Visionary Render

2025.1

Released 2025-03-07

Added

HTML documentation portal called "Virtalis Docs" that contains all software manuals, guides and changelogs in one place. It can be accessed via the start menu, app menu, importers, F1 key or ? icons on windows (for context-sensitive help)
Standard tracking mode for Virtalis ActiveMove systems. This can be configured using various settings under Tracking > Configuration
Save and load user settings from files with the .VRSetting file extension
Command-line option -restoresettings to merge a settings file immediately after user settings are loaded
Standard ART tracking files to data\tracking\art\target. These can be loaded in the ART DTrack3 software when calibrating the tracking targets. These targets have the origins at standardised locations, i.e. at the tip of the flystick and on the underside of the bridge of the glasses
Command-line option -tracking-mode to permit the tracking mode to be set

Changed

Improve the performance of shadows in large scenes with animated objects
Stop re-rendering static scenes to improve GUI responsiveness in large scenes and reduce CPU/GPU usage. This can be controlled with the "Stop Rendering When Static" setting in Renderer > Performance
Improve tracking on ART flystick and glasses and remove some inconsistent offsets on avatars (Note: If you use an ART system and your hand is now in the wrong location, please contact our support team)
Move the "Show Stereo Cursor" setting to Tracking > Laser

Removed

Changelog, manual and programming guide (these have been moved to Virtalis Docs)

Fixed

The warning “[W] Cache was not cleanly unmounted. Rebuilding a clean cache." being shown on startup
The view in render to texture nodes (such as the mirror in the start room) looks too flat in HMDs or with stereo 3D enabled
Flickering that can occur with stereo 3D enabled. This can be controlled with the "Use Extra Framebuffer" setting in Renderer > General
“Path does not exist” error when saving files to the root of a drive
Tab completion doesn't work in the script editor
Rain intensity setting no longer works
LuaSQL/MySQL can spam error messages to the log when scripts are running
Collision detection can cause Lua to crash
Crashes that could occur when using a HTC VIVE
View briefly goes blank when stereo 3D is enabled/disabled
Invalid mesh errors when creating shapes in a collaboration
Double image on Oculus, SteamVR and WMR when moving the camera in a collaboration
Shadows cast by splines do not update when knots are moved
2:1 pixel ratio is only applied to the UI and not the 3D scene in Side by Side stereo modes

2024.3.1

Released 2024-11-22

Added

Shadow map, light/reflection probe and render-to-texture updates to the view statistics panel
Light/reflection probe and render-to-texture highlight options to the tree view

Changed

Improve speed of the "Merge" geometry operator when merging lots of small parts
Improve loading speed of files with large numbers of metadata nodes

Fixed

Read error when loading a file containing more than 4GB of XML or mesh data in a single block
Over-brightening of GUIs assigned to the opaque layer when ambient occlusion is enabled

2024.3

Released 2024-10-25

Added

Avatar name labels for easier identification of users in collaboration
Support for loading image files in WebP, JPEG 2000 (JP2), JNG, JPEG XR (JXR), PBM, PGM, PPM and PFM formats
Enable use of OpenXR mode with SteamVR's OpenXR runtime
Navigation between text boxes in the 3D GUI using the Tab key
Settings to control the visibility mask (when present) and mirror view in HMD tracking modes
An indication of the license type currently in use to the title bar of the main Visionary Render window
An option to GUI nodes to control whether the GUIs are visible from the back
A width option to Font nodes, allowing use of condensed/expanded fonts that stopped appearing as separate typefaces in version 2024.2
Colour properties to textured GUI styles

Fixed

Improve the behaviour of the Character Controller when tracked and sets the rotation centre to the position of the tracked user
Improve smoothness of navigation in collaboration when using a display or HMD with a high refresh rate
Inconsistent behaviour of the "look at" constraint when the constrained object has a pivot
Incorrect ambient occlusion in the right eye when using single GPU stereo optimisation and the forward renderer
Stops the "look at" constraint from resetting the constrained object's scale
An issue where the file browser would become unresponsive after cancelling a prompt to overwrite a file
A crash after merging scenes
A crash when applying materials with bump/normal maps
A crash when using the Explode geometry operator
An issue where viewpoints would be lost from the SavedUserPositions node when loading an old file
Corrects the floor level when using the Character Controller with an HMD
Corruption of geometry when a mesh is modified by a Lua script
Missing Stereo Optimisation option when using GPUs that support dual GPU mode but not single GPU mode
The default value of the Tracking/Config/Origin option used by SteamVR mode, which was incorrectly set to "Manual" instead of "Roomscale"

2024.2

Released 2024-07-08

Added

Button to the Networking window to disable networking after it has been enabled
Ability to capture unsaved properties such as the position of a sequence in snapshots
Option to RenderToTexture nodes to specify whether the background should be transparent

Changed

Remove lag when using TransformLinks in collaboration
Replace texture format options in RenderToTexture nodes with separate HDR and Tone Map options
Text encoding to UTF-8 to improve support for different languages and for compatibility with Virtalis Hub
OpenXR reference space from "local" to "stage" so that floor level is respected when using the navigation tools

Removed

Split Meshes option from Optimise geometry operator as it's no longer useful on modern GPUs

Fixed

TransformLinks stop working when their creator leaves a collaboration
Errors when avatars are loaded in collaboration, including a crash when another user is using an Oculus/Meta Quest avatar
Duplicate options from the link picker control's "new" menu that created nodes of an incorrect version
Disallow creation of pivots on assemblies with locked constraints as this previously generated an error
Crash when a closed spline in "tube" mode has exactly one knot
Crash that could occur when using the Autogenerate UVs context menu option or toggling the "Needs Texture Coordinates" or "Needs Tangents" options on a Mesh node
Crash when enabling OpenXR mode with the Collision/Debug Draw setting enabled
Errors when loading the fullbody female and zSpace avatars
Crash when loading a scene containing scripts made in an older version of Visionary Render

2024.1.1

Released 2024-04-01

Changed

Improve reporting of errors from Virtalis Hub uploads and downloads

Fixed

Issues with uploading and downloading large Virtalis Hub scenes due to excessive numbers of simultaneous connections
Avoid using a Virtalis Hub server as the initial directory in the file browser as this could trigger unwanted login prompts

2024.1

Released 2024-02-29

Added

Upload your scenes to Virtalis Hub using the App Menu > Upload to Virtalis Hub option
Download scenes from Virtalis Hub directly to Visionary Render
Support for new server types such as RTSP to Movie nodes
Alternative connection mode for the HoloLens 2 that permits the headset to connect to the PC using a QR code
Support for the XR_FB_passthrough extension in OpenXR, which permits passthrough to be enabled when using the Quest Link in developer mode. Also adds adjustable background opacity in AR

Changed

Improve save speed for scenes with a very large number of models in a library
Improve the speed of rendering particle systems in stereo

Fixed

Crash when toggling the Edit Pivot mode button
Crash when rendering the first frame of a complex scene
UI settings and window positions aren't restored after restarting Visionary Render
Stop executing new custom action frames by default when sequences are looped. Note: property tracks are more stable and should be used instead if possible
Whole scene could disappear when changing World Scale via the controllers in a headset
Occlusion culling issues that could lead to flickering geometry
Scene GUIs could have rendering artifacts after loading
The message 'OpenXR lists 0 API layers' is repeated in the log
File browser cannot follow shortcuts
Parent object is selected when clicking on a measuring point in the 3D scene. Measuring points are now visible in the Scenes tree
Permits the track and target name columns in the sequencer to be resized by clicking and dragging at the right of their headers
HoloLens settings button didn't always show the correct tab in the Settings window
Occlusion culling failed to cull occluded objects that are visible in only one eye when rendering in stereo
Auto-hide mouse setting doesn't work when hovering over scene GUIs
Tracking configuration buttons are incorrectly greyed out at startup

2023.2

Released 2023-09-26

Added

Support for QR code tracking to the HoloLens 2 to permit scenes and objects to be aligned to real-world locations
Tracking/AR/ShowEnvironment setting to control passthrough on AR headsets

Changed

Reduce open/save time and file size by not saving default properties to VRText and VRNative files
Improve user experience with version control by storing the metanodes section of VRText and VRNative files in alphabetical order instead of a different random order each time they are saved
Significantly reduces the amount of memory used by the physics system in scenes with lots of meshes
Optimises the deferred renderer and improves the smoothness of lighting on curved and rough surfaces
Makes the immersive GUI that can be brought up on headsets clearer and its edges smoother
Updates the existing HoloLens remoting mode to use OpenXR
Permits manikins to be added to the gallery directly

Fixed

Scene GUI has artefacts when visible at the same time as a voxel model
Fixes issue with Scene GUI buttons assigned to radio groups not being disabled. Also fixes radio buttons on a cluster
Fixes issue with models popping in and out of view based on what the left eye can see when using a HMD with occlusion culling enabled. Also improves the performance of occlusion culling in mono views
Fixes flickering in the right eye when using a VIVE Cosmos HMD. Also fixes a crash that could occur
Fixes issue with the current page of a PDF document not being saved in the scene
Fixes issue with the shadows of deformable objects not being updated when the object deforms
Fixes a crash that could occur when loading a scene with a model with invalid indices
Fixes issue with tooltips on Scene GUI buttons only appearing once
Fixes issue with the immersive GUI not showing material previews
Fixes issue with the avatar's hands being misaligned in OpenXR mode with a VIVE Cosmos or Varjo headset
Prevents VIVE features from being enabled in other immersive modes as it was unnecessary and could affect the HoloLens 2
Fixes issue with the Tracking/Configuration settings page sometimes missing settings
Prevents the OpenXR visibility mask from interfering with occlusion culling

2023.1

Released 2023-04-26

Added

Adds support for OpenXR, which is a new open standard for handling AR and VR on platforms and devices
Adds support for different manikin templates and provides a default female manikin
Adds 'Reset anthropometrics' button to the manikin properties page
Adds a manikins filter to the browser tab

Changed

Permits manikin targets to be dragged from the tree and snapped to geometry in the scene
Permits manikin targets to be individually dragged whilst immersed
Permits the sequencer to capture keyframes whilst immersed
Permits avatars to grab nodes with their hands when no controller visuals are present
Permits compressed image data to be stored in Texture nodes

Removed

Removes the Oculus tracking mode as it was often being used by mistake instead of Oculus Touch
Removes old anthropometrics files from the data directory

Fixed

Makes scrolling to selected items in the tree view more reliable
Fixes issue with the 'Detect Clashes' context menu option removing material overrides
Fixes issue where objects parented to manikin bones turn invisible when the manikin is copy and pasted
Fixes issue where scene GUIs can become unresponsive when dragging out of the 3D scene
Fixes inconsistent scroll wheel behaviour in the Hz field of the sequencer
Fixes crash that could occur when adding a keyframe to a property track of a sequence
Prevents manikins from being translated when they are reparented
Fixes crash that could occur when disconnecting an Oculus headset with overlapped culling enabled
Fixes issue where bone constraint helpers can appear in the wrong locations
Fixes issue with the PDF document rig adding unnecessary undo anchors
Fixes crash when loading a scene with a snapshot of a PDF node in it
Hides the 'Delete Unused Assets' button in the browser for various filters that it doesn't apply to
Fixes issue where selecting lights in the viewport selects them in the browser
Fixes broken property links on multi attributes
Fixes issues with manikin targets not being shown or hidden consistently on different nodes of a cluster
Fixes various issues that could occur when undoing/redoing manikin property changes
Fixes issue where manikin helpers could appear at the wrong locations when loading a scene
Fixes issue where the Avatar tracking setting could show unexpected text
Fixes crash that could occur when a sphere collision object and a mesh collision object had identical positions
Ensures the Display Sync setting is applied correctly when leaving immersive mode

2022.3

Released 2022-11-02

Added

Adds an "immersive snap rotation" option to improve comfort in VR by rotating the camera in fixed increments

Changed

Improves rendering performance in scenes with large numbers of small meshes
Enables positioning of a Manikin in the 3D scene by drag-and-drop from the tree view

