August 9, 2026

• GeometryFlow editor for node-based procedural geometry creation and deformation.
• Particle simulation plugin with GPU-based 2D and 3D particle systems.
• Custom scene types can be serialized and stored in scene files.
• RmlUi plugin for HTML/CSS-based interfaces.
• Box3D physics plugin.
• New demo with flow-based Car paint material and logic.

• Added GeometryFlow plugin to Explorer.
• Box3D plugin has been added to Explorer.
• Added SDF Object template to ShadingFlow.
• Explorer has been migrated to internal menus.
• Handle manipulator support has been added to Explorer extensions.
• Object Flags and Material Options are now in a foldable ControlGroup.
• Improved object transformation when objects are dropped into the scene in Explorer.
• Improved material focusing behavior in Explorer.
• Explorer can export all script sources from the scene.
• NodeScriptScattering plugin now automatically updates the environment.

• New Box3D physics plugin.
• New RmlUi plugin for HTML/CSS-based interfaces.
• New GeometryFlow plugin provides a node-based, flow-driven geometry creation system.
• New Particles plugin provides a universal GPU-based 2D and 3D particle simulation system.
• New ControlFlowMath plugin enables runtime evaluation of Flow graphs on CPU.
• New OpenCL plugin provides a lightweight OpenCL loader for rapid prototyping.
• Many usability improvements to the ControlFlow plugin.
• The Popup plugin includes methods for simple menu creation.
• ControlFlow now supports user pointers and data for inputs, outputs, nodes, and protos.
• ControlFlow now supports automatic input node creation.
• ControlFlow now supports disconnecting nodes by dropping connections from inputs.
• ControlFlow scalar input protos now store their range in the node state.
• ControlFlowGLSL adds Box, Sphere, Cylinder, and Extrude SDF operations.
• The “ray_march” and “deferred_metallic” protos have been added to ShadingFlow.
• The “name”, “scatter”, “array”, “cable”, “path”, “split”, “boolean”, and “fracture” protos have been added to GeometryFlow.
• Improved precision of cylinder and tube primitives.
• Transparent radius has been added to the scattering plugin.
• The primitives plugin adds cap tessellation and rotation support for Cylinder and Tube types.
• Cylinder and Tube types support zero tessellation levels to disable caps or sides.
• Rust API enums are now represented as custom structures for better language compatibility.

• geometry/boolean is a new MeshBoolean test.
• geometry/fracture is a new MeshFracture test.
• native/vk_spirv is a new native SPIR-V shader loading example.
• native/sycl_texture, sycl_runtime demonstrate SYCL interop.
• native/ze_texture, ze_runtime demonstrate Level Zero interop.
• scene/node demonstrates custom Node serialization.
• render_forward – forward pass BRDF with access to ambient occlusion.
• object_flow_boolean, object_flow_coplanar, object_flow_difference, object_flow_intersection are new Mesh boolean samples.
• object_flow_array – object instantiation.
• object_flow_cable – cable path between points.
• object_flow_gear – angular wave for gears.
• object_flow_line – line primitive.
• object_flow_path – placing object along the path.
• object_flow_needles – instance scattering over path.
• object_flow_scatter – instance scattering over surface.
• object_flow_split – split plane.
• object_flow_bend bends geometry along an axis.
• object_flow_noise deforms geometry using fractal noise.
• object_flow_scale scales geometry with optional volume preservation.
• object_flow_stairs creates compound geometry from different parts.
• object_flow_sweep instances geometry along a path.
• object_flow_twist twists geometry around an axis.
• object_flow_wave applies wave-based deformation.
• material_flow_fog – fog object.
• material_flow_marching – volume marching.
• material_flow_sdf_cell – sdf cell noise.
• material_flow_sphere demonstrates ray-sphere intersection.
• material_flow_stencil demonstrates two-sided stencil buffer.
• material_flow_sdf demonstrates SDF object tracing.
• material_flow_screen demonstrates render screen texture.
• material_flow_project demonstrates projected decals.
• material_flow_box demonstrates ray-box intersection.
• script_node_flow_location – ObjectNode animation.
• script_material_flow_noise demonstrates fractal noise.

• Device::Feature provides verbose Mesh shader parameters.
• MeshBoolean operations are available in the MeshBoolean namespace.
• MeshFracture namespace provides simple interface for configurable mesh fractures.
• Mesh attribute optimizer receives threshold parameter. Negative value performs bit comparison, zero value performs type-specific threshold, positive value is an explicit threshold value.
• MeshIndices/MeshAttribute::setSize() returns true if allocation was successful. Incremental resizes up to 16 elements use reserve allocation with a 1.5 size multiplier.
• MeshGeometry::optimizeOrder() optimizes attribute and index order within MeshGeometry.
• MeshGeometry::addGeometry() adds geometry with matching layout requirements.
• MeshGeometry::flipWinding() flips index order and inverts normals.
• MeshAttribute transformations now support packed tangent basis.
• Added dedicated MeshAttribute scale-only transformation method.
• The MeshSplit::split() function splits the mesh by plane and produces front, back, and cross meshes.
• The Polygon::inside() function has been added.
• The Quadrilateral::area() function has been added.
• Perlin noise generators now support configurable tiling period.
• PrefixScan now supports strided data via PrefixScan::FlagStride.
• TellusimPolynomial adds solvers for linear through septic equations.
• TellusimSpline adds spline intersection utilities.
• State color has been added to rect and text Controls.
• Custom shadow intersection functions now support color shadows.
• Cube texture mipmap generation methods have been added to CubeFilter.
• MaterialShading now supports two-sided stencil buffering.
• Screen, Occlusion, Occluder, and Feedback rendering events have been added to SceneRenderer.
• A global reflection scale parameter has been added.
• Scene scripts now have a getCompilerSource() method that returns the final source code.
• SceneUpdate interface added for custom update logic.
• Added SceneReader and SceneWriter interfaces for scene serialization.
• Scene type serialization migrated to SceneReader/SceneWriter system.
• GraphBase, NodeBase, and MaterialBase now support user-data serialization in scene files (requires explicit constructor).
• SceneManager::releaseBuffer() method has been added to remove queued data fetches.
• Row and column spacing have been added to ControlGrid.
• Random::Stratified namespace adds Halton, Hammersley, and Vogel sequences.
• Added ArrayStack<> container for allocation-free arrays.
• TS_NO_LOG macro now controls enabling of all TS_LOG macros.
• Added compile-time hash functions to String.
• Added 3D and Cube – 2D Array image conversion in Image. Image::FlagArray controls such conversions.
• Matrix3x2 now supports 2×2 submatrix access.
• Expression::Scope adds support for custom variables and functions in all expressions.

