PK-Editor v1.6

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Released 23rd September 2014

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PopcornFX-Editor_Setup_v1.6.3.23107.exe (Latest)
PopcornFX-Editor_Setup_v1.6.3.22747.exe
PopcornFx-Editor_Setup_v1.6.2.22668.exe
PopcornFx-Editor_Setup_v1.6.1.22502.exe
PopcornFx-Editor_Setup_v1.6.0.22419.exe

Known issues in the latest 1.6.3 build (23107, Nov 19th 2014):

• None. please contact support at popcornfx.com if you encounter any problem

Release highlights

Attributes bound to camera properties : preview view-dependent effects in editor	noise() script functions fast 1D, 2D, 3D, 4D noise	Autosave, project & UI improvements	Attribute samplers : change samplers ingame on a per-instance basis

Latest fixes

Patch 1.6.3 (19 Nov 2014)

Build: PopcornFX-Editor_Setup_v1.6.3.23107.exe (Latest)

• Fixed a bug in the script compiler that produced incorrect results when directly initializing a local variable with another local variable of the same type without changing it.

Patch 1.6.3 (23 Oct 2014)

Build: PopcornFX-Editor_Setup_v1.6.3.22747.exe

• D3DX9_43.dll embedded (no needs to install DirectX9c runtime on a fresh install of window 7/8)
• fixed a rare crash with asynchronous http requests (on startup)

Patch 1.6.2 (17 Oct 2014)

Build: PopcornFx-Editor_Setup_v1.6.2.22668.exe

• particle scene functions : fixed a potential crash when building scripts due to some unchecked return values.
• Texture sampler : when using a regular sampler AND an atlas-based sampler in the same layer, didn't have access to the regular sample(uv) function, had to use sample(0, uv)
• fixed a visual glitch in the editor when using capsule billboards with smooth anim-frame blending.
• fixed a crash when declaring an attribute with the same name as an attribute sampler.
• fixed backdrop light orientations not updating the light when modified.
• fixed rotate and scale gizmos whose influence dependend on the gizmo distance to the camera. was unusable when far away or in a project with a large unit scale.
• particle scene : added 'scene.axisSide()', 'scene.axisUp()' and 'scene.axisForward()' to particle scripts. return values matching the current axis system.
• Billboard renderers : NormalsBendingFactor no longer makes draw batches incompatible by default
• fixed a remote-package download bug, that would incorrectly see the package as downloaded even if download was incomplete and editor was closed while still downloading
• fixed a potential intermediate-value corruption in particle scripts on SSE-capable machines when calling pow() with a streamed exponent.
• fixed NaN SpawnerLifeRatio when spawning from a parent particle whose life was infinite.
• fixed Ribbon artefacts that could happen every ~2 million particles spawned in a ribbon medium. From now on, it can happen only every ~4 billion particles spawned.

Patch 1.6.1 (30 Sep 2014)

Build: PopcornFx-Editor_Setup_v1.6.1.22502.exe

• Attribute samplers : fixed a crash when opening an effect that has a shape-collection in the attribute sampler list.
• 2D image backdrops : fixed a crash when the backdrop couldn't be found.
• FBX importer : can now import a broader range of skeletal meshes and animations.
• FBX importer : fixed a bug that caused meshes imported in coordinate systems other than the default RightHand Y Up to be improperly flipped at import.
• Project selection : Online packages panel : now displays full version of each package, better updates when they change.
• Billboard renderers : Fixed a display bug in the viewport when clearing the 'SizeField' property of a billboard renderer.
• Post-Fx : Added new config parameters to change the bright-pass of the HDR post-effect, as well as some vignetting parameters.
• Realtime viewport : Enabled some maya-style navigation keys using the 'Alt' key.
• Realtime viewport debug render modes : no more postFx/glows applied on the 'wireframe' view. now much more visible.
• Project selection : Added a project 'relocator' that avoids having to re-add all the projects when you move them, or a disk moves and changes its letter-name.
• Project selection : Added an explicit upgrade status next to the 'Check for updates' button.

