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|name=8.1 | |name=8.1 | ||
|build=1818 - | |build=1818 - 1835 | ||
|date=2022 | |date=2022 | ||
|devs=[[Chris]] | |devs=[[Chris]] | ||
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==Purpose== | ==Purpose== | ||
Version 8.1 added D3D11, D3D12 | Version 8.1 added Vulkan, Metal, D3D11, D3D12, for a fallback OpenGL and OpenGLES, hardware render. | ||
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* Improved detection of failing downloads for external pictures, sounds, and midi. | * Improved detection of failing downloads for external pictures, sounds, and midi. | ||
* Last build available for 32-bit Windows. | * Last build available for 32-bit Windows. | ||
==AW::Browser 1835== | |||
2022 August 2nd<br> | |||
* Final release introducing modern shader render, last version using a Windows UI. | |||
* Dropped D3D9, no longer capable of modern shader render. | |||
* All major maths getting advantage of SSE / AVX and NEON / SIMD. | |||
* All display / render driven by hardware accelerated shaders. | |||
* Introduced Sub- and Super- Sampling. | |||
* New Ambient Occlusion, Ocean Water and Shadow render. | |||
* Much smoother experience, framerates on dedicated graphic hardware doubled. | |||
Revision as of 14:00, 2 August 2022
Purpose
Version 8.1 added Vulkan, Metal, D3D11, D3D12, for a fallback OpenGL and OpenGLES, hardware render.
This implied additional programmable shaders and 3D asset file formats.
Features
New features include additional 3D formats and modern shader-only render, to be made available during the v8 cycle.
AW::Browser 1818
2021 December 28th
- Initial Release
- Replaced Microsoft's WinInet API
AW::Browser 1819
2021 December 29th
- Fixed an issue your own CAV eventually not showing, when initially entering a world.
AW::Browser 1820
2022 January 5th
- Copyright to 2022.
- Cleanup unused animation sequences during runtime.
- More concurrent and faster http(s) downloads from OP.
- Accordingly, more concurrent assets-items loaded.
- Unlock up to 1000fps.
AW::Browser 1821
2022 January 15th
- Keep the 3 last animation sequences in memory for each avatar.
- Ensure render to texture to none-multisampling surface.
AW::Browser 1822
2022 January 17th
- Replace Microsoft's DirectSound for sound and noise action commands.
AW::Browser 1823
2022 January 21th
- Reduce count of threads spawned by sound and noise playback.
- Play audio of media by the audio module built-in the VLC SDK.
- Upsample all audio to at least 48000 / second, 2 channels, 16 bit.
AW::Browser 1824
2022 January 25th
- Reimplement traditional software shadows for static models.
AW::Browser 1825
2022 February 2nd
- Run longer sound and noise audio in a separate engine.
- Gracefully close the application, even if user cancels the shutdown process (not when killed).
- Use common HOR+ FOV instead of previous VER- FOV.
AW::Browser 1826
2022 February 12th
- Fixed an issue with mouse focus detection on objects.
- Adjust HUD text render on D3D9, requiring accurate half-texel offset.
- Adjust avatar's auto-walk to high fps.
- Removed obsolete "Render balloons on top" in chat settings.
- Lit scene by up to 32 concurrent light sources.
AW::Browser 1827-1828
2022 February 14th/18th
- Latest VLC script for streaming YouTube.
- Fine tuning of light shaders.
- Flat and single-textured terrain is no longer optimized, as long as no hardware limits encountered, in an area up to 32 by 32 cells in order for light sources finding reflective surfaces.
- Light sources not affecting the current field of view are ignored.
- Number of light sources are no longer reduced on low-end graphics.
- Delay grid sector loading, only occurring in worlds bigger than P-100, in order to have physics finishing it's tasks to reduce drag when crossing world sector borders - a grid sector layout of 200 by 200 cells with its origin at 0n 0w.
AW::Browser 1829
2022 February 25th
- Increase potential terrain triangles taking traditional shadow render.
- SSE-matrix computations optimization.
AW::Browser 1830
2022 March 3rd
- Clamp total light intensity preventing over-lighting of existing/older scenes.
- Re-add support for pre-historic RWX files missing later attributes (i.e. DAAP, z-galaxy).
- Fixed an issue with the opacity action command eventually making an object invisible unintended.
- Increase minimum world visibility range to up to 400 meters in each direction.
AW::Browser 1831
2022 March 8th
- Re-enable dynamic color-changes and switch-off (color=0 or brightness=0) of individual spot- and point-light sources.
- Permit opacity command within a range of 0.02 to 1.0 unconditionally.
AW::Browser 1832
2022 April 11th
- CEF Update to 100.0.4896.75.
AW::Browser 1833-1834
2022 May 22nd
- General maintenance release.
- Fixed an issue when texture states might not be set correctly.
- Improved detection of failing downloads for external pictures, sounds, and midi.
- Last build available for 32-bit Windows.
AW::Browser 1835
2022 August 2nd
- Final release introducing modern shader render, last version using a Windows UI.
- Dropped D3D9, no longer capable of modern shader render.
- All major maths getting advantage of SSE / AVX and NEON / SIMD.
- All display / render driven by hardware accelerated shaders.
- Introduced Sub- and Super- Sampling.
- New Ambient Occlusion, Ocean Water and Shadow render.
- Much smoother experience, framerates on dedicated graphic hardware doubled.