v4.1.0.8

Preview release with first iteration of the interactive Skill Quest tutorial.

v4.1.0.4

An early preview release.

v4.1.0.1 - alpha

This is an intermediate release.

Please consider using v4.0.6.

v4.0.6

Release notes

Watch release video:

Installer & Releases

• Install to "Program Files" by default
• Simplify compilation without ProcessCommander and ProcessRunner

Working with projects and Export

• Fix creation of new projects
• Excluded large files (>100mb) from backup
• Fix copying of resources when exporting player
• Update tests to and copy them to AppData in release mode
• Added licenses folder

Improvements to the magnetic graph

• Connections are no longer disconnected when unsnapped
• Vertical lines can be dragged
• Add operator output views when hovering outputs and tweak look of curve line
• Implementing GraphHoverModes for MagGraph
• Prevent accidental graph layout adjustments when replacing connections
• Tweak annotation rename interaction
• Fix incorrect connection line warning when inserting multiinput
• Snap ops horizontally enabled by default
• Improve searching with Ctrl+F focus into view behaviour
• Indicate connections that are about to be removed
• Fix undo/redo when replacing a connection on an input
• Add add Node to graph context menu
• Operator names are properly scaled with UI scaling

Timeline improvements

• Automatically resolve overlapping for new timeclips
• Height of TimeClip layer area can be adjusted
• Non-connected TimeClips are not highlighted when within current time
• Reduce default timeline clip height
• Improve autoscaling of non-scalar dope sheet curves
• Increase width of updated curves
• Fix glitch in recount keyframe values
• Fix view adjustment when shift clicking on dope sheet parameter background
• Fix accidental deletion of unselected TimeClips
• Refactor DopeSheet and timeline to reduce allocations and improve display of curve animation lines

User Interface / New features and improvements

• Add HDR indicator to color swatches
• Add gradient editor curve overlays
• Tweak symbol search order
• Updated default layouts
• Refactor Value input UI to support separate clamping of min and max
• Converted more Custom Operator Uis
• Improve Infinity slider with UI scaling

General Fixes and improvements

• Composition (background) can be pinned if nothing selected

• Fit background image into graph (without timeline) and disable fading/clear on left edge

• Fix rotate camera view breaking view target vector distance

• Fix context menu in project list

• Project list can be scrolled

• Don't update project modification time if no symbols were changed

• Fix toggle mute audio button in the time controls bar

• ui-minor Display keyboard shortcut for pinning

• Prevent multiple instanced for file resources in dropdown list

• Prefer integrated graphic cards over MS basic render graphics card emulation

• Initialize new gradient inputs so no more reload is required to change them from null

• Support filenames with spaces when opening files or folders externally

• Fix camera keyboard control while pressing mouse button

• Fix potential crash when switching "Bypassed" failed

• Fix exception when input for NdiOuput contains mipmaps

• Fix dragging from Symbol Library on to Legacy Graph

Output and rendering

• Increase max bandwidth when exporting videos
• Fix graph visualization in floatList and intList grid output

Working with audio and live performances

• Fix update of audio background image
• Add Playback volume project setting
• Fix beat-tapping without disabled beat lock
• Increase max BPM rate for tapping from 200 to 600
• Clean up export soundtrack code
• Implemented reload of audio images

Performance improvements

• Optimize curve implementation
• Made Instance Outputs and Inputs from IReadOnlyList -> List to avoid allocations
• Tweak display of metrics (only show damped values)

Working with variables

• [SetVar...] operators show reference lines
• Add [SetBoolVar] [GetBoolVar]

Operators updates

Fields and shader graphs

• Add [HeightMapSdf]

• Add [InvertField]

• Add [TranslateUV]

• Add [JonBakerSDFLoader] generator. -This node is loading the jbaker sdf's

• Add [SdfToVector] to define procedural vector fields for particle forces

• Fix [SdfToColor] when used with particle effects

• Fix [CustomSDF] mod definition because some presets depend on it

• Optimize [BoxSDF] scale implementation

• Fix [BendField]

