Verge3D 3.2 pre3 available!

Updating and Backups

The App Manager will now try to automatically merge your changes made in HTML/CSS/JS files if there are any changes in the application templates. To do so it uses an algorithm found in git and other version control systems. If merging is not possible, the algorithm falls back to the old behavior, overriding the application files.

This merging/overriding mechanism is now enabled by default, yet can be turned off in the update dialog window. All HTML/CSS/JS files of stock Verge3D demos have been updated using this feature.

To prevent possible loss of data in the case you changed the default HTML/CSS/JS files but auto-merging has failed, backups will be made during updating by copying files to your_app/v3d_app_data/update_backup folder.

Also the Puzzles editor’s backups were moved in this folder, i.e.: your_app/v3d_app_data/puzzles_backup.

Warning: the merging feature will start working from the second app update. For the first time it will work in overwrite mode (backups will still be made).

Other Improvements

Performance considerations subsection was added to shader reference for Blender, 3ds Max and Maya.

We improved the quality shadows by reducing artifacts as a result of better shadow volume calculations. Also the ESM algorithm was further improved.

Documentation on shadows has been significantly expanded and updated. These chapters now include Troubleshooting information to help you get rid of shadow artifacts such as on the image below. See it here: Blender, 3ds Max, Maya.

The performance profiler now outputs information about the pixel ratio, and all post-processing passes used in the scene.

The AR demos Augmented Reality and Industrial Robot now work properly in Mozilla WebXR browser on iOS.

The ECMAScript6 version of the Verge3D runtime (v3d.module.js, available only to Enterprise users) now works properly with all Verge3D scenes.

[Blender] 32-bit Windows is now supported.

[3ds Max] Empty scenes with only one light source and no geometry no longer crash the exporter. Also if export is cancelled during progress, the exporter no longer crash.

[Maya] We initiated the implementation of node-based materials. For now 7 nodes are supported: aiStandardSurface, StandardSurface, file, place2dTexture, shadingEngine, bump2d, and aiFlat.