ChangeLog.txt

LATEST

* New single-window UI.
* New default dark theme.
* The UI theme can be changed by adding a stylesheet (style.css) to
  the Chunky settings directory.
* Replaced player icon.
* Removed 2D map rendering modes.
* Removed block highlighting in the 2D map.
* Added Update Site url setting in the launcher.
* The render thread count setting now takes effect after restarting Chunky.
* Fixed concurrency issues in the renderer.
* Fixed issue causing the renderer to hang if clouds were enabled.
* Added option to disable sun texture in the Lighting tab.
* Added new texture paths to support Minecraft 1.13+ resource packs.
* Fixed deadlock issue in the renderer.
  Render workers could get deadlocked when waiting for the next frame to start
  rendering. This issue seems to be most common at the start of a render job.
* Added sky fog blending setting in the Sky&Fog tab.
  This setting is used to adjust how much the fog color is
  blended over the sky/skymap.

1.4.5 - 2018-02-18

* Added radial knob control to improve editing angles like sun azimuth.
* Fixed incorrect dark oak leaf color blending.
* Added new solid color sky mode.
* Fixed wrong texture for pink and gray glazed terracotta.

1.4.4 - 2017-12-31

* Windows installer now detects Java 9 installations.
* Added armor rendering for player entities.
* Added armor stand rendering.
* Added banner rendering.
* Added UI elements to modify entity armor in the Entities tab.
  This currently applies to players and armor stands.
* Added a drop down menu to the entity posing controls for selecting which limb
  to pose.
* Tweaked stone wall rendering to behave more like Minecraft.
* Plugins can now modify the main window tabs.
* Added banner rendering.
* Improve bed rendering for Minecraft 1.12 (colored beds).
* Y clipping is now a per-scene setting, with an upper clip value.
* The Y clip planes now cull non-player entities.
* Spruce and birch leaf colors are now fixed like in Minecraft.

1.4.3 - 2017-07-22

* Various small UI improvements and bug fixes.
* Improved the way fences, stone walls, glass panes, and iron bars
  connect to other blocks.
* Added plugin manager in the launcher, among the advanced settings.
* The Plugin API now expects plugins to provide metadata.
* Made resource pack loading more flexible.
* Fog is now blended with the sky near the horizon.
* Minecraft block IDs are now displayed in the block info tooltip.
* Improved error handling for skymap loading.
    * Added -f option to ignore headless skymap loading errors.
* Fixed incorrect top texture for inverted daylight sensors.
* Added rendering for Minecraft 1.12 blocks:
    * Glazed Terracotta
    * Concrete
    * Concrete Powder
    * Beetroots
* Made block material properties configurable per-scene.
* Modified specular reflection rendering.
* Added two new post-processors
    * Hable tone mapping
    * ACES filmic tone mapping

1.4.2 - 2017-01-15

* Added support for multiple resource packs. The resource pack
  load order can be changed via Options->Edit resource packs.
* Added rendering for Minecraft 1.11 blocks:
    * Observer Block
    * Shulker Box
* Added scene settings export/import system.
* It is now possible to temporarily change the view target via the
  render preview context menu. This is useful for autofocus and moving
  entities.
* Updated command block rendering to be compatible with Minecraft 1.9+.
* Added scale setting for player entities.
* Improved error checking for resource packs.
* Fixed rendering errors for trapdoors, redstone dust, and comparator blocks.
* The --update command now creates a settings directory if needed.
* Default settings should be generated when running headless commands for the
  first time.

1.4.1 - 2016-10-22

* Fixed scenes not able to be saved after fresh install, caused
  by the scene directory not yet being created.
* Added "Face target" button in the Entities tab.
* Fixed bugs in the command-line interface.
* Expanded plugin API.

