Release v0.2.3-alpha Thread - RPG in a Box

New Features:

• Added a “Shading” option to the Properties panel in the Voxel Editor. This affects the texture that is generated when your model is saved. This setting defaults to the original style (flat/no shading). You also have the option of Ambient Occlusion, which emulates ambient occlusion by shading in the texture where there are corners in the geometry.

• The darkness level and blur amount of shadows can now be adjusted in the Properties panel. The slider is located underneath the Directional Light heading.

• The horizontal and vertical angle of a map’s directional light can now be adjusted in the Properties panel.

Other Changes:

• The “N” key can now be used to cycle through the available navigation/interaction types when two adjacent tiles are selected in the Map Editor. This is a shortcut to using the Navigation/Interaction submenu located on the right-click context menu. This replaces the functionality of the old “W” shortcut key.

• When opening a game project, resources are now loaded in a separate thread with a progress dialog. This will prevent the application from freezing up during the process and will be especially useful as your project grows in size.

• Cleaned up the dialog window shown when exporting a model to the .OBJ format has completed successfully.

Bug Fixes:

• The player’s shadow will now show while in first-person view.

• Fixed an issue where the camera would not be set in the proper position when transitioning from a map using the first-person view to one using the standard view.

• Removed some old/obsolete code that could cause errors messages if a tile is selected in the Map Editor and the number keys “1” through “4” are pressed.