Removed

Removes the Iray raytracer
Removes duplicate 'Remove from Group' menu entries

Fixed

Makes the Oculus avatar respect the avatar shadows option
Fixes occlusion culling for objects behind a selected object when using the solid selection style
Maintains the scale of the Immersive GUI relative to the user when the scene scale is adjusted
Fixes overlapped culling for Oculus headsets, providing better performance in scenes with large numbers of separate objects
Fixes Point Clouds appearing in front of transparent objects for only the right eye
Fixes incorrect culling of the PRS manipulator, annotations and other non-depth-tested objects when occlusion culling is enabled
Fixes flickering of flat objects when occlusion culling is enabled and the camera is exactly aligned to world axis
Fixes incorrect culling of objects when a dynamic section is attached to another assembly
Fixes a crash and inconsistent behaviour in the Animation Sequencer due to scaling handles not being deleted
Fixes 'Remove from Group' option not being added to the context menu correctly
Ensures that Lua variables created by dragging and dropping nodes into the script editor always have unique names
Sets Assembly Constraint properties correctly when applying snapshots
Fixes misaligned body parts when a Manikin is moved while disabled
Fixes a crash in the Animation Sequencer when undoing while dragging
Restores the functionality of ActiveView Light Texture (NetPlayerTexture)
Fixes incorrect relative paths in Point Cloud and Texture filenames after loading a file from an older version of Visionary Render
Fixes incorrect lighting from reflection probes
Reduces the amount of data sent when joining a collaboration

2022.2

Released 2022-07-08

Added

Adds Manikins - poseable human models with 1:1 scale that can be easily added to any scene. Body dimensions are individually configurable
Adds helpers for IK constraints
Adds links to third-party license documents in the Help - About window

Changed

Improves collision detection with deformable meshes, which enables accurate picking of deformable meshes with the mouse and tracked controllers
Revamps the inverse kinematics (IK) system to improve behaviour with branched IK chains and constraints
Allows MeasuringPoints to be attached to deformable meshes

Fixed

Restores the "Remove from Group" option on the context menu

2022.1.1

Released 2022-03-16

Fixed

Fixes a crash when Escape is pressed twice after changing the tracking mode while the Measuring Tool is enabled

2022.1

Released 2022-01-24

Added

Adds collision/selection of splines
Adds a UV channel property to gradients and permits splines curvature to be displayed in it
Adds a new helper for splines
Adds Bezier Corner knot interpolation and mirror handles property to make it easier to edit Bezier curves
Adds a property to splines to permit them to cast shadows

Changed

Makes Visionary Render work on a cluster without requiring the Visual C++ redistributables to be manually installed on the slaves
Permits spline knots to be snapped to surfaces
Allows collision options to be specified for splines
Permits dynamic sections to be applied to tube splines
Permits spline knots to be multiselected using Ctrl + Left-click
Permits splines to be edited in a tracked environment
Makes helper markers easier to select, particularly in a tracked environment

Fixed

Fixes crash in spline physics code on cluster slave
Fixes a couple of potential crashes in tube splines without knots
Fixes collision/selection of scaled splines
Fixes bounding box of rotated splines
Fixes tangent generation when changing a spline's material
Fixes incorrect geometry when a spline knot is duplicated
Fixes crashes that could occur when scripting events
Event handlers are called twice after being restored from the recycle bin (with possible crash)
Handles knots being reparented or deleted
Hides the icon marker on splines
Reparenting a knot can detach it from the spline
Changing the order of child knots in the tree generates extra knot markers
Tube splines can get a missing segment
Translates the PRS manipulator when a bezier handle is dragged
Clicking on a marker in "show helpers for selected" mode hides the helpers
Scaled tube splines can become unpickable in the scene
Fixes incorrect manipulation when dragging bezier handles on scaled/rotated knots
Spline helpers aren't being shown in "Show helpers for selected" mode
Bezier handles aren't deselected when clicking on something other than a marker
Line mode isn't rendering a polyline for the spline
Enabling/disabling lighting has no effect when deferred rendering is enabled
Showing helpers for selected objects only doesn't work on cluster slaves
Fixes issue with spline helpers snapping incorrectly on a cluster
Fixes crash after closing a scene containing splines
Fixes invalid vector index in SocketKernelTCP::serverServiceThread() on cluster slave startup
Hides redundant Bezier handles at the ends of an open spline
Spline curvature is calculated incorrectly if the first knot of an open spline is in Bezier mode
Fixes crash when manipulating a knot handle after changing tracking mode
Helper markers can't be selected from above in a tracked environment

2021.3.1

Released 2021-11-29

Fixed

Fixes an incompatible library version that caused the Point Cloud Converter to fail to start

2021.3

Released 2021-10-07

Added

Adds the ability to create editable text boxes in the scene GUI

Changed

Optimises memory access to improve performance
Limits dispatch of move events to improve the performance of animating objects
Allows the NVIDIA bindless option to be switched on via the command line

Removed

Removes the check for an immersive License when selecting an avatar

Fixed

Fixes issue where the Hololens 2 doesn't receive the depth buffer via Holographic Remoting
Updates the Microsoft Visual C++ redistributables in the installer
Removes log spam when isolating/unisolating a selection

2021.2

Released 2021-07-12

Added

Adds a filter to the Scenes and Developer trees for highlighting disabled nodes

Fixed

Fixes issue where sessions can't be continued after reconnecting to the license server
Fixes issue with license client timing out too soon on slower networks
Prevents error message from popping up when the VPN is not connected
Fixes issue with Connect View option not working in 2020.3 onwards
Fixes issue with view configs not saving XInputEnvironment links
Fixes issue with user filters not being set correctly after resetting the button map
Fixes incorrect version numbering in start menu and desktop shortcuts in side-by-side installs

2021.1.1

Released 2021-04-19

Added

Adds support for projection onto curved screens

2021.1

Released 2021-04-01

Added

Adds new settings for pivots to Tools/Pivots and improves and fixes bugs with the PRS and pivot visuals
Adds an isolate/unisolate button to the toolbar to hide/unhide all but the selected geometry in the scene

Changed

Improves the performance of the materials list in the immersive context menu

Removed

Removes unnecessary Permission property from GUI Button nodes

Fixed

Fixes an occasional crash on exit when tracking is enabled
Fixes an issue with dynamic sections flickering when collaborating
Fixes a crash that could occur in scenes with shadow maps and a skybox
Makes HMDs default to rotating about the eye instead of the controller
Fixes a crash that could occur when extended ASCII characters are used on GUI nodes
Prevents voice chat errors from appearing on start up when this feature is disabled
Fixes a crash when the Create button is pressed in the Sequencer
Fixes an issue with point cloud paths not being retained between 2020.2 and 2020.3 scenes
Fixes an issue with deformable meshes still being selectable with a disabled collision override
Fixes an issue with the Size on Drop setting in Dynamic Sections not working
Fixes a crash when 'Bake Now' is enabled and 'Bake Target' is set to the object itself
Fixes an issue with animated point clouds using more memory each time they are played
Fixes a bug with fixed-size GUI stacks not being resized when child elements are added or on scene load
Fixes an issue with undo after modifying vertex positions
Fixes an issue where typing into the file browser's tile view did not update the selected file property
Fixes a '404 not found' error in the 'contact us' hyperlink in the Diagnostics window's Support tab
Fixes a crash when the scene is saved by right-clicking on the Scenes node and choosing 'Save Selection'
Fixes a crash that could occur when opening multiple animated point cloud projects

2020.3

Released 2020-10-12

Added

Adds a Disconnect button to the Network window
Adds support for SteamVR Input, allowing controller buttons to be remapped using the interface provided by SteamVR
Adds voice and text chat with collaborating users
Adds a new alpha threshold parameter to point clouds, allowing the visibility of points to be controlled via an associated gradient's alpha values

Changed

Displays each user's name next to their User node in the Developer tree, and adds a UserName setting to the Collaboration category to allow the name to be configured. This replaces the Tools/Annotation/Comments/Author setting
Reduces the amount of data sent over the network when joining a collaboration

Fixed

Fixes an issue with the network cache not being used unless the -net-enable option is on the command line
Fixes a memory leak in the Oculus avatar
Fixes an issue where the application would appear to be unresponsive while joining a collaboration. The progress display is now shown while the connection is being established
Fixes an issue where connecting the view with a collaborator while using a custom view config could result in a blank view after the application is restarted
Stops the position being repeatedly reset when the touchpad on a tracked controller is used to move a grabbed object relative to the hand
Fixes an error when creating a MetaData Container from the context menu in the tree views
Corrects the scale of the hands of the default avatar
Stops the avatar's eyes disappearing when viewed up close or from certain angles
Fixes a timing issue that caused the ocean to appear unsynchronised on a cluster
Fixes an issue with script window output not appearing on collaboration slaves
Fixes an issue with the full-body avatar's arms not following the tracked hands
Fixes a crash when a zero-length camera animation is triggered, e.g. when skipping between annotations if the "Viewpoint Animation" option is set to "Fly"
Fixes an occasional crash that could occur when running Visionary Render with a floating license

2020.2

Released 2020-07-08

Added

Adds support for Hi5 tracking gloves
Adds an option to TransformLink to affect local transforms instead of world transforms

Changed

Allows 3D GUIs (including the immersive context menu) and certain tools to be operated at close range with a tracked controller when the laser pointer is turned off
Reduces the amount of data transferred while connecting a collaboration in some cases where HMDs are present

Fixed

Prevents invalid characters from being accepted in filename text boxes
Fixes incorrect highlighting of buttons in the immersive context menu in collaboration
Fixes issues with various buttons in the immersive context menu not working for slave users in a collaboration
Fixes an issue with Enter and Leave events being called multiple times in collaborations
Fixes issues with images loaded from DDS files appearing upside down and/or with the red and blue channels swapped
Fixes issues with highlighting and truncation of hyperlinks
Stops scripts from running in the cached copies of recently-used gallery items
Resets the camera position when starting a new scene
Fixes a bug that caused the PRS manipulator's mode button to apply to the wrong user in a collaboration
Introduces an "auto" headlight mode which enables the headlight when there is no other light in the scene
Fixes a problem where changes to the sun position setting could affect the wrong users in collaboration
Stops evaluating sequences when opening scenes (unless the initial position property is set)
Adds tooltips to the undo and redo buttons to indicate the actions that will be performed. Disables the undo and redo buttons when there are no actions available
Improves application startup speed by reducing loading of asset files
Reduces reloading of files when changing tracking modes
Fixes lower than expected performance in the start room due to HDR being enabled in low-quality mode

2020.1.1

Released 2020-05-21

Fixed

Fixes issues with collaboration and video streaming over a VPN. Visionary Render now listens for incoming connections on selected virtual network adapters

2020.1

Released 2020-03-18

Added

Adds support for Linked XForm and Spline Select modifiers
Adds properties to splines to control the number of sides in their tubes and the number of subdivisions between each pair of knots

Changed

Pressing Enter in the tree view quick search box now selects the next result instead of repeating the search
Improves performance when avatar collides with other objects
Reduces dead zone size on select + move using laser controllers. Dead zone removed when "select on first click" is disabled
Improves performance of splines (particularly when moving a large number of knots)

Removed

Removes the requirement that meshes used for skinning must have tangents
Removes "Link to Hand" context menu option on Assemblies