1.4.0 - 2016-09-23

* Chunky now requires Java 8 update 40, or a later version.
* Added rendering for Minecraft 1.10 blocks:
    * Bone Block
    * Magma Block
    * Red Nether Brick
    * Nether Wart Block
* Modernized the Chunky User Interface by rewriting it in JavaFX.
* Most of the UI remains similar to the old version, but some parts
  were redesigned:
    * Controls for multiple cameras have been simplified.
    * The Highlight tab has been merged into the Options tab.
    * The gradient editor and color pickers were slightly redesigned.
    * Added some sky gradient presets.
    * Removed the fullscreen option for the preview window.
* Removed old features that were not well supported. The goal is to
  make these into separate plugins:
    * Removed the benchmark tool.
    * Removed the experimental OpenCL renderer.
* Holding Control while moving the camera multiplies move distance by 100.
* The render preview scaling option has been moved into a context menu.
  Right clicking the render preview window brings up the scaling menu.
* Added option to show guide grid in the render preview. The option is
  accessed through the right-click context menu.
* Pressing Space in the render preview window starts/pauses/resumes rendering.
* Fixed player entities not being saved if they were the only entity type in a
  scene.
* Fixed bug preventing new players from being added to a scene if no players
  were already loaded.
* Minor changes to the UI:
    * Added an icon to the camera view visualization.
    * Removed the chunk loading indicator icon.
    * Removed the player Y position indicator.
    * Removed fullscreen preview.
* Added new command-line options:
    * Added -list-scenes command.
    * Added -merge-dump command.
    * Made it possible to manually set the Chunky settings directory using a
      system property (java -Dchunky.home=DIR).
* Added Omni-Directional Stereo projector (thanks leMaik!)
* Rendering improvements and fixes:
    * End rods now emit light.
    * Vertical droppers and dispensers are now rendered correctly.
    * Improved fog rendering through glass and other transparent materials.
    * Fixed issue causing Chorus Plant to not connect to End Stone blocks.
* Experimental Plugin API added.

1.3.8 - 2016-04-03

* Fixed water being rendered on sign blocks below the water height in water
  world mode.
* The scene/world directory selection dialogs now indicate if a valid
  directory is selected.
* Added button to scale canvas width/height by a factor of 1.5.
* Replaced the preview window scaling buttons with a drop-down list.
* Added Entities tab in the Render Controls dialog, allowing posing and
  skinning of player entities.
* Fixed chunk loading error that caused Chunky to hang while loading chunks
  if a font texture was missing.
* Launcher v1.8.12: the launcher now always tries to launch the embedded
  version.

1.3.7 - 2015-10-17

* Launcher v1.8.11: added --console option to show the GUI console even in
  headless mode.
* Added player entity rendering.
* Added option to disable player loading in the General tab in the
  Render Controls window.
* Fixed potential crash when rendering fire.
* Fixed potential crash when loading custom resource pack while the default
  resource pack could not be found.
* Store the current world dimension and re-open the current world in the same
  dimension next time Chunky starts.

1.3.6 - 2015-10-04

* Fire textures are now loaded from resource pack.
* New scenes have emitters turned off by default.
* Cloud offset is now fixed relative to world origin.
* Added chunk count column in scene selector table.
* Added output mode selector in the advanced tab, with an option to select
  32-bit TIFF output.
* Changed the postprocess JSON variable to String.
* Added black sky mode, useful for rendering an emitter-only pass.
* Improved glass pane and iron bars rendering.
* Added rendering for the following Minecraft 1.9 block types:
    + End Rod
    + Chorus Plant, Flower
    + Purpur Block, Pillar, Slab, Stairs
    + End Stone Bricks
    + Grass Path
* Added buttons to uniformly scale the 3D canvas.
* Replaced the status text embedded in the render preview by an overlay label.
* Added mob head rendering.
* Added sign text rendering.
* Signs are now rendered slightly taller, the same size as they appear in
  Minecraft.
* Fixed error causing the sun location to reset when rendering in headless mode.
* Added chunk grid at bedrock level in preview rendering mode.
* Fixed the parallel camera sometimes clipping world chunks.
* Fixed an issue with the water world rendering mode causing the water plane to
  have an incorrect vertical offset in large scenes.

1.3.5 - 2015-04-20
    * Added option to select visible chunks in the 2D map context menu
      (selects visible chunks inside the camera view indicator)
    * Nether portals now emit light
    * Re-engineered atmosphere and fog rendering, replaced it with a simpler
      but more customizable fog system. Fog density and color can be changed
      by the user (in the "Sky & Fog" tab).
    * Fixed stairs with fog render issue
    * Added a notification after changing the Y cutoff setting about reloading
      the chunks for the setting to take effect.
    * Added new tab icons in the Render Controls window. This fixes the issue
      with huge tabs when a high-resolution texture pack was used.
    * Improved huge mushroom rendering: mushroom blocks with some data values
      were rendered incorrectly
    * Fixed a rendering issue for corner stairs causing various configurations
      to render incorrectly
    * Fixed an error causing incorrect lighting of underwater blocks
    * Fixed button rendering (render new button orientations correctly)
    * The render reset confirmation feature now works as it should when the
      target SPP has been reached
    * Added slider for the target SPP setting
    * Added scroll bars to the render preview when the window is too small to
      fit the entire image
    * The render preview window no longer stretches the image to fit the window
    * Added "Move camera here" item in the map context menu
    * Added "follow camera" option to the Map View tab of the main window
    * Added camera field of view indicator in the 2D map
    * Added single color textures option, found under the Options tab in
      the main window
    * Added paintings rendering
    * The sky light modifier can now be set to zero by typing "0" in the
      text field next to the sky light slider

