February 17, 2008

Freeworld3D 2.4.0 has been released. The following features have been added and fixed

• Terrain Ramp tool!
• 32bit BMP heightmap export with rgba channels storing full floating point value
• Shortcut keys - see Edit > Shortcut Keys
• Export to power of 2 OR non-power of 2 heightmaps
• Quick Export menu button - exports to last saved heightmap file in one simple click
• FIXED bug where an error dialog would pop up after using Freeworld3D for about a minute

April 27 2007

Freeworld3D 2.2.10 has been released. The following things have been fixed.

• Fixed terrain normals not being updated properly when editing terrain.
• Fixed viewport nearclip value being reset to 0 when project is loaded.
• Ogre alpha maps are now exported to the .PNG format instead of .RAW for greater compatibility with Ogre3D.
• Ogre texture filenames no longer contain spaces.
• Freeworld3D now works in VISTA!

January 23 2007

A new Videos section has been added to the gallery page.  Cody Grissom has submitted an excellent video showcasing a level he created.  Download it here.

January 2, 2007

Freeworld3D 2.2.9 has been released.  Fixes and updates include the following:

• Fixed camera initial height bug when creating new project.
• Fixed Ogre3D terrain.material file export, it now fully supports texture splatting.
• Fixed Ogre3D .scene fog xml attribute export bug.
• Fixed Ogre3D mesh textures not loading properly when reloading a saved project.
• Fixed Ogre3D mesh textures not loading properly when moving a project file to a different location and copying the meshes along with it.
• Loading of Ogre3D 1.2.4 meshes appears to work fine - please post any issues in the forum.

Thank you to everyone who helped find these bugs and posted in the forums.

December 12, 2006 - Critical Update

Freeworld3D 2.2.8 has been released.  Fixes and updates include the following:

• Fixed crash associated with editing terrain on Nvidia 7800+ cards and SLI configurations.
• Fixed problem with not being able to edit terrain if step value greater than 1.

The following is a list of fixes and updates that will be ready with the next release.

• Ogre DotScene export update
• Fix ogre mesh loading error
• Fix ogre mesh edit error

September 9, 2006

Freeworld3D 2.2.7 has been released.  Fixes and updates include the following:

• Fixed XML output errors
• Fixed suspected bug causing meshes to duplicate themselves upon loading
• Installer now reflects correct version

August 8, 2006

Freeworld3D 2.2.6 has been released.  Fixes and updates include the following:

• Fixed Project Loading crash when project contained an Ogre .mesh as an entity.

July 14, 2006

Freeworld3D 2.2.5 has been released.  Fixes and updates include the following:

• Fixed Collapse Layer error
• Fixed roads being rendered during layer collapse if checkbox was not checked
• Fixed bug when loading saved projects with vegetation
• Fixed bug with water texture not being rendered

July 06, 2006

Freeworld3D 2.2.4 has been released.  Fixes and updates include the following:

• Fixed problem with negative height values occurring while using Dig tool.

July 02, 2006

Freeworld3D 2.2.3 has been released.  Fixes and updates include the following:

• Vegetation Export now includes option for exporting to BMP Bitmap

June 26, 2006

Freeworld3D 2.2.2 has been released.  Fixes and updates include the following:

• Error 0x00000000 when starting Freeworld3D has been fixed
• Crash when loading Ogre .mesh files
• Crash when loading Blitz3D models with lightmapping
• Fixed vegetation rendering glitch when objects were selected
• Added support for 4096x4096 alpha maps

June 11, 2006

Freeworld3D 2.2.1 has been released.  Fixes and updates include the following:

• Crash when performing Custom Export
• Crash when consolidating project
• Improved vegetation rendering

Download the new version here.

June 7, 2006

Freeworld3D 2.2 has been released.  The new features include a Vegetation System, an updated GUI as well as a number of bug fixes.  Download the new version here.