• Fix [PlaneSDF] transform gizmo for negative axis

• Fix [TransformField] uniform scaling and add RotateFieldVecs parameter

• Refactor [GenerateShaderGraphCode] to directly read template file

• Fix [FractalSdf] to correctly initialize UVs

• Add [CombineFieldColor] Mix mode

• Fix [SdfToColor] combining multiple ops

Points

• New: Cleaned up [SelectPointsWithSdf] and added nice examples
• Add [ApplyVectorField]
• Update [RandomizePoints]' Fix color randomization and add Scale parameter. Not longer clamps HDR colors when not randomizing color HSB
• Update [MapPointAttributes] increase default resolution of gradient, supports amount factor, and fix color factor implementation
• Update [RadialPoints] (add color and remove obsolete parameters)
• Update [MeshFacesPoints] Cleaned up (added parameters and example)
• Update [SetPointAttributes] supports amount factor
• Fix incorrect [PointsOnImage] Fx2 default
• Fix [PairPointsForGridWalkLines] and added example
• Breaking change [SnapPointsToGrid] now uses StrengthFactor parameter
• Refactor and rename [PointTrail] -> [PointTrailFast] and [PointTrail2] -> [PointTrail]

for Particles

• We cleaned up the namespaces. You'll now find all particle ops under Lib/particle/

• Add [VelocityForce]

• Add [ToroidalVortexForce]

• Add [RandomJumpForce]

• Add [VectorFieldForce]

• Update [ParticleSystem] tweak settings and parameters and add EmitVelocityFactor parameter

• Update [FieldVolumeForce] add ReflectOnCollision option

• Update [FieldDistanceForce] add Decay parameter

• Update [TurbulenceForce] supports ValueFields for amount

• Update [FieldDistanceForce] clean up parameters, formatting and presets

• Update [ReconstructiveForce] adjust default strength of

Mesh and Rendering

• Add [Icosahedron]

• Add [DrawSphere] helper

• Align PBR-implementation with color fields for [DrawMesh], [RaymarchField], [DrawPointsShaded], [DrawMeshAtPoints]

• Update [DrawLines] add FadeTooLong parameter

• Update [DrawPointsShaded] fade out near points parameter and align it with common PBR implementation

• Update [DrawMeshAtPoints] implementation and add ColorField support

• Update [RaymarchField] using local space instead of position for specular lighting; add EnableDepth parameter

• Update [DrawMesh] specular implementation

• Update [SetEnvironment] has some useful defaults for fallback

• Update and fix [RepeatMeshAtPoints] to support correct scaling and fx

• Update [TransformMeshUV] adjust Pivot parameter default

• Fix [SplitMeshVertices]

Working with animation

• Add [AnimBoolean] including custom ui

• Add [AnimFloatList] generator

• Add [SetKeyframes] operator

• Rename DelayTrigger -> DelayTriggerChange

• Fix update of [HasTimeChanged] with multiple connections out

• Fix Trigger OnlyOnDown

• Fix [SetSpeedFactors] assignment

• Add [Time] Frozen mode that enables implementing caching for animated ops

• Fix [AnimValue] trigger timing

• Fix [HasValueChanged] when rewinding time

• Fix [Once] with multiple outputs

• Renamed [Time2] to [Time]

• Fix [SetBpm] and [GetBpm] updating

IO

• Add Banidu's IO ops for handing artnet, dmx, serial ports
• Add [VideoDeviceInput] webcam support
• Add [ArtnetInput] node for listening artnet
• Update [ArtnetOutput] with raw networking without library. Added unicast and artsync. Theres poll functions now.
• Update [SpoutInput] add UpdateCount output to help sync with frame effects
• Update [PointsToArtNetLights] Improve Nan correction and Add WhiteChannel parameter. Pan/Tilt possible to disable with channel 0.
• Update [OscOutput] supports integers
• Update [OscOutput] add FloatList input
• Fix [NDI] dependencies to support in exported executable
• Fix [Spout] required a ConvertFormat, let's try to failover to a safe default format
• Fix [MidiInput] wasTrigger update