1.3.4 - 2014-12-29
    * Added Y cutoff setting (blocks below the Y cutoff are not loaded)
    * Added new tab in the Render Controls dialog for water related settings
    * Added slider for water visibility
    * Added slider for water opacity
    * Removed the "clear water" option (which is made obsolete by water
      visibility slider)
    * Added custom water color setting
    * All water settings can now be stored as custom defaults
    * Removed the visible sea border in water world rendering mode
    * Lily pads now cast shadows
    * Display a warning when a scene from a newer version of Chunky is loaded
    * Saving a scene with a different name no longer hides the old scene by
      renaming the old scene description file with the .backup suffix
    * Added scrollbar to Render Controls dialog for small screens (only visible
      when the whole window does not fit on screen)

1.3.3 - 2014-12-21
    * Fixed rendering of the 1.8 door blocks using Birch, Spruce, Jungle,
      Dark Oak, and Acacia wood.
    * Set unknown blocks back to being invisible (instead of question marks).
    * Fixed error causing the Benchmark tool to fail horribly.

1.3.2 - 2014-12-13
    * Added option to the sky tab for rendering the sky transparent.
    * Minor improvements to Launcher command-line interface.
    * Fixed rendering of the 1.8 fence blocks using Birch, Spruce, Jungle,
      Dark Oak, and Acacia wood
    * Octree and grass/foliage textures are not saved to disk again if they
      were not changed since the last time they were saved
    * Added Stereographic projection mode
    * The launcher now remembers Java options changed in the launch settings
    * More descriptive error message when failing to open a texture pack

1.3.1 - 2014-09-01
    * Fixed bug in the .hdr texture loader that crashed all render threads

1.3 - 2014-08-31
    * Attempted to make PNG writing more efficient by splitting PNGs into
      1 MiB chunks.
    * Removed the "render lock/auto lock" features. These are replaced
      by a render reset confirmation dialog which appears if anything that
      would reset the render has been changed after rendering for at least
      thirty seconds.
    * Added Red Sandstone blocks, slabs, and stairs (from Minecraft snapshots)
    * Fixed a problem causing render progress to reset after loading a scene
    * Clouds can now be moved in all directions
    * HDRI sky textures can now be used, supported formats are:
        + RGBE (.hdr)
        + PFM
    * Added new sky rendering modes:
        + gradient
        + spherical skymap
        + skybox
    * Added sky light parameter, affecting indirect sky lighting contribution
    * The simulated sky has been modified (less pink, more bright)
    * Enable "Clear Selection" button after selecting region
    * Fixed regular glass blocks not letting light pass through (since 1.2.0).
      This could also affect other transparent blocks where the transparent
      texels had dark RGB values.

1.2.3 - 2014-07-13
    * Added Minecraft 1.8 blocks:
        + Coarse Dirt
        + Prismarine (rough, block, dark)
        + Sea Lantern
        + Wet Sponge
        + Iron Trapdoor
        + Slime Block
    * Improved the 2D map:
        + More zoom levels
        + Mouse wheel scrolling zooms, Ctrl+Scroll changes layer
        + Fixed tearing issues
        + Improved performance for large map views
        + The name of the biome under the cursor is now displayed in lower-left
          corner of the map
        + Improved the rendering of many blocks in the block-layer mode
    * Right-clicking in the 2D map now opens a context menu with options to
      cre ate a new scene, load a scene, or clear the current selection
    * (potentially) Fixed issue causing the render preview window to display
      white after being closed and re-opened
    * Using the -snapshot command without arguments now prints a list of all
      available scenes in the scene directory
    * Using the -snapshot command without a destination PNG file name now
      automatically picks a filename based on the scene name and current SPP
    * Depth of field now only uses one scene variable (removed infDof variable)
    * Fixed corner Acacia/Dark Oak stairs rendering issue
    * Hay bales now render with the correct orientation
    * Fixed sign texture loading error (item icon was loaded rather than the
      entity texture)
    * Fixed error causing rayDepth setting to not be saved for scenes
    * Fixed error preventing naming and overwriting of custom camera presets
    * Added checkbox on the Advanced tab of Render controls which enables
      automatic shutdown of the computer after render completion
    * Fixed error in the rendering of iron bars