Fixed

Changes auto-indent shortcut in the Script Editor to Ctrl + Spacebar. Also fixes issues with Tab and Shift + Tab not always working properly
Disables underwater effects when terrain data is present in the scene
Fixes possible GL_INVALID_VALUE error in log when starting up Visionary Render
Makes skybox clip bottom functional for infinite skyboxes
Adds the EULA text to the About dialog and makes minor corrections to it
Fixes issue with ocean scattering not working with MSAA
Fixes an issue where the extinction and scattering effects were not applied in reflections on the underside of the ocean surface
Prevents "Failed WSAEnumNetworkEvents" error messages from being displayed when the ART tracker is unloaded
Fixes an issue where tools would be incorrectly enabled after switching between tracking modes
Fixes crash in geometry operators when weld is applied after prune
Fixes various discontinuities in splines and their tube meshes
Fixes errors when creating a spline or knot in the Developer tree
Fixes issue where user positions are always saved at (0, 0, 0)
Fixes an issue causing inconsistencies in skinned models where vertices are affected by more than 4 bones. Adds warnings to MaxExporter for when more than 4 bones are assigned to a vertex
Fixes issue with HDR skyboxes having visible edges when set to infinite
Fixes issue with MSAA not being applied after using the screen capture tool
Fixes issue with lasers not being visible when 3 or more people collaborate with HMDs
Fixes a crash when enabling the Immersive Navigator Tool after switching between tracking modes
Fixes issue with the ocean not being rendered after opening a scene with a terrain and an ocean in it
Improves the performance of Transform Links so that the linked node doesn't lag behind
Fixes issue with anti-aliasing being disabled when tracking is enabled/disabled
Fixes issue with rain being visible beneath the ocean surface
Fixes crash that could occur in the Weld geometry operator
Stops internal nodes relating to 3D tooltips from being added to the undo history
Optimises selection of a large number of nodes
Changes a couple of default values for the Windows Mixed Reality controllers. Rotate Mode is now set to rotate about the eye position and Snap Level is disabled
Fixes issue with links to nodes in the user tree being lost when 3 or more users collaborate
Fixes issue with not being able to select all instances of a Model in the Browser tab
Prevents the Space Mouse from being able to fly the camera far away when erroneous values are received
Fixes issue with depth buffer based view filters not working with MSAA

2019.5

Released 2019-12-06

Added

Adds option on ocean properties to enable/disable underwater effects
Adds support for realistic underwater ocean scattering and extinction
Adds support for underwater caustics to the ocean
Adds support for ocean surface reflections
Adds support for drawing Splines as solid 3D tubes, which can also use standard textured materials

Changed

Aligns the sea state property of an ocean to the Douglas sea scale

Fixed

Fixes issue with slaves not being able to undo node deletions in a collaboration
Fixes issue with font files remaining locked after Visionary Render exits
Fixes issue with pivot visuals not being resized during fly-to operations
Fixes crash that could occur when rendering particles with overlapped culling enabled
Fixes red flicker that could occur when switching from low to high quality in the start room
Fixes large ocean reflection when island is selected on start room and also fix selection speckles highlight colour when ocean subsea effects are on
Fixes a crash when modifying sea state with overlapped culling enabled
Fixes line of ocean colour above horizon in left eye when view widget or preview frame is visible
Fixes extinction colour calculation when ocean and water material co-exist in a scene
Fixes issue with the edges of the ocean and water materials flashing when HDR is enabled
Fixes issue with spray being generated beneath the ocean surface
Fixes an issue with the sea state of the ocean not being applied correctly when opening a scene
Fixes issue with local reflections not working when the procedural sky is enabled
Fixes issue with reflections becoming distorted after floating origin is relocated
Fixes a crash that could occur when closing a http connection
Fixes a bug where the procedural sky could be rendered to objects in the scene under certain conditions
Fixes issue with materials getting mixed up when reloading a scene
Stops breaking widget rendering like textbox outline or windows background, when texture is assigned to skybox
Fixes issue with shadows disappearing when the blur property of a light is changed
Fixes a memory leak and other minor issues in the renderer
Fixes issue with AudioBuffer "no file loaded" border being clipped at the bottom
Fixes crash when an attribute table is selected in the Developer tree with Developer Admin Mode enabled
Fixes issue with camera position not being restored when loading a scene with multiple viewConfigs
Fixes flickering object bug with occlusion culling enabled
Fixes point cloud rendering when overlapped culling is enabled
Marks the node in the tree if the version is different from the expected version
Fixes the animation on rollout expander
Fixes Crash when Stereo3D is enabled with occlusion culling on
Fixes issue with View Widget spin boxes ignoring the Editor Step Size setting
Updates Baked Lighting property caption and tooltip to clarify what it is
Fixes crash that could occur on a cluster when loading DocsPlugin.dll
Prevents invalid characters from being accepted in filename text boxes
Fixes issue with one eye being out-of-sync when fading/teleporting in a HMD
Permits point clouds, markers and scene GUI to be clipped by dynamic sections
Fixes crash that could occur on exit when a HMD is connected
Fixes issue with the Enable Pivot Visual setting in User Interface > Advanced not working on newly-created pivots

2019.4

Released 2019-08-08

Visionary Render has been updated to reflect our new company brand identity

Changed

Improve the license dialog when a correct license isn't found

Fixed

Fixes issues with viewconfigs when upgrading from Visionary Render 2.2.1 to a newer version
Fixes issues causing the avatar and tracked hand controller to be invisible on cluster slaves
Fixes issue causing internal build paths to be included in error messages
Fixes issue preventing Chroma Key Textures from working
Fixes issue where fog would not be visible in Deferred rendering mode
Fixes issue where visuals would go missing when Occlusion Culling was used in conjunction with MSAA
Fixes a crash due to excessive memory usage in large scenes containing a directional light with shadows and moving shadow-casting geometry
Fixes issue with FXAA causing double vision in HMDs
Fixes issue with the PrtScn button not performing a screen capture

2019.3

Released 2019-05-29

Added

Adds a "Reset to Default" button to to the keymapper GUI so that button / gesture mappings can be reset
Adds Create Light options to the LightList node context menu while in the Developer tree view

Changed

Improves performance when generating collision data for differently-scaled instances of a model

Fixed

Disables stereo optimisation by default due to issues in SteamVR HMDs
Fix crash when collaborator deletes node whose properties layout is currently showing a modal dialogue
Fix file browser sometimes getting pushed off top of screen on a cluster
Fix problem on collaboration mode when first user edits pivot and second user deletes it
Fixed crash when ambient occlusion used in conjunction with the side-by-side stereo mode
Fixes a bug with the sea level property of Ocean nodes where the height of the sea would be double the expected level. Existing ocean nodes will be upgraded automatically to maintain their current level
Fixes a bug with the sky in the right eye of a HMD when 'Render from probe' is disabled
Fixes a crash that could occur when renaming a Gallery folder in Windows whilst Visionary Render is running
Fixes a crash when saving a gallery collection with an invalid filename
Fixes a potential crash when collaborating more than one oculus user with avatars enabled
Fixes an issue on cluster slaves where RenderToTexture nodes weren't rendering
Fixes an issue where Avatars would stop being visible in a collaboration involving three or more participants
Fixes an issue where point clouds weren't visible in the right eye with stereo optimisations enabled
Fixes an issue where the script editor would not appear on the cluster master after clicking in the event handler properties
Fixes an issue where the SteamVR controller visuals wouldn't be correctly linked up to the avatar's hand for manipulations, updates viewConfig-openvr.VRText to fix the hands to be the right way around (left, right)
Fixes an issue with Oculus/SteamVR mode where resources weren't being cleaned up when exiting the mode
Fixes bug where the Undo and Redo gestures would revert to an enabled state after application is restarted
Fixes bug with moving/resizing gui elements when using Side-by-side stereo modes
Fixes crash that could occur when arranging objects in the scene
Fixes crash that could occur when transforming multiple assemblies, one with a pivot
Fixes issue preventing the toolbar from toggling the character controller
Fixes issue where gradient tiles were not being selected correctly on clusters
Fixes issue where the close button would be incorrectly disabled
Fixes issue where the script editor would not be opened via the browser
Fixes issue with links in the toolbox not being saved
Fixes issue with roll-outs closing when adding scene override settings
Fixes issue with the script editor not adding undo points when it should, such as when dragging and dropping nodes
Fixes the description of the Level Camera tool in the toolbar
Fixes the helper for Physical Screen nodes so it renders correctly
Fixes Toggle Information Display context menu option when right-clicking on an annotation in the scene
Prevents ActiveView Light from exiting when Esc is pressed and instead passes the key press to Visionary Render
Fixes issue where Previews were being generated more often than needed
Fixes inability to disable the Immersive Context Menu on hand controllers, Replaces show/hide menu text in the Immersive Context Menu with a hamburger icon, Adds a button to the Immersive Context Menu to show or hide the tools
Fixes issue with not being able to choose options in context menus on the zSpace, Fixes issue with windows continuing to be resized on the zSpace after the button is released, Fixes issue with the immersive context menu being shown on the zSpace when right-clicking on part of the GUI
Updates the Oculus avatar to match the User Colour setting, fixes the orientation of the virtalis avatar's hands when using the oculus touch

2019.2

Released 2019-03-27

Fixed

Fixes a bug with the right eye when Stereo Optimisation is set to Single GPU Parallel where in some devices the geometry would be offset in the right eye
Fixes bug with right eye when using dual GPU mode with a SteamVR headset
Fixes crash at exit when using the Oculus Rift
Fixes a bug with the right eye when Stereo Optimisation is set to Single GPU Parallel where in some devices the geometry would be offset in the right eye
Fixes a crash on certain configurations (zSpace 2) when toggling stereo 3D while video streaming is enabled
Fixes issues causing OpenGL out of memory errors when loading large scenes
Fixes cluster startup in some cases where the master has multiple network adapters
Fixes issue in Visionary Render for WITNESS with COLLADA models not being loaded
Fixes issue in Visionary Render for WITNESS with arcs in paths not being drawn when the model is scaled very small
Fixes crash that could occur when selecting nodes in the tree with the Developer Admin Mode setting enabled
Fixed crash when alt-tabbing away while renaming a partially hidden browser tile
Attribute tables on the Main tree view displays on the assembly's properties box instead of showing as child node

2019.1

Released 2019-01-24

New version number convention: Year.Release

Added

Adds single-pass stereo option to the renderer, which allows a stereo pair to be rendered in one pass, improving performance in some scenarios
Adds support for rendering stereo to two NVidia graphics cards in parallel
Adds settings to the snap home tool to permit the in-range and out-of-range ghosts to be hidden

Fixed

Fixes browser previews for particle systems
Fixes sky and probe reflections in SteamVR headsets
Fixes issue with child visuals being added to groups in trees other than Scenes
Fixes issue with joystick controllers moving relative to the camera instead of the direction in which the stick is pointing
Fixes issue with Leap Motion not working in Desktop mode or with the Oculus HMD
Prevents the Iray license message box from appearing when dragging and dropping files onto Visionary Render
Fixes bug where the snap home tool wouldn't work correctly with a child assembly with a PARENT constraint, as well as setting the local transform edit to be read only when PARENT constraint is used
Fixes a bug when using the Oculus Rift & Touch where an object would move if you tried to fly while holding it
Fixes rendering issues encountered when using dynamic sections on the HTC Vive, Microsoft Mixed Reality, and zSpace
Updates hand manipulation so that the controller touch can also be used to select objects even if the avatar is turned off
Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented selection highlights from showing on cluster slaves
Fixes an issue affecting cluster performance
Fixes issue with measuring points not appearing at the correct locations when opening a saved file
Fixes an issue with cluster startup when the master has multiple network adapters
Fixes issues where the fly-to context option would not work correctly with multiple items selected and would not work correctly with SteamVR. Also fixes issue where pointing at the 3D scene with the mouse would not work with SteamVR
Fixes a crash that occurs in collaboration when copying a dynamic section
Fixes issue preventing side-by-side stereo from working correctly
Fixes issue where video streaming settings could adversely affect the main viewport
Fixes a crash when using the particle bursts UI on a cluster

2.2.1

Released 2018-11-23

Fixed

To avoid juddering in a HMD caused by overlapped cull interacting with VR timewarp, the overlapped cull setting is now ignored when using a HMD

2.2

Released 2018-11-15

Added

Adds a 'Scroll Wheel Zoom' setting to control zooming
Adds networked paths support to -logfile
Adds a "Save All" button to the Log tab on a cluster to permit all cluster node logs to be saved to a directory

