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Developing Knitewings is evolving S2Engine

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68d ago

One of the most exciting parts of developing Knitewings is seeing how the game itself is pushing S2Engine in new directions. During the development of the demo, I started redesigning parts of the rendering pipeline to better support stylized visuals, anime-inspired effects and advanced VFX workflows.

Shader Archetypes

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/eb598d3f083a44eaea2453f163d9a329f565dde6.png One of the biggest rendering changes introduced during the development of Knitewings is the new "Shader Archetype" system inside S2Engine. Instead of treating all materials the same way, materials are now grouped into dedicated rendering archetypes. Each archetype is rendered in a different stage of the pipeline depending on its visual purpose.

PBR Archetype
The PBR archetype uses the traditional deferred rendering pipeline and is mainly used for environments, props and physically-based lighting.
TOON Archetype
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/60b49af2d1abab948d93abbff3667179ceba6af9.png The TOON archetype uses a dedicated rendering path designed specifically for cel-shaded characters and stylized lighting. This separation allows me to independently control the visual language of characters without affecting the rest of the scene. Both PBR and TOON materials coexist within the same rendering framework, allowing realistic environments and stylized characters to interact naturally with the same lighting and shadowing systems. This approach avoids the visual disconnect often seen when toon-shaded characters are rendered through a completely separate pipeline.
EMIT Archetype
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/b98a1ceb44c03583778bec6898d8a5ab03e4286f.gif The EMIT archetype is rendered during the emissive rendering pass and is designed for energy effects, magical attacks, animated glows, weapon effects and advanced VFX. This system is currently being used extensively in Knitewings to redesign weapons and improve the readability and visual progression of attacks.

Another important aspect of the Shader Archetype system is that each archetype exposes its own dedicated parameter set. Instead of forcing every material to share the same huge collection of options, each rendering model only exposes the parameters that actually make sense for that specific archetype. For example:

PBR materials focus on physically-based surface properties
TOON materials expose stylized shading controls
EMIT materials provide parameters for animated emissive effects, scrolling masks, fresnel glow, distortion, pulse animations and energy-based VFX

This makes the workflow cleaner, easier to expand and much more scalable compared to a single monolithic shader trying to handle every rendering scenario at once. It also allows S2Engine to evolve different rendering styles independently without increasing shader complexity exponentially. This architecture makes it easier to evolve S2Engine toward both photorealistic and stylized rendering without forcing all materials into the same rendering model. Knitewings is becoming more than just a game for me. It’s also helping shape the future direction of S2Engine. Shader Archetypes are just one piece of a much larger picture. After the release of Knitewings, I plan to dedicate significant attention to the future of S2Engine and its ecosystem. The coming years will bring some of the most ambitious changes since the engine was first introduced. Stay tuned, Fabio

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Developing Knitewings is evolving S2Engine

Bugbuster77steam_community_announcements

68d ago

Shader Archetypes

PBR Archetype
The PBR archetype uses the traditional deferred rendering pipeline and is mainly used for environments, props and physically-based lighting.
TOON Archetype
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/60b49af2d1abab948d93abbff3667179ceba6af9.png The TOON archetype uses a dedicated rendering path designed specifically for cel-shaded characters and stylized lighting. This separation allows me to independently control the visual language of characters without affecting the rest of the scene. Both PBR and TOON materials coexist within the same rendering framework, allowing realistic environments and stylized characters to interact naturally with the same lighting and shadowing systems. This approach avoids the visual disconnect often seen when toon-shaded characters are rendered through a completely separate pipeline.
EMIT Archetype
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/b98a1ceb44c03583778bec6898d8a5ab03e4286f.gif The EMIT archetype is rendered during the emissive rendering pass and is designed for energy effects, magical attacks, animated glows, weapon effects and advanced VFX. This system is currently being used extensively in Knitewings to redesign weapons and improve the readability and visual progression of attacks.

PBR materials focus on physically-based surface properties
TOON materials expose stylized shading controls
EMIT materials provide parameters for animated emissive effects, scrolling masks, fresnel glow, distortion, pulse animations and energy-based VFX

🆕 S2ENGINE 2025 – Now Available! (End of the BETA Phase)

Bugbuster77steam_community_announcements

365d ago

After an intense testing period exclusively for patrons, we’re finally ready to release S2ENGINE 2025 to all Steam users! 🎉

This version marks a major step forward for the engine, with a wide range of improvements, bugfixes, and new features that make game development more professional, stable, and flexible than ever.

🔧 Key Features

New GUID-based Resource Referencing System You can now freely rename or move assets without breaking links.
Scene Object and Prefab Referencing Overhaul All scene objects and prefabs are now referenced by unique IDs — feel free to rename them without losing connections.
New Show/Hide Widget Transitions In addition to fade, widgets can now be shown/hidden using a smooth slide animation — perfect for modern UIs.
Spawner Improvements You can now assign a probability density map to control how frequently each prefab in the list gets spawned.
New Editor Icons The editor interface has been refreshed with cleaner and more modern visuals.
10 New GameMachine Actions, including: PreCacheObjects, WrapRangeFloat, SetOneShotAnimationSpeed, PutWidgetInForeground, GetRandomVec3, and more.
Numerous Bugfixes Including issues with RestorePrefabs, and cases where static objects reappeared after deleting a parent object and reloading a scene.

⚠️ Upgrading Legacy Projects

S2ENGINE 2025 introduces a new GUID-based reference system. For this reason, projects created with earlier versions must be updated properly to ensure full compatibility.

📝 A dedicated article on Patreon explains all necessary steps: 🔗https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-resource-in-133765872

⚠️ Do not update legacy projects without reviewing the article!

📦 How to Get the Update

If you already have S2ENGINE installed via Steam, the update will download automatically. You can verify the version from the engine launcher.

Important: it is strongly recommended to also perform a "Verify Integrity of Game Files" via Steam after the update. To do this:

Open your Steam Library

Right-click on S2ENGINE HD → Properties

Go to the “Local Files” tab

Click “Verify integrity of game files…”

Steam will scan for missing or corrupted files and replace them if necessary. This process may take a few minutes but helps prevent runtime issues or installation corruption.

🙏 Thanks to All Patrons

A special thank you goes to all the patrons who took part in the BETA phase, tested the engine thoroughly, reported bugs, and helped shape this release.

🔄 The BETA Phase is Over, But Your Feedback Still Matters!

While the Patreon-exclusive BETA is now officially over, your support and feedback remain extremely important.

📢 Please continue to report any bugs, issues, or suggestions you come across while working with the engine. Every report helps us fine-tune the release and keep S2ENGINE stable and reliable for everyone.

🔜 What’s Next?

Keep creating, experimenting, and sharing your projects with S2ENGINE! And as always — your feedback is welcome.

Together, we’re stronger. 💪

🚀 S2ENGINE 2024.2 IS HERE! 🚀

Bugbuster77steam_community_announcements

566d ago

We’re thrilled to announce that the latest version of S2Engine (2024.2) is now available to everyone! This release brings a host of incredible new features, improvements, and fixes to enhance your game development experience with S2Engine. This version is the public release of the beta made available to our Patrons a few days ago. Here’s an overview of what’s new:

🔹 Highlights of S2Engine 2024.2

Temporal Antialiasing (TAA):

Enjoy dramatically improved visual quality with cleaner, flicker-free edges for a more cinematic look.

New Font System:

Support for Signed Distance Field rendering for scalable, high-quality text without artifacts.
Direct TTF file import for seamless font integration.
Fallback fonts for multilingual support, including Chinese, Russian, and Japanese.

Localization System:

Simplify the process of creating multilingual games with tools to manage translations effortlessly while preserving formatting.

Enhanced UI Editing:

Snap grid for precise element alignment.
Mouse-friendly placement and resizing of interface elements.
DPI-based scaling for consistent UI presentation across all resolutions.

📜 Release Notes for S2Engine 2024.2

Bug Fixes:

Resolved a crash occurring when the physics profile is enabled, and the game simulation is started and closed.
Fixed an issue where dynamic objects with overridden "GameMachines" parameters would behave incorrectly due to activation cache restoring the prefab's original parameter.
Corrected the "NO-STREAM" option of the "streamPriority" object parameter, which previously failed to prevent textures from streaming.
Addressed a bug where deleting a static mesh object from a prefab did not update the parent's attach list, leading to incorrect prefab updates.
Fixed a bug where Physics Universal Joints did not update correctly when "Game Logic Simulation" was enabled.

Improvements:

Widgets can now be moved by dragging them with the mouse in the GUI editor.
Improved widget selection in the GUI editor viewport.
Introduced a safety check for GameMachine events to prevent infinite loops between immediate events (with a delay of -1).
Copying and pasting a GameMachine state now includes the state transitions.
Added stability improvements to the prefab system.

New Features:

Added a GetInputNameByCode GameMachine action for greater flexibility.
Introduced a new GetNumStringTokens GameMachine action to enhance scripting capabilities.

Want to Learn More?

For a deeper dive into the key features and improvements, check out these detailed articles on Patreon:

Implementing Temporal Antialiasing
Introducing the New Font System
New UI Editing and DPI-Based Scaling

Get Started Today!

Update your S2Engine now and experience all the new features and enhancements firsthand. Your feedback is invaluable, so don’t hesitate to share your thoughts and experiences with this release. Together, we’re shaping the future of S2Engine. Thank you for your continued support! 🚀

S2ENGINE HD 2024.1 OUT NOW

Bugbuster77steam_community_announcements

727d ago

Hi guys, This is a truly big update with many cool improvements.

POST-FX RESOURCE

In this version I have finally introdiced a new resource type: the PostFX. It contains all post processing data and it can be used by triggers, switches and cameras to fast and easly cross from a post processing configuration to another. I've also added a new cutscene track that is capable to cross fade between 2 post FX. Finally I've added also new gameMachine actions to easly set a post FX on screen or to blend between 2 post FX given a float value. For more info about post FX resource you can find a lot of FREE articles on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/s2engine

PREFAB SYSTEM

The most important improvement in this update is certainly the new prefab system. The concepts of prefab instance and parameter override have been introduced. Now every change is done to a prefab is immediately transmitted to all prefab instances in the scene, but you can override every single instance parameter value keeping the instance always connected with the source prefab. With the introduction of the "Prefab Repository", all changes made to a source prefab are automatically transmitted to all instances in all scenes of the entire project because the repository keeps trace of all modifications to the prefab and to all scene prefab instances. For more info about the new Prefab system you can find a lot of FREE articles on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/s2engine Some new short tutorials about postFX and prefabs are available now on youtube and in the engine Launcher: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe8a3KyRZGZQE4dmAb6-4BkL1GX9UI7wn

CRASH HANDLING SYSTEM

Another cool feature introduced in this version is a "Crash Handling" system. In other words the editor is now capable to intercept a crash and apply all counter-measures (saving all relevant data) to restore the work session. A FREE video demonstration can be found on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/crash-handling-1-108929219

RELEASE NOTES

NEW: Added PostFX resource type
NEW: Added fxTrigger object class that uses the PostFX resources to change screen post processing effects
NEW: Added fxSwitch object class that uses the PostFX resources to change screen post processing effects
IMPROVEMENT: Added parameter FX in camera class object. Using this parameter you can assing a PostFX resource to a camera, so every camera can have its own post processing.
IMPROVEMENT: Added a Warning message when using too dense polygonal meshes for collisions
NEW: Added new "SetPostProcessingFX" gameMachine action to change screen post processing effects via GameMachine.
IMPROVEMENT: Support for Embedded textures when importing a model from external formats
NEW: Added new "BlendPostProcessingFX" gameMachine action to blend between 2 postFX using a float value between 0 and 1
NEW: Added new "CrossFadePostFX" track in cutscene tool for creating cross fade transitions between 2 postFX
BUGFIX: sometimes Terrain layers mask and color mask are clean while painting.
IMPROVEMENT: Improved prefabs tool
IMPROVEMENT: Improved prefabs creation
IMPROVEMENT: Improved hierarchy selection
NEW: Added "NavigationMesh" parameter in NavigationArea for choosing what NavigationMesh that area must affect
IMPROVEMENT: Shadows in Shadowmap cache are now affected by the MaxShadowsDistance parameter in Light and StaticLight classes
BUGFIX: Sometimes editing curve in Animator and Animator3d object classes makes editor to crash
BUGFIX: Sometimes editing curve in FloatAnimate and Vec3Animate GameMachine actions makes editor to crash
NEW: Added Crash Handling system that restores data after a crash.
IMPROVEMENT: Improved prefab instancing system implementing parameters overriding.
NEW: Added prefab repository for keeping prefab instances synchronized among multiple scenes.
BUGFIX: Resetting dims and offset of an object in prefab viewport doesn't cause the collision shape fitting as in scene viewport.

If you like my work and S2Engine DO NOT FORGET TO LEAVE A POSITIVE REVIEW :)

if you have questions, problems, suiggestions to make or bugs to report please join the Discord community: https://discord.gg/NxpxUnJtpA Enjoy and Stay tuned, PROFENIX STUDIO

S2ENGINE HD 2024 OUT NOW!

Bugbuster77steam_community_announcements

806d ago

Hi guys, I have finally released the new S2ENGINE HD 2024.0.0. There are a lot of news in this update.

IMPROVED PERFORMANCES

As anticipated in the previous post I have improved performances a lot expecially on NVIDIA cards. What I haven't said is that, thanks to the Discord community, we have discovered that also on Radeon cards the performances are much better, meaning that now the number of objects you can have on screen, while keeping a high framerate, has been incremented by 4x-5x and more. From the last post I've also improved the matrix multiplication code by using the SIMD instructions. Since the matrix multiplication is a frequent operation, the overall engine performance has been improved another bit. Last but not least I've started to change the Multithreading system by introducing a new Task-based parallel system that will gradually replace the old job system. The advantages of the new system are several:

In the old system jobs allocation is predefined, this means that a job is allocated into a thread at start and never changes, this reduces a lot the scalability with the number of cores. In the new system a task is allocated every time it restarts (usually everyframe) optimizing CPU core usage.
In the old system the number of threads was limited to 3, in the new system the number of threads is scaled with the number of processor cores.
A task can be subdivided again in more parallel code fluxes resulting in a more aggresive usage of the available system computational resources.
In the previous system the synchornization points were per-thread this means that if a job has finished its work it has to wait for all other jobs in the thread! the new system has a per-task synchronization, this means that if a task has finished its work it hasn't to wait for all other tasks to finish before fetching its results.

For now I have ported in the new system only 2 tasks (projectiles and particle systems) but gradually all oid jobs will be ported to the new system.

IMPROVED AUDIO SYSTEM

Thanks to the wotk I'm doing with HELLSEED I have discovered another bunch of bugs affecting the Audio system that could potentially prevent sounds to be played.

BUGFIXES and minor improvements

A lot of Bugfixes has been done but also some minor improvements. The most notable of these improvements are:

Finally I've fixed the bug that, expecially on NVIDIA cards, creates a hole in the middle of the ocean surface.
Finally I've found a solution to the physics character "sliding walls on air" problem.
Finally I've found the problem that caused a wrong ambient occlusion computation in the voxel lightmaps when 512 samples were selected.

The following are the complete

RELEASE NOTES

OPTIMIZATION: When selecting more than one object the per-object gizmo text is disabled, it is showed only the first selected object text, this speed-up selection group visualization.
OPTIMIZATION: HUGE performance improvement on NVIDIA cards thanks to some AZDO functions implementation
OPTIMIZATION: Matrix multiplication speed-up with explicit SIMD instructions
OPTIMIZATION: introduced more flexible and performant new Task-based job system that will gradually replace the old one.
NEW: added "verticalSlideLimit" parameter onto Character class for controlling at which slope characters can slide
NEW: added parameter "recomputeTangents" in Decal and DecalObject object classes.
NEW: Added parameter "GlobalSound" in switch object class.
NEW: Restored "progressive refinement" and removed "2 pass" parameters in VoxelLightmap generation tool
NEW: sorted messages and events list into the object class tool
NEW: Added parameter everyframe to PauseGame gameMachine action.
NEW: Now counters send events "COUNT_INCREMENTED" and "COUNT_DECREMENTED" to the GUI object every time the object count changes.
NEW: Added button "editing preview" in cutscene track tool
BUGFIX: Alpha blend surfaces aren't affected by reflection and roughness settings
BUGFIX: 3d Ocean surface artifact at 0,0,0 coordinates
BUGFIX: If a new scene is created into the root folder no ocean and rain materials are created and a wrong alert box appears causing engine to crash if OK button is clicked.
BUGFIX: Crash if reload the scene in the Building generator city project.
BUGFIX: Road feature models aren't visualized and cause memory leaks.
BUGFIX: Player character slide on vertical walls also if there is no ground.
BUGFIX: GetLevelParamVec3 GameMachine action doesn't work
BUGFIX: GetLevelParamColor GameMachine action doesn't work
BUGFIX: no-looping sound sources playing far from camera sometimes don't work if camera returns back close to them.
BUGFIX: SceneParamColor Track type doesn't allow to modify keyframe values for G and B channels.
BUGFIX: SceneParamColorHDR Cutscene Track type doesn't allow to modify keyframe values for G and B channels.
BUGFIX: PlaySound Cutscene Track type doesn't trig and stop sounds at right time.
BUGFIX: Objects Selection/Picking dialog doesn't work well when using the player / GUI set from project game configuration (playerStart system)
BUGFIX: When you clone an object and then change its layer, the object seems to belong to either the previous and the current layer
BUGFIX: when selecting 512 samples in VoxelLightmap generation tool, the ambient occlusion isn't computed in the right way.

E.G.P.

NEW: Added Parameter "ShowInventory" to ItemTAG object class
NEW: Now inventory keeps in memory the previously selected tab and the previously selected cell

CONCLUSIONS

This update is a real Milestone in the history of S2Engine since a lot of ancient problems (including performances on NVIDIA cards) have been solved. From today a new series of improvements are finally possible and great things are waiting to be implemented in the future updates. Stay tuned and enjoy! PROFNEIX STUDIO

HUGE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS in next update

Bugbuster77steam_community_announcements

839d ago

Hi to all,

PREAMBLE

When AMD published their new OpenGL drivers in 2021 the performance imrpovement of S2engine on Radeon cards was really impressive. AMD OpenGL drivers now are much much much more performant that NVIDIA ones (even if NVIDIA stability remained unsurpassed), that still keep a big overhead. From my point of view this is a shame: NVIDIA cards are the most performant and widespread cards on the market and I really don't want S2engine to underperform on those cards. So, In the last month I've worked on a new rendering system to reduce the gap between AMD and NVIDIA driver performances.

AZDO

Today I'm proud to announce that I've just closed the hard part of the development of a new rendering system based on some AZDO (Approaching Zero Driver Overhead) functions that will improve about 30%-45% the performances on NVIDIA cards by reducing the driver overhead! Results of the tests I've done on some s2engine demos are really impressive. Following are OLD / NEW comparison screenshots of the Building Generator DLC city level, The reference system specs are: CPU - INTEL i5 8600K GPU - NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB RAM - 16GB {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/dc404819edd1fc51d94e925cb7174bbe028d7617.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/a9ba8fa35665b68e190a0c7607a7ba1ec71660ff.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/d301ece9a6ee7d759811bc378b917312a13a4a42.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/7608edfbb0e88cfa65cf3c70ca25acb349d8ac3a.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/4d17909bd517a235d086eb6b62e1a3a7e564ef8f.jpg Here, instead, are come comparison screenshots related to the UPCOMING New Cementery Pack, on the same reference system: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/9c25796636c731507bee86fd04537e236836bef2.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/fc3480dd50235e6f41f605f194c8ff1c8e2f608d.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/6b6f66d9ddd466a180a1b6d82e8966e3319f93b7.jpg Finally are some comparison screenshots in HELLSEED (on the same reference system): {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/4ec4eaa2bad3885a046e77a0147c1f1989968c81.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/6fa6d6c709450b30cba75fd4bdbba10730170bb0.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/b464554985d318b63942853eaca57cd27f3f6506.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/144e3f54e9a0b7cc3325d7740d4181e25312e38d.jpg As you can see from these screenshots the improvements are HUGE. The AZDO way seems to be the right way for an incredible performance evolution of the engine, so I'll continue to develop it by including all the remaining most recent AZDO functions in future.

ABOUT RADEONS

As said AMD OpenGL drivers are today very very performant (in some cases they are still faster than NVIDIA ones) and they seems to work fine with and without AZDO, so the new rendering system seems to produce no improvement. This conclusion could be not completely true due to the fact that my AMD reference system is very limited in graphics card (I use an old and poor RX550), so with a more performant and modern system results could change. SO LET ME KNOW if you notice improvement on your RADEON card when the new update will be public. For now it's all, Stay Tuned, PROFENIX STUDIO

S2ENGINE HD 2023.2 OUT NOW

Bugbuster77steam_community_announcements

895d ago

Hi, After about a month on Patreon for beta testing we have finally released the new S2ENGINE HD 2023.2 version for all on Steam.

NEW PLAYERSTART SYSTEM

The biggest new thing in this version id the PlayerStart system. Now you can define prefabs for player and game GUI in the project configuration and then use them in every level of your game, without redefine player and gui every time you create a new levelin the project. Simply PlayerStart object in the level and it automatically instantiate the player and gui prefabs defined in the project configuration.

LAUNCHER VER 1.4

The new launcher introduces a new simple Wizard for project creation.

LOADING SCREEN

In this version it is finally possible to edit the loading screen using the GUI editor and GameMachine. This means that, if you want, you can avoid to use s2script for create loading screens and their logic.

IMPROVED TEXTURE STREAMING

We have improved a lot the texture streamer. In the previous version there were a lot of problems that caused leaks in GPU and CPU memoery that, de facto, make texture streaming completely unuseful. In this version all these problems have been fixed and now the texture streaming is effective and helps a lot in reducing the GPU memory consumption while keeping the best quality possible. Following are the complete

RELEASE NOTES:

Now, sceneviewport automatically resize when exiting from fullscreen game simulation
BUG FIXED: Player hand weapons aren't saved well when the game data is saved in easy game pack, often engine crashes.
BUG FIXED: Easy Game Pack radar script includes player among enemies tags
Implemeted player start system
Added "StartMenu" and "progress" prefabs for speeding-up main menu level creation and loading progress screen creation
Added "startLevel" option into the "startmenu" GameMachine
Now it is possible to use GUI editor and GameMachine to create the loading screen (no more scripts needed)
Improved alpha hashed lod transitions when material LOD is set on auto
Increased new project creation speed by more than 40%
Increased stability and speed of the Resource Table Generation (GenerateResourceTable tool).
Improved decals with multiply material in order to prevent texture projection artifacts due to acute angles
Updated Launcher to version 1.4:
New Wizard assisted procedure for the creation of a new Project
Now Video tutorials are directly opened on youtube in the predefined browser (for maximum compatibility with google youtube service).
BUG FIXED: Crash after loading a scene when, in the saved scene, mission or gameScore objects were added before the GUIObject, or when after placing mission, gameScore and GUIObject, the GUIOBject was deleted and re-inserted.
BUG FIXED: When saving a scene, if editor process looses focus (i.e. you use another program), saving operation is repeated in an infinite loop.
Now, when editor looses focus process is put in sleep state for saving system resources consumption.
BUG FIXED: On some systems in 4k resolution occlusion culling fails hiding objects that should be visible.
Fixed "OldBoat" model to work with rigid bodies.
Improved Third Person Basic Player Prefab for avoiding flickering when moving
Improved Third Person Basic Player GameMachine to make him to maintain straight trajectory when turning back.
Project settings are saved when projectSettings dialog is closed with ok button (no more only when project is saved)
Now it is possible to execute the gameMachine Quit action (executed for example by a game menu exit button) without making the editor to quit!
Increased Zoom factor in GameMachine Graph Viewport
Added Parameter "PersistentState" into Objects, useful for keeping their state across different game levels
Added New "LoadSceneTrigger" object class
Added New "LoadSceneSwitch" object class
Now "StartOpened" parameter in Swicthes opens automatically the Switch when it is instanced (in previous version the switch only changed state flag BUT this was not reflected on the real switch state)
Added possibility to write text into object_list, widget_list, node_list type param boxes
Added new parameter refract_fresnel into Materials
Improved Texture streaming system
BUGFIX: Texture streaming produced memory leak on GPU side
BUGFIX: Level Closing produced memory leak on CPU and GPU side
Added Terrain delete option into main menu edit->terrain submenu
Now it is possible to create a game level in a folder different from the root
BUGFIX: When exporting an asset the engine crashes after chosen the destination folder