1.2.2 - 2014-01-13
    * Added "follow player" option for the 2D map
    * Made 2D map drawing more efficient
    * Adjusted default Sun intensity to 1.25
    * It is now possible to save and load custom camera presets
    * Made Render Controls dialog more compact
    * Moved camera presets to drop-down list
    * Added Granite, Diorite, and Andesite stone blocks
    * Chunky now dynamically refreshes the main map view based on
      changes to the Minecraft world as detected in the filesystem
    * Added Chunky commands: -snapshot, -version, -download-mc
    * Added launcher commands: --setup, --update, --version, --verbose
    * Fixed error causing the launcher to crash when running in headless mode
      if the launcher GUI had not previously been run
    * The launcher (v1.7.0 and later) now ignores older releases if a newer
      version already is installed
    * Using -render without a scene name argument prints out available scenes
    * Added Help tab listing keyboard shortcuts in the Render Controls window
    * Pressing U in the Render Preview window makes it go fullscreen
    * The scene selector can now to delete scenes or export scenes to Zip file
    * Fixed potential crash in the launcher from a clean install

1.2.1 - 2014-01-03
    * Added -set and -reset command-line options
    * Removed global persistent skymap configuration option - skymap is now
      strictly a per-scene setting
    * Fixed error causing the saveSnapshot setting to be ignored
    * Snapshots are now saved when the scene hits the SPP target
    * Fixed error in world size calculation (used for parallel projector ray
      offsets) which caused clipping artifacts in isometric/parallel scenes
    * Fixed error in the scene selector that caused all scenes to try to load
      their respective skymaps
    * Made the Launcher less verbose (on the command-line) in the absence of
      errors
    * The debug console now does not close automatically if the Chunky process
      exits abnormally
    * If the Chunky process fails the launcher will no longer close directly
      and will instead display information about the failure to launch
    * Fixed error that caused a render dump to be saved each frame if the
      "save dump" checkbox was unchecked
    * Fixed error that forced the launcher to be displayed even during
	  batch/headless mode
    * Removed the -watermark command-line option
    * Trapped chests now use trapped chest textures
    * Double trapped chests now appear as double chests
    * Added Acacia Slabs
    * Added Dark Oak Slabs
    * Added Acacia Stairs
    * Added Dark Oak Stairs

1.2.0 - 2013-12-30
    * Reduced Chunky binary size by removing some redundancies
    (Windows installer is now 3.8 megabytes, was 8.9)
    * Added new icons in the Render Controls dialog
    * Changed the title of the "HALT" button to "RESET"
    * Added stained glass panes
    * Pressing return in the scene name field now saves the scene
    * Added large flowers
    * Added new small flowers
    * Added new biome color data
    * Added Red Sand
    * Trapdoors connected to the top of a block now display correctly
    * Wood logs now use the new top/bottom textures
    * Added Packed Ice
    * Added Podzol
    * Added Acacia and Dark Oak logs/planks/saplings
    * Render snapshots are now not saved by default, but there is a new
    checkbox to enable the render snapshots in the Render Controls dialog.
    * It is now possible to set a custom dump frequency
    * Changed scene description format to JSON - not backward compatible with
    the old CVF format which was NBT based
    * Changed default scene directory name to "scenes" (lowercase initial)
    * Improved scene selector
    * Sunlight passing through colored translucent textures is now
    appropriately colored
    * Added stained glass block rendering
    * Highlight targeted blocks in the preview render mode
    * Added check box for showing launcher on startup under the Options tab
    * Tweaked the World Selector and Scene Selector dialogs

1.1.14 - 2013-09-15
    * Fixed problem reading NBT data generated by snapshot 13w36a (1.7)
    * Always read list length of NBT lists and allow empty lists to have
    TAG_End as element type
    * Added camera roll setting
    * Fixed gray wool having the same texture as light gray wool
	* Added minecraftDir option to Chunky config file

1.1.13d - 2013-07-24
    * Renamed the "Load Texture Pack" button to "Load Resource Pack"
    * Fixed cobblestone texture not loading correctly for Minecraft 1.6
    * Fixed default texture pack loading error for Minecraft 1.6

1.1.13 - 2013-07-23
    * Added support for new "resource packs" (replaced texture packs in
    Minecraft 1.6)
    * Implemented rendering of Minecraft 1.6 blocks:
        + Carpet
        + Hay Bale
        + Hardened Clay
        + Stained Clay
        + Coal Block

1.1.12 - 2013-06-05
    * Fixed some mirrored textures
    * Fixed autofocus not working
    * Improved rendering speed by using Apache Commons Math library (twirrim)
    * Chunky now remembers the number of render threads setting
    * Sanitize scene names by removing problematic characters
    * Manually unlocking the render lock now leaves the render controls
    unlocked until rendering is re-started
    * Re-loading chunks using the "Load Selected Chunks" button does not
    move the camera
    * Fixed warping effect in fisheye and panoramic projection modes when
    DoF is enabled. This reverts the depth of field effect to the 1.1.10
    behavior for fisheye and panoramic projection.
    * The number of render threads can now be controlled during rendering
    * The controls for number of render threads have been moved to the
    Advanced tab of the Render Controls dialog
    * Added CPU load controls in the Advanced tab of the Render Controls dialog

