VREDPro 2019 (05.03.2018)

Features

• FileIO: Joint and skinning import for FBX files
• FileIO: LOD import option for JT files
• FileIO: New file-specific import options
• FileIO: New option for enabling/disabling Surface Normal unification when importing a file
• General: New HDR display cluster mode
• Rendering: Fog effects in Camera Editor
• Rendering: New artistic Lens Flare effects for Spot and Point Lights
• Rendering: OpenGL shadow mapping for point/spherical lights
• Rendering: X-Ray material for self-occluding transparent objects

Improvements

• FileIO: Added File-type specific CAD import options
• FileIO: Added support for ANSI encoded PLMXML files
• FileIO: Changed behaviour of File/Open and File/Add to reflect new File Import Dialog workflow
• General: Improved 3D Sound supporting Head-related transform functions
• General: Improved Script Editor and HTML Editor
• Preferences: Removed deprecated render options preferences
• Python: Added python commands to enable and query several camera flags
• Rendering: Added ACES type desaturation of colors to other tonemapping
• Rendering: Improved HMD mirror texture view to better keep the aspect of the display
• Rendering: Interactively adjust interpupillary distance based on OpenVR-based HMD settings
• Rendering: Updated Oculus Rift SDK to version 1.20
• Rendering: Updated OpenVR to version 1.12
• Script Editor: Improved usability of "Find Text" dialog

Bugfixes

• Asset Manager: Fixed the "Modified by" search order
• Cluster: Fixed Camera Animation issues during raytrace rendering
• Cluster: Fixed Cluster Manager GUI text cutoff on HiDPI screens
• Cluster: Rendering out an image with alpha channel no longer shows backplate behind glass
• Cluster: Rendering with Supersampling OFF no longer produces black images
• Curve Editor: Fixed duplication of objects with multiple animation blocks
• File IO: "Merge Materials" now works for vpb override materials
• FileIO: Fixed DWG corrupted imported geometry
• FileIO: Fixed deadlock when importing some CATIA files
• FileIO: Fixed missing group names from CATIA V4 and V5 files
• FileIO: Fixed missing group names from IGES files
• FileIO: Fixed reversed normals in some CAD files
• FileIO: Fixed the errors caused from imported HDR files with very high luminance values
• FileIO: Fixed wrong Scene Graph structure when importing CATIA V5 files containing STL data
• FileIO: Fixed wrong layer visibility for bookmarks from Alias
• FileIO: Improved performance when importing Variants from wire files
• FileIO: Removed certain empty group nodes after CAD import when 'Remove Empty Groups' option is enabled
• General: Fixed crash when loading a file with camera tracks that do not have a parent camera
• General: Fixed missing geometry after optimizing scene with "Share Geometries" option
• General: Prevented the pla