Oktober 29 2008

R5.12 Release

Download latest release of Ventuz software now and benefit from several new features and fixed bugs.

FEATURE	F422	Ventuz geometry import now considers the axis rotation order in the COLLADA files to comply with the settings in the exporting DCC tools.
FEATURE	F423	Revised and extended the Performance Statistics display in the Renderer window. See the Performance Statistics Display chapter in the manuel for detailed description.
FEATURE	F424	Added Z-Sort node which sorts and renders attached subtrees dependent on their Z depth to display transparency correctly. The Z depth is calculated from the center of the bounding box of an object/subtree.
FEATURE	F425	Implemented support for the DELTACAST videoboards. Broadcast Edition only
CHANGE	C192	Speeded up creation of Texture Fonts.
CHANGE	C193	If a Ventuz scene needs a font which is not installed/available Microsoft Sans Serif is used instead.
BUG	B293	Mesh Font rendering had bad performance after loading from cache because the meshes were not optimized. Fixed!
BUG	B294	The SystemID node showed the Ventuz version it was saved with after loadind. Only newly created nodes were showing the correct version. Fixed.
BUG	B296	Invalide texture/image URIs in the Collada files do not abort the import anymore.
BUG	B297	The controls of the Color Editor did not update correctly if the RGB components were changed. Fixed!
BUG	B298	Fixed several bugs in the Texture Shading editor concerning exposing and editor updates.
BUG	B299	DDS Preview in FileOpenDialog and Icon generation in Hierarchy and Content Editors was very slow. Fixed!