Changed

Network stats frame now displays machine names of collaborating users; can start local collaborations by specifying "localhost" or a loopback address
Character Controller now allows multiple navigation tools to be active at once
Makes multiline textbox property fields use Shift+Enter to insert a newline, allowing Enter to be used to submit the field
Improves the synchronisation of progress bars when starting up a cluster
Greatly improves collision detection performance for large scenes

Removed

Removes Enabled property from all nodes under the toolbox. Tools can still be enabled and disabled by using the settings found under Tools/State/<name of tool>
Iray auto exposure removed from ray tracer frame and bugs fixed in main viewports

Fixed

Fixes a bug where pressing undo after creating viewpoint or material, would erase all the materials or viewpoints nodes from the Immersive Context Menu
Fixes a bug where the Immersive Context Menu would break when pressing undo after using paste as child
Fixes a bug where the ViewWidget wasn't displayed correctly on a cluster
Fixes Cascaded Shadow Map's "Split Distances" setting to use 4 side-by-side sliders instead of incorrect Position and Radius options
Fixes issue that would cause the application to hang
Fixes issue where cluster slaves would become non-responsive on exit
Fixes issue where collaborators could locate hidden nodes without dev-admin enabled
Fixes an issue causing incorrect previews of fonts added to the gallery
Fixes an issue causing labels not to be updated immediately when changing the background colour of a ColouredLabelStyle
Fixes corrupted mesh data after using the merge geometry operator when networked
Fixes crashes when adding and removing folders in the gallery
Fixes issue where the application would hang if a collaborator crashed
Fixes issue where unlocking a setting would not trigger a callback
Fixes issue where string setting overrides would trigger inappropriate callbacks
Fixes issue with the Toolbar being hidden on a cluster when its show/hide windows button is clicked
Fixes sequencer issue where the file browser for sound action frames wasn't being shown on cluster slaves
Fixes triangulation issue, by supporting face vertex buffer with multiple uv coordinates definition per vertex
Fixes an issue that caused some tools to be disabled under certain circumstances when leaving the Start Room with a custom view config active
Fixes a bug where enabling altitude lock didn't function
Fixes an issue where collaborating users would be in the wrong location when returning to the start room
Fixes exception that could occur when starting a cluster without the VisionaryRender folder in your Documents directory
Fixes issue with cluster nodes potentially having different clip plane ranges
Fixes issue with fullscreen mode not respecting Windows DPI scaling, which could result in the application not filling the whole screen
Fixes crash that could occur in the file browser when generating previews for certain image file formats
Fixes a crash when using the "Toggle Information Display" option from the context menu for an annotation in the 3D scene
Fixes issue with textures not being pasted from the Windows clipboard into link pickers and a subsequent crash that could occur
Fixes a crash after closing script editor tabs in some circumstances

2.1

Released 2018-09-06

Added

Adds the ability to snap measuring points to vertices using the ALT key while dragging them
Adds additional Gallery assets for constructing user interfaces in the 3D scene
Adds the ability to specify custom preview images for gallery items, either from a file, or by capturing the current scene view
Adds support for both command line and GUI methods for enabling networking
Adds support for texture matrices in Iray rendering
Adds support for emissive textures in Iray rendering
Adds new Point cloud importer with full graphical user interface
Adds support to the file browser for some standard keyboard bindings: Ctrl+Shift+N to create a new directory, Alt+Left to go back in history, Alt+Right to go forward in history
Adds additional log messages around view configuration and tracker configuration file loading
Adds settings to control the Snap Home tool snapping distance, either in screen percentage, or world distance
Adds additional node types to the tree view filter dropdown
Adds stipple effect to helpers when they are obscured by other geometry
Adds tooltips to the controls in the start room

Changed

Improves stereo point cloud rendering support for very dense clouds
Improves the gallery preview placeholder text when no preview is available
Improves the usability of the Gallery by generating a default image for items when added and allows the user to create their own previews
Improves Iray functionality in the Browser by not requesting extra render targets and viewports when the browser is open with Iray interactive enabled
Improves old avatar functionality by fixing avatar_virtalis_female not loading and improving handing tracking
Improves MDL error messages by reporting missing materials in 1 message after scene loads
Improves snapping tool to better support scale and rotation
Tweaks the ocean when rendered in HMD’s so it doesn’t scintillate as much due to screen-door
Disables server configuration in the gallery until such a system is available
Improves the behaviour and responsiveness of the touch screen navigation and manipulation tools
Empty gallery categories are no longer displayed in the gallery tile view (but are still available on the context menu)
Video Streaming settings toolbar button now opens the Video Streaming tab of the Screen Capture settings
Plane and Disc geometric shapes now have Cull Face set to 'None' by default
Improves the visibility of the icons for light nodes on the create context menu
Improves the scroll bar lag when working in a cluster
Improves sequencer usability by highlighting the play button when playing
Improves performance of scene updates pertaining to Iray
Improves performance when baking light probes in collaboration by making sure they’re only baked by one collaborator
Increases the size of dynamic section edges so they can be selected with a tracked controller
Streaming statistics in the settings windows are now hidden if streaming is disabled
Keyframes in the sequencer are now highlighted in both the scene and track view
Hyperlinks in text now only show tooltip when the cursor is directly over the text and cursor only changes to a hand if the Ctrl key is held
Moves options for tooltips in the 3d scene into the tool settings
Moves the 2D GUI (tree views, etc) onto the screen plane when in stereo, allowing the application to be controlled more comfortably on large projection screens without having to be wearing glasses

Removed

Removes the version number from the splash screen
Removes unnecessary buttons from the “Lib” column of the browser when browsing textures

Fixed

Fixes issue preventing the user form flying up or down using the ART and pointing the controller up and moving the joystick
Fixes markers style visual updates being delays
Fixes visual for hand when using ART tracking
Prevents SteamVR from closing Visionary Render when an HMD enters sleep mode
Fixes file corruption when saving files from older versions of Visionary Render
Fixes minimum point cloud point size
Fixes screen capture at custom resolutions
Fixes loading pivots from older versions of Visionary Render
Fixes undoing of measurement points
Fixes the rendering of cascaded shadows from non-directional lights
Fixes lighting appearance in the Oculus HMD being affected by previously loaded files
Fixes incorrect addition of pivots to the scene structure
Fixes intrusive dialog when changing world scale using an Oculus Rift
Fixes crash when enabling zSpace
Fixes start room camera placement whenn using clustering
Fixes issue where pivot visuals stay visible after their parents are selected and then deselected
Fixes issue preventing the user from cycling through viewpoints in order when using Oculus Rift
Fixes issue where the eye position is incorrectly offset when flying to a viewpoint using a Head Mounted Display
Fixes issues with avatars from older versions of Visionary Render
Prevents avatar head being selectable
Fixes issues with the start room when using collaboration
Fixes issues relating to selecting models which previously had a scale of 0
Fixes application freeze that could occur when setting the procedural sky probe resolution to its maximum
Fixes crashes relating to Iray views and materials
Fixes issues relating to Iray licensing
Fixes presentation of shadow cast properties
Fixes issue preventing Iray manual exposure mode from working
Fixes a crash that could occur when loading a scene containing light probes
Fixes a warning at start up about IRayBasic feature being missing (NOTE: this may still appear on unsupported graphics hardware)
Fixes issue in the start room where the camera would be locked in place after starting and stopping the fly-through sequence
Fixes issue where Iray would not apply texture scale and offset changes
Fixes issues preventing cluster configurations from working with host names. They now support either host names or IP addresses
Fixes copy and paste for text controls when using clustering
Fixes displaying screen capture settings
Fixes rendering issues with using clustering
Fixes script editor behaviour when using clustering
Fixes crash that could occur when starting a cluster
Fixes crash when compressing a texture
Fixes camera position being reset when enabling an avatar
Fixed gallery menu corruption when switching between Category and Folder views
Fixes immersive context menu materials tab
Fixes immersive context menu disable control
Fixes issue where the Dynamic Section default opacity setting affected all existing sections and was not actually used as the default for new sections
Fixes inconsistencies between the Gallery context menu sorting and grouping options, and the equivalent items in the dropdown menu
Fixes issue that caused measuring points to not provide + buttons to show point info
Fixes issue causing the sun to appear black
Fixes issue preventing gradients from being previewed in the Gallery
Fixes issue causing all shape creation from the immersive context menu to be undone in one single step when pressing Undo
Fixes a crash when custom size fields in the Ray Tracer window are set to zero
Fixes issue where Gallery is showing duplicate suggested categories from GalleryCategoryMenu when there's a multiple selection
Fixes issue where the Raytracer Save As dialog box naming feild is auto populated with the wrong extension to its actual saved format
Fixes issue where message boxes are elongated and can clip text
Fixes issue preventing incorrect formatting for section headings in the immersive context menu
Fixes issue preventing toolbar menu getting blanked out when reset windows is selected and fixes various crashes that happen when resetting the settings on a cluster
Fixes issue where helpers are still visible in Reflection Probes when ‘Show Helpers in Reflections’ is disabled
Fixes issue where Viewpoints not being displayed in the Viewpoints section of the Immersive Context Menu
Fixes issue where ‘Always Show Light Helpers’ is not showing light helpers by removing the overriding settings ‘AlwaysShowLightHelpers’ from Renderer/Scene
Fixes issue where Rain intensity of 1 displays less rain than an intensity of 0.5
Fixes issue where rain does not draw on top of objects
Fixes issue where light probe updates when stereo cursor moves despite not being rendered into reflections
Fixes an issue where the Stereo Cursor and some immersive GUI elements would flicker on a cluster master node when zooming the with the mouse wheel
Fixes a crash that happened when returning a View Filter parameter to default value
Fixes a crash when removing a category from the Gallery
Fixes an issue where animation tracks didn’t expand consistently across a cluster in the Animation Sequencer when clicked on
Fixes an issue in the Animation Sequencer where a particle system wouldn’t be activated unless the action was more than 0.013 seconds into the animation
Fixes an issue where the screen capture settings page was only visible on the master node when clustering was enabled
Fixes vibrate on touch activating the opposing Vive controller
Fixes issue where large tile view in Browser doesn't create a scrollbar until the frame is resized
Fixes issue where geometry operators run on cluster slaves
Fixes issue where crash happens when undoing a creation of a Look At constraint
Fixes issue where Dynamic section remains active when disabled further up the tree
Fixes issue where guard for an event displays any key in browser when the guard has a key assigned in it properties
Fixes issue where deleting a folder in the Gallery deletes the actual folder
Fixes issue where tree view fails to scroll to selected node if parent wasn't expanded
Fixes issue where user is unable to undo the ‘reset all user settings to their default value’ command
Fixes issue where MDL material doesn’t work after it has been deleted and then added again
Fixes Oculus Touch controls such that one stick is used to fly straight and rotate the view and the other stick is used to fly vertically and strafe
Fixes previews of Environment nodes in the gallery to display their skybox rather than a white box
Fixes rendering bugs that occurred when the sun was used with a finite skybox
Fixes an issue where an extra ViewConfig node could be created in the Users tree after loading the start room
Fixes the Lock Material option on GeoGroups being overridden when an object is selected
Fixes a potential crash when removing items from the gallery
Fixes invalid water reflections that were occurring in the start room
Fixes gallery previews for objects with dynamic sections
Fixes issue where the merge assistant would silently fail instead of prompting for an existing root, when specifying an incoming root node
Fixes an Iray crash when enabling it while complex scenes are loaded
Fixes a crash when Shift + clicking in the scene inside a finite skybox
Fixes issues around deleting and re-adding Iray materials to a scene
Fixes issue preventing the VRCONFIGDIR environment variable from being used, if present
Fixes issue allowing multiple overlapping context menus to be summoned
Fixes issue where fade transitions for fly-to (e.g. viewpoints) did not trigger the target Activate event
Fixes issue where all related helper objects would disappear when a single object with a helper was deleted from the scene
Fixes a crash when attempting to teleport out of the start room in a tracked headset
Fixes issue where the Iray buttons in the toolbar were incorrectly greyed out and unavailable
Fixes incorrect clipping of the 3D view when using Iray and render-to-texture at the same time
Fixes a crash on a cluster when clicking the mouse button rapidly in the Start Room
Fixes an issue where an unresponsive ActiveView Light client could also cause Visionary Render to become unresponsive
Fixes an issue where clicking the mouse button immediately after deleting a texture from the browser could cause a crash
Fixes an issue where setting the Procedural Sky Probe Resolution to max could cause Visionary Render to stop responding
Fixes an issue preventing undo and redo from operating correctly in the script editor
Fixes a crash when baking a light probe with max resolution (16384 x 16384)
Fixes a crash when deleting a dynamic section
Fixes issue where an Image Panel stops Click events from being dispatched
Fixes issue preventing Enter/Leave events from being dispatched
Fixes issue preventing gallery resources from loading correctly on a cluster
Fixes a crash when trying to load a scene from the start room that includes a PDF or Word doc
Fixes issue where moving the cloud slider caused white flickering in the start room
Fixes issue preventing Annotations from sticking to their object when the object is dragged
Fixes issues with mirror and network buttons in start room
Fixes issue causing cluster slave instances to quit silently when closing a scene
Fixes issue where a scroll bar would appear in the script editor auto-complete popup, obscuring the first entry
Fixes issue where scene GUI tooltip styles don't work
Fixes issue where minimising the application could trigger a prompt about a 'view config change'
Fixes issue where documents loaded with the docs plugin did not display correctly on a cluster
Fixes issue causing the procedural sky to appear stretched in one eye of a headset when the Render from Probe setting was disabled
Fixes a crash that could occur when a screen shot was taken
Fixes issues preventing the Avatar body from respecting the avatar parts setting value
Fixes issues with the Headlight while the procedural sky is enabled
Fixes issue where parent settings without overrides no longer work after switching immersion mode
Fixes a crash when enabling Iray for a second time since starting the application
Fixes a crash when trying to render a nonexistent page using the Word document renderer
Fixes an unnecessary ‘ViewConfig Modified’ prompt when using the world scale controls with the Oculus Rift
Fixes a bug which caused the metadata for auto-generated scripts to be lost if they were modified
Fixes fly-to so that it does not include the bounds of disabled objects
Fixes the Iray degrain settings so that options that are not relevant to the current filter mode are not displayed
Fixes issues with scroll-to-zoom on the mouse navigator forcing the character controller through walls
Fixes undo when undoing the addition of Iray MDL materials
Fixes tooltips for superquadric shapes on the create menu
Fixes issue with default window layout causing the data window to always appear on top of the main toolbar
Fixes missing default UVs on some super-quadric geometric shapes
Fixes issue where recent files that were moved or deleted still appeared in the recent files list after unsuccessfully attempting to load them
Fixes issue causing strange items to appear in the gallery
Fixes issue where the recording state of the screen capture tool would be remembered between application sessions
Fixes issue with Gallery Dynamic Sections previews
Fixes issue sometimes preventing the immersive context menu from deleting objects
Fixes issue with the state of the measuring tool button on the immersive tool bar
Fixes issue causing the Ocean to render beyond the far clip plane
Fixes issue in the Script Editor output pane that caused it to not always scroll to the most recent message
Fixes brightness of the Start Room on Twilight setting
Fixes issue where blink could teleport outside of the start room
Fixes issue where adjusting a light helper resets the cone softness
Fixes issue where the Pivot gizmo was affected by scene lighting
Fixes graphical glitch in swimming pool area of start room
Fixes issue where updating a movie file doesn't change the video display in the scene
Fixes issue where ambient lights present shadow settings when they are not a type of shadow casting light
Fixes issue where the mouse hide delay can be inadvertently set to zero, causing the cursor to disappear permanently, making it hard to restore. This can still be set to 0 from a script for cases that do require this
Fixes issue where the password field in a NetPlayerTexture would not hide the password behind asterisk
Fixes bug where the line used to indicate where to teleport to when using a tracked controller was sometimes a straight line, it’s now always a parabola
Fixes a bug where when using look at animation with the sequencer, targets with parent assemblies would cause an incorrect animation
Fixes error that occurs when selecting recent folders in the file menu
Stops double clicking on the submit button in the Diagnostics/Support window from sending multiple emails
Fixes strange looking shadows in the start room pool
Having a low FOV setting now no longer locks you out of the start room
Fixes bug where using up / down arrows with number fields would work unpredictably
Fixes the display of tab characters in the script editor and application logs
Fixes the updating of ray tracer output when the texture coordinates of a model are modified
Fixes the ocean disappearing when rendering with Iray
Fixes the ray tracer output to include objects imported from the gallery
Fixes the application icon for ActiveView Light which was previously missing
Fixes start room geometry so that it’s no longer possible to clip out of the back wall when the character controller is enabled
Fixes a crash that could occur when adding and removing Iray MDL materials
Fixes markers not receiving click events in all cases
Fixes the dragging of a Model node into the scene to place a new instance
Fixes the visibility of the Review window not being saved and restored correctly between application runs
Fixes sorting in the file browser so that files are no longer sorted in reverse order in some cases
Fixes an issue where Iray materials would be lost when merging scenes
Fixes an issue which was preventing the application from exiting cleanly
Fixes an issue with the resource pack installer which was causing it to affect the application installation
Fixes mouse scroll input not being received by the sequencer
Fixes some issues with the snap home tool not capturing the current transform at the correct time
Fixes an issue with the visibility of the PRS grid when manipulating an object using the PRS manipulator
Fixes an issue where the stats frame in the diagnostics window were not updating in some cases
Fixes an issue where the panels on the Lua State tab of the Diagnostics window could not be resized initially
Fixes a crash which could occur when copying event nodes set to Enter / Leave
Fixes a crash that occurred when trying to copy and paste while renaming a node
Fixes a crash when scaling a large texture in the properties panel
Fixes a crash that could occur with Iray if an MDL file in use could no longer be found
Fixes incorrect target orientation values being added to new keyframes in the sequencer
Fixes immersive gui tooltips to make them visible correctly when the mirror is enabled in the start room
Fixes incorrect SRGB conversion when saving Iray renders out of the raytracer frame
Fixes a crash that could occur in some scenes when loading a scene with the Oculus Rift enabled
Fixes crash that could occur when enable Iray interactive mode
Fixes intrusive dialog when enabling SteamVR
Fixes unexpected application exit due to OpenVR
Fixes pivot creating invalid matrices
Fixes issues relating to Iray matrices
Fixes crash that could occur when dropping content from the Gallery

