NeoAxis has released a new version of the NeoAxis Engine, a versatile game engine designed for creating video games and real-time applications.
This update improves 3D model import, enhances the pathfinding component, and updates PBR rendering. The networking stack now includes UDP in addition to WebSocket, and the overall stability and performance of the engine have been improved.
Material Improvements
PBR rendering now works more correctly. The Khronos PBR Neutral Tonemapper has been added and is used by default.
3D Model Import
Support for importing glTF and other formats, animated models, and PBR material parameters has been improved.
Pathfinding Improvements
Pathfinding is now based on DotRecast. Support for tiling, large scenes, and dynamic obstacles has been added.
Full changelog
- Solution files, project files and building have been improved. Better building for Android, UWP, Windows, Linux.
- Rendering: PBR rendering has been improved. Better work with sRGB, linear spaces.
- Tone mapping: Khronos PBR Neutral Tonemapper is used by default now.
- Import 3D: Assimp has been updated to 6.0.5.
- Import 3D: Better import of PBR materials, especially glTF format.
- Import 3D: Better import of GLB and other binary formats.
- Import 3D: The import of animations for glTF format.
- FreeImage has been updated.
- FreeType has been updated.
- Mesh optimizer has been updated.
- Pathfinding: Now uses DotRecast library.
- Pathfinding: Dynamic obstacles.
- Pathfinding: Big scenes support.
- Editor: Various improvements and fixes to the visual work of controls.
- Network stack: Can use UDP protocol at the low-level in addition to web sockets.
- NeoX: Configuring the swap file.
- Defaults fonts now support more languages.
- UIEdit: Better caret and selection management by the keys.
- UICombo: If the list extends beyond the screen, it will be displayed on top.
- UIControlList: Better work with scroll bars.
- Network utility: The ability to continue downloading and uploading after breaking connection.
- Aether.Physics2D has been updated to 2.2.
- MeshGeometry_Box: Rounding on the edges.
- MeshModifier_PlaneUV.
- Import 3D: Assimp 3D model import now the part of the runtime. Before was only in the editor.
- WebP format support.
- Bug fix: UITooltip: Wrong showing when overlapped by another controls.
- Bug fix: Invalid font rendering in some cases.
Plans
New platforms are planned to be added in future releases.