http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/ 2026-04-29T16:29:25+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/ http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2017-08-31T05:28:05+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v1.0&rev=1504157285&do=diff Released on the 3rd of July, 2003 (see announcement) Changes * Heightfield generation by diamond-square fractal algorithm or L3DT fractal / geometric overlay algorithm. * Terrace + plateau overlays. * Automated sea and lake flooding. * Light mapping and shadow-casting. * Texture map generation (from land type colours). * Image export (bitmap only). * Bitmap stretch-draw display. text/html 2017-08-31T06:15:41+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v1.5&rev=1504160141&do=diff Released on the 8th of July, 2003 (see announcement) Changes * Much faster inflation / overlay routine (using alt + grad interpolation). * Design-map can be edited (pixel by pixel). * Progress bars. text/html 2017-08-31T05:04:04+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v11.08&rev=1504155844&do=diff Released on the 19th of August, 2011 (see announcement) Major features Tiled mesh exporter * Implemented new mesh exporter user interface (See user guide, announcement.) * Implemented tiled mesh decimator (see request). * Added support for exporting optimised meshes as tiles (see request). * Added support for exporting selected area (see request). * Added support for non-contiguous memory in decimator triangle array, to allow larger mesh sizes. * Used dynamic non-contiguous memory… text/html 2017-08-31T06:44:39+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v11.11&rev=1504161879&do=diff Released on the 30th of November, 2011 (see announcement) Major features Memory management * Implemented adaptive mosaic cache size, to allow app to consume more RAM. * Provides 3x speed improvement for mosaic water table flooding. * Marked support for large addresses, allowing up to 3.5GB of ram to be used. text/html 2017-08-31T05:50:52+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v15.11&rev=1504158652&do=diff Standard Edition released on the 6th of November, 2015 (see announcement) Major changes Sapphire * Fixed misalignment of HF tool and mouse cursor. * New HF tool window: * Changed radius->width for Bulldozer, Leveller, and LevelAt * Added tools / settings tabs, with settings list control. * Added radius edit in tool window. * Update window brush radius when using scroll wheel (including inline edit) * Fix focus/foreground/etc to get correct click behaviour. * Range valida… text/html 2017-08-31T07:04:23+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v16.03&rev=1504163063&do=diff Released on the 28th of March, 2016 (see announcement) Note many changes listed here were also included in release v15.11, which was only the (free) Standard Edition. Major changes System resource management * Modified mosaic caching to use memory less aggressively (target = 70, threshold = 75), to avoid memory allocation problems due to fragmentation. * Yield one core in threaded calculation manager when app is inactive. * Added checkbox option to thread settings dlg. text/html 2017-08-31T05:43:26+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v16.05&rev=1504158206&do=diff Released on the 5th of May, 2016 (see announcement) Changes * Added 64-bit version of L3DT Professional. * Added atEdgeLeveller plugin. Bug fixes * Fixed crashing bug in 2D view when viewing water map. * Fixed bug in L3DTio_TIFF that prevented loading of small (single strip) maps, due to misreading of strip offset (see bug report, also here). text/html 2017-08-31T06:58:44+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.0&rev=1504162724&do=diff Released on the 19th of August, 2003 (see announcement) Changes * Changed inflation routine to fractal mid-point displacement. * Added design-map painting tool. * Design map text overlays. * Light absorption by water + shadow refraction. text/html 2017-08-31T07:08:46+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.1&rev=1504163326&do=diff Released on the 18th of November, 2003 (see announcement) Changes * Introduced dynamically-cached mosaic maps (2Gpxl limit). * Externalised climate definitions (in 'Standard.cli'). * Interpolated textures. * Imports and exports heightfields as VTerrain 'bt', Terragen '.ter' and greyscale bitmaps. * Click-drag zooming. * Tiled sea-flooding (much faster). * Introduced L3DTVi2. * Changed file formats for HFF (to HFF v1.0), WMF, AMF, DMF. * PeekMessage calls to keep App responsiv… text/html 2017-08-31T05:12:18+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.2&rev=1504156338&do=diff Released on the 20th of October, 2004 (see announcement) Changes * New features * Allowed multiple climates. Up to 256 different climates may be used in one map, with up to 256 unique land types each. Climates are defined in the \Climates\*.cli files and listed in the \Climates\climates.ini file. * Added heightfield erosion routines, controlled by the design map. * Land types are now dependent on water-table and salinity, giving pretty grass & beach effects. * Calculation of wate… text/html 2017-08-31T04:53:20+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.2a&rev=1504155200&do=diff Released on the 1st of December, 2004 (see announcement) Changes * User interface * Added 'cancel' button on progress dialog. * Different mouse cursors for different modes. * Added a next button to toolbar. * Added delete water-body mouse tool. * Added 'Clear water table' and 'clear water salinity' menu