1.1.11 - 2013-04-28
    * It is now possible to lock the render controls to avoid inadvertent
    render restarts.  The locking can be either manual or automatic.
    * Adjusted the depth of field effect - depth of field is now planar again.
    This reverts the spherical depth of field effect from 1.1.10
    * Renamed the "Focal Offset" setting to "Subject Distance"
    * The Windows installer skips overwriting the (more memory) shortcut if
    it already exists
    * Fixed error causing emitter and sun intensity values below one to
    be clamped to zero
    * Fixed error in headless mode that prevented rendering to start
    * Fixed crash when rendering in Water World mode
    * Water World check-box is correctly updated to reflect the current setting

1.1.10 - 2013-04-20
    * Added Emerald Ore and Nether Quartz Ore to the block highlight list
    * Added new projection modes (TOGoS)

1.1.9 - 2013-04-15
    * Disabled painting of slider values above slider knob in GTK/Snyth L&F
    * Add suffix to scene name to avoid scene name collisions
    * Removed need to pick scene name if scene name collision can be
	automatically avoided
    * Fixed undirectional furnaces being invisible
    * Fixed error causing double wooden slabs to render as single slabs
    * Improved command-line error checking
    * Added command-line option to override SPP target in headless mode
    * Fixed corner stair rendering errors (inner corners and quartz corner
    stairs rendered as non-corner stairs)

1.1.8 - 2013-03-27
    * Chunky now exits after completing a render in command-line mode
    * Chunky now remembers the "ray depth" setting, and changing the value
    does not reset the render
    * Fixed some errors in the UI
    * Ctrl+Q in the main window exits Chunky
    * Added icons to the tabs in the main window
    * Increased depth of field effect
    * Fixed animated texture loading (only load first animation frame)
    * Added option to merge render dump under the Advanced tab in the Render
    Controls dialog

1.1.7 - 2013-03-17
    * Increased maximum FoV value to 175 degrees for perspective projection
    * Increased FoV slider range in parallel projection mode
    * Ctrl+W now closes the 3D preview window
    * Added buttons for quick isometric camera setup
    * Improved camera controls in parallel projection mode (WASD work more
    intuitively)

1.1.6 - 2013-03-06
    * Added Comparator block
    * Render the flowers in flower pots
    * Cloud height is now relative to the scene origin
    * Stone wall sections with a torch above render as corner sections
    * Added command-line option for specifying job tile width
    * Fixed error in command-line option parsing - if render thread count was
    specified, it was always set to 1 regardless of the actual value
    * It is now possible to manually input the camera position and direction
    * Fence gates set between wall sections are rendered at correct height
    * Added Hopper block

1.1.5 - 2013-02-26
    * Added parallel projection (TOGoS)
    * Added Daylight Sensor block
    * Fixed issue causing Nether Brick Stairs to render as Nether Brick Fences
    * Increased default torch emittance

1.1.4 - 2013-02-18
    * Implemented rendering of several new blocks:
        + Anvil
        + Nether Brick Slab
        + Quartz Slab
        + Quartz Stairs
        + Block of Quartz
        + Block of Redstone
        + Dropper
        + Nether Quartz Ore
        + Activator Rail
        + Trapped Chest
        + Weighted Pressure Plate (light & heavy)
    * Improved rendering of the Beacon block
    * Beacon block now emits light
    * Partially implemented flower pot rendering
    * Removed spatial filtering in sample selection (slightly improves
      rendering performance)
    * Added option to enable rendering clouds
    * Horizontal coordinates are now used for sun position
    * Allow opening read-only region files
    * If sunlight is disabled the sun will not be rendered
    * It is now possible to disable the sky horizon mirroring
    * Added support for new texture pack layout (individual block texture files)

1.1.3 - 2013-01-14
    * Clicking in the map when it is maximally zoomed out will select an
      entire region rather than just a single chunk
    * The coordinates coordinates of the chunk under the cursor are displayed
      in the bottom left corner of the map view
    * The "Save Current Frame" button should now actually save the current
      frame, not the last displayed frame
    * Added buttons to open and change the scene directory in 3D Render tab.
      The button to open the scene directory is only available on some systems.
    * Added Post-Processing tab in the Render Controls window
    * Added a combo box for post-processing mode under the Post-Processing tab.
      This replaces the "gamma enabled" check box.
    * Added an exposure slider under the Post-Processing tab. This replaces
      the old gamma slider.
    * Implemented corner stairs rendering
    * Fixed possible off-by-one error in the chunk parser