2.0

Released 2018-05-11

Added

Adds "helper" controls to lights, allowing cones and radii to be adjusted interactively in the 3D view
Adds ActiveView Light, a bundled, standalone executable for receiving video streams from Visionary Render
Adds Gradient Editor window. Gradients can be used interchangeably with textures when editing materials, etc
Adds Lua state inspector, displaying global variables and coroutines
Adds Rain controls to the renderer settings
Adds Search, Network and Review as individual windows, as the tools window has been removed
Adds a 3D navigation widget displaying the view orientation using an axis, and also contains the preset view controls and body position controls
Adds a Diagnostics window to replace parts of the tools window. This window unifies information such as view and tracking statistics, as well as Lua related information and general application logs
Adds a toolbar as the main application menu, providing quick access to a number of features. The tree view container can now be fully detached from the frame that contains the application menu
Adds character controller which enables walking around a scene colliding with floors and other objects
Adds immersive blink navigation, using a beam to point at the location to move to
Adds new immersive navigation methods; Blink, and World Scale
Adds plugin for loading PDFs (and docx if office is installed) as textures which can be applied to objects in the scene
Adds region select, allowing box dragging on the screen to select all objects inside (or intersecting)
Adds support for Microsoft Mixed Reality headsets, via the SteamVR desktop immersion option
Adds support for NVidia Iray
Adds support for Oculus Touch as standard with Desktop Immersion
Adds support for Simplified Representations through views visibility rules
Adds support for animating generic node properties in the sequencer. Any number values can be animated in the same way as assembly transforms
Adds support for particle systems
Adds support for procedural skyboxes
Adds support for the Polhemus G4
Adds support for touch screens and multi-touch interaction
Adds the Gallery feature
Adds video stream texture node type that is able to receive and control video streams from ActiveView
Adds "On Startup" setting which can remember the user's preference of loading into the start room, last loaded scene, new scene, or custom scene (specified by path)
Adds "Select Parent" to tree context menus
Adds Ctrl + F to focus the tree quick search bar
Adds Case Sensitive and Whole Word searching
Adds Label gui components (like a button but not clickable)
Adds a Fly to speed setting to the navigation options, to control the speed of fly-to
Adds a LockShadowMap property to Light, which stops the shadowmap being redrawn until its unset
Adds a context menu option to remove the selected node from groups that it is in
Adds a handle offset property to Slider nodes
Adds a histogram frame to help diagnose performance problems
Adds a new set of cartoon avatars with configurable appearance
Adds a number of missing tooltips to context menu items
Adds ability for link controls to rename their target nodes, and automatically present this for newly created targets
Adds ability for two tracked hands to interact with a single object. When holding with both hands, rotation is done using the vector between the two hands, rather than individual hand rotation
Adds access to collision contact points from Touch and Break script events
Adds altitude locking settings for use when tracked
Adds avatar selection option to the settings window
Adds broadcast of cluster log messages between all machines in the cluster so they can be displayed together
Adds buttons in the log window to show/hide errors/warnings/info messages
Adds buttons to the settings window to add whole pages of settings as scene overrides
Adds caption display to buttons and labels in the tree view, so it is easy to see at a glance which button a node is referring to
Adds information about installed licenses to the about box
Adds left handed tracker button IDs to the event handler key guard dropdown
Adds mouse wheel zooming in the 3D view, which moves the view into / out of the screen towards the cursor location
Adds new mesh modifier tools
Adds new setting Tracking/Laser/Angle to adjust the angle of the laser on HTC Vive controllers
Adds new start room environment, demonstrating a number of new application features and providing an interface for network collaboration
Adds option to create a viewpoint from the immersive context menu
Adds optional fade effects to "Fly to", enabled by default for the immersive context menu
Adds optional haptic feedback (vibration) on supported controllers when touching objects in the scene
Adds options to reset settings values to installation defaults
Adds orthographic viewport toggle and improves the mouse navigation in this mode
Adds progress bar to saving and closing operations
Adds settings for HDR minimum/maximum Lux to clamp the exposure in dark scenes with few lights
Adds support for Oculus Dash
Adds support for attribute queries in the advanced tree search query language
Adds support for dragging video files from Windows and dropping them into the application to create a Movie node
Adds support for tooltips on 3D GUI objects
Adds texture rotation controls to GUI styles involving textures
Adds the ability to choose the shape used for material previews
Adds the ability to clone objects with the PRS manipulator by holding Ctrl while manipulating the object
Adds the ability to drag GUI components from the tree into other stacks
Adds the ability to link basic toggle and value properties directly to 3D GUI objects, using Property Links, without requiring event scripts
Adds the ability to switch between immersive configuration modes at runtime, beyond those provided by desktop immersion. Custom tracking configurations can be managed and selected in the settings window, subject to the presence of an Immersive license
Adds whole-line selection to text controls using triple-click
Adds the ability to drag and drop movies directly onto objects to apply them to that material's diffuse map

