{"id":2588,"date":"2015-04-30T17:35:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T17:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.s2powered.com\/copiasito\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2015-05-01T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T15:47:45","slug":"s2engine-1-4-6-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.s2powered.com\/copiasito\/2588\/s2engine-1-4-6-preview\/profenix-news\/04\/2015\/","title":{"rendered":"S2ENGINE 1.4.6 PREVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"

S2ENGINE HD 1.4.6<\/strong> is one of the best and biggest update I’ve made for S2ENGINE HD<\/strong>. Many important features have been added and a lot of bugs have been fixed:<\/p>\n

OCEAN SYSTEM<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The ocean effect has been greatly improved using a multi-threaded realtime FFT solution for simulating realistic waves. Also shading has been improved introducing displacement maps, a new foam simulation system, crhomatic aberration of refraction, Subsurface scattering of waves. Now you can set a lot of params for best customizing your ocean!<\/p>\n

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ROADS TOOL<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In this version much time has been spent for roads editing\/creation.Terrain adaption has been improved, curve road segments using splines has been updated: Now you have more control on road shape. I’ve worked a lot for improving roads intersections and fix some issue. Ttracks now are composed by spline segments.<\/p>\n

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New mesh deforming tool, using splines, has been implemented for creating, for example, fences.<\/p>\n

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The road system has been extended for supporting also rivers: A new shading system which perform river foam and density has been added.<\/p>\n

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LAKES<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the new S2ENGINE HD<\/strong> lakes can be created in a very easy way. They have a specific shader, similar to ocean shader, for simulating water with foam, caustic, refraction and reflections. Lakes also have a volume that takes into account subwater shading and physical objects reactions.<\/p>\n

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GAME MACHINE TOOL<\/strong><\/h2>\n

GameMachine tool is one of the major features introduced in this version. It will replace the old Event-handling tree system. It is a node-based system for visual editing of game object logic and animations.<\/p>\n

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The system is based on a Layered Finite State Machine<\/strong>, a new resource that can be loaded inside an object. Every layer is associated with an animation channel (that can be masked) of the owner object and is composed by states and transitions between states. In any moment an object is in a state that changes basing on events generating transitions to other states.<\/p>\n

States are associated with an animation and execute Actions. Animations can be blended when transition occurs. Actions perform specific operation basing on their type and can use\/store variables defined by user. A wide variety of actions will be available for performing all necessary object logic operations.<\/p>\n

When run the game simulation the editor shows, in realtime, the current state of selected object, transitions between states when an event occurs and variable values. In this way debugging logic is greatly simplified.States and transitions are showed as a graph composed by connected nodes.<\/p>\n

RENDERING<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Weather system<\/h3>\n

Many improvements has been made in weather system technology. A new rain drops shader has been implemented: now rain is influenced by wind and has effects on all objects simulating drop splashes. A new type of decal with a specific shader has been introduced: puddle. Puddles react basing on the amount of rain in the scene:<\/p>\n