Revision as of 13:59, 2 April 2020

LuxCore

New OpenCL code to evaluate textures and materials. It doesn't require kernel re-compilation anymore.
LuxCoreUI "Fill kernel cache" menu option now pre-compile all possible GPU kernels.
LuxCore API KernelCacheFill() is now available for Python
New 2-levels Env. Light Visibility Cache (ELVC)
Added the support for a new ".sharpness" (default value 0.1, range [0.0, 1.0]) Intel OIDN parameter to blend original and denoised output
Removed LuxRays support for virtual devices and hybrid rendering (old LuxRender GPU doing ray intersections and CPU everything else)

optimize viewport update checks in scenes with many particles/duplis
Replaced the Eevee lookdev (which required Cycles materials) with an albedo render mode that is intended as a fast texture preview for both Lux and Cycles node trees
Node editor quality of life (support for muting nodes and some node wrangler functions)
when using PhotonGI debug modes, disable light tracing and use an exposure compensated tonemapper
support for custom split normals, weighted normals etc.
reworked statistics, added some sub-stats about export time (mesh conversion time, hair conversion time) as well as information about which caches are enabled/disabled
Use Cycles nodes on linked materials without Lux nodes (so materials on Cycles assets automatically try to use Cycles nodes, unless you create a Lux material on the assets)
limit max. subdiv in material previews to 1

fix world volume ui panel drawing
fix material presets panel not showing without a material
fix remesh panel in mesh data properties not showing up
fix bugs in 3D mapping node UI (the controls were disappearing when the selected object was of type "CURVE", "SURFACE" or "FONT")
fix export of metaballs with shared data

Inserted keyframes in material node graph don't show up in graph editor or anywhere else
Rendering with caches (e.g. PhotonGI, DLSC, Env. light cache) can lead to problems if border rendering is enabled. A workaround is to disable automatic radius estimation and setting the radius manually instead when using border rendering.

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 ===New features===
+* optimize viewport update checks in scenes with many particles/duplis
+* Replaced the Eevee lookdev (which required Cycles materials) with an albedo render mode that is intended as a fast texture preview for both Lux and Cycles node trees
+* Node editor quality of life (support for muting nodes and some [https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/issues/407 node wrangler functions])
+* when using PhotonGI debug modes, disable light tracing and use an exposure compensated tonemapper
+* support for custom split normals, weighted normals etc.
+* reworked statistics, added some sub-stats about export time (mesh conversion time, hair conversion time) as well as information about which caches are enabled/disabled
+* Use Cycles nodes on linked materials without Lux nodes (so materials on Cycles assets automatically try to use Cycles nodes, unless you create a Lux material on the assets)
+* limit max. subdiv in material previews to 1
 ===Fixed Bugs===
+* fix world volume ui panel drawing
+* fix material presets panel not showing without a material
+* fix remesh panel in mesh data properties not showing up
+* fix bugs in 3D mapping node UI (the controls were disappearing when the selected object was of type "CURVE", "SURFACE" or "FONT")
+* fix export of metaballs with shared data
 ===Known problems===