Changed

Automatically creates a viewport when creating a render to texture object, as it cannot function without one
Changes F8 measuring tool toggle to Ctrl+1/2/3 for the Region Select / Measuring / Annotation tools
Changes colour picker controls to be popups instead of rollouts
Changes selection behaviour of tracked hand manipulation (laser off), so that a trigger press will deselect anything not being held by the other hand
Changes the default visibility of the stereo cursors on the end of tracked laser to 'Off' for desktop immersion configurations
Clamps tooltip height of nodes with many children
Cluster startup now places the user in the starting environment, instead of displaying an empty scene
Disables Windows DPI scaling. To force the old behaviour, add -dpiscaling to the shortcut
Disables automatic write-back to files in the application installation directory. Data files such as view configs and toolboxes are now written to the Documents directory with the rest of the application data files. Existing view configs in the application directory are migrated to the documents directory, after which any changes to the original file are no longer read.
Greatly Improves the speed and reduces the memory usage of VRText / VRNative loading/saving
Hides a lot of internal nodes in the developer / user tree behind the User Interface / Advanced / Developer Admin Mode setting
Improves lighting accuracy in Light/Reflection Probe baking by allowing other probes to contribute to the calculated lighting
Improves loading speed of geometry-heavy scenes
Improves performance of "Select Instances" by approx. 90%
Improves performance of camera movement while a lot of assemblies are in the recycle bin
Improves selection system behaviour, and reduces the number of Lua functions relating to selection (deprecates old functions)
Improves the features and capability of the cluster / virtual file dialog and uses it by default in all configurations (including desktop)
Improves the interaction with model dialogs while using the immersive GUI inside a headset
Improves the pivot system, simplifying it (both internally and externally) and solving a lot of issues
Increases supported buttons in VRPN driver from 32 to 256
Limits the status bar output during spacemouse manipulation to a reasonable amount of decimal places
Moves a number of obscure / advanced properties behind an Advanced rollout
Optimizes group snapshot storage - the presence of snapshots in the scene now contributes less to the overall memory and cpu usage
Renames / clarifies some captions on Audio properties to better convey their purpose
Replaces references to HTC Vive with SteamVR, as this interface also provides support for other types of headset
Unifies application and context menu internals so that context menu options may trigger the same types of events as main menus
Updates the application graphical style to fit more closely with Windows 10 / Metro
Updates the application splash screen
Visionary Render is now exclusively 64-bit
Limits the number of viewports in a view configuration to 4, with additional ones unlocked with additional licenses
All custom viewconfiguration files now require an Immersive feature to be loaded

Removed

Removes -uselauncher option. This is now the default, falling back to RPC only when the launcher is not running on the target machine
Removes MovieScreen nodes as they have been superseded by the ability to apply Movies directly to materials / other objects expecting a texture. Provides a preset rig of GUI elements to replicate the behaviour of a MovieScreen
Removes constant polling for new zSpace and SteamVR devices - these devices should be set up before launching Visionary Render
Removes editing capabilities from protected nodes in the Users tree, which cannot be edited
Removes superfluous Event_ prefix from event handler type dropdown
Removes the libraries tree tab. This is still accessible in the Developer tab. Disconnects the selection synchronisation between Scenes and Developer
Removes unused 'rename' option from annotation comment context menus

Fixed

Fixes a crash when attempting to load a scene from the command line in a cluster
Fixes annotation ordering issue when undoing an annotation deletion
Fixes issue in texture properties where the compress button would appear for formats that cannot be compressed
Fixes issue preventing Geometric Shape -> Room from being created in front of the camera
Fixes issue preventing objects with pivots from being captured correctly in snapshots
Fixes issue preventing the GUI scale from being applied correctly from the Window properties
Fixes issue preventing the immersive menu from closing scenes
Fixes issue preventing the start room recent files list from respecting the Maximum recent files setting
Fixes issue where Lua syntax highlighter incorrectly escaped a quote when preceded by two backslashes
Fixes issue where Lua syntax highlighter incorrectly highlighted keywords as part of text separated by underscores
Fixes issue where annotation comments could become detached and remain in the scene after their deletion
Fixes issue where clusters could lose GUI components off the screen when no cluster members were configured with Shared GUI
Fixes issue where dropping a texture into Visionary Render would put it in the first library in the tree, rather than the "DroppedFiles" library
Fixes issue where editing annotation comment text in the tree would not update it in the Review window
Fixes issue where headlight state would get out of sync when using the Isolate feature
Fixes issue where isolate on a multiple selection involving nodes outside of the Scenes tree would draw into the 3D view
Fixes issue where renaming an annotation in the tree would not update the name in the Review window
Fixes issue where script editor scroll bar would not always appear when needed
Fixes issue where scrolling the tree view past approximately 1 million items would result in misalignment of items in the tree view
Fixes issue where the global sequence speed would affect fly-to sequences
Fixes issue where windows could be summoned on top of a modal dialog
Fixes issue with drawing symbolic fonts in the scene GUI by exposing character set to the Font node properties
Fixes issues preventing objects with custom pivot points from snapping to surfaces correctly
Fixes issues preventing view statistics from displaying on clusters
Fixes issues when connecting to a tracked user's camera view from a desktop machine; It now correctly uses the tracked user's eye position
Fixes issues with fly to when the viewport has a small field of view
Fixes issues with preset views not fitting correctly
Fixes issues with script editor finding in all tabs and entire scene
Fixes issues with the script editor find and replace
Fixes issues with tracked navigator orbit. It now orbits around the cursor (the point when the orbit started)
Fixes lag between desktop and 3D cursors when dragging and dropping

1.3.8

Released 2018-05-11

Fixed

Fixes issues where flying while using a head mounted display, to viewpoints created on a desktop screen, would result in the view being significantly different
Fixes issue where the GUI would become permanently inaccessible if pressing Alt+Z while using the immersive GUI display
Fixes issue where start room menu would be offset
Fixes issues rendering point clouds in stereo over large cluster viewport configurations
Fixes issue with file dialog filter when choosing movie files
Fixes a crash caused by deleting a snapshot
Fixes a crash when loading a scene with a combination of probes and other render effects

1.3.7

Released 2018-03-16

Added

Adds MasterScene option to SceneLink properties so it can be configured to render the entire scene

Fixed

Fixes a crash when closing a scene and opening another one
Fixes issue preventing clash detection working with tracked hands
Fixes issue preventing the loading of some WAV files
Fixes issue preventing transformation of GUI Stacks in fixed size mode
Fixes issue preventing viewpoints from dispatching events
Fixes issue where cluster windows would not always be brought to the top at startup
Fixes issue where start room menu would be offset
Fixes issue where untracked avatars in collaboration sessions were not casting shadows

1.3.6

Released 2018-01-12

Fixed

Fixes issue preventing skinned characters from working

1.3.5

Released 2017-10-17

Changed

Automatic change recorder groups are now only saved into overlay scenes

Removed

Removes some undocumented / unsupported things from the Create context menu (namely the anthropometrics nodes)

Fixed

Fixes a crash in the sequencer when multi-selecting over a sequence track that isn't linked to a sequence
Fixes crash during cluster shutdown
Fixes issue preventing the Vive lasers being turned off by the Tracking/Laser/Enabled setting
Fixes issue where default video streaming password was not being accepted
Fixes issue where shadow maps would not be updated when deleting objects from the scene
Fixes issue where the -noquerysave parameter had no effect (application always asked to save modified scenes)
Fixes issue where the Vicon driver would block the application startup if the configured address is unreachable. Improves progress display during Vicon connection attempts
Fixes issue where the internal collision for an Event_Enter/Leave guard was visible, editable, but not saved. It is now hidden as was intended
Fixes issue with occlusion culling in configurations with multiple viewports
Fixes issue with toggle buttons in a cluster, causing them to be out of sync

1.3.4

Released 2017-08-15

Added

Adds support for HTC Vive Puck devices

Fixed

Fixes issue where the HTC Vive controllers would not work when Vive Desktop Immersion mode was controlled by a scene override setting
Fixes issue where properties and settings windows would sometimes appear on cluster slaves, unable to be closed
Fixes crashes when collaborating on large datasets
Fixes issue where the sequencer context menu was not displaying all available options
Fixes issues with missing Vive controller / base station geometry
Fixes issue with fly-to in the HTC Vive
Fixes problem with material assignment on objects, by using material stored at visual item space
Fixes issue on missing RefSet metadata by adding Unigraphics specific entities attributes to metadata sets. Also adds metadata to new entities sub-components for entity references
Fixes issue on Nvidia Optimus systems where the application would not always choose the Nvidia card as its graphics accelerator

1.3.3

Released 2017-08-09

Added

Adds a context menu to the sequencer time grip with an option to split the selected animations at the current time

Changed

Improves the ability to load files which were saved out of newer versions of Visionary Render. A dialog will appear warning about the potential loss of data and lack of new version features
Moves the Hidden Area Stencil property from the OpenVRViewport to a setting in the Desktop Immersion section of the Settings window. It now also defaults to off
The Sequencer now uses the minimum bound instead of the centre of dragged animations and sequence tracks to pan the track view

Fixed

Fixes an issue where the view statistics primitive count could overflow, leading to incorrect values being displayed
Fixes an occasional crash when starting a new scene while sequencer scene visuals are enabled
Fixes issue assigning default materials to faces that have no colour information, uses face general attributes information for colour instead (does not apply to IFC)
Fixes issue in license server where features were being matched case-insensitively
Fixes issue preventing the CreoView plugin from working with side-by-side Visionary Render installations
Fixes issue where animations and frames would move when selected in the sequencer track view
Fixes issue where sequencer track view items would only be dragged if they were on the current page when the drag operation began
Fixes issue where sphere would obscure the view of some tracked view configurations when MSAA was enabled
Fixes issue where the Texture UV Channel property would start at 0 when the input range is 1-4. The default value is now 1.
Fixes issue where valid ray direction values could not be entered on Collision properties
Fixes issue with review licenses, where starting a new scene or quitting, while a modified scene is open, could result in accidentally saving an overlay file over the original scene file. The save-as dialog now correctly appears, prompting for a new file name for the overlay file
Fixes issues where resizing, moving, or minimising a cluster window would result in the rest of the cluster becoming unresponsive
Fixes the display of the multisample setting in the screen capture tool
Fixes the input range of the screen capture Image Quality setting to limit it between 0 and 100

1.3.2

Released 2017-03-24

Changed

Improves performance of 4K video playback

Fixed

Fixes a crash in VRPN driver when reloading the config or quitting
Fixes a crash when pressing the Enter key in the browser
Fixes a crash when the auto-record tool saves a snapshot containing pivot related nodes
Fixes confusing setting option Avatar/Enabled "Always" - changes it to "When tracked or networked"
Fixes issue preventing custom oculus tracker xml files from working
Fixes issue preventing mapping of gestures to actions
Fixes issue where Vive controller vibration output nodes were missing
Fixes issue where changing desktop immersion mode would cause sequencer camera tracks to stop functioning
Fixes issue where override materials would not be applied consistently
Fixes issue where point cloud converter was not writing the output file correctly
Fixes issue where removing something from a group would not remove it from the snapshots in the group
Fixes issue where scene-only settings were not removed from the user interface when closing the scene
Fixes issue where the application would hang on startup if the previous session was using a HTC Vive that is no longer connected to the computer
Fixes issue where the uninstaller executable would be left behind after uninstalling a side by side installation
Fixes issues with vertex material colours and Jt material overrides

1.3.1

Released 2017-02-01

Added

Adds descriptive status text for Paste As Transform context menu options
Adds missing mp4 and mpeg4 extension support to the Movie file browse control
Adds missing tooltips to buttons on group properties

Changed

Changes placement behaviour of the immersive user interface so that it is dropped in the world in front of the user and remains stationary in the world as the user moves around it
Clarifies some confusing error messages presented by the screen capture tool
Improves VRText/VRNative load and save speed by 10%
Improves error reporting for network connections in the Network tab
Restores missing "Set Icon To" option in the browser context menu
Sequencer "Orient to path" and "Orient to target" no longer apply keyframe rotations. New options have been added to permit this behaviour if required
Saving in review mode now forces a save-as to avoid accidentally overwriting the main scene with an overlay file

