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Downloads:

Standalone: https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/LuxCor ... _v2.2beta1
Blender Addon: https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendL ... _v2.2beta1

Changelog:

https://wiki.luxcorerender.org/LuxCoreR ... Notes_v2.2

LuxCore

New Features since v2.2alpha1

• Saving/resuming the rendering now includes all PhotonGI cache information and entries
• Added the support for new shape "group"
• Added the support for nested groups to LXS parser
• Added the support for persistent PhotonGI cache on file
• Added the support for using persistent PhotonGI cache across multiple frames for fly-through animations
• DLSC now automatically estimated the best radius if lightstrategy.entry.radius is set to 0.0
• New improved Random/Sobol sampler adaptive code
• LXS parser now supports halttime and haltspp film halt conditions
• LXS parser now supports volumes
• Shadow catcher is now easier to use with multiple light sources of any type

Fixed Bugs since v2.2alpha1

• Fixed a crash when using negative material emission values (issue #177)
• Fixed LXS parsing in pyluxcoretools
• Fixed a problem when mixing transparent and solid materials with Mix (issue #183)
• Fix a bug when using glossy coating with any specular material
• Fixed LXS parsing of point light source position
• Fixed object ID not being saved by FILESAVER engine
• Fixed a major bug in carpaint material (issue #186)
• Fixed spelling mistake in cloth material "wool gabardine" preset
• Fixed Scene::RemoveUnusedMeshes()
• Fixed a bug in Mix material when working with specular materials (issue #187)
• Fixed an overflow problem when using an heterogenous volume on very large segments
• Sun relative size has now a lower bound of 1.0 to avoid numerical precision problems
• Fixed a problem with Scene::ToProperties() after editing a scene
• Fixed a self-shadow problem with area light sources

Blender Addon

New Features since v2.2alpha1

• Add a Vector Math node
• User can now set a custom object ID
• User can now choose a custom viewport color for materials (used in the OpenGL viewport, optional)
• make volume socket export of material output more generic. This means users can now directly plug volumes into the interior/exterior volume sockets, without the need for a pointer node.
• expose volume nodes in material node tree add menu
• add new "colored glass" node preset with inlined volume for simple glasses with volumetric absorption
• add a filter to the pointer node selection menu (so the user can list only materials, only volumes etc.)
• Expose uvmapping3d (available in the 3D mapping node, can be used to map procedural 3D textures with a UV mapping)
• add a debug option to print config and scene properties (in hidden debug menu, search for "Toggle LuxCore Debug Options" in Blender's operator search)
• expose storage property of background image to allow higher precision if necessary
• show button to select problematic object in error log
• implement a workaround to have "delete and reconnect" functionality in the node editor
• add support for improved adaptive sampling, as well as the new NOISE AOV
• add support for automatic radius estimation of DLSC
• add shadow catcher option to only consider shadows from infinite lights (sky, HDRI, flat background color)

Fixed Bugs since v2.2alpha1

• fix albedo and avg. shading normal AOVs being used in final render when OIDN was only enabled for viewport
• fix area light not being deleted when its type was switched to laser

Custom viewport color!!! Thank you!!!

Taka wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 10:35 pm Custom viewport color!!! Thank you!!!

Credit for this goes to cruderustle and the donators who placed $30 on the bounty: https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendL ... issues/234

Expose uvmapping3d (available in the 3D mapping node, can be used to map procedural 3D textures with a UV mapping)

I could finally test it and I love it!

Here I used only procedural textures, and - as expected - the patterns nicely follow the shape of the leaves:

Thank you!

provisory wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 1:53 pm Here I used only procedural textures, and - as expected - the patterns nicely follow the shape of the leaves

Looking good (example scene material )

I could finally test it and I love it!

+1

The day people will realize what this engine really is ...

provisory wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 1:53 pm Here I used only procedural textures, and - as expected - the patterns nicely follow the shape of the leaves

That looks very nice, could you share the node setup please?

provisory wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 1:53 pm Here I used only procedural textures, and - as expected - the patterns nicely follow the shape of the leaves:

leaf0006.jpg

Very very cool!

epilectrolytics wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 5:46 pm could you share the node setup please?

Here you go:

And here is the Blender file:

provisory wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 1:53 pm
Here I used only procedural textures, and - as expected - the patterns nicely follow the shape of the leaves:

Looks good!