Changelog

Bugfixes/crashes

• FBX importer: fixed issues when importing skeletal animations
• FBX importer : can now correctly import multiple submeshes skinned on the same skeleton.
• Mesh importer : improvements & bugfixes. now more simple to use.
• AxisSystem : fixed a bunch of bugs when configuring a project to use an axis system different from the default LH-YUP
• Content browser : now avoids useless refreshing and loosing the current selection when an asset changes externally on the filesystem
• Content browser : Fixed a bunch of bugs with 'ShowPackDepencencies' feature.
• Shape sampler : fixed a bug when setting shape radius to 0, induced invalid values in 'innerRadius'
• Shape sampler : fixed a bug in shape's ProjectParametricCoords() method.
• Mesh sampler : now works correctly in 'Vertex' sampling mode with parametric coords and streams other than Position.
• Texture sampler : density sampling now works with grayscale textures
• Texture sampler : fixed a rare crash when sampling in linear mode
• Fixed a bunch of crashes when tring to read corrupt binary HBOs
• Attributes : fixed rare attribute->script binding bug
• Scripts : fixed a bug in swizzle optimizer that caused the following code: 'float3(float2(0,0), v)' to produce 'v.0x' instead of 'v.00x'
• Evolver localspace : fixed 'TransformTranslate' and 'TransformRotate' flags that had no effect.
  • MIGHT AFFECT EXISTING EFFECTS if you used these two flags, and left them on, as they didn't do anything, but now they will.
• noise functions : fixed a range bug. now correctly output in the [-1,1] range instead of [-0.707, 0.707] (sqrt(2))
  • MIGHT AFFECT EXISTING EFFECTS. this will have a side effect of producing _slightly_ stronger turbulences. but most likely imperceptible.
• Light-particles : Fixed an editor-only rendering bug
• Can now copy curve data back and forth between curve sampler and evolver field
• Sampler DoubleCurve : Fixed a bunch of bugs in the editor UI
• Do not have to restart editor to see newly created layer in event's trigger list
• Audio: add/fix audio backdrop channel groups. Channel groups should now work as expected.
• Fixed some crashes and editor UI slowdowns when loading thumbnails of some special image formats

Performance

• Improved ribbon renderer, and fixed a few bugs
• Improved particle spawner and evolver spawner performance
• Scripts : does a bunch of additional optimizations on scripts. faster scripts.
• Optimized action execution
• Evolver projection : performance improvements
• Texture sampler : performance improvements
• Some performance improvements when sorting alpha-blended particles
• Parent-fields : performance improvements
• Mesh sampler : a bit faster

Features

• Revamped undo/redo system, added an action history panel
• Texture sampler : now supports sampling from texture atlases.
• Texture sampler : added SampleGammaSpace to enable sampling in Linear or sRGB space
• Attribute samplers : can now publish a sampler in the attribute lists, and have game code change it dynamically at runtime.
• Attributes are now transmitted over trigger when triggering a child layer in 'LayerGroups'
• Scripts : added builtins safe_normalize() and safe_fast_normalize()
• Scripts : Sampler shape & animtrack : Intersect() method
• Scripts : added noise() and fast_noise() functions (1D, 2D, 3D, 4D noise)
• Scripts : Shapes: can now manually build parametric coords from script
• Billboard renderer : removed old unused 'ConstantLength' property
• Ribbon renderer : no need for the 'MaxExpectedLife' hack anymore.
• FBX importer: now supports Vertex-colors and multi-UV import.
• Mesh sampler : can now sample multiple VColors and UV-sets
• Shape sampler : can get shape properties in script (surface, volume, radius, height, triangle count, etc...)
• Spawners : can now use int attributes as flux factor.
• Improved project settings
• Project settings : can now force the use of the windows explorer dialogs to pick assets
• Added an autosave
• Audio sampler : Editor now supports sampling from audio card's output (if your audio card handles it. Editor-only feature, for your own comfort. Isn't stored in the final effect file)
• Create new sampler : auto-name sampler based on sampler type
• Can create new event by drag/dropping an effect from the content browser to the particle treeview
• Improved export package.
• Improved script editor panel: now shows parsed script, generated bytecode, disassembly, and used externals
• Editor now always saves effects in text-mode
• Improved and polished UI
• Attributes : illegal names are now checked and rejected when trying to rename the attribute.
• AnimTrack sampler : now shows all its tracks in debug view
• Package import/export dialog now shows file-size details.
• Details view : now shows a tooltip on each asset with the # of err/warn, and the details of each error or warning
• All scripts are now applied/saved on Ctrl+S
• Editor recognizes attributes named 'ViewPosition', 'ViewDirection', 'ViewForward', 'ViewUp' and 'ViewSide' and auto-fills them with the viewport's camera data.
• Attributes are not reset when resetting the Fx. Added an explicit 'Reset' button on the attributes panel to explicitely reset all attributes to their default values.
• Content browser : can now drag/drop .pkkg packages directly in the content browser.
• Export package : add a checkbox to quickly select/unselect all items
• Templates : can now place effects in a 'Templates' directory, they will appear in the right-click menu "Create Asset" in the content browser
• Cubemap backdrops : can now be blurred with a slider
• Bake dialog : added a 'Full Rebake' checkbox to prevent the editor to re-use the assets in the 'Cache' folder.
• Evolver flocking : MeanNeighborDirection.w now contains the inverse neighbor count, instead of nothing really well defined
• Mesh editor : can now display the imported bones and toggle the viewer light and shadows on/off
• All realtime viewports : now displays camera orientation gizmo on the bottom right corner
• All realtime viewports : New Post-Fx : subtle lens-vignetting.

Assets

• AssetBaker : added pre-bake Command-line
• AssetBaker : fixed a crash when baking corrupt or old, non-upgraded HBOs
• AssetBaker : can now use '-x' command-line argument to explicitely specify target axis system