options. * Added 'memory explorer' window. text/html 2017-08-31T05:52:39+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.2b&rev=1504158759&do=diff Released on the 29th of December, 2004 (see announcement) Changes * Added exporter for GLScene height tile file (HTF) format. * Added 'Register new climate' option. * Fixed bug in image export for heightfield. text/html 2017-08-31T04:32:04+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.2c&rev=1504153924&do=diff Released on the 26th of January, 2005 (see announcement) Changes * Algorithm changes * Modified the heightfield generation algorithm, including changes to erosion, plateaux, and peak / fractal roughness. * User interface * Right-clicking in the main window opens a pop-up menu with which the user can select another map to be displayed. text/html 2017-08-31T06:10:58+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.3&rev=1504159858&do=diff Released on the 28th of June, 2005 (see announcement) Changes * New features * Added perlin heightfield generator, with support for mosaic maps. * Added thermal erosion stage to design/inflate algorithm. * Added 'file header report' option, for checking header information in L3DT binary files. text/html 2017-08-31T06:16:21+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.3_beta&rev=1504160181&do=diff Released on the 17th of March, 2005 (see announcement) Changes * Mosiac maps * Re-implemented mosaic support for heightfields. * Automatic mosaic-sampling for display. * User interface goodies * CPU-throttling. * RAM chart. * Progress-grid display. text/html 2017-08-31T06:57:15+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.3a&rev=1504162635&do=diff Released on the 16th of July, 2005 (see announcement) Changes * User interface * Users can store and recall preferred settings in most wizard dialogs using the presets bar. * The wizard dialogs now support display DPIs other than 96dpi (normal). * Added a link to off-line documentation in the help menu. text/html 2017-08-31T04:36:35+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.3b&rev=1504154195&do=diff Released on the 6th of November, 2005 (see announcement) Changes * Algorithms * Alpha maps can be exported for run-time texture splatting (see algorithms page, user-guide). * Shadows are anti-aliased (see algorithms page). * There is stronger erosion of auto-generated design maps. * The channelling erosion routine has been improved (both speed and realism). * Added the combine mosaic map and split map into mosaic options. * Added the clip heightfield option. text/html 2017-08-31T04:38:36+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.3c&rev=1504154316&do=diff Released on the 10th of January, 2006 (see announcement) Changes * Professional edition * Improved high-resolution textures (per-pixel land types). * Increased max texture resolution to 32×. * Implemented high-resolution light-mapping (up to 32×, as with texture-mapping). * Increased max texture/light map size to 4M × 4M pixels (16 Tpxls). * Implemented limited-life 'evaluation' license keys. text/html 2017-08-31T06:56:56+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.3d&rev=1504162616&do=diff Released on the 27th of January, 2006 (see announcement) Changes * New features * Heightfield preview option. * Option to duplicate tile borders (one way to fix mosaic texture seams). * Expanded 'compile texture list' feature to include names for land types and climates. text/html 2017-08-31T04:16:06+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.4&rev=1504152966&do=diff Released on the 30th of June, 2006 (see announcement) Changes * No note-worthy changes since v2.4 Release Candidate 1. * For changes since the last 'stable' release (v2.3d), please refer to: * v2.4 beta1 * v2.4 beta2 * v2.4 beta3 * v2.4 RC1 text/html 2017-08-31T06:38:52+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.4a&rev=1504161532&do=diff Released on the 8th of August, 2006 (see announcement) Changes Algorithm changes * High-res alpha maps. * Revised shape of mountain overlay. * Made per-pixel land types algo work without DM. * Added file overlay special type, with overlay manager. * Fixed LM, TX & alpha compatibility with high-res AM. text/html 2017-08-31T04:55:23+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.4b&rev=1504155323&do=diff Released on the 18th of October, 2006 (see announcement) Changes Algorithms * High-res attributes map. * High-res normals maps, with pre-baked bump-maps. User interface * Added export button to toolbar. * Added link to users' forum in help menu. * Improved the speed of the 2D-rendering code. * Improved the image overlay rendering speed. * Replace mouse centre mode with drag/pan mode. * Added warning to light mapping wizard to prevent bump-mapping on both TN and LM. * Added… text/html 2017-08-31T07:25:32+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.4beta1&rev=1504164332&do=diff Released on the 14th of April, 2006 (see announcement) Changes * User interface * Dialogs: * Added climate manager and climate editor dialogs. * Revised file preferences dialog (better-looking, new options button, etc...). * Wizards: * Added a water-mapping wizard, to consolidate water-plane, sea, lakes, and water-table operations. * Simplifed import design map wizard. * Revised the water table modelling wizard (now list-based). * Added 'file options' buttons … text/html 2017-08-31T07:07:21+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.4beta2&rev=1504163241&do=diff Released on the 3rd of May, 2006 (see announcement) Changes * Scripting * Rebuilt runtime-engine