Gaea 1.2.0.0

What's new in Gaea 1.2.0.0?

New

• Gaea 1.2 UI overhaul.
• Erosion Studio 1.2 UI and systemic overhaul.
• Improved startup experience.
• Portals 2.0.
• Infinity Graph: Divide your graph into multiple tabs.
• Infinity Graph: Import and export partial graphs.
• Viewport: Overhauled viewport and render system.
• Viewport: Preview mesh density/LOD.
• Viewport: Alt + MMB zooming option.
• Viewport: Q + E vertical navigation.
• Viewport: Optional grid and compass in viewport.
• Cache session on exit.
• Toolbox: New docking options for toolbox: full height, top only, bottom only, and hidden.
• Toolbox: New expert mode in Toolbox for veteran users.
• Toolbox: Quick switch to shift between Most Used and all nodes.
• Fourth node style: Filament.
• Passive Optimizer for improving memory management.
• Session cache manager.
• RAM and HDD cache indicators.
• Descriptive tooltips for all nodes in the toolbox.
• New Preferences dialog.
• New About dialog.
• Build Manager UI simplified, and merged with main UI.

Erosion Studio

• Redesigned system for better performance.
• Undo was broken.
• New Erosion tools.
• New Snow tools.
• Custom brush shapes.
• Faster execution and project loading.
• Reverted the UI back to Erosion Studio's classic layout with fixed sidebar.
• Advanced mode for each brush to configure your own settings.

Node Updates

• New: Rock Maps node.
• New: Cartography node.
• New: Lakes node.
• New: MultiCombine node.
• New: Stacks node.
• New: Draw node 2.0 with new options.
• New: Flow Map 2.0 with flow separation.
• New: Fractal option for Terrace node.
• Dunes: Chaotic mode reworked.
• Light node now out of preview. Quality settings and preset support added.
• Output node can now save entire node, removing the need to have an output node per output.
• Constant node can now produce height or color.
• SatMaps: Improved favorites system.
• SatMaps: Sampling density option.
• Mask node can now be copy-pasted between files.
• Fixed stepping artifacts created in Snowfall node.
• Redesigned editor for Mask node.
• Redesigned editor for Islands node.
• Redesigned editor for Draw node.
• Coast: moved to new Water category.
• Snow: renamed to Snowfall, moved to new Snow category.
• Selectors category merged with Data Maps.
• Erosion: Random Sedimentation setting for Selective Processing.
• Erosion: Obsolete 'Debris' setting removed.
• Erosion: Inverse option added for height and slope biases.
• Erosion: Minimum feature size lowered to 5 meters from 50m.
• Coast: value limits increased.
• Coast: option to get value from viewport.
• Nodes can now have hidden ports.
• Improved naming for ports.

Improved

• Remember preview resolution for saved files.
• Loading options for files: forcing low resolution, suspending engine.
• Baking resolution limit increased to 8K.
• Faster loading of baked caches.
• Connecting two "out" ports creates a Combine.
• Search for portals in node searches.
• Options: Cache Limit and warning system.
• Options: Sensitivity customization for stylus users.
• Options: Hide node categories in node drag-out menus.
• Progress bars move to bottom right corner for improved visibility
• New colors for progress bars to clearly indicate progress of current task vs all tasks.
• Gaea now correctly recognizes 2D maps in a chain and switches from terrain to mask view as required.
• Viewport lighting presets.
• (Enterprise only) Gaea TORX file format version now synced to actual build used.
• Sliders with unchanged values displayed with slightly muted colors.

Fixed

• Nodes created while searching were placed incorrectly.
• Search text would not clear in some situations.
• Forcing refresh/invalidation of nodes should not affect baked nodes.
• Unbaking a node did not refresh the editor.
• Color nodes exported as TIFF would be grayscale.
• Accidental double-clicking of title bar area fixed.
• Progress would not update in some situations.
• Light node preview was not consistent in both viewports.
• MultiMix (F8) would require manual node refresh in many situations.
• Autolevel Mask post process function was broken.
• Setting "Display As" for a node would not refresh preview.
• Post Process stack did not update properly when resetting node.
• 20+ other bugs fixed in Erosion Studio.
• 20+ other bugs related to lighting and preview caching.
• 30+ other bug fixes for baking related issues.
• Addressed 26 bugs that could potentially crash Gaea in some situations.
• Most Used nodes now include favorites regardless of usage stats.

BREAKING CHANGES

• All existing Erosion Studio projects will not work because of the complete overhaul.
• "Base" height, part of the terrain definition, has been removed. All terrains now start at 0m for easier consumption.
• Due to unavoidable changes in our randomizer some nodes - namely SlopeNoise, Noise, LineNoise, and Rocks - will no longer be able to create the same shape as in previous Gaea versions. If those shapes are crucial, please see [THIS LINK]. Article coming soon