SDK, Soft particles, Atmospheric scattering, SSS

SDK:

• Added 53 samples (script samples and C++ API).
• Update of documentation: added 27 new articles.

Engine:

• Engine was succefully compiled with GCC (4.5.0 and 4.6.1) and tested.
• Improved atmospheric scattering.
• Improved SSS (Subsurface scattering).
• Collision meshes support.
• Global time speed.
• Supported reflection color for water.
• Soft particles (also applies to clouds).
• Speedup searching file in archives, searching scene nodes and gui widgets. Using hash values instead of strings.
• Storing GUI settings in %skin_path%/config.xml
• Access to material parameters in scripts.
• Third-person view support.
• Сhangeable path to data. Using relative paths everywhere.
• Added methods Surface:enable() and Surface::disable()
• Added NodeMeshBase::setCollisionRadiusScale() method
• Added new kind of triggers: TRIGGER_ON_MOUSE_UP, TRIGGER_ON_MOUSE_OVER, TRIGGER_ON_INSIDE, TRIGGER_ON_OUTSIDE.
• DDS cubemaps support.
• Shadows has alpha value.

GUI:

• Added callbacks: ON_RIGHT_CLICK, ON_CENTER_CLICK
• Render speedup.

Editor:

• Save selected, add scene.
• Image browser for show textures.
• Automatic generation of terrain splatting texture.
• Сustomizable level of global ambient color in material editor.
• Accurate selection of nodes according their geometry.
• Change texture folder for meshes.
• New hotkey F - focus on selected node or group of nodes.
• Show collision meshes and show helpers flags in editor settings menu.

Tools:

• Mesh viewer:
• Normals inversion and recalculation (soft/solid).
• Centering mesh position.
• Surface list.
• Change texture path.

Plugins:

• 64bit versions of plugins for 3dsmax 2010/2011/2012.

Improved atmospheric scattering:

New SSS:



















Soft particles sample: