HaloRay 3.0.0

Added

• Created a realistic sky and sun model based on Hosek-Wilkie and Preetham papers
• Simulation rate shown in status bar
• Ice crystals now have adjustable pyramidal caps
• Possibility to save and load simulations
• Added controls for prism face distances from the crystal C-axis
• Preview window for crystal shape and orientation
• Better logging and error handling
• Checkbox to enable or disable a crystal population

Changed

• Forced application to use native desktop OpenGL instead of ANGLE or software renderer
• Build system switched to qmake from CMake
• Rewrote most of the GUI code to use Qt model/view architecture
• Triangle normals are now cached during raytracing
• The settings groups in the side panel are now collapsible
• Adjusting sliders with arrow kys now uses smaller steps
• Light is now allowed to bounce inside ice crystal for a 100 times instead of 10

Fixed

• Fixed bug where intensity of halos changed with rays per frame setting
• Fixed a tiny raytracing artifact in the middle of the view