Verge3D 4.0 pre2 available!

App Manager redesign continued

A splash screen is now shown up when Verge3D is first installed or updated to a new version. It allows you to select a working folder and switch the theme (light/dark) at startup.

We rearranged the buttons on the left bar. The first 3 buttons now represent ‘pages’ or sections of the App Manager, while the rest of the buttons are for tools.

The Asset Store obtained a new design, and the possibility to filter content by demos, tutorials, and libraries using small buttons on the right.

To simplify updating applications for new Verge3D versions, all available JavaScript modules are now copied into the application folder by default. Particularly, if you enable texture compression introduced in v.4.0, it will work even if the app was originally created with older Verge3D versions. If you are sure you won’t need some of the modules, you can skip them in the update dialog.

Finally, we redesigned the UI for App Manager settings, which are now reside in tabs.

Blender-specific features

Verge3D now properly handles scenes in which an armature is not assigned to any mesh.

The Brick Texture node no longer produces rendering artifacts.

We added a new material – brushed steel – to the Essential Material Pack and bumped its version to v.8.

3ds Max-specific features

All Verge3D options in 3ds Max are now rolled up by default to make it more convenient for the users to use these options. We are thankful to Autodesk developers for advising us on how to properly implement this long awaited feature.

Maya-specific features

We fixed export crash when Arnold’s aiImage is present.

The alpha output of 3-channel JPEG textures now properly works.

Other improvements

Clipping planes can now properly cut objects with skeletal animation. This feature was suggested through the enterprise support channel.

The users of Verge3D DevKit (included in Enterprise and Ultimate packages) can now automate the updating of the engine and applications by running the Python script utils/keymanager.py.

Issues introduced in pre1

We fixed a Windows-specific bug when the users could not apply their license key to applications.

We fixed the bug with rendering of alpha reported through the enterprise support channel.

We fixed the issue with color correction which caused darkening of some scenes.

Other fixed issues

Physics data are now properly cleaned up when the puzzle remove physics body is used.

We fixed the bug when dynamic ambient occlusion (GTAO) is used together with reflections. Thanks for reporting this.

The App Manager now properly works without Internet connection, which is needed for the Asset Store and Network Directory.

We implemented a workaround for a WebGL bug introduced in iOS 15.4. Thanks for reporting this.