Gaea 2.2.1.0

Gaea Changelog – Major Update

Welcome to Gaea 2.2. This is a signficant step forward in Gaea 2.0's journey. Gaea 2.2 includes a major upgrade for Erosion_2, Ice nodes, several new nodes, 20+ improvements to existing nodes, many key workflow enhancements, and over 100 bug fixes and stability updates.

IMPORTANT: See NOTES for Breaking Changes.

New in 2.2.1.0

File names colorized in Build Data View.
Added command to de-duplicate file names in Build Data View.
Property Area can now be minimized further.
Resolution and PX (fraction for 1 pixel) constants added to Expressions and Math nodes.
FIX: Improved thread-safety for a rare condition that could cause a crash.
FIX: Draw window toolbar overlapped with terrain.
FIX: Draw window could malfunction if resized too widely.
FIX: Draw kept drawing when mouse would leave the window.
FIX: Draw "Lite" mode would still re-render node while drawing.
FIX: Portals connected to masks could revert to connections.
FIX: First frame of Turntable Animation could be malformed.
FIX: Added warning when trying to execute on AVX2 non-compliant CPU.
FIX: Mixer color randomization and values improved.
FIX: Incorrect behavior in gizmo for Perlin, Voronoi, Snow, Radial Gradient nodes.
FIX: 2D viewport would not show Locked Preview when opening.
FIX: 2D viewport would scroll when zoomed in.
FIX: 2D viewport maximum zoom set to 10X.
Several internal fixes.

Houdini Quality-of-Life Features

Added commands to File and Export node to automatically created variables.
Export node variable naming improved:
- If Export does not have an explicit name, the variable will be called "OutIncomingNode" (ie, "OutSwirl").
- If Export node has a custom name, variable will get that same name.
- If Export node is renamed at any point, user is asked if variable should be renamed too.
In / Out variables get color coding in the Var list.
Notification when orphan variables are found.
Rename variable when node is renamed.
Warn when using Mark for Export instead of Export nodes.
Allow renaming of In / Out variables without entering Edit Mode.

Breaking Changes

The following nodes may not be fully backward compatible with Gaea 2.1 or earlier builds.

Trees
Cellular3D
Debris
ThermalShaper (minor variance in results)

It is highly recommended that if you migrate an active project from Gaea 2.1 to 2.2, that you make a backup first and ensure all your nodes are behaving properly.

Gaea will attempt to create a Recovery copy in the Autosave folder for disaster recovery, but you should still keep a manual backup copy just in case.