Working with colors

• Change [RgbaToColor] default Alpha to 1
• Add [KeepColors], [PickColorFromList], [OKLChToColor] and [BuildGradient]
• Add [ColorListToInts]
• Fix excessive line in [ImageLevels]
• Add List type and [ColorList] and [StringList] can be editted in the parameter window
• Add [SampleGradient] override interpolation option. If disabled using the intrinsic gradient interpolation
• Increase gradient editor curve resolution
• Fix gradient slider context menu with multiple SampleGradientNodes

working with numbers and math

• Add [SetVec3] and [GetVec3]

• Add [IntListToFloatList]

• Add [FloatListToIntList]

• Add [RemapFloatList]

• Add [IntsToList] and [PickIntFromList]

• Add [DivideVector2]

• Update [IntValue] now as beautiful op ui

• Update [PickFloat] implementation

• Fix [PickFloat] caching

Help and examples

• Add [HowToUseColors] tutorial
• Cleaning up ChunkInstancingExample
• Update/Fix SamplePointColorAttributesExample

Image operators

• Add [DetectMotion] helper

• Add [ReactionDiffusion] with an nice example

• Update [Sketch] (uses project resource directory and handles better page interaction)

• Update [CheckerBoard] caching

• Update [LoadImage] to shows thumbnails in mag graph

• Update [SinForm] to support caching

• Update [Grain] now to ony uses local time, has a new Animation parameter and implements caching if static

Other improvements

• Update [OrthographicCamera] add Roll parameter
• Updating [VisualTest] to support waiting for async operations; Add [IoTests] ...

v4.0.5.0

Yay! This is big. And needs some release notes. (Coming up!)

v4.0.4

Release Notes 4.0.4

Another preview release of TiXL focused on stability.

Feature Highlights

• Rewrote the compilation of projects and assemblies. This should fix custom UI for most operators.
• Added rotate and scale gizmos.
• Improved editing with time clips (see Documentation).
• Added horizontal snapping of operators to improve connection layout.
• Added keybinding editor (♥ @newemka).

Fixes

• Fixed crash when deleting snapped operators.

Timeline Editor

• Time clips can be split with Ctrl+X.
• After splitting, clips are automatically reconnected.
• Improved dragging and snapping interaction.
• Improved layout of the context menu.
• New: Edit Clip Times editor.
• Time clip changes can be undone.

UI Fixes

• Improved memory performance (♥ @mrvux).
• Improved UI scaling in the graph toolbar (♥ @newemka).
• Added [VideoClip] proof-of-concept.

New Operators and Improvements

• Renamed [SetCommandTime] → [SetTime].
• Fixed [Counter].WasStep output with multiple connections.

SDF, Fields, and Raymarching

• New [OctahedronSDF] (♥ @newemka).
• New [PyramidSDF] (♥ @newemka).
• Breaking: Changed behavior of [FieldDistanceForce].

TiXL v4.0.3

Release Notes 4.0.3

Another preview release of TiXL that comes with a lot of improvements and new features.

Feature Highlights

• Based on the support from @banidu, @nr4, @Messy, and @yoda, we implemented and tested how to control stage lights via Art-Net/DMX with TiXL. This allows you to combine visuals with tightly synchronized and controlled stage light effects.

• In live performance mode, TiXL uses advanced audio analysis to follow the current music tempo and automatically adjust phase and BPM to stay in sync.

• Added scale gizmo to most operators.