Fixed

Fixes a crash relating to the tree view node rename popup
Fixes a crash when flying to a viewpoint on a cluster
Fixes a crash when placing multiple measuring points while holding the shift key
Fixes issue when saving files to network paths
Fixes issue where Edit Capture Settings would not roll out the first time
Fixes issue where Visual preview could be clipped, causing the display of an incorrect primitive count in the text area
Fixes issue where a scene with a Viewport configured as a mirror would not save the mirror property
Fixes issue where cancelling a search would not respond immediately and continued to present new results
Fixes issue where default materials could incorrectly override geogroup materials
Fixes issue where disabling tracking while the immersive user interface was visible would cause the user interface to appear to lock up
Fixes issue where enabling stereo would sometimes cause the spacemouse to stop working
Fixes issue where haptic devices would not be detected
Fixes issue where merging archive name was edited with a multi-line text box
Fixes issue where some scene overrides were not saved correctly
Fixes issue where the FBX plugin installer would not install the correct vcredist
Fixes issue where the uninstaller executable would be left behind after uninstalling a side by side installation
Fixes issue where tooltips on the immersive user interface would also appear floating on the desktop view
Fixes issues where pivot visuals would not respect the Show Helpers In Reflection settings, and makes changes to this setting apply immediately, instead of requiring some other change in the scene
Fixes occasional crash when starting a new scene
Fixes recurring issue where deleting unused assets would leave metadata behind
Fixes typo in Terrain LOD Threshold property tooltip
Fixes typo in merge consolidation setting tooltip
Fixes typos in various tooltips
Fixes crash when selecting siblings of the root node in the developer tree
Prevents the clipboard nodes from being deleted, which could cause a crash on exit
Fixes crashes in script find/replace, and changes find to match whole words only
Fixes a crash when attempting to use incompatible features of the link controls in the merge assistant
Fixes performance of some link picker controls, and a crash when trying to clone protected nodes
Fixes a crash when triggering "Reset to defaults" on a view shader
Fixes a crash in the tree highlight filters when using them on a scene then loading a different one
Fixes a crash when attempting to cut an ancestor of the clipboard
Fixes issue where using the "Browse" option of link pickers while the browser was undocked caused strange behaviour
Fixes issue that was preventing the flushing of texture data to disk unless running in networked mode
Fixes issue where changes to desktop immersion mode and tracking status could be undone with Ctrl + Z
Fixes issue where undocked frames could be sized to zero and lost
Fixes a crash when triggering "Reset to defaults" on a collision object
Fixes a crash when deleting gestures
Fixes issue where a node could be renamed to an empty string via the properties window
Prevents various nodes under SystemLibs and Users from being deleted as some could cause crashes to occur
Fixes a crash caused by dragging parts of an annotation into its own state group
Fixes issue where some scene overrides would not be applied immediately when added
Fixes issue where cluster slaves which did not share the GUI would incorrectly summon windows file dialogs

1.3

Released 2016-11-10

Added

Desktop Immersion module now comes as a standard feature of Visionary Render
Adds Anti-Aliasing settings for use when Render Mode is set to 'Deferred'
Adds Occlusion Culling, available in the Renderer settings
Adds a new settings system with improved user interface and easier ways of interacting via snapshots and Lua scripts, and replacing the World node
Adds new terrain system to Visionary Render, providing a subset of the GeoVisionary 3 terrain features. There is no longer a minimap display
Adds Radial Stereo option to improve the experience of untracked users on curved multi-screen environments
Adds support for ArringtonResearch Eye Tracking
Adds support for playback of many additional movie formats using VLC, including web streams from URL
Adds support for video streaming from Visionary Render to ActiveView
Adds Subtree Statistics - "i" icon on the properties window to calculate statistics about the selected object and its descendants
Adds "Ignore Probes" property to Assembly nodes, which when enabled, prevents the assembly and its descendants from being rendered into a reflection / light probe
Adds "Recent", "New", and "Set to Clone" options to the context menu for link property editors. Recent is populated by recent tree selections of supported types
Adds "Scene Overlay" loading and saving - allowing Review users to save limited overlays of CAD data (Viewpoints, Annotations, Groups, State changes)
Adds "Select Children" option to the tree view context menu
Adds Find and Replace to the script editor
Adds Looped property to Sequence nodes. It is set to true for one cycle after a sequence is looped so that action frames have a means of preventing themselves from doing stuff
Adds a "Default Hand" setting that allows the user to specify which driver name to use as a backup if a hand model for the current tracker driver can't be found
Adds a "Precise Control" method of control to the finger tracking tool, allowing objects to be rotated by rolling the fingers around the object, rather than rotating the entire wrist
Adds a "Visible to Self" property to pointer controllers to specify whether they should be visible to the local user (while still being visible to collaborators)
Adds a button map function "Deselects all nodes", which is not mapped to a key by default
Adds a dropdown menu for Font nodes, allowing selection of font from any installed on the system
Adds a history entry when the snap-home tool animates an object back to its original position, to allow that animation to be undone
Adds a new control for the properties window to allow clearer editing of Texture and Material map transforms
Adds a preset action to the button map for "Position at Body". Defaults to Ctrl + Space
Adds a sequence recalculation when modifying a keyframe so that the scene representation can update immediately
Adds a setting "Separate Surfaces" which, when enabled, causes the Cube, Cone, and Cylinder geometric shapes to be generated with separate GeoGroups for each face
Adds a setting to globally disable the pivot visuals. This can be applied as a scene override to disable pivot visuals in a single scene
Adds a utility in the install directory for sending exit messages to cluster slaves in case of error with the main application
Adds ability for sequence keyframe rotations to wrap around (e.g. 720 degrees rotates a target two full revolutions)
Adds ability for textures to be dragged directly onto the scene background to set the skybox
Adds ability to rename an event script in the action column by right clicking on it and selecting "Rename"
Adds an Invert Normals geometry operator which works similarly to Invert Surfaces except that it does not invert the winding order
Adds application setting to control the visibility of all annotation comments
Adds application setting to control the visibility of all annotations
Adds automatic colouring of light icons in the tree based on the colour property of the light
Adds automatic text highlighting of generated Lua variable when dragging a node into the script editor
Adds custom icons for each light type, displayed in the tree view and updated when the type is modified
Adds display bounds check so that if the application window will start up completely off-screen, it is moved to the primary display
Adds failsafe saving to viewconfig and toolbox data files, preventing them from becoming corrupt if the disk is full
Adds feature to script editor which highlights other text matching that which is currently selected
Adds functions for disabling / enabling stacking for all stackable frames, and adds auto minimizing functionality for all stackable frames which can also be enabled and disabled
Adds graphical indication on property rollout controls to indicate that they can be rolled up and down
Adds inline editing controls to the Browser in list mode
Adds keyboard shortcuts to trigger flying to the preset view (Top, Side, etc) - defaults are ALT+1 through ALT+9
Adds new guard type for enter and leave events that can specify a radius to trigger the events when the camera is within range
Adds new orbit behaviour in which the orbit point is the cursor position, reset when Ctrl is released
Adds object scaling and snapping to tracked manipulation tools when using the HTC Vive
Adds option to assembly tracks in a sequence to allow them to apply their keyframes in world or local space
Adds path length tolerance values to gestures, allowing the recogniser to identify the size of the gesture and compare it appropriately instead of normalising it. E.g. a small circle gesture and a big circle gesture will now be recognised as different gestures
Adds progress display to long selection operations
Adds question dialog to reload the script into the editor when something outside of the editor (e.g. a collaborator) changes the script. Configurable in settings under User Interface / Editors
Adds sequence playback controls to tiles in the browser
Adds skybox shadows, which use the shadow maps of any enabled directional lights
Adds smoother fly-to animation
Adds support for dragging multiple selected assemblies into an annotation state at once
Adds support for flying to point clouds
Adds support for hyperlinks in metadata; Ctrl + click opens the link in the default web browser
Adds the ability to split multiple sequence tracks in the same operation
Adds the application name and version to the license request dialog
Adds transparency to the immersive GUI background to provide a visual indication of its edges while still being able to see the scene behind it. Configurable in tool settings
Adds tree highlight modes for Measuring Points and Dimensions
Adds vibration support to the XBox controllers

Changed

Starting a cluster and loading custom view configurations using the -viewConfig shortcut parameter now requires an Immersive license
Changes the behaviour of Double Click - it no longer directly shows the properties window. Configurable in settings
Changes the default value of the Dynamic Section Size on Drop setting to 'ON' so that sections perform better on large models
Changes the full screen shortcut from Ctrl + F to Alt + Enter - F11 remains unchanged
Manual navigation actions now cancel any fly-to animation, unless disabled by the setting "Navigation Cancels Fly To"
Restores default joystick left/right operation to rotate instead of strafe
Annotation comments are now stacked on the annotation marker instead of being separate, floating comments disconnected from the main annotation
Attempting to use an expired license now presents a relevant error message instead of the generic invalid one
Clicking on lines in the script editor Drag/Drop section now selects those nodes where possible
Double clicking on an annotation marker now toggles the visibility of its comments
Expands the Visual Shadow Caster property to allow shadow casting based on GeoGroup settings, or forcing shadow caster (as per original checkbox behaviour)
Geometric Shapes are now created with tangents allowing normal maps to be applied to their materials without requiring additional processing steps
Geometry Operator controls on assembly properties are now hidden if there are no visuals anywhere under the selected assembly
Hides the selection history container node from the User tree
Improved audio file support, including additional support for .flac and .aif, as well as better support for .wav files
Improves performance of sequence playback
Improves performance saving documents
Improves performance when recording camera sequences
Improves the tree searching control and its interaction with the filter dropdown (previously called highlight)
Increases the range of the Gain slider on Audio nodes to allow amplification up to 2x - the property can also be set higher than this using Lua script
Increases the size of the application message dialog boxes so they don't present scroll bars quite so often
Link property dropdowns for Visuals, GeoGroups, Materials, and ViewFilters now show all possible targets, instead of only the siblings of an existing value
Moves the recent network connections dropdown button to the left of the IP/Port controls
Moves the select children (and related) context menu options from the "tree" sub menu to the "select" sub menu
Optimizes the displays of multiple selection properties by building link property control dropdowns when they are summoned instead of when the control is created
Press, Release, Click and DoubleClick events are now generated for any object in the scene, rather than just buttons
Pressing escape in the script editor will now dismiss the autocomplete display
Selection of an assembly track in the sequencer now selects the target assembly in the scene
Separates the contents of the Tools / View tab into Tools / View and Tools / Tracking
Simplifies the Ambient Occlusion settings
Single clicking an annotation marker while the Annotation window is open will select that annotation
Splits sequencer "Show frames" option into "Show frames" for 2D and "Marker Visuals" for 3D
The toolbox root node in the user tree is now protected and cannot be deleted
Tweaks the wording of the light creation menu and sub-items

Removed

Removes the -mono shortcut option - Stereo is now enabled and disabled automatically according to the "Stereo" control on the tools window / settings. Adds a -stereo option to force a stereo context at all times
Removes the non-uniform scaling controls from the PRS manipulator
Removes the opacity slider from the background colour control as it has no effect

