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RealFlow 2.5
- Release Notes -

RealFlow 2.5.42 (Dec 02 2003)
· Fixed: save/load problem

RealFlow 2.5.41 (Dec 01 2003)
· New: Lightwave mesh LWO files: fluid and speed weight map added (TXI files not needed anymore)
· New: Bitmap emitter: flipx/flipy controls added
· New: Object>Rigid body>Active parameter added: (activate/deactivate dynamics temporarily; can be animated)
· New: rigid body library updated.
· Fixed: minor issues loading SD files
· Fixed: minor issues in mesh generation with Dumb particles
· Fixed: crash generating several meshes with multiple fluids
· Fixed: optimized curve graph behavior

RealFlow 2.5 (Nov 2003)
Due to the amount of changes in 2.5 this list does not include all the fixes and new features.
· New: integration of realwave features
· New: integration of elastics (fluid type) and fibers (new emitter)
· New: rigid body engine improved
· New: wet/dry texture (Objects panel)
· New: texture support for particle emission (object/bitmap emitters) and collision (curve window)
· New: animable parameters added in object panel
· New: daemons affect objects
· New: texture features enabled (UV mapping exported in SD scene)
· New: Gizmo daemon: texture from object
· New: realwave functionallity added
· New: elastics particle type added
· New: fibers emitter added
· New: envelope expressions added
· New: envelope texture attribute added
· New: tool for mesh generation out-of-synch (Tools folder)
· New: mesh field deformation
· New: mesh micropolygon generation
· Changed: automatic assigment of object-fluid collision disabled
· Changed: some fixes in the envelope window
· Changed: object dynamics are exported in a single SD output file. (see Export Central)
· Fixed: bin loader, particle interpolation feature optimized. Other fixes in this emitter.
· Fixed: added 'Clean data folders' button in the main menu
· Fixed: AVI exports at the current FPS value
· Fixed: fill object emitter: distance threshold negative allowed
· Fixed: fill object emitter: general improvements, new jittering value
· Fixed: tooltips in graphic viewports
· Fixed: UV mapping works on mesh generation post-build pass
· Fixed: small bug in cylinder emitter
· Fixed: small bug in Fill object emitter
· Fixed: 'SD replace' wrong parameters reset
· Fixed: scaling problems when linking nodes
· Fixed: startup issues
· Fixed: small bug in Volume destruction daemon
· Fixed: general interface issues
· Fixed: ridig body dynamics improved
· Fixed: color plane, crashes when it is removed from the scene
· Fixed: mesh clipping object

RealFlow 2.0.8 (May 16 2003)
· Fixed: general interface issues
· Changed: ellipsoid daemon small update
· Fixed: enabling/disabling an emitter may affect the particle emission.
· New: LOD mesh resolution
· New: New camera optimization feature (Meshes > Optimization)
· Fixed: bug in mesh generation
· Fixed: clone fluid, resolution.
· Fixed: mesh back face culling option (Meshes > Display)
· Fixed: important optimization in particle-object collision
· Fixed: fill object save/load object name
· New: added "Xform particle" parameter in Fluids node panel allows to transform the existing particles
· Fixed: clone fluid will clone the existing particles
· Changed: Mesh > Radius now refers to a real distance
· New: "Collision side" parameter in Body panel, allows to select the inward/outward collision face

RealFlow 2.0.0 (Apr 22 2003)
· Fixed: general interface issues
· Improved: texture particle daemon
· Fixed: bin loader odd behavior with more emitters in the scene
· Fixed: scenes directory is stored in Preferences
· Changed: .3DS .ASE .LWS file formats are not allowed. .SD format must be used.
· Fixed: creating/deleting points in the spline emitter while using envelopes
· Fixed: creating an envelope after cleaning the scene
· Fixed: Fill object
· Fixed: Linear emitter
· Fixed: Spline emitter and Daemon emitter, envelope fixes.
· Improved: Bitmap emitter: added envelopes, UV mapping
· Added: envelope for fluid external pressure
· Changed: Ctrl+D shortcut for cloning items
· Fixed: Ctrl+mouse, Alt+mouse controls camera in edition mode
· Added: particle interpolation feature in bin loader emitter.
· Improved: editable frame counter
· Added: "keep" control in the ~speed daemon
· Fixed: crashing situations in mesh display
· Added: enabled object dynamics
· Changed: number of threads is not longer stored with the scene. Set to max. by default.
· Fixed: bug in color plane daemon
· Added: bounding options to gravity daemon
· Added: SD replacement feature
· Fixed: bug loading scenes with ~collision daemon
· Improved: Scene Tree revised
· New: Camera view (available if camera information is available)
· Improved: save/load scene corrupt data recovery
· New: time control parameters (settings panel)
· Fixed: Magic daemon save/load bug
· Fixed: backup file corruption issues
· Changed: mesh clipping box and mesh clipping object features revised
· Added: envelope control to mesh > polygon size
· Fixed: lock animation button on/off save/load issues
· Fixed: OBJ import object fixed
· New: follow object camera mode
· Added: display normals (Object panel)
· Added: drag daemon: attenuate type
· Changed: realflow.ini is saved in the user's profile directory

