v0.59.3

Major updates since the [last release (0.56.34)](https://github.com/turanszkij/WickedEngine/releases/tag/0.56.34):

version 0.56.38:

• volumetric clouds are now part of the weather system instead of the post processes
• volumetric cloud parameters exposed in the weather component
• volumetric cloud parameters are now serialized
• editor: added some volumetric cloud parameters to weather window
• added multiply blendmode to image renderer and mesh rendering

version 0.56.55:

• volumetric clouds rendered in planar reflections
• volumetric clouds occlude lens flares and light shafts
• alpha tested materials will use stochastic transparency when Temporal AA is enabled
• ocean lighting fixes
• lens flares no longer use geometry shader
• lens flares for directional light will disappear below horizon

version 0.57.0:

• DX11 removed, DX12 is default now on Windows
  • dx11-backup branch: https://github.com/turanszkij/WickedEngine/tree/dx11-backup
• graphics interfaces improved:
  • Bindless descriptor support is now assumed
  • GPU Buffers with USAGE_UPLOAD and USAGE_READBACK will be persistently mapped after creation
  • Removed Map/Unmap
  • added BindDynamicConstantBuffer helper function
  • improved AllocateGPU helper function
  • GPU Queries resolving can be done directly into GPUBuffer
  • UpdateBuffer now doesn't synchronize internally, this allows batching updates
  • removed support for bindless constant buffers (uniform buffers)
  • BindConstantBuffer will accept offset
  • RESOURCE_STATES refactor, they can be combined now in the barriers
  • many other refactors
• gbuffer normals removed, implemented visibility buffer
• bindless decals, bindless lightmaps, bindless hair particles, bindless software path tracing
• hair particles path tracing support
• path tracing eye adaption supported
• Surfel GI (experimental)

version 0.57.18:

• added Basis Universal library
  • added support for BASIS, KTX2 texture files (encode and transcode supported)
  • GLTF extension added: KHR_texture_basisu

version 0.57.22:

• eye adaption is now histogram-based
• bloom affected by expose and eye adaption
• bloom is no longer in post process chain, it's applied in tonemap shader instead
• path tracing bloom enabled
• linux: audio implementation (by @megumumpkin )

0.57.27:

• gpu predication support
• shadow occlusion culling with gpu predication

0.57.37:

• SDL controller support for Linux (by @megumumpkin )
• Surfel GI updates: surfel recycling, quality improvements

0.58.0:

• removed resource bindings from RenderPath3D, now it uses bindless resources. Bindless resources from RenderPath3D can be accessed from any shader from the Camera constant buffer
• moved resolution dependent parameters to from Frame constant buffer to Camera constant buffer: Canvas, InternalResolution, tilecount...
• refactor: Camera constant buffer can be accessed easily with GetCamera() in shaders
• refactor: shader side Scene structure and Weather parameters were heavily refactored. Shaders can easily get access to the scene by calling GetScene() now
• refactor: wiRenderer::UpdateCameraCB() was changed to wiRenderer::BindCameraCB()
• vulkan, dx12: fixed incorrect tracking of PSO dirty state which resulted in a lot more PSO switches than necessary
• vulkan: fixed bindless access of acceleration structures

0.58.2:

• emitted particles are now supported in raytracing effects: path tracing, raytraced shadows, raytraced AO, raytraced reflections
• fixes

0.58.8:

• added vulkan pipeline state cache, this will significantly improve driver side shader compile times on vulkan (by @amerkoleci )

0.58.16:

• linux: now using the unified shader compiler interface (by @Matteo )
• linux: implemented network interface (by @megumumpkin )
• Dear ImGui integration sample (by @amerkoleci )
• improvements, fixes

0.58.17:

• added HDR display support
• Linux improvements

0.59.0:

• big refactor in wiGraphics (by @jdswebb) (this can result in code breaking changes):
  • naming convention is snake_case for all graphics descriptor structures
  • enums were changed to enum class for more type safety, this will require enums to be obtained from their respective type's scope, they are not available straight from wiGraphics scope