Envision 0.4.0
Beta Release, Update 4
Date - March 27, 2025
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Improvements
- Added ability to automatically detect and render the Environment parameters coming from the .vrscene file.
- Source path customization for opened/linked referenced scenes.
- Moved Embed functionality from File->Import menu to linked scene's details setting.
Crash Fixes
- Random crashes in unit scaler when loading large scene.
Envision 0.3.0
Beta Release, Update 3
Date - February 26, 2025
New Features
- Add support for Sketchup UVW scale attribute during import.
Improvements
- Updated the timeline play-head design.
- Color Corrections: when the type is set to Ampas, non applicable parameters are hidden.
- Color Corrections: highlight burn is disabled when Filmic tone-map is on as it is not applicable in that case.
- Disabled Seams blend of textures when Make Seamless is disabled.
Crash Fixes
- Failure to detect dedicated GPU leads to crash and Lavina renderer issues.
- GPU device instance suspension, system ran out of resources leads to crash.
- Crash when trying to render a simple scene.
- Crash after texture assignment on enhancements and tweaking of properties (regression).
- Material foliage no longer works (regression).
- Assert - Stack.h Line: 526, application close during asset download (conditional).
Bug Fixes
- Mix top-material cosmos discovery blocked by active search filter.
- Scatter layer model list gets squashed after editing (regression).
- HDRi assignment discovery blocked by active filters (regression).
- Camera gizmo is not updating when child constraint is transformed (regression).
- Details panel buttons get cropped with high DPI scaling (conditional).
- Crowd generation overrides active actor paths of other crowds (regression).
- Scatter over line preset cannot be applied on spline target.
- Light gizmo not updating when child constraint is transformed (regression).
- Layer material selection remains active during pick top mix operation.
- Duplicate plugin names in multiple scenes conflict.
- Favorites category entry not updating properly while selected (conditional).
- Cosmos search filter discovery resets once category is changed (conditional).
- Variants marked as favorite are not discoverable in favorites section (conditional).
- Cosmos buttons (3d, materials, hdri) not linking back to the parent category.
- Scatter layers cannot be renamed (regression).
- Onboarding screens overlapping on document load (conditional).
- Onboarding screen buttons are misaligned/spacing issues.
- Select Material process cannot be cancelled in Full-Screen mode.
- Escape to revert for material picker no longer works (regression).
- UI locked when all three onboarding screens are present (regression).
- Cosmos Spline presets cannot be dragged on viewport splines.
- Onboarding warning screen warning points to invalid location (conditional).
- Font scale/crop issues with resolution indicator in viewport overlay & scene stats (regression).
- Scatter layers cannot be removed/deleted (regression).
- Cosmos categories labels should not be cut but positioned on two rows.
- Preferences window is still labeled as Application Settings.
- Full-screen button highlights remain active when exiting/entering mode (conditional).
- Angle to up vector not working for newly added scatter layers (regression).
- Variant assets missing numbering in their tooltip.
- Scatter instance generation gets triggered on material hover.
- User getting crashes in Envision.
- Material displacement no longer works (regression).
Envision 0.2.2
Beta Release, Update 2
Date - January 24, 2025
Cosmos
- Added marking assets as favorite in the bottom dock and filter by favorite.
- Improved categories browsing with buttons and category path.
- Added support for 4D characters via Cosmos.
- Added the ability to import scatter presets from Cosmos.
- Added support for Cosmos assets with variants.
Functional
- Added full screen mode for presenting.
- Added “Rounded corners” Material enhancement.
- Added quality presets for viewport rendering.
- Improved map button behavior.
- Added reset buttons restore from linked scene.
- Added a button for material editing.
Miscellaneous
- Improved consistency of the reset buttons.
- Improved UI for the Cosmos tab.
- Improved UI of scrollbar size and spacing.
- Added tooltips for Filter by scene and revert transformations.
- Various UI adjustments
Bug Fixes
Crash after texture assignment and then accessing material properties.
Crash when accessing material filter by scene with no document loaded in.
Crash upon selecting all nodes.
Downloaded only checkbox has extended focus/hover trigger.
Excessive noise/shimmering or ghosting of characters or vegetation affected by wind.
"Downloaded only" cosmos option doesn't update properly after a filter is applied.
Slow loading of embedded material thumbnails on scene load.
Non-consistent details panel show/hide behavior when spline tool is active or a spline control point is added.
4d Character texture/material flickers during animation playback.
Camera pivot/gizmo flickering during animation.
UI lock/freeze when simultaneous asset download takes place.
Incorrect animated actor orientation/facing when scattered along surfaces.
Cosmos HDRI selected from preview not working when mix material is used.
Scatter layer properties cannot become unique after the node is duplicated.
Invalid actor speed property range.
Release build import failure for HDRIs.
Render output progress-bar is not indicative of the actual rendering process.
Regressions & inconsistencies with material drag & drop onto multi material surfaces.
Incorrect displacement unit scaling.
Envision 0.2.1
Beta Release, Update 1
Date - December 18, 2024
Bug Fixes
- Cannot render still image while animation is running.
- Fix issue with drag and drop actor in crowd list.
- Proxy(GeomMeshFile) scale is not imported correctly.
- Invalid mpeg output with specific aspect ratios.
- Bind character to spline path leads to wrong transforms.
- Scatter still visible when hidden.
- Can not pick dummy as look at target.
- SVG icons are pixelated on systems with DPI scaling.
Crash Fixes
- Prevent out of memory issues when exporting video with resolution above 7680(8k).
- Failure to detect dedicated GPU leads to crash and renderer issues.
Envision 0.2.0
Beta Release
Date - December 3, 2024
Initial Beta
Import & Referencing
- Link vrscene files created in any supported CAD tool.
- Update the linked vrscene while preserving modifications.
Scene and environment variations
- Create multiple variations of your scene and/or environment, and quickly switch between them.
Chaos Scatter
- Scatter any Cosmos asset on surfaces or along lines.
Crowd simulation
- Use animated characters from Cosmos to simulate walking crowds or stationary people.
Camera
- Physical cameras with control over Aspect ratio, Two-point perspective and a flexible management.
- Animate the camera with keyframes, along a spline and following a specific target.
- Tweak color corrections per camera.
Build advanced animations
- Timeline with dedicated tracks for scene variants, environment variants and cameras.
- Different animation types for blending between variations.
Simple yet powerful material editor for editing and enhancing materials