1.1.2 - 2013-01-05

    * Fixed error that could cause Chunky to not remember the last used
      texture pack
    * Improved torch rendering - torches now render exactly like in-game
    * Biome colors are now blurred - improves visibly sharp biome edges
    * Added biome map mode - renders a map color coded by biome ID
    * Lily pads render with the correct rotation (same as in-game)
    * Added button to reload all chunks in the scene
    * Pressure plates now have the correct size
    * Fixed some door rendering issues (incorrect rotation)

1.1.1 - 2012-11-19
    * Don't warn when not able to load the world of the loaded scene
    * Fixed door rendering issues
    * Implemented new blocks from Minecraft 1.4.2:
      + Carrot Block
      + Potato Block
      + Wooden Button
      + Beacon (Placeholder: Glass Block)
      + Command Block
      + Cobblestone Walls

1.1.0 - 2012-09-21
    * The Moved By Piston block is not rendered
    * Unknown block types are not rendered (used to be rendered as
      question mark blocks)
    * Increased the maximum sun intensity for the sun intensity slider
    * Improved vine rendering: draw top vines
    * Improved underwater rendering & various water rendering issues
    * Fixed ice block rendering issue
    * Fixed error causing cobblestone stairs to render with the smooth
      stone texture
    * Fixed crash when viewing chunks with certain blocks in the map view
    * Don't treat water as part of a cave in cave view
    * Added benchmark mode
    * Deleting chunks now correctly updates the map view

1.0.15 - 2012-08-07
    * Fixed activated detector rail rendering bug
    * Canvas size should update correctly when loading a new scene now
      even on Mac
    * The octree is saved with the scene description in order
      to accelerate scene loading and simplify sharing of scenes
      between different machines
    * Fixed error when saving render dump for a scene with width
      and height not equal

1.0.14 - 2012-08-05
    * Silverfish blocks are now rendered with the correct texture
    * Fixed a case where blocks behind chests would be replaced by
      stone blocks
    * Redstone wire is now rendered with correct color and direction in
      most cases
    * Redstone repeater is rendered with correct direction and with the
      two attached redstone torches
    * Fixed possible deadlock when changing canvas size
    * Removed revision number from main window title
    * Fixed canvas size sometimes not affecting window size for the
      preview window
    * Fixed crash when saving a scene with no loaded chunks
    * Added button to set the default SPP target

1.0.13 - 2012-08-02
    * Chunky does not crash if it can not locate the default
      Minecraft saves directory
    * Fixed error that caused a large redundant image to be allocated for
      the map view
    * Opening a world that was saved in an unsupported format will
      cause a warning message to be displayed
    * The user can select the directory where Chunky looks for
      Minecraft worlds in the World Selector dialog
    * Small stability improvements
    * Fixed block highlight rendering bug
    * Improved the responsiveness of the 3D render preview
    * When a render is dumped the saved frame represents the current
      state of the render (was bugged in 1.0.11 and 1.0.12)
    * The scene description file is automatically backed up when a manual
      scene save is performed
    * The renderer will stop at a user selected target SPP count.
      Render progress is now tracked relative to this SPP count, rather
      than the intermediate render dumps.

1.0.12 - 2012-07-30
    * Render progress bar displays the chunk finalization progress when
      loading a new set of chunks
    * Added directional Wood blocks from Minecraft pre-release 1.3
    * The following blocks are now rendered correctly by Chunky:
      + Tripwire Hook
      + Tripwire
      + Cocoa Plant
      + Ender Dragon Egg
      + Brewing Stand
      + Spruce Stairs
      + Birch Stairs
      + Jungle Wood Stairs
      + Directional Wood Blocks (from the 1.3 pre-release)
    * Rendering of the following blocks has been improved:
      + Sign Post
      + Flowing Lava (fixed texturing issues)

1.0.11 - 2012-07-26
    * Added button to load scene in the 3D Render tab of the main window
    * Increased size of the world selection dialog
    * Increased size of the scene selection dialog
    * Mouse wheel controls camera zoom in the 3D view
    * Added credits dialog (accessed through the About tab)
    * Added render progress bar to visualize progress to next render dump
    * Added ETA display which displays estimated time to next render dump
    * Added button to load selected chunks in the Render Controls dialog
    * Chunky always asks the user to choose the name for the scene when a
      new scene is created
    * The 3D preview window always displays to the right of the
      Render Controls dialog
    * The Render Controls dialog can no longer be pushed offscreen by the
      preview window due to a large canvas size
    * Fixed workbench texturing error
    * Improved water rendering for flowing water
    * Save the current render mode with the scene description
    * Moved the water world option to the Advanced tab of the Render Controls
      dialog
    * Wall torches now connect better to other blocks

