Development Log | Unigine (3D engine for games and real-time virtual worlds)

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2009-06-15

World layers, editing of node references

World layers support via new NodeLayer: they are stored in separate files, which is more convenient way for collaborative work on a project.
In-place editing of NodeReference from the editor.
Reduced memory consumption by NormalMapper and AmbientMapper.
Fixed WorldCluster crashes.
Fixed wrong texture coordinates in volumetric clouds.
New flag for ImageDDS: -a allows to downsample a large source image into smaller one with preserving alpha-testing accuracy (don't use this for alpha-blending).
Fixed buffer overflow in dynamic meshes.
Correct playback of skinned mesh animation with negative speed.
Optimized performance of sectors and portals.
Added engine.editor.releaseNode() function, which removes a node from the editor list, but doesn't delete it.
Aspect ratio for grass instead of separate width/height settings.
Material of multi-layer paint (mesh_paint_base).
Fixed editing of shapes and joints in UnigineEditor.
Adjustable shadow offset for billboard leaves.

Here you can see the difference in alpha-testing with enhanced downsampling via ImageDDS:

Multi-layer paint material is good for car paint:

Some additional landscape improvements in our game in development (grass everywhere, massive tree arrays):

PS: We are also to announce the next major step forward, which we made recently, so stay tuned.