This update log is a combination of previous beta logs since the lastest stable update.

• Add surface format compatibility check on start.

• New input for triggering node execution.
• New trigger data type.
  • New trigger, boolean to trigger node.
• Unsupported surface format now grayed out instead of removed.
• Itch version now won’t open Steam on launch.
• Add scroll speed in preference.

Interface

• Tabbed panel.
• New color, palette, and gradient panel.
• Autosave only happens on a modified project.
• Improved data drag-drop system.
  • Drag color, a palette from panel to node/inspector to set value.
  • Drag surface from asset tab in collection panel to inspector to set value.
  • Drag color, and palette to graph to create corresponding nodes.
  • Drag almost every value type to the graph panel to create a new node. Hold shift to connect to the previous node.
• Tools and widgets color is now affected by accent color setting.
• Reduce UI frame rate to 1 when minimized.

• [Add node] Add a recent section to the favorite page.
• [Add node] Add ability to favorite node and favorite tab.
• [Add node] Type an equal sign followed by an equation to create an equation node with the corresponding equation variables.
• [Animation panel] Now show the node’s full name (“[type] name”).
• [Animation panel] Timeline got extra guidelines.
• [Animation panel] Zooming timeline now focuses on mouse position.
• [Animation panel] Add button to toggle between full node name and node type.
• [Global variable] New panel for managing global variables.
• [Graph panel] Add more zoom levels.
• [Graph panel] Rearrange right-click menu, add “open group in new tab” and “send to new inspector”.

• [Inspector] Add a setting tab for access and modify node-specific settings.
• [Inspector] Add button to pop out a global variable to its own panel.
• [Scroll menu] Add the ability to search menu content.
• [Workspace] Add a button for saving the current workspace.
• [Workspace] Add right-click menu for the set, replace, and delete workspaces.

Nodes

• Introducing StrandSim, a hair/fur simulation system.
  • New StrandSim effect group
  • Strand create, create hair from the point, path, mesh
  • Strand renderer
  • Strand force, gravity, modifiers, collision.
  • Strand can also be cast directly to path, allowing for spawning hair on hair, line drawing, etc.
• New mesh data type.
  • Mesh from path node
  • Mesh transform node

• Color depth setting is now available in some nodes.
  • 7 color depths (4/8/16/32 RGBA, 8/16/32 Greyscale)

• New pack sprites nodes. Pack an array of different-sized images using different algorithms.
• New mixed color node.
• New array filter group.

• Add texture interpolation mode (bilinear, bicubic, radSin) for several nodes.
  • Transform
  • Scale
  • Composite
  • Dilate
  • Displace
  • Texture remap
  • Twirl
  • 9-Slice
  • Polar coordinate
  • Skew
  • Warp
  • Warp area
  • Warp mesh
• Oversample property moved to setting page.
• Vector values can now be separated to animate each value independently.
• Add regular expression nodes
  • Match
  • Search
  • Replace
• New base conversion node.
• New path anchor node.

• New image replace node.

• Node preview status is now saved.

• [Array add] Add option to spread array.

• [Array get, set, insert] Add ability to set negative index to get/set member from the last value.

• [Array processor] Array processing type moved to node setting.

• [Array, Array add, insert, delete] Add array spreading option.

• [Ase File In] Clicking on the current tag now clears the current tag.

• [Ase File In] Current tag value is now exposed in the inspector.

• [Bevel] Add shift control gizmo in the preview panel.

• [Bevel] Shifting property now uses a pixel unit.

• [Collection] Add a separate warning when loading a collection made in the newer version.

• [Color data] Add an option to disable normalization.

• [Crop content] Add post-crop padding property.
• [De-corner] Improve corner detection algorithm.
• [Export] Improve image sequence export speed.
• [Flood fill] Add max iteration attribute.
• [Group input] Add path, particle, rigid body, fluid domain, struct, strand, and mesh data type.
• [Group] Separator editor moved to node setting.
• [Image animation] Frame duration now accepts float.
• [Image splice] Add more controls for output filtering.
• [Image, file importers] Rename “Execute Node” action to “Refresh”.

• [Line] Add texture property.
• [Lua] Executing a node now executes all nodes in the execution chain.
• [Mesh warp] Add link strength property.
• [Mesh warp] Remove inflate and pinch mode.

