World Creator 2024.3

Released on the 15th of November 2024

New Features

• New import / export buttons for sculpt layers (you now can directly import existing height-maps and export the sculpt layer to a new height-map)

• New application title now shows the update version (e.g. World Creator 2024.3 | 9)

• New sculpting hotkeys added

• New Spike Removal filter added (experimental)

• New Cliffs filter added (experimental)

• New brush import button added

• New Rocky Edges distribution added

• New Rocky distribution added

• New font added to support all available languages

• New bake functionality added to shape layers, allowing you to bake your terrain into a sculpt layer

• New languages added: Portuguese, Polish, Italian, Hungarian, French, Spanish, Turkish

• Added new TEMPLATE menu Option where user can select a Project template to start a Terrain

• Gradient material now has additional detail settings for creating high quality gradients

• New ambient occlusion material

• New ambient occlusion map export

• New simulation layer export

• New heatmap export

• New filter: Strata

• New filter: Chipped

• New filter Shore (for easily cretaing beaches)

• New filter: Scatter

• New filter: Kuwahara

• New filter: Sediment Flow

• New experimental filter: Spike Removal

• New experimental filter: Cliffs

• New distribution: Rocky

• New distribution: Rocky Edges

• New distribution: Height Gradient

• New distribution: Occlusion

• New distribution: Melt

• New distribution: Filter Change

• New distribution: Sea Level

• Added Import button for brushes

• New shape layer: Polygon

• 2D / 3D Stamps: Added saturation, contrast and brightness Settings

• 2D / 3D Stamps: Unlocked all Level Steps for better adjustments

• New shape layer: 2D Primitive (supports many primitives)

• New shape layer: Landscape (supports many typical real-world terrain shapes)

• New simulation layer: Debris

• New simulation layer: Snow

• Created new Presets for all filters and renamed existing ones

• Incremental export: Enable it using placeholder under the naming convention Setting

• Sync-Export now calculates brightness, contrast and saturation into the exported textures

• Sync-Export now exports Adobe Substance Materials including settings into classic textures

• Gradient material now has range controls allowing you to define the region of a gradient

Improvements

• Improved Sculpt Layers by allowing a maximum resolutions of up to 1024 by 1024 pixels

• Improved Sculpt Layers so that they have the same transformations when created by a Map or Stamp Layer

• Improved rendering of GPU statistics so that they are now visible regardless of the background color

• Improved sculpting performance in relation to undo operations

• Improved 2D Stamp Layers when importing RAW files World Cretaor now will estimate the proper dimensions correctly

• Improved Sync Tool export supports substance materials that can be baked into simple textures

• Improved 2D Stamp Layers allowing you now to adjust all Level steps

• Improved export by now supporting incremental Exports

• Importing RAW files calculates now the possible dimension based on 16 bit and little endian (you still Need to adapt if bit Depth or endianess is different)

• New Offset Sliders to select a custom spot on a virtually endless landscape

• Baking of 2D Stamps for direct editing

• Baking of MapTiler for direct editing

• Removed limitations for all nodes and added more Options for path creation

• Each advanced erosion filter is now way more accurate resulting in better erosions in General

• The level steps sliders now have knobs, General indicators and exacty value tool-tips

• We have optimized the save files reducing load times and error possibilities

• The ui for all layers has been updated (e.g. Path Layer knobs and curve look way more modern now)

• Improved handling for all range sliers

• You now can assign all layers to distributions by drag'n drop

• When clicking the ADD (plus) icon, you now can select a simulation layer you would liketo add

• Added latest Adobe Substance libraries

• Splatting distributions was renamed to Splatter Distribution

• Stamp layer was renamed to 2D Stamp layer

• Model layer was renamed to 3D Stamp layer to Prevent confusion with upcoming Model layers in 2025.1 for real 3D mesh import

• Render modes were renamed to Shape Design Render Mode, Material Design Render Mode and Cinematic Render Mode

• The render modes now have an adjusted material color, background color and grid color for better visibility

• The Terrain grid was adjusted to meter precision

• The foam color is now adjustable

• The borders of the Terrain high Detail preview are now adjustable

• Disabled layers (eye icon) are now grayed out

• Is now enabled by default (must be set using M key)

• The World Creator logo is now a SVG file

• Selected layer names are now blended properly in the Settings tap (top most beside the documentation link)

• Font updated to support all new languages

• GENERATE button Background color is now red to visualize that the real-time generator is turned off

• New filter category: Deprecated

• These types of filters are now marked with a yellow icon for better visibility

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where pasting map-tiler coordinates did not work

• Fixed an issue where the generator time did not update properly

• Fixed an issue where World Creator would rarely crash when renaming layers

• Fixed an issue where backed up project files did not save textures

• Fixed an issue where the brush smoothness slider did not update when adjustes using hotkeys

• Fixed an issue where path and polygon shapes were producing incorrect results in exported colormaps for resolutions above 4k

• Fixed an issue where the UVs of an exported mesh were incorrect

• Fixed an issue where the project name was not reset when starting or loading another Project

• Fixed minor issues

• Fixed an issue with the height Distribution slider

• Fixed minor Bugs

• Fixed minor issues

• Fixed an issue where renaming items in World Creator would not work under certain circumstances

• Fixed issues with links in the documentation

• Fixed an issue where World Creator crashed due to Sun Pick Location method in very rare cases

• Fixed an issue where stacking multiple simulations caused elevation issues

• Fixed an issue where seams were created along tiled builds

• Fixed an issue where the right and top borders had a thin line of wrong elevation and color values

• The material name now will stay as-is after changing the material type (if name was changed by user)

• Fixed an issue where the exported area did not match the area defined by the user

• Fixed an issue where the colormap had lines between tiles

• Fixed an issue where the height ranges were not cut properly when Auto Normalization was disabled

• Fixed an issue where the MatCap Render mode (now Shape Design Render Mode) had a different grid compared to the other render modes

• Fixed an issue where the sculpt layer did not match the full terrain size

• Fixed an issue where the camera jumped off the scene when Grid Tools ADD was selected and user presses CTRL-SHIFT-RMB

• Fixed an issue where a disabled model layers caused a crash when loading a Project

• Fixed an issue where all range slider values jumped to ultra high values

• Fixed and issue where UNDO did not work for text boxes

• Fixed an issue where the flow heatmap showed wrong results

• Fixed an issue where an existing path was still visible after it was deleted

• Fixed an issue causing a crash when a preset Folder was renamed

• Fixed an issue causing the Terrain to Regenerate each time the user clicks the ADD / PLUS icon to add a filter

• Fixed an issue where a preset was doubled when dragged into a custom Folder inside World Creator

• Fixed an issue where renaming folders, filters and everything else did not work when real-time Generator was turned off

• Fixed an issue where saved camera Position did not work anymore