1.0.10 - 2012-07-13
    * Slightly improved world loading speed (poll for regions rather than
      scanning the world directory)
    * Added separate button in the Render Controls dialog to save the current
      canvas size as the default canvas size
    * The log4j library is now used for logging
    * The user is asked to select where to save scene descriptions and
      render dumps (the old "Scenes" directory)
    * The settings.cfg file is stored in the .chunky directory in the user home
      directory
    * Progress renders are saved in the scenes directory
    * Improved rendering of levers and cauldrons
    * Brought back the gamma slider, it now lives on the Advanced tab
    * Added button to open the scene directory in the system file browser
    * Remember skymap rotation

1.0.9 - 2012-07-05
    * Fixed flipped texture on the right hand side of stair blocks
    * Added atmospheric effects
    * Save canvas size when using the Halve and Double buttons
    * Made renderer more robust in the handling of transparent textures
    * Preview images are rendered with a quick gamma adjustment (not correct,
      but close enough and much quicker)
    * Removed gamma adjustment options from Render Controls dialog
    * Improved skymap loading times (multithreaded texture preprocessing)
    * In order to save space in the Render Controls dialog the
      sun color changer was replaced with a button that opens the same tool in
      a new dialog

1.0.8 - 2012-07-04
    * Fixed error causing submerged objects to be too well lit by sunlight
    * When loading a scene the saved gamma setting is used to
      display the saved render dump
    * Fixed error causing all objects to receive too little light at low
      incident angles
    * Fixed lava rendering error
    * X/Z coordinates now update when clicking in the minimap
    * A smaller buffer is used to cache the map view. This improves map
      view responsiveness at large zoom values.
    * Some minor minimap rendering issues were fixed
    * Chunky now saves a file (settings.cfg) with user preferences
    * Selected chunks are now also highlighted in the minimap
    * Changed orientation of map view so that north is up
    * Display player and spawn position in minimap
    * Chunky remembers the last loaded world and will attempt to load the
      same world next time it starts
    * Chunky remembers the last used texture pack
    * Chunky remembers the last used canvas size
    * Made render status text field non-editable
    * Pressing Ctrl while dragging a selection rectangle causes the chunks
      within the rectangle to be deselected
    * Added zoom level 0 (same as minimap) to 2d map view
    * Removed buttons to select all chunks and invert selection (this will
      no longer be supported since future versions of Chunky will avoid
      scanning all chunks in the map - it takes too long time!)
    * Fixed rare bug that caused preview rendering to hang
    * Fixed crash due to corrupt metadata in pumpkin blocks
    * Fixed incorrect top/bottom texture for melon blocks
    * Chunky now loads large maps much faster
    * Added Reload button under the minimap which reloads the current world
    * Added button to load default Minecraft texture pack in the Options tab
    * Chunky falls back on minecraft.jar to provide texture files missing in
      loaded texture packs
    * Chunky remembers the last skymap used
    * Chunky uses the sun texture from the current texture pack to draw the sun
    * Fixed rare bug when rendering iron bars or glass panes with certain
      textures that caused the renderer to hang
    * Fixed soft shadow rendering error due to incorrect sampling of sunlight

1.0.7 - 2012-06-15
    * Default number of render threads is set equal to the number of
      available CPU cores
    * Added slider to control emitter intensity
    * When saving a dump the saved frame PNG file is named using the
      scene name and the current number of samples per pixel
    * Added button to unload current skymap under the Sky tab in the
      Render Controls dialog
    * Render the full water world ocean in preview render mode

1.0.6 - 2012-06-14
    * Implemented proper gamma correction (textures are decoded from
      sRGB to a linear color space for rendering, then encode back to sRGB
      using gamma correction)
    * Use the system look and feel. Makes Chunky look more native.
    * Fixed corrupt normal causing "dead pixels" - bug in rendering code for
      falling water
    * Pressing enter when editing either canvas width or height will instantly
      update the canvas size
    * Changing the scene name field now directly updates the scene name,
      without requiring the scene to be manually saved
    * The default scene name is now the same as the current world's name
    * Added water height option to Render tab which affects the water generated
      in "Water World" mode
    * Added a slider for sun intensity under the Sun tab in the Render Controls
      dialog