and compiler with new function model and strict type-casting rules. * Rebuilt user-interface using new function model (menus and wizards). * Built script user-interface elements (still hidden, though). * Ensured proper backwards-compatability with .DEF script files. text/html 2017-08-31T06:42:20+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.4beta3&rev=1504161740&do=diff Released on the 1st of June, 2006 (see announcement) Changes * Debugging * Fixed 'Ops->DM->Mod params' and 'Ops->DM->Gen from HF'. * Fixed RAW import. * Fixed HF import from JPEG. * Fixed per-pixel reproducibility of TX_GenMapPro. * Fixed 'Next >>' toolbar-button for WM flooding, when HF has been re-calculated. * Fixed shadow-casting on gigapixel light-maps. * Fixed per-pixel tex routine on multi-climate maps. * Fixed spurious error report when saving empty WM with no… text/html 2017-08-31T07:11:50+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.4rc1&rev=1504163510&do=diff Released on the 22nd of June, 2006 (see announcement) Changes * Debugging * Fixed light-map anti-aliasing in Standard Edition. * Better error-reporting when there is insufficient RAM. * More stable rendering in the progress window. * Algorithms * Revised automatic design-map generation. * Added 4 levels of thermal erosion to design/inflate algorithm. text/html 2017-08-31T05:29:32+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.5&rev=1504157372&do=diff Released on the 20th of April, 2007 (see announcement) Changes User interface Tools * Added heightfield editing tools to Sapphire 3D renderer. * Added brush size/shape to DM paint tool (last used value is remembered). * Added copy, paste, select all, and deselect area to edit menu. * Added 'Edit->Select area' option (for copy, paste, export). * Enabled water flood tool and water body delete tools for mosaic maps. text/html 2017-08-31T04:39:55+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.5a&rev=1504154395&do=diff Released on the 8th of June, 2007 (see announcement) Major changes Multi-core support * Read core count from process thread count, and enable multithreading by default (supports up to 8 cores). * Enable multithreading on calculations for terrain normals, light map and texture map. text/html 2017-08-31T07:12:50+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.5b&rev=1504163570&do=diff Released on the 7th of November, 2007 (see announcement) Major changes Complete Sapphire to replace L3DTVi2 * Added mosaic mip-mapped texture support to Sapphire, with LOD management (for megatextures) * Added bulldozer, perlin and smooth tools to Sapphire. * Removed L3DTVi2 from installation package. text/html 2017-08-31T06:59:04+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.5c&rev=1504162744&do=diff Released on the 22nd of March, 2008 (see announcement) Major changes New material / climate system * New material editor / manager interface, which should streamline climate development. * Automatically generated materials for 'old' climates, and converts to new climate format. * Added material dependency list in climate file, and attempt to auto-load missing materials (looks in resource dir and climate dir). * Added 'v26' climates to installer, using new materials. * Added 'edit'… text/html 2017-08-31T04:44:07+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.6&rev=1504154647&do=diff Released on the 18th of October, 2008 (see announcement) Major features Improved brush tools * Added 'level at' and 'leveller' heightfield brush tools. * Attributes and texture map brushes are now available in both 2D and 3D interface. * Brush sizes in both 2D and 3D views can now be changed using the mouse scroll-wheel. * Updated Sapphire and L3DT userguides for attributes map brush (here and here). * Wrote Sapphire and L3DT userguides for texture map brush (here and here). * A… text/html 2017-08-31T05:55:47+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.7&rev=1504158947&do=diff Released on the 28th of February, 2009 (see announcement) Major features 'Undo' * Added support for multi-level 'undo', with CTRL+Z support and an 'undo' toolbar button. * Modified L3DTio_Backup: * Don't backup maps that aren't initialised (instead flag that they are to be freed on record revert). * Backup project settings (using flag). * Auto-delete records on plugin shutdown to reduce disk spam. * Support undo for simultaneous brush editing of multiple maps (e.g. TX and AM i… text/html 2017-08-31T04:57:57+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.8&rev=1504155477&do=diff Released on the 19th of November, 2009 (see announcement) Major features Torque support * Added TER importer/exporter via L3DTio_TorqueTER plugin. * Included TGEA TER and MegaTerrain exporter (TER and .mis). * Included T3D exporter (TER, .mis and materials.cs) * Made 'material.cs' exporter merge new materials into existing materials.cs file, rather than overwriting (also stores backup as materials.cs.old, materials.cs.old.2, etc.) text/html 2017-08-31T07:32:04+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:history:v2.9&rev=1504164724&do=diff Released on the 17th of August, 2010 (see announcement) Major features Compatibility fixes * Fixed Windows 7 compatibility (WDDM 1.1 driver resets). * Fixed ZeoPerfMon_NT plugin for RAM/CPU monitor (was broken in Win 7 x64). Torque plugin * Fixed path of 'materials.cs' in T3D TER import. * Added 'reset' button to T3D Material Manager, to regenerate T3D material list from L3DT alpha map list. * Added 'Normal map' to T3D Material Manager. * Fixed T3D material importer to correctly…