Freeworld3D 2.0 was developed from the ground up, featuring a brand new rendering engine with the following features:

	OpenGL Rendering Engine
	GLSL Shading Language
	S3TC Texture Compression Support
	Vertex Buffer Objects
	10x Faster And More Efficient Terrain Editing
	10x More Efficient Terrain Painting
	10x Faster Lightmap Generation
	Real-time Water Reflections Using GLSL
	Up To 4096x4096 Texture Maps
	Up To 10x Faster Texture Collapsing
	Over 10 Model Formats Supported With More To Come 3dsmax (.3DS) 3dsmax (.ASE) AC3D (.AC) Blitz3D (.B3D) Wavefront (.OBJ) DirectX (.X) Milkshape (.MS3D) Milkshape Ascii (.TXT) Quake II (.MD2) Ogre3D (.MESH)
	Realistic Lighting And Fog
	Advanced Entity System
	Skyboxes, Skydomes And Skyplanes
	Easy To Read Export Formats In Ascii and XML
	Organize Scene Using Scene Layers
	Group Cached Meshes Into Separate Folders

Terrain Editing

Edit terrain in real-time with ease using different brush modes and brush shapes.  Set the strength and limit of editing to enable full control over the editing process. The Freeworld3D 2.0 terrain editing system supports the following features.
 

	Massive Terrain Creation
	Raise, Lower, Smooth, Flatten Tools
	Circle, Square Tool Shapes
	Undo / Redo System
	Automatic Terrain Generation
	Wireframe, Solid, Texture, Wireframe Overlay Modes
	Import 24bit BMP, 8bit RAW, 16bit RAW, 32bit RAW
	Export 24bit BMP, 8bit RAW, 16bit RAW, 32bit

Terrain Texturing

Freeworld3D 2.0 employs a very powerful texturing system.  With Freeworld3D, you can paint textures directly onto the terrain in real-time 3D.  Paint rocks, grass, sand, or any other texture.  Painting terrain has never been easier.

Freeworld3D 2.0 also allows for automatic terrain texture generation.  Generate textures based on slope and height to add further realism to your scene.

Lightmap Generation

Freeworld3D 2.0 sports a brand new lightmap rendering system.  With support for mesh shadows and faster terrain shadow casting, Freeworld3D will help you create more realistic terrains with ease.

Meshes

Freeworld3D 2.0 employs an extremely easy to use and powerful mesh system.  Freeworld3D 2.0 now supports many more model formats from version 1.6.  The following formats are now supported with more coming soon.

Placing meshes into the scene has never been easier.  Using a simple drag and drop method, its like dragging a file into a directory.  Simply drag the model into the scene and place it appropriately.  Freeworld3D gives the user full control over mesh transformations.

Vegetation System

Freeworld3D 2.0 features an easy to use vegetation system.  Paint grass, bushes, flowers and much more with ease.  Choose to work with billboards or custom made meshes.

Road System

Never before has making roads been easier than with Freeworld3D.  Learn how to create the road layout, conform the terrain, and texture road geometry in less than a minute with the easy to understand tutorials on the developers page.

Entities

Freeworld3D 2.0 supports an easy to use and flexible entity system.  Create waypoints, triggers, sound events, or whatever else you need for your game.  Create entities from basic shapes or choose your own custom mesh.

Environment

Creating realistic environments has never been easier with Freeworld3D 2.0.  With Freeworld3D 2.0 you can

	create skyboxes, skydomes, skyplanes
	enable realistic fog and lighting
	enable real-time water reflections

Freeworld3D 2.0 supports a new water rendering system with dynamic reflections using the OpenGL Shading Language.  Don't wait to see how your environment will look once its ported into an engine...see it instantly with Freeworld3D 2.0.