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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <title>Untitled Document</title> <meta name="vs_showGrid" content="True"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel="File-List" href="Release%20Notes_files/filelist.xml">   <style> </style>  </head> <body lang="EN-US" style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class="Section1"> 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 <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]>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<o:p></o:p> 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. <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> 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.<o:p></o:p> RealFlow 2 RC7 (Dec 30 2002) ╖ Fixed: bug in time slider<o:p></o:p> 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<o:p></o:p> 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. </div> </body> </html>