====== L3DT release 2.3 ======

Released on the 28th of June, 2005 ([[http://www.bundysoft.com/news/doku.php?id=l3dt:ann:v2.3|see announcement]])

===== Changes =====

  * New features
    * Added [[l3dt:userguide:newmap:perlin|perlin heightfield generator]], with support for mosaic maps.
    * Added thermal erosion stage to design/inflate algorithm.
    * Added '[[l3dt:userguide:utilities#read_file_header|file header report]]' option, for checking header information in L3DT binary files.
  * User interface
    * Added multi-purpose 'Wizard' dialog engine, including:
      * Open, Import HF, Import DM.
      * Gen design map and design map parameters.
      * Gen fractal map.
      * Gen perlin map.
      * Water table parameters.
      * Gen light map and light absorption.
      * Gen texture map.
    * Added 'stage list' view to the progress bar window.
    * Added 'mosaic tile' line overlay in view.
    * Slightly increased the size of hitherto microscopic slider bars in dialogs for design map pixel edit and pencil tool.
    * Made salinity map display logarithmic.
  * Algorithm tweaks and optimisations
    * Tweaked design-map generation, fluvial erosion settings, terracing settings, and peak overlay settings.
    * Increased speed of water-table flooding algorithm using tolerance settings, and increased quality by better raster-order optimisations.
  * File I/O
    * Added [[l3dt:userguide:io:import:dm|import design map]] option.
    * Enabled export of water map as HFF, TER, BT, HTF, BMP.
    * Simplified 'File preferences' dialog, using a tree-view to replace tabs and combo box.
    * Can now [[l3dt:userguide:settings#file paths|edit file paths]] for L3DT data, VTP Enviro.
    * Improved '[[l3dt:userguide:io:export:enviro|Export to Enviro]]' feature (including no-texture option).
    * Changed the format of the [[l3dt:formats:specs:mgf|map group file]] (.mgf), excising all settings into separate [[l3dt:formats:specs:def|definition file]] (.def).
    * Mosaic scales are unified automatically on save.
  * Extended mosaic map support for:
    * Set horiz scale.
    * Set vert scale + histogram.
    * Compile texture list.
  * Bug-fixes
    * Fixed [[l3dt:buglist:mosaicflood|mosaic water-flooding bug]] --- //It only took two years!//
    * Fixed bug in MGF-loader that caused it to fail for map group names with spaces.
    * Increased thread-safety by disabling load/save options when calculations are under way.
    * Fixed [[l3dt:userguide:utilities#throttle CPU|CPU throttle]] behaviour.
    * Fixed some bugs in the display.
  * Structural changes
    * Increased default mosaic cache size.
    * Added scripting engine foundations (parsing, declarations and assignments).
    * Most major user-interface commands are now performed via internal scripting.
    * Completed VarFactory type handling routines.
    * Changed type identifier in CVar from string to UINT.
    * Moved group settings into CVarList class.
  * L3DTVi2
    * Added a water texture.
    * Added a rotate skybox option.
    * Re-built L3DTVi2 to handle mosaic maps.