Krakatoa beta 8 (build 0.9.8) is now available for download.
This replaces beta 7 posted earlier today with errors. Please uninstall any previous versions of KRakatoa before running krakatoa0.9.8.msi.
Changes from Beta Build 0.9.7 to 0.9.8 (as of January 26th, 2007)
GENERAL
- All rollouts will be rolled up by default except for the Main Controls rollout.
MAIN CONTROLS ROLLOUT
- Presets buttons have been removed and replaced by a new system with customizable presets.
- Click or Right-Click the [>>] button to open the context menu
- Select a Preset to set the value
- To add a new value to the presets, set it in the spinner, then click the [>>] button and select "Add"
- To remove an existing value from the presets, either enter it or set it via the presets list, then select "Remove"
- >Simple File Controls button was replaced by >Advanced File Controls. Default mode is now Simple (Advanced unchecked). The setting is stored locally in an INI file (not in the renderer/scene)
PARTICLE SYSTEMS ROLLOUT
- PFlow display will show the current frame's RENDER requested count, the system limit and the actual count to be rendered. It does not update automatically on time slider changes or PFlow changes, reselect the drop-down list to update.
BUG FIXES (SINCE 0.9.7)
- 3954: Motion Blur of Particle Loader uses invalid position when no position keyframes - FIXED.
- Not logged: Particle Loader Render Percentage not animatable - FIXED.
- Not logged: Some debug output still printed to the Listener - FIXED.
KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
- After a fresh install, some of the Preferences will not be initialized correctly. In the Krakatoa:Preferences rollout, press BEGINNER, ADVANCED or EXPERT to initialize them once. After that, Krakatoa will always follow these preferences until changed again. In particular, without initializing the PRT Loader will not pop up the open dialog when created through the GUI and the Blended Z-Depth/Camera Distance modes will not propose optimal settings.
- The [>>] buttons next to the Deadline Job Name and Comment do not support Right-Clicking like the MBlur/DOF Presets yet.
- Some geometry-related code still prints profiling information to the Listener when rendering Geometry Vertices.
Additional notes about the changes from 0.9.6 to 0.9.7 are in the Beta 7 thread posted earlier today.
We apologize for the confusion regarding beta 7.