Release Notes

Features

• Support for multiple object selection across the application.
• Selection system fully refactored for multi-selection workflows.
• Removed legacy single-selection infrastructure.
• New Sheen material property added and exposed in the Material Editor.
• Camera focus now supports selected object(s) or the entire scene.
• Added object deselection support.
• Transform delta visualization added to compare current and imported object transforms.
• New transform gizmo system for object translation.
• Object manipulation now supports axis constraints and improved mouse-driven controls.
• Unified navigation controls between Camera and Light systems.
• Enhanced camera navigation and default movement behavior.
• Improved render camera configuration, clipping settings and render layer management.
• Enhanced viewport quality with dynamic resolution scaling, temporal anti-aliasing and upscaling.
• Updated area light handling using modern sizing parameters.
• Deprecated cloud-based login system and related infrastructure.
• Improved Welcome Screen layout, scaling and usability.
• New OIDN (Open Image Denoise) denoising backend.
• High-resolution rendering now supports tiled image generation.
• Configurable tile size and overlap parameters.
• Accurate sub-frustum projection for per-tile rendering.
• Seamless tile reconstruction with overlap compensation.
• Optimized texture data processing and export routines.
• Lower memory footprint during render, denoise and image encoding operations.
• Improved reliability for ultra-high-resolution outputs.
• Updated asset processing pipeline to use modern lighting data APIs.
• Documentation and internal manager systems updated.
• RenderManager refactoring and maintenance.
• Minor cleanup.

Known Limitations

• Transform gizmo currently supports translation only.

Features

• Support for OpenPBR compatibility.
• New custom RealPBR_OpenPBR.shader added.
• New Always Transparent internal shader inclusion.
• Full Triplanar Mapping support in .pbm data structure.
• Normal Map Intensity material parameter added.
• Opacity slider now correctly targets the _Opacity property.
• Removed unnecessary alpha operations from Albedo.
• Procedural texture pattern generators added (WIP).
• Fixed deprecated material preview shader.
• Smaller material preview UI slots.
• Material assignment refactored via MaterialManager.
• Accelerated SSGI and SSAO preview model added.
• RT and PPT profiles cleaned up, including SS Reflections settings.
• Minor cleanup.

Known Limitations

• Transparent reflections are not supported in non-path tracing mode.

Features

• New SceneManager with full cleanup of UI and objects.
• Added support for transparency modes with a dropdown.
• Added ability to set material self-illumination.
• FileSystemManager can delete resource files and compression is now protected.
• Default material restored to matte to reduce render artifacts.
• Removed unused resources from AssetsManager.
• AssetsManager can select a material from a cross-referenced texture.
• Default material copy now uses emissive intensity.
• MaterialManager updates selection after creating a new material.
• Experimental custom refractive shader added (WIP).
• Improved object and material highlight selection.
• PPT now renders only the Imported_Mesh group as expected.
• Updated default camera values.

Known Limitations

• Self-illumination has limited features.

Features

• Added support for light naming in project files and metadata, making light management clearer and more consistent.
• Introduced new Assets Manager, consolidating asset processing and project structure handling.
• Added a button to directly launch the external application EasyORM for baking Master Maps.
• Deprecation of obsolete classes, methods, and UI elements for improved maintainability.
• Major refactoring of core systems (Light, Camera, Render, Scene, Material, Progress) into dedicated managers for better stability and organization.
• Enhanced material workflow, with dedicated Material Manager and clearer integration between editor and library.
• Updated progress tracking system with a more reliable Progress Manager.
• Improved camera system, fixing bloom import and removing redundant settings.
• New highlight visuals for material slots to improve user feedback.
• Completely removed legacy or unused components (UI pack, project creator, sliding notifications, redundant scripts and unused assets).

Known Limitations

• Material System refactoring is still in progress.
• Asset Tracker cannot delete asset resources yet.

Features

• Introduced the new Assets Tracker panel for easier access and management of project assets.
• Added dedicated UI elements for asset interaction (buttons and slots).
• Improved internal file system with new wrappers and JSON support for better consistency and reliability.
• Simplified project structure by replacing global paths with a clearer SubPath system.
• Enhanced lighting accuracy with corrected unit conversions.
• Improved image quality with higher color buffer precision and upgraded custom buffer formats.
• Increased resolution for sky reflections and screen space shadows.
• Upgraded area shadow filtering and doubled the number of ray-traced lights per cell for more realistic results.
• Removed unnecessary or confusing toggles in the Asset Tracker to simplify the interface.

