[ARCHIVE] Pre 1.0 Daily builds changelog

[Ondra]

Massive UI overhaul: https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,942.msg44187.html#msg44187

Corona materials/Texmaps now have their own category. The main render settings dialog was redesigned - less used values were removed to new System tab, and Actions/Postprocess/Progressive tabs were merged with it - the idea is that everything one needs for basic render setup is now in a single tab.

Also when opening one tab, all other tabs are closed. You can use right mouse button to open/close multiple tabs independently as before.

Build will be up in minutes. A lot of testing will be needed. Any feedback is appreciated.

edit: build is up. Next step: UHD cache UI simplification

[Ondra]

• loading scene in older build should no longer disable materials in masks
• fixed minor (unreported) bugs
• interactive now by default renders with all but one thread, to keep the rest of the UI more responsive
• Added tooltips in system tab
• added image resolution into corona VFB title
• Added reset button prompt
• fixed actions button order in main tab
• fixed bug that prevented re-activation when computer hardware was changed

[Ondra]

• normal map gamma checkbox returned
• added start interactive button into VFB - drops down from render button
• corona scatter - added option to control density and scaling with bitmaps, added option to remove collisions

Build will be up shortly. Scatter might not be 100% stable, so any testing is welcomed.

[Ondra]

New texture added

[Ondra]

• fixed bug sometimes causing UHD cache to be directly visible

• added interactive pass limit

• "IES file" button in CoronaLight - added context menu - with options clear, open folder

• CoronaRenderer.CoronaFp.showVfb now takes 1 argument - true/false - if the VFB should be displayed or hidden

• normal map now has flipping of channels

[Ondra]

• Fixed some interactive crashes
• Fixed CoronaMtl maps layout - made spinners wider, now whole number fits
• Interactive docked VFB improvement - pressing “C” now clones the view into 3dsmax floating bitmap, “V” shows viewport selection menu (sometimes...)
• Scatter viewport icon now shows “CS” text
• Fixed material editor slowness in large scenes
• Corona VFB spinners now respect system local and show either decimal point or comma based on it
• Lights now convert intensity to preserve overall scene brightness when switching between different emission units
• Changed the way CoolLines(TM) are displayed, they are now proportional to light surface brightness

[Ondra]

• top/bottom mtl support

• added checkbox "mtl override preserves displacement" https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,3674.0.html

• added option to convert scatter to individual instances

• added option to obtain z-depth pass min/max distance from camera

• added volumetric render elements

[Ondra]

• single bounce scattering checkbox in mtls - useful for god rays
• added checkbox for lights wireframe display in viewport
• implemented support for doublesided material
• MultiMap reworked internally, it now uses tabs instead of separate parameters, and has different defaults

[Ondra]

• Fixed all sorts of bugs related to interactive by temporarily reverting back the option to limit number of passes in interactive rendering
• fixed the new UI - should remember active tab and open status, fixed multiple tabs issues and crashes
• fixed bug with "keep sharp patterns" working outside of IES and causing noise
• nothing more  - we were kinda busy with web ;)

[Ondra]

• fixed random crashes of maps in material editor
• fixed random crashes of render settings dialog
• fixed incorrect shading when using volumetric rendering + environment lighting
• new UI for bokeh type
• brackets in material editor now update properly when a material is used in render settings
• added support for 3dsmax photometric light with shapes other than point
• spinners in corona VFB now work with TAB key
• view-dependent texmaps now work with coronascatter (rendering only, viewport camera changes are not used as it would be too slow and ambiguous)

[Ondra]

• added support for std light feature "affect diffuse/specular"
• fixed crashes caused by corona scatter and non-mapped objects
• shift+tab now also works properly in VFB tabs
• maps in coronamtl are now on by default
• fixed some self-intersections when using rounded corners with very small radius values
• fixed %o and %v in renderstamps

[Ondra]

• Next and hopefully last bigger UI overhaul. Small changes are still possible
• Added option to save screenshots of UI - could be useful for tutorials. Located in devel/debug UI
• Mtl editor updates all slots when mtl previews are changed
• Camera mod overhaul
• Corona VFB reacts better to some parameters being overriden

[Ondra]

• fixed some crashes/excessive memory usage with displacement
• fixed some crashes when using interactive or rendering specific scenes
• fixed some render artifacts - “trees behind a wall are visible” - testing here will be appreciated
• fixed crashes when starting render via buttons in main settings rollout

[Ondra]

• camera mod UI tweaking - added DOF, EV override is always enabled
• "save UI screenshot" asks for path first
• fixed displacement randomly not rendering with interactive
• fixed DR listbox UI and renamed DR parameters to reflect what they are really doing
• tab open/close status, devel/debug mode enable, VFB sidebar status, and VFB opened tab are now per-system, rather than per-scene
• fixed excessive memory usage with interactive + motion blur
• disabling material in multimtl now works
• coronasolid is now displayed in viewports

[Ondra]

• Fixed artifacts when using Corona AO exclude + nested excluded/nonexcluded objects: https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,6338.0.html
• added option to disable render settings tooltips
• fixed more random scene parsing crashes
• added mixing parameter to multimap
• Corona now honors the “Rendered Frame Window” option in Common render settings
• non-color-mapped render channels are now correctly copied to 3ds max