar reflection render for ocean
  • can skip ocean simulation
  • can skip ocean rendering
• CPU ray tracing optimization: TMin and TMax parameter
  • can improve Ray-AABB and Ray-Triangle tests
  • improves performance of third person character controller script
• other fixes

0.60.61:

• added cloud shadows
• improved wind effect
• added stars to sky (realistic sky type)
• added custom scaling to canvas (it is an optional scaling on top of display DPI scaling)
• hierarchy system: transform components existing are no longer assumed
• Linux file dialog filtering fix
• other fixes and improvements