Known Limitations

• Assets Tracker and related features are still in active development.

Features

• New internal file system for project management.
• Real PBR (.pbr) file format is now associated with the Windows registry for the current user.
• New welcome screen with a simplified project creation workflow.
• Deprecation of obsolete classes, methods, and UI elements for improved maintainability.
• Extensive refactoring of the save data structure for better scalability and performance.

Known Limitations

• Light intensity sometimes requires manual adjustments.

Features

• Added support for refractive and transparent materials.
• Introduced a new shader for enhanced rendering features.
• Render resolution is no longer restricted to Full HD.

Known Limitations

• Refraction settings offer limited control options.
• In rare cases, the application may not terminate as expected.

Features

• Rendering mode now utilizes Path-Tracing instead of Ray-Tracing.
• Newly created lights now default to 750 lumens rather than 50.
• The default camera exposure has been adjusted to a more realistic setting.
• Fixed an issue where the current project path was not being updated.
• The window title now displays the current project name.

Features

• Camera exposure is now calibrated to physical values.
• Rendering at any resolution is now watermark-free.
• Significantly reduced the renderer's memory usage.
• Light placement now accounts for camera mouse sensitivity.
• Implemented minor bug fixes, refactoring, and code cleanup.

Features

• Enhanced camera handling system.
• Increased triangle limit to 44 million per mesh.
• Integrated NVIDIA DLSS.
• Faster depth of field processing.
• Gamepad support for scene navigation.
• Progress updates for load, save, import, and render tasks.
• Resolved camera and lighting bugs.
• Improved renderer settings.

Known Limitations

• Camera overexposes and uses non-physical lighting values.
• Issues with camera aperture when loading projects.
• Rendered images are restricted to Full HD resolution.

Features

• Camera settings are now saved within project data.
• Removed unused camera features and polished the UI.
• Depth of field with physical focus settings.
• Introduced a new glow post-processing effect.
• Implemented basic tonemapping.

Features

• Adjustments to the new wireframe overlay.
• Added an option in Light Editor panel to hide a light source.
• Enabled the camera FOV tweaking.
• Added SDK documentation.
• Removed unessential UI elements such as mesh locks.
• Minor UI cleanup for consistency.

Known Limitations

• Camera position is not saved yet.

Features

• Selection is clearer thanks to a new wireframe overlay.
• Added an option in Scene Structure panel to display the wireframe overlay on the selected object.
• The render resolution has been increased to 1920x1080 pixels.
• Minor tweak in rendering performance resulting in better quality with a smaller computational effort.
• Imported meshes can now be moved, rotated and scaled.
• A moved object can be reset to its initial coordinates.

Known Limitations

• Some float inputs may still yield an unexpected result when using comma or dot.
• It is not possible to exclude a light panel from the direct camera rays.
• Transparent materials support is under investigation.

Features

• Lighting data is now saved in the project file.
• Addressed the input culture in light settings where comma and dot were interpreted differently.
• New startup 4K HDR. Created using EveningSkyHDRI001B_4K-HDR.exr from ambientCG.com, licensed under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Known Limitations

• Some float inputs may yield an unexpected result when using comma or dot.
• It is not possible to exclude a light panel from the direct camera rays.
• Transparent materials are still not supported.

Features

• Improved save methods for project, 3d data and materials.
• Bug fixes in project creator.
• Added support to 3ds, fbx, dae, obj, stl, ply, x3d, blend and glTF file formats.

Known Limitations

• Lighting data is not being saved within a project.
• Unsupported transparent materials.

Features

• Open entry. No more login module.
• Selector does not refresh on mouse move as requested. Hold left Ctrl and click to select.
• Selected object name is shown on Scene Inspector.
• Text warning if the hardware does not support ray tracing.
• The Material previews in Material Editor are not broken anymore.
• Images (beauty pass only) can be saved in .png format.

Known Limitations

• A project needs to be set before importing fbx files.
• Light data is not being currently saved with the project.
• Unsupported transparent materials.
• Cannot import FBX files if rigged with bones.
• Output path, format and resolution are not tweakable yet.

Features

• First release!
• Account Creation module.
• Basic Scene Inspector.
• 3D node selector.
• Hide/Unhide 3D node.

Known Limitations

• Delayed feedback on Account Creation module.
• 3D node selector hovering may not be clear when an object is selected.
• Unsupported transparent materials.
• Missing warning for missing RTX hardware when activating the ray tracing option.
• Cannot import FBX files if rigged with bones.