• [Noise, Perlin, Simplex] Add colored noise mode.
• [Pack sprite] Add spacing option.
• [Padding] Add “pad to size” mode with alignment settings.
• [Particle, VFX renderer] Add aliasing options.
• [Particle] Add gravity direction.
• [Particle] Add turning property.
• [Particle] Max particle moved to node setting.
• [Path blend, transform, wave, builder, L-system] Add boundary data.
• [Path] Add anchor array output.
• [Path] Add fix length mode.
• [Path] Add transform tool.

• [Path] Hold shift on anchor control to move each control individually.
• [Polygon shape] Add mesh and path output.
• [Radial blur] Add sample interpolation modes.
• [Render Sprite Sheet] Add sprite atlas output.
• [Replace image] Add randomized array mode.
• [Replace image] Separate threshold to color and pixel.
• [Scatter] Add additional blend mode.
• [Scatter] Uniform scattering now stretches down to fit the height of the area.
• [Separate shape] Add option for auto execute.
• [Separate shape] Now use color data when separating shapes as well.
• [Shape separator] Maximum shape moved to node setting.
• [Splice Sprite Sheet] Add sprite atlas output.

Bug

• [Add node] Fix crashes when opening adds node dialog with unsupported nodes in recent, favorite files.
• [Animation] fix freeze when adding path anchor keyframe directly from animation or inspector panel.
• [Area node] Fix crash when creating node.
• [Ase File In] Fix layer generation not working after deleting layer nodes.
• [ASE read] Fix palette always shows the same color.
• [Color data] Fix the luminance equation.
• [Condition] Add string compare mode.
• [Filter Array] Fix result has the first member appear twice.
• [Image animation] Fix array access error.
• [Image array editor] Fix crash when open editor with invalid path.
• [Image array] Fix modifying path array not update the output.
• [L-system] Fix error when used in path array.
• [Line] Fix color over length not working on fixed distance mode.
• [Line] Fix mod by zero error when using fix length mode on an empty path.
• [Loop Array] Fix node freezing.
• [Loop] Fix freezing on update.
• [Lua surface, compute] Fix argument does not show up.
• [Lua] Fix nodes in the execution chain not rendering every frame.
• [Mesh Warp] Fix anchor, always creating new keyframe.
• [Mesh warp] Fix bug related to vertex pinning.
• [Mesh warp] Fix control point affects vertices multiple times.
• [Mesh warp] Fix nodes not loaded properly.
• [Nine slice] Fix output surface turns to black.
• [Panel] Fix some panels that become unresizable.
• [Path plot] Fix “getBoundary” function not found.
• [Preview panel] Fix control widget not interactable.
• [Preview panel] Fix the error when right-clicking on 16, 32-bit images.
• [Preview panel] Fix tool swapping while typing in the textbox.
• [Render sprite sheet] Fix animation mode not working if the image is not animating.
• [Replace Image] Should work better with transparency.
• [Rigidbody object] Selecting the node now shows a wireframe of all meshes in an array.
• [Rigidbody render] Fix the object not drawn in the same position as its physical object.
• [Rigidbody] Fix object spawner not reset when restart animation.
• [Rigidbody] Fix unstable simulation.
• [RigidSim, FluidSim, StrandSim] Fix nodes not updating.
• [Strand break] Fix value not found.
• [Texture remap] Fix the inverted y-axis.
• [VFX, particle] Fix nodes not updating.
• [Warp] Rework warping algorithm.
• Fix adding blend node shortcut build nodes far away from the selecting nodes.
• Fix always updated nodes (particle, rigidbody) block rendering path.
• Fix button not clickable on dialog panel.
• Fix crash when opening add node dialog inside a group after opening add node dialog inside a feedback group.
• Fix crash when resizing windows with modified content.
• Fix crashes when the program can’t find the theme directory.
• Fix dragging folder not working.
• Fix Explorer always opens the document folder.
• Fix export ignores alpha.
• Fix group not updating.
• Fix node connection after group not updating.
• Fix nodes with aliasing option not blending color.
• Fix nodes after group not updating.
• Fix output visibility value not saved.
• Fix scroll box search not setting the right value.
• Fix struct store surface as number.
• Fix subgraph update not updating properly.
• Fix the tunnel not working.
• Fix window dragging area decreased in maximize mode.