RealFlow 2 RC9 (Jan 30 2003)
· Fixed: general interface issues
· Fixed: mesh generation problems (missing polygons).
· Fixed: envelope interpolation problems
· Fixed: importing big LWO files
· Changed: frame loop in preview (added new control in Settings panel)
· Changed: the bottom line now shows the elapsed time for the simulation
· Improved: shift + tab keys for reverse numeric value edition
· Fixed: small bug in the 'bias' parameter (Fill object)
· Fixed: particle distribution in Magic.
· Improved: zoom in viewport
· Fixed: problems in mesh display causing random crashes
· Fixed: Object emitter and faces/vertices selection
· New: Bitmap emitter
· Fixed: fluid instability after loading an old scene
· New: Undo/Redo for parameters and PRS edition
· Fixed: small bugs in Linear emitter
· New: notification method for finished simulations (Settings panel)
· Changed: Full viscosity default=true. Viscosity default=3.0
· Fixed: envelope scales when the number of frames are changed.

RealFlow 2 RC8 (Jan 7 2003)
· Fixed: general interface issues
· Fixed: node envelopes are cloned
· Fixed: all emitters failed to export when one emitter was disabled
· Fixed: speed 0.0 through envelopes
· Fixed: OpenGL slow performance
· Fixed: small bug in the VCR type buttons
· Added: CTRL + Click adds to selection
· Improved: export central layout (** see note below **)
· Improved: particle and mesh sequence name editable in export central
· Improved: Project management shows modified date and project short name.
· Fixed: collision distance changes on a general scale change.
· Improved: scan button in export central allows to restore to previous particle data
· Fixed: camera orientation in orthogonal views
· Fixed: data folders are created when unavailable
· Fixed: Sphere emitter
· Fixed: Fill object emitter checks for maximum no. of particles
· Fixed: Full path button in Project Management
· Improved: fluid panel

** Note: Meshes, particles and object files must now reside in their own folders, under the main project folder. Mesh sequences are stored in the <meshes> folder. Particle sequences are stored in the <particles> folder. Object files are stored in the <objects> folder. Old scenes with absolute output paths will be reset to adapt to this new configuration.

RealFlow 2 RC7 (Dec 30 2002)
· Fixed: bug in time slider

RealFlow 2 RC6 (Dec 27 2002)
· Fixed: general interface issues
· Improved: envelope window (multiple edition)
· Fixed: particle/mesh/object data files won't be exported when items are disabled
· Fixed: several problems in Mesh panel
· Fixed: SD import feature for XSI 3.0 plug-in
· Fixed: Zoom region (ctrl + right mouse)
· Improved: particle display properties settable per fluid
· Improved: dragging of numeric values in control panels (right click + drag)
· Fixed: sticky factor in object panel
· Improved: screen capture (avi, tga, jpg) works on preview mode
· Fixed: loading scene issues
· Changed: objects (and daemons) automatically assigned to the first fluid

RealFlow 2 RC5 (Nov 15 2002)
· "Resolution" in mesh panel changed to "Polygon size" (behavior affected).
· Added recommended length factor in "bin loader" emitter.
· Added "minutes / frames" switch in auto-backup feature
· Fixed mesh-object clipping
· Fixed memory management problems
· Added "collision tolerance" in Objects panel
· Fixed Sphere emitter
· Improved "check for updates" feature
· Improved "collision distance" dependent on object size.
· Added animating controls to "spline" control points
· Fixed some interface issues

RealFlow 2 RC4 (Oct 29 2002)
· Fixed crash when the application is minimized
· Fixed check for updates

Known issues
· Object dynamics disabled
· Undo/Redo disabled
· Improving gases

RealFlow 2 RC3 (Oct 25 2002)
· Added "display particle info" at particle display properties
· Fixed "spline" emitter (speed and randomness)
· Set "internal pressure" default to 0.1
· Fixed NT4.0 incompatibility issues
· Fixed misc. interface issues
· Fixed particle exporting LWO and ASC problems
· New time slider layout
· Fixed collision problems in multithreading
· Fixed clone item (Alt + Move item)
· Added "tip of the day" feature
· Added new test scene
· Changed gas parameters

RealFlow 2 RC2 (Oct 15 2002)
· Added "inverse" parameter in the "volume destruction" daemon
· Fixed "check for updates" tool
· New "sphere destruction" daemon
· Fixed serious problems in multiprocessor systems
· Fixed misc. interface issues
· Fixed floating help (tooltips)
· Fixed coexistence with RealFlow 1
· Improved "Wind" daemon
· Fixed minor issues

RealFlow 2 RC1 (Oct 10 2002)
This is the first version of RealFlow 2. Some features are still disabled or under development.