1.0.5 - 2012-06-13
    * Render dumps are now compressed. NB: render dumps saved with
      version 1.0.4 or earlier can no longer be loaded!
    * Show message in 3D view that warns when no chunks have been loaded
    * Changed default 2D zoom level to 4
    * Fixed rendering error in preview rendering mode when the camera was
      inside a block
    * Don't include paused time in total rendering time
    * Display camera coordinates in preview renders
    * Added sun specular reflection (sun glare)
    * Allow DoF and Focal Offset to be set to values greater than their maximum
      slider stops
    * Use flat shading in preview render
    * Added Water World Mode option in the Render tab
    * Fixed lily pad rendering with incorrect color and removed offset from
      the water surface
    * Added coordinate fields to View tab that can be used to move
      the 2D map view
    * Made skymap orientation adjustable with a new slider in the Sky tab
    * Added "clear water" option to disable the water fog effect in
      the General tab of the Render Controls dialog
    * Render sky color using a physically based skylight model if no skymap
      has been loaded (this replaces the previous default skymap)

1.0.4 - 2012-06-09
    * Removed tearing artifacts when changing render parameters
    * Fit octree to loaded chunks - improves render performance and
      allows loading an arbitrary number of chunks
    * Fixed error in octree initialization
    * The preview window no longer renders completely transparent
      surfaces as black
    * Full texture pack support (Chunky loads chest textures from their own
      texture rather than using the obsolete terrain.png tiles)
    * Increased maximum relative sun intensity
    * Fixed bug that caused render threads to keep rendering after the
      Render Controls dialog had been closed
    * Added Autofocus function in the Camera tab of the Render Controls dialog
    * Use normal map for water rendering
    * Tweaked water specular coefficient and visibility depth
    * Save the current world in the scene description
    * Implemented correct rendering of chest, ender chest, large chest,
      huge mushrooms (brown & red), mycelium, end portal frame, emerald
      block, emerald ore and nether wart
    * Postprocessing effects are now turned off by default, but can be enabled
      using a check box in the General tab of the Render Controls dialog
    * Crosshairs are now rendered in the 3D view in preview mode
    * Some debug info is shown in the 3D view in preview mode
    * Added buttons to halve and double canvas size
    * Hide the HALT button when it is not needed
    * Changed layout of Camera tab

1.0.3 - 2012-06-06
    * Added method for changing sun color
    * Implemented sandstone stairs
    * Fixed some minor interface issues
    * Added an "Advanced" tab in the Render Controls dialog
    * Added a ray depth option in the Advanced tab
    * Changed default sun position. Sun position is no longer offset by
      the default angles - sun position is now different to 1.0.2 scenes
    * Set default ray depth to 5 (was 6)
    * Modified water displacement function
    * Added option to disable biome colors
    * It is now possible to pause the renderer
    * When loading a saved scene the renderer will start in the paused mode
    * Slight render performance increase
    * Increased responsiveness of the preview render (using interlacing)
    * Jack-O-Lantern now emits light
    * Center Octree on loaded chunks - allows loading chunks far from spawn
    * Log warnings and errors in  render worker and render controller threads

1.0.2 - 20120602
    * Added a default sky texture (currently just a simple color gradient)
    * Fixed wooden slab rendering (from snapshot 12w08a)
    * Made a small improvement to brewing stand rendering (still not
      rendered correctly)
    * Implemented melon and pumpkin stem rendering
    * Attempt to load default texture pack from minecraft.jar
    * Updated piston extension texturing to match Minecraft
    * Made skymap rotation independent of sun angle
    * The user can now select, in the Render Controls dialog, if and when
      render dumps should be saved
    * Scene descriptions (CVF files) and render dumps are now saved in
      the "Scenes" directory
    * Revamped the scene saving and loading UI interaction
    * Don't fail loading scene description if the saved skymap is missing

1.0.1 - 20120531
    * Fixed cactus rendering
    * The top lava block renders with a slightly lower height (same as water)
    * Renamed some UI elements in the Render Controls dialog
    * Camera is centered above the loaded chunks when the 3D view is opened
    * The camera can be moved to the player position using a new button in
      the Camera tab in the Render Controls dialog
    * Made the default textures slightly less horrible
    * Fixed rendering error affecting blocks rendered as sprites
      (flowers, cobweb, fire, etc.)

1.0.0 - 20120526
    * Added 3D chunk rendering using a new path tracing renderer
    * Support for texture packs
    * Fixed selection color bug making the selections opaque
    * Fixed selection off-by one error that showed some unselected chunks
      as being selected
    * Fixed player and spawn position display off-by one error
    * Removed the application global hotkey for chunk deletion
    * Draw the North indicator at the correct side of the minimap
    * Various small interface improvements, including a new About tab
      in the main view