Mag Graph Interface

• Improved visibility of snapped connection arrows.
• Horizontal snapping when dragging operators to avoid overlapping connections.
• Operators can be added by clicking on vertical inputs. Improved insertion between vertically snapped operators.
• Improved dragging and snapping of annotations (♥ @newemka).
• Slightly tweaked output picking (now also works with click).
• Mag Graph now supports focus mode interaction.
• Output nodes rendered with their type and additional styling.
• Input nodes are highlighted if updated (i.e., prevent caching).
• Added right padding in operators with custom UI to avoid interfering with additional output indicators.
• Prevent background dragging while adjusting infinity slider position.
• Fixed editing of embedded gradient sliders.

Parameter window

• FloatLists can now be edited in the parameter window and reordered by dragging indices.
• Parameter names with PascalCase are shown as separate words (can be toggled in Settings).
• Bypass buttons are disabled if not available.
• Optional parameter edit smoothing (see Settings) to improve live performances.
• Multiline string input fields grow with content.
• User settings for connection style (♥ @newemka).

UI Improvements

• Added FloatList and IntList output styles with new grid view.

• Prompt before exiting the editor.

• Link to releases in the Help menu.

• Improved image sequence rendering and screenshot support (♥ @newemka).

• Show elapsed compilation time in the console (♥ @newemka / @mrvux).

• Option to disable keyboard shortcuts (useful for live performances).

• Increased resolution of sample images.

• Fixed Shake disconnect on high frame rate displays.

Even More...

• Parameters can be excluded from presets.
• Strings can be part of presets.
• Added monospaced font (for multiline text).
• Increased minimum canvas scale factor for greater zoom-out.
• Show custom titles of symbols in pinned view (♥ @nikki).

UI Fixes

• Fixed unintended creation of connections while dragging operators.
• Fixed item hovering and clicking of animated properties in the dope sheet to center the animated operator.
• Fixed theme dropdown (♥ @newemka).
• Fixed issues related to modifying certain numbers.
• Fixed value output graph scaling with UI scaling.
• Fixed Undo/Redo of transform gizmo actions.
• Editor now ignores mouse if it's on the output window (♥ @newemka).
• Fixed crash when connecting from the parameter window.
• SpaceMouse can control locked camera without output window focus.
• Fixed camera interaction with keyboard while holding the left mouse button.
• Fixed preset thumbnail rendering.
• Canvas grid color uses theme color (♥ @newemka).
• Fixed potential exception when curves were modified while saving (also cleaned up curve code).
• Screenshot button now displays the save location.

New Operators and Improvements

• Almost all operators now have documentation (♥♥♥ @1x-vision).
• Added [Spout] support (♥♥♥ @nikki).
• Fixed spelling mistakes in all operator documentation.

⚠ Breaking Changes

• Removed [DepthOfField] command input.
• [TorusSDF] uses separate parameters for radii.
• Replaced [RepeatWithMirror] with [RepeatAxis] and a mirror parameter.

SDF, Fields, and Raymarching...

• New [CustomSDF] for live coding and converting shaders, with many effects.
• New [PlaneSDF].
• New [MovePointsToSDF], a versatile point modifier.
• New [FieldToImage] to convert a 3D field slice into a texture.
• New [Image2dSDF] for using 2D textures to create SDFs.
• New [RotateAxis] to improve performance.
• Added [VisualizeFieldDistance] transform gizmo.
• Refactored and cleaned up [TwistField].
• Added uniform scale to [BoxSDF].
• Added mirror parameter to [PolarRepeatSDF] (reduces artifacts and looks nice).
• Fixed [TorusSDF] axis update issue.
• Fixed [RaymarchField] behavior inside scaled transforms.
• [RaymarchField] now respects group color overrides.

More

• New [AnimInt] to switch random seeds on beat.
• New [ParticleSystem] Update trigger to freeze simulations.
• New [Dot] and [Cross] product ops (♥ Martin K).
• New [HSE] (Hue, Saturation, Exposure).
• Added TextureFormat parameters to [LinearGradient], [RadialGradient], and [FractalNoise].
• Added amount parameter to [VolumeForce].
• [SetEnvironment] now implements proper caching and auto-converts to cubemap if needed.

