Import/Export

• Export writing speeds have been greatly improved
• Added "compensate framerate" option to Export Mesh node. This option lowers the framerate of the export to compensate for the frame stride
• Changed export preview to use linear sampling
• Increased the memory limit for the local SDF for imported meshes

Simulation and Rendering

• Improved collisions with the ground
• Improved solver so that whitewater has less of an impact in simulation times when far from the main liquid
• Improved path tracing + photon mapping performance and their denoising

UI/UX

• Improved error message when the maximum amount of unique meshes/masks linked to forces is reached
• Added warning message when the liquid reaches the bounds of the virtual domain
• Several whitewater UX changes
  • Whitewater Emitters are now called Whitewater Sources. If they are not masked they act globally. But:
  • Whitewater node defines a global source already, so for most scenarios it's the only node needed to have whitewater
  • Whitewater can now use the same drains as the main liquid's simulation but also its own
• Improved UI responsiveness when rendering more complex scenes
• Removed unused parameters from Ground node
• User interface color updates
• Changed asset paths to work relative to the current project
• Added dialog box listing errors if there were problems loading a project
• Moved the "Show" found on various nodes to the bottom of their respective tab sections
• Added "Shapes" toggle to the View dropdown, which can hide or show all shapes with one click
• Shape visibility now works the same way as it does in EmberGen: as long as a shape is connected, the connected node has "Show" enabled, and the "Shapes" toggle in View is enabled then the shape will be shown
• Removed "All input shapes when paused" toggle from the View dropdown
• Added Import... option to file menu
• Made preferences and project settings searchable
• Updated Oscillator node's curve editor when using custom waveform
• Made license key hidden-by-default on licence manager
• Added copy+paste support for color-gradient handles
• Added "copy" button next to color picker's HEX value
• Added Numbering offset parameter to export nodes

Bugfixes

• Fixed file dialogs for Linux users
• Fixed an issue where attempting to export without a Skybox node would result in an error message "Could not set renderer input"
• Fixed an issue where deleting the Sky node, or disabling the current HDRI wouldn't actually make the sky dark
• Fixed error dialog not showing when loading project fails
• Fixed bug which may have caused a changed backplate not to be reloaded
• Fixed drag+drop of camera backplates onto graph and viewport
• Fixed crash relating to using an invalid path for the backplates
• Fixed "Node Details" panel drag handle not working when not on the first tab
• Fixed an issue where Voxel Size, Substeps and Timestep were being updated in the simulation internally regardless of clicking the "Apply" button
• Fixed issue with HDRI file dropped on skybox node not being accepted
• Fixed Export: Image node initialising with frame values of -NaN
• Fixed project initializing in dirty state
• Fixed undo/redo not settings parameters controlled by modulators while paused
• Fixed bug which caused node graph tree-view to disappear when dragged too far to the right
• Fixed bug which prevented dialog provider changes to be saved