Fixed

Fixes a crash when attempting to tesselate with a negative value
Fixes a crash when creating Collision on an assembly whose visual has no vertices
Fixes a crash when moving/copying a mesh's indexed primitive node into a mesh with more vertices
Fixes a crash when placing annotations while SSAO is enabled
Fixes a number of issues with the progress display on non-nvidia graphics hardware
Fixes an issue preventing the modification of the screen capture filename
Fixes an issue where dragging an image file into Visionary Render that was already present in the scene would not create another copy
Fixes clipping of button map rows
Fixes clipping of merge assistant controls
Fixes crash when undoing the creation of events
Fixes flickering issue with dynamic sections when capped sections are enabled
Fixes issue causing in-scene scrollbar objects going out of sync on a cluster
Fixes issue causing some images to be pasted with the wrong alignment ('wonky' images)
Fixes issue invoking manual and displaying tooltips
Fixes issue where Isolate would persist between different scenes
Fixes issue where a sequences containing single keyframes were not always evaluated correctly
Fixes issue where adding a pivot would prevent the restore transform feature from working
Fixes issue where annotation markers would lag behind their target object when that object was moved too quickly
Fixes issue where auto indenting a script would add an unnecessary amount of undo entries, rather than just one
Fixes issue where changes to view config nodes could not be undone
Fixes issue where creating successive nested Room geometric shapes would result in larger and larger rooms
Fixes issue where dragging assemblies with filtered attributes from the scenes tree into link properties would fail
Fixes issue where dynamic section opacity could be set to unreasonable values
Fixes issue where in-scene keyframe markers would appear to "pop" when switching between sequences
Fixes issue where isolating assemblies with measurements would incorrectly hide the dimensions
Fixes issue where loading and saving files with unicode characters in the filenames was dependent on the system locale (e.g. a UK system could not operate on files with Chinese characters in the name)
Fixes issue where network connections would sometimes be highlighted red when they are in-fact successful
Fixes issue where opening a script in the script editor could be undone, clearing the text editor
Fixes issue where opening a script while the editor window was minimized would not restore it to display the script
Fixes issue where read-only link property controls would still present a drop down box
Fixes issue where receiving data in a collaboration could be undone with Ctrl + Z
Fixes issue where rolled up colour picker controls representing completely transparent colours were not visible. They now display a checkerboard background
Fixes issue where screen flickered when pressing GUI buttons to move the camera
Fixes issue where search results list was truncated
Fixes issue where selecting a button in the button map dropdowns would not apply the selection the first time
Fixes issue where some geometry operators would cause vertex colour information to be lost
Fixes issue where some spot light properties could be set to values outside of acceptable ranges
Fixes issue where specifying a non-existant toolbox on the command line would result in no tools being available at all. It now falls back to the defaults
Fixes issue where splitting a sequence was not inserting keyframes at the split time
Fixes issue where the Lua auto-complete list in the script editor was inconsistent between cluster slaves
Fixes issue where the gesture recording interface was usable when there was no tracking input to record
Fixes issue where the texture instance count in the browser was not counting some types of instances
Fixes issue where tracked controllers were causing GUI elements to go out of sync on clusters
Fixes issue where tree highlight colour was too similar to a selected highlighted node
Fixes issue where using the mouse wheel on some drop down menus would behave incorrectly
Fixes issue with actions not executing when they should during playback
Fixes issue with dragging nodes into long scripts that was preventing the dropped entry from being selected correctly
Fixes issue with the geometric shape / cone normals
Fixes some performance issues when resizing text controls containing a lot of text

1.2.3

Released 2016-09-20

Fixed

Fixes a crash when inputting a very long line into the advanced search control
Fixes a crash when loading a scene containing invalid or corrupt texture data
Fixes an issue where the application installer would uninstall a previous version before confirmation of the new installation was provided
Fixes issue where the tracked mouse control tool did not function correctly in multi-sided cluster environments
Fixes issue where tracked manipulation of objects constraint with the 'Parent' constraint mode would cause the objects to fly off unexpectedly
Fixes issue with recipe files not being found when using the -documentDir parameter when launching Visionary Render
Fixes issues with side by side installations not formatting shortcut arguments correctly

1.2.2

Released 2016-08-06

Added

Adds support for side-by-side installations of multiple versions of Visionary Render. Note that file associations will not be restored to 1.2.1, if 1.2.2 or a later version is uninstalled later. To restore associations to 1.2.1, rerun the 1.2.1 installer

Changed

Speeds up loading of VRText/VRNative files, which is especially noticeable when loading very large files

Fixed

Fixes a crash in the PRS manipulator
Fixes a crash involving deleting unused assets when the scene had contained pivots
Fixes a crash that could be caused by loading a file with invalid measurement dimensions
Fixes a crash when using a combination of finger tracking and a flystick at the same time
Fixes issue modifying pivots on a cluster
Fixes issue where Visionary Render running in fullscreen mode on Windows 7 would prevent TeamViewer from being able to transmit data to the support team
Fixes issue where avatar arms would appear in the wrong place during collaboration
Fixes issue where delete unused assets would not work on the library root node
Fixes issue where deleting unused assets would leave metadata behind
Fixes issue where the sequencer would behave incorrectly when dragging a track which was longer than the current visible time range
Fixes issue where triggering a high resolution screen capture with the PrtScrn key would cause the application to hang
Fixes problematic object reading due to unpacking uv inf from triangle strip surfaces

1.2.1

Released 2016-06-09

Added

Adds support for HTC Vive
Adds a "Manual" update mode to Light Probes
Adds support for skyboxes in lat-long and cylindrical layouts, as well as support for EXR image files

Changed

Greatly improved overall rendering performance
Lowers the memory overhead of loading scenes containing textures and sounds
Improves performance of script editor output window when there is a lot of text outside of the visible area
Updates Oculus SDK to version 1.3. The latest version of the Oculus runtime is required - there is no backward compatibility with previous Oculus runtime versions

Removed

Removes unnecessary scroll bar on the browser filter dropdown menu

Fixed

Fixes graphical glitch in the file menu
Fixes issue where loading a different audio file with an identical modified date as the one currently loaded did not work
Fixes issue where Ctrl + P would not toggle the properties window
Fixes issue where cubemaps could not be applied correctly in a material's reflection map slot
Fixes issue where selecting an item near the bottom of the browser list would cause it to incorrectly scroll the list
Fixes issue where the PRS manipulator toggle button on the immersive context menu was not functional
Fixes issue where scene GUI buttons could be interacted with by pointing directly away from them
Restores missing controls in the immersive context menu
Limits the near clip plane minimum distance to 0.0001
Fixes an issue where gesture recording controls were accessible when there was no tracker available to record them with
Fixes issue where a selected measuring point was not being highlighted in the scene
Fixes issue where 'paste as child' on the immersive context menu would actually paste as a sibling in some cases
Fixes an issue where black bars appeared during a render to texture when the texture size was greater than 1024
Fixed a crash when Overlapped Cull is enabled
Fixes issue where enabling ambient occlusion with an ocean present in the scene would result in visual distortion
Fixes issue where changing guard conditions on events would not update the user interface immediately
Fixes BadNodeID exception in the log when undoing the creation of a Room (Geometric Shape)
Fixes issue where disabling any global application button mapping would cause the rest of the global buttons to stop working
Fixes issue where using the screen capture tool with a custom output directory would not save the captures to disk
Fixes collaboration issue in the start room where users selecting the Open button would trigger the dialogs for a different user
Fixes issue where adding a skybox to a scene containing MovieScreen objects would cause the movies to render incorrectly
Fixes a typo on the tooltip for the Point Cloud LOD Scale property
Fixes issues with the avatar arms bending unnaturally and obscuring the view of the scene
Fixes issue where dragging a skybox from Windows Explorer into Visionary Render directly onto the Scenes Skybox property would result in a black skybox
Fixes issue where link picker controls would not scroll their dropdown contents to the currently selected item
Fixes a crash when deleting a measuring point while dragging it
Fixes an issue where using some geometry operators while the browser was displaying models in list mode caused some columns to reset to 0
Fixes write issues with recipe files stored in the application data directory by saving them in the documents directory instead
Fixes issue in button mapper where bindings involving modifier keys would display as large numbers instead of the description of the keys
Fixes audio playback issues in collaboration - all members of the collaboration will now correctly hear the sound when it is played
Fixes a crash reported during collaboration
Fixes issue where the manipulator buttons in the edit tab were not connected to some of the tools
Fixes issue where the toolbox would not be created if a non-existant toolbox was specified on the command line
Fixes issue where disabled annotations would not stay attached to the object they were created on
Fixes issues with automatic tracking configuration reloading when the file is changed on disk
Fixes an issue where moving an invisible Dynamic Section in the tree would cause it to become visible
Fixes issue where the avatar parts settings would not apply correctly to the new avatar structure
Fixes issue in avatar model causing tracked view configurations from 1.1 to be misaligned in newer versions
Fixes issue where a material with a dark diffuse colour and a colour map would not appear correctly
Fixes issue where reloading a texture that had been pasted from the clipboard would delete it
Fixes issue where the advanced search would not process multiple queries properly
Fixes a shader exception when loading a scene containing reflection probes
Fixes occasional crash in button mapping settings interface
Fixes a memory leak when changing the audio file loaded on an AudioBuffer node
Fixes issue where providing an invalid audio file to AudioBuffer would result in the software repeatedly attempting to load it
Fixes issue where toggling the visibility of some frames would not bring them into focus
Fixes issue where camera movement would be interpreted as a gesture
Fixes issue where undocking/docking tree view frames would result in incorrectly ordered tabs

1.2

Released 2015-04-30

Added

Setting to permit visuals to be shown for every sequence in the Scenes tree instead of just for the current sequence

Changed

Permits multiple sequences to be opened at once in the Sequencer
Sequences obey any constraints on target nodes during playback. Animation is retargeted to the parent if constrained to parent
Keyframe rotations are no longer ignored when orienting to a path or target, which permits roll to be added for instance
Animations can be split and merged in the Sequencer via the context menu

1.1

Released 2014-10-24

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Adds option to enable a deferred renderer
Adds support for streaming terrain
Adds support for enabling and configuring an ocean
Adds option to enable logarithmic depth buffer
Adds additional controls for level of detail
Adds support for screen-space coverage LOD system
Adds support for more than 8 lights of each type, at a performance penalty when deferred rendering is disabled
Adds support for image based lighting, allowing blurred reflections on objects
Adds better automatic support for Bump Maps on materials
Adds support for relief mapping
Adds support for render-to-texture
Adds VSync option to user settings
Adds option for overlapped culling
Adds finer control over hardware instancing
Adds more shapes to the Create -> Geometric Shape menu
Adds Texture mapping and normal generation tools, as well as automatic height map and normal map tools
Adds ability to optimise meshes from within the application
Adds a new User Interface for scene and application settings, including a button mapping feature
Adds an improved drag and drop interface, allowing tree items to be reordered
Adds the ability to select a single group member from its list of members
Adds buttons to Event tables which can clone an event, and shift them up and down the list to change their execution order
Adds a context menu to the properties window to provide the functionality of the scenes tree context menu
Adds a "Last Click Position" to the view tab on the output window, showing the world position and user responsible for the last scene click
Adds an option to property rollout title bars to reset the values to their defaults (as they would be when a new object gets created)
Adds volume controls to Movie nodes
Adds a 3D file browsing dialog for use on clusters
Adds Filtering of snapshot properties
Adds ability to apply uniform scales to matrices
Adds ability to resize data columns within the browser
Adds the ability to capture the screen to image files
Adds a scene representation of the sequence currently in the Animation Sequencer, allowing the animation path to be edited visually
Adds Catmull-Rom interpolation to permit smooth movement along a curve between keyframes
Adds ability to orient animation targets to their direction of travel or a target assembly
Adds option to rearrange keyframe times to make the velocity of the target constant throughout the animation
Adds support for Oculus DK2
Adds support for zSpace
Adds laser highlighting and manipulation system
Adds ability to interact with the 2D GUI using a hand tracker
Adds modifier key capability to key events, which now supports events on things such as Ctrl + 5, or Shift + V, etc
Adds support for capped sections. Provides the ability to render cap geometry when enclosed geometry is sectioned
Adds ability to click through dynamic sections and change the method of selection
Adds ability to change colour and opacity of dynamic sections
Adds ability to defer the resizing of dynamic sections until the section has stopped moving
Adds a property to the pointer controller to allow it to be visible to all network users

Changed

Double clicking in the tree now toggles a node's Enabled property, if it has one. The property window is now summoned by right clicking on the node and selecting "Show Properties"
Clicking on a link property (e.g. Visual->Material property) now selects the target instead of triggering the sibling dropdown. The dropdown is now triggered only by the arrow icon on the right of the control
The icon of a library tree now reflects its contents
Memory usage optimizations for very large scenes
Significant application performance and stability improvements

1.0.1

Released 2013-11-15

Added

Support for floating licenses including a new set of Visionary Render shortcuts:
- (Development) will request a development license from the license server using the -development command line option
- (Review) and (Networked) will request a review license from the license server, by omitting the -development option
- These shortcuts are otherwise functionally identical when no license server is in use (i.e. when the computer has a license installed locally)

Changed

Improve application performance and stability
Provide clearer access to application and scene settings

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