New Examples

• [TorusMeshExample]
• [PointTrailExample]
• [SimForceOffsetExample]
• [MoveToSDFExample]
• [EaseExample]
• [PointsToArtNetLightsExample]
• [Image2dSDFExample]
• Improved [SimForceOffsetExample]
• Updated [CombineSDFExample]
• Updated [DrawBillboardExample]

Fixes

• Fixed pixel glitches with [LinearGradient] and [RadialGradient] in ping-pong repeat mode (♥ @newemka).
• Improved [Distort] image parameters and options.
• Improved [GetPointLightOcclusion] parameters.
• Fixed [DrawMeshAtPoints] AlphaCutOff.
• Fixed [RepeatMeshAtPoints].
• Fixed [LinePoints] Twist parameter.
• Fixed [NumberPattern] (♥ @newemka).
• Fine-tuned AudioReaction parameter ranges (♥ @sense).
• Fixed [IntsToBuffer] caching issue.
• Clarified undefined [MidiInput] device names until configured.
• Fixed caching for [PointsOnMesh].
• Refactored [GetTextureSize] to return IsCubeMap.
• Fixed [SpreadLayout] with a single child.
• Fixed [SelectPointsWithField].
• Fixed [SequenceAnim] triggering with multiple connected ops.
• Fixed [LoadObj] status icon messages.

Performance Improvements

• TextureReadAccess now buffered to avoid frame drops.
• Audio analysis now applied directly after receiving the audio buffer, improving latency slightly.
• Fixed JSON document exporter.
• Added typeless support for Output (♥ @mrvux).
• Fixed null reference due to incorrect build version (♥ @mrvux).
• Fixed GPU memory leak in the editor (♥ @mrvux).
• Backup and restore tessellation and geometry shader stages during UI drawing (♥ @mrvux).
• Added option to disable DirectX debug mode for the device (♥ @mrvux).

TiXL v4.0.2 - Preview3

Another preview release that should address a lot of issues of v4.0.1

Release video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L7h3EXdF34

Updates Since v4.0.1

🧠 Improvements

• Better layout in Help → About dialog
• Early support for automatically detecting and using dedicated graphics cards
• [RemapUi] can now be dragged to adjust bias and gain
• Vec2 parameter controls now support undo/redo
• [MagGraph] now supports Focus Mode (F12)
• [MagGraph] now supports parameter popups
• Most "Tooll" references updated to TiXL

🧩 MagGraph Improvements

• Fix: dragging an op from horizontal snaps no longer breaks connections
• Split horizontal connections at drag position
• Improved collapsing of horizontal stacks after ungroup
• Snapped connections to additional inputs can now be split
• Correctly collapse disconnected input lines
• Connected inputs can now be replaced via snapped connection line

🆕 New Operators

• [GetScreenPos] — helps with 2D annotations (check out the example!)
• [TwistField] — a new field operator
• [ScreenCloseUp] — a post-effect simulating content shown on a digital screen

🛠 Fixes

• Fixed: hovering/updating Presets and Snapshots caused unwanted operator changes
• Prevented project creation with duplicate names
• Fixed: bypassed operators remained active after reload; bypassing again broke their update
• Fixed: interaction issues with [AnimVec2] and [AnimVec3] in the graph
• Fixed: symbols with only one child couldn’t be opened
• Fixed: connecting input-output sockets in some cases led to crashes
• Fixed: inserting invalid ops between vertically snapped ops caused crashes
• Prevented camera movement via keyboard while editing input fields
• Fixed stride size handling for [CombineMeshes]
• Fixed: [PlayVideo] now correctly picks local .mp4 files and handles nullables more cleanly

TiXL v4.0.1 - Preview2

Another preview release that should address a lot of issues of v4.0.0

Release video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L7h3EXdF34

TiXL v4.0.0 - preview

An early pre-release for TiXL.