CONCLUSIONS

During the day we'll update the manual and public a couple of new youtube shorts as tutorial for showing some new functionalities. Enjoy and Stay tuned, PROFENIX STUDIO

S2ENGINE 2023 OUT NOW!

Bugbuster77steam_community_announcements

1037d ago

Hi to all, Today is THE DAY! We have finally updated the engine after 2 years. We apologize for this situation, during these years we have been very busy with HELLSEED. Starting from March 2023 we have returned back on the engine and updated it (together with EasyGamePack).

The changes are a lot, but we can list some of the most important ones:

Fixed AMD Radeon drivers incompatibility
Texture streaming has been finally implemented
Many new gameMachine actions added
Fixed time Stepping system + rigidbody interpolation added into physics engine for improving player synchronization (explecially for 3rd person cameras) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/604200da370a52321b533e549152e3100c2d7f6c.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/9821cd4b0c65f3c173a66a677a3d872a2bfbbaa7.gif
A lot of optimizations for reducing loading times, terrain vegetation, object instancing and rendering. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/33486eb74371dff682a7097fbad5cd6c34154d6b.gif
Ribbon particle systems. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23073876/76c6af667143fb0a44cf99f971d672c53b9cd208.gif
Some Artmospheric scattering artifacts have been fixed.
Decal reflections have been fixed.
Alpha test shader has been improved using dithering.
New manual is now public and integrated into the launcher.

EasyGamePack also has been improved:

A completely new demo,
improved enemy characters animations and behaviours,
improved death animations and ragdolls,
improved blood and smoke particle systems,
improved explosions,
improved HUD and inventory,
Game templates 1st implementation

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

Since the engine has received a lot of changes we suggest to make a clean installation.
If you note some stuttering during gameplay, try to save again every STX texture (sturreting is mainly due to old STX versions that do not support streaming).
Lens distortion shader has been changed, so it requires new tuning.
"Shadow bias" parameters of the lights must be set to "0.005" value to avoid artifacts because the shadowmap shader has been changed a bit.
Manual is still work in progress, we'll integrate new info during next days.
Currently EasyGame Pack Tutorials aren't updated.
Due to texture streaming, publishing with archive (compress flag enabled) could not work well.

We have changed our update plans and starting from now updates will be much more frequent than during the last years :) Do not forget to join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/WB28gBW You can also contribute becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/s2engine Enjoy and stay tuned!

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🔄 The BETA Phase is Over, But Your Feedback Still Matters!

🔜 What’s Next?

🔹 Highlights of S2Engine 2024.2

Temporal Antialiasing (TAA):

New Font System:

Localization System:

Enhanced UI Editing:

📜 Release Notes for S2Engine 2024.2

Bug Fixes:

Improvements:

New Features:

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IMPROVED PERFORMANCES

IMPROVED AUDIO SYSTEM

BUGFIXES and minor improvements

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CONCLUSIONS

PREAMBLE

AZDO

ABOUT RADEONS

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NEW PLAYERSTART SYSTEM

LAUNCHER VER 1.4

LOADING SCREEN

IMPROVED TEXTURE STREAMING

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CONCLUSIONS

The changes are a lot, but we can list some of the most important ones:

EasyGamePack also has been improved:

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

Since the engine has received a lot of changes we suggest to make a clean installation.

This also mean that FINALLY the new update will be published, and available to all users, the next month.

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