Improved vertex cache optimization

Recent changes:

• Dynamic irradiance environment maps for meshes, terrains and billboards (by means of a harmonics basis).
• New vertex cache optimizator (processing time depends on mesh complexity linearly); it also reorders polygons for more optimal rendering (less overdraw).
• Overlapping visualization for 3D meshes in ResourceEditor / Viewer.
• Refactored plugins for 3D modeling packages, vertex cache optimization is always performed on export now.
• Faster loading of large files in non-native formats into ResourceEditor.
• Improved soft shadows.
• Adjustable bias for translucence.
• Hash can be stored in stack memory now.
• Improved algorithm for instance rendering (no performance drop on non-instanced geometry).
• Reflection masks (works the same way as light and collision masks).
• New console variables: render_show_penumbra (shows penumbra in color) and render_show_splits (shows PSSM splits in color).
• Added performance stress-tests.
• Direct3D9 shaders have been switched to row-major order matrices.
• Correct detection of ATI R600 cards.
• Workaround for Direct3D9 / ATI2 textures crash bug.
• Fixed shadow bilinear sampling on R600.
• Multiple selection of nodes in UnigineEditor (for cloning, deletion, transformations and export).
• Export of mesh data from UnigineEditor.
• Support of images in ComboBox.
• Updated installation script (no more problems with binary version).

No vertex cache optimization (overlapped regions are colored by red):

After optimization:

Thus we get less overdraw after optimization.

Now there are the following shader presets available:

By the way, there is very bad situation with biases on R600 / Direct3D10, their values are abnormally low. We are waiting for a responce from AMD drivers team now, hope this bug being fixed very soon.

PS: Only 3 weeks left to license current version of Unigine at very low prices (before 29th February).