Release v0.16.0

Untold Engine v0.16.0 is now available.

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Getting Started

Clone the repository and run the demo project:

git clone https://github.com/untoldengine/UntoldEngine.git
cd UntoldEngine
swift run ShowcaseDemo

This will build the engine and launch the demo using Swift Package Manager.

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Blender Add-on

This release includes the Untold Engine Blender add-on as a downloadable release asset:

untold_exporter.zip

Install it in Blender:

1. Download untold_exporter.zip from this release.
2. Open Blender.
3. Go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons.
4. Click Install... and select untold_exporter.zip.
5. Enable Untold Engine Exporter.

The add-on adds:

• File > Export > Untold (.untold)
• File > Export > Untold Animation (.untold)
• File > Export > Untold Tiled Scene

For texture baking and compression dependencies, see:
https://github.com/untoldengine/UntoldEngine/blob/develop/docs/API/UsingBlenderAddon.md

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Getting Started

To create your own project/game using the Untold Engine, see:

https://untoldengine.github.io/UntoldEngine/API/GettingStarted/

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Documentation & Resources

Repository:
https://github.com/untoldengine/UntoldEngine

README:
https://github.com/untoldengine/UntoldEngine/blob/develop/README.md

GitHub Discussions:
https://github.com/untoldengine/UntoldEngine/discussions

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Changes in this Release

🐞 Fixes

• [Patch] fixed gaussian not rendering (74d821b…)
• [Patch] Reduce Gaussian splat fragment-shading overdraw (ed716ab…)
• [Patch] Cull negligible-opacity Gaussian splats at load time (6ca0713…)
• [Patch] Address review: clamp non-repeating channels, test pitch/roll (7d54789…)
• [Patch] Precompute Gaussian splat conic/color; cap blends per pixel (40fa5e3…)
• [Patch] Added triple buffer to gaussian system (9ce1713…)
• [Patch] HZB occlusion culling for Gaussian splats (0763066…)
• [Patch] Fixed standard export blender-addon (e5087e7…)
• [Patch] Updated blender-add on (a495546…)

📚 Docs

• [Docs] Updated getting started (78111d1…)

🚀 Features

• [Feature] Version-gate emissive trust so existing .untold assets don't need re-export (f7fe446…)
• [Feature] Add UntoldViewOptions for runtime view settings in SwiftUI (1720ba4…)
• [Feature] Add root motion extraction and application (dc21a5a…)

🧰 Maintenance

• [Refactor] Share per-mesh vertex-stream binding across render passes (a5b9844…)