• New set_node_object_payload_index() and set_node_object_num_instances() methods have been added to SceneNodes.shader to control instancing.

• File references to NodeScript and GraphScript can override script parameters.
• Fixed Explorer crash during undo operation for Material hierarchy removal.
• Fixed incorrect bounding box calculation in SpatialTree BVH for small element counts.
• RenderDraw now correctly visualizes NodeObject bounding boxes with instancing.
• Nodes can now create and remove other nodes inside update().
• Corrected GPU ordering in the Info interface on Linux DRM (sorted by screen count).
• GLSL type references now have higher priority than variables.

• 128 and 256-bit integer types have been added.
• Rational type for integer arithmetic has been added.
• MeshReduce performs better quadrilateral to triangle conversion.
• The MATERIAL_DIRECT_LIGHT mode has been added to the light shader. It calculates diffuse direct light at a given point without materials.
• Clearcoat normal and color parameters are available using the MATERIAL_CLEARCOAT_NORMAL and MATERIAL_CLEARCOAT_COLOR macros.
• The metallic texture is available in the forward pass. It can be used to fetch ambient occlusion value.
• The shader compiler ensures the texture fetch argument types.
• Improved upscaler quality and performance.
• Improved separable filter performance.
• Vulkan Texture and Buffer support now enables dedicated allocation mode for cross-API interop resources.
• Improved subpixel jitter distribution for antialiasing.
• Improved Expression evaluation performance.

January 11, 2026

• Node-based GraphVarying editor.
• NodeObject instancing for massive object replication.
• MSAA compatibility with D3D12 SM6.7.
• Sparse textures for D3D12 (sparse resource tier 4 is required).
• Indirect top-level tracing builds on Vulkan (only AMD and Intel drivers support it).
• Enhanced dialogs on Linux platforms.
• Editor compatibility with SteamOS.

• graph_flow_normal scene demonstrates two-pass normal map texture generation.
• graph_flow_texture scene demonstrates procedural texture generation.
• graph_flow_perlin scene demonstrates dynamic procedural textures.
• gl_device, gles_device, and gles_runtime native examples have been added.
• native/vk_qt_widget example has no dependency on the Vulkan library.
• platform/divisor example demonstrates the vertex attribute rate parameter for per-batch input.
• platform/cooperative test is compatible with non-square matrices.
• render/limits has an additional instancing-based rendering mode (slower than BVH-based).
• materials/material_alpha scene demonstrates alpha-tested geometry.
• objects/object_skeleton scene demonstrates hierarchical skeletons.
• scripts/script_material_motion scene demonstrates the motion blur effect.
• scripts/script_material_grid scene generates a high-frequency output verification image.
• native/vk|d3d12|d3d11_device sample outputs all platform-specific device features.
• render/multisample demonstrates engine MSAA rendering.

• Boolean uniform type has been added to the GraphVarying type in Explorer.
• GraphFlow editor has been added to Explorer.
• Explorer and Executor support sparse buffers and textures controlled by the “-sparse 1” command line option.
• Executor now supports controller-based camera movement (can be disabled with the “camera/controller” option).
• Executor supports tracing_all and screen_all command line options for fast rendering mode selection.
• Light texture visualization has been added to Explorer.
• Pool texture visualization has been added to Explorer.
• The quality of the selection area has been improved.

• GraphFlow plugin for node-based GraphVarying editing has been added.
• Integer vector types have been added to the ControlFlowGLSL editor.
• Circle, triangle, box, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, and star SDF protos have been added to ControlFlowGLSL.
• Wave, ripple, and twist warp protos have been added to ControlFlowGLSL.
• Checker sampler proto has been added to ControlFlowGLSL.
• Color masks and stencil functions have been added to the MaterialFlow layout proto.
• Clutter and BatchTransform plugins have been moved to the plugin/graphs directory.
• A new interface/popup plugin for popup controls and menus has been added.
• DLSS, FSR3, and XeSS plugins have been updated to the latest versions.
• New FSR1 and FSR4 plugins have been added.
• A new FXAA plugin has been added.
• Noise generation has been moved to the interface/flow plugin from the material/flow plugin.
• Tracing shader source generation has been added to the material flow and MaterialX plugins.
• A direction proto to construct a direction vector from two angles has been added to ControlFlow.
• Enhanced tooltip visualization with delayed disappearance.
• Instance and Payload protos have been added to MaterialFlow.
• Transform input has been added to the Vertex input proto of MaterialFlow.
• Group specification has been added to the Uniform proto of MaterialFlow.
• A Line primitive has been added to the Primitives plugin.
• Primitives correctly provide line geometry for ObjectMesh flags with lines.

• MaterialShading Tracing source has been renamed to Sample source.
• SceneRender interface provides access to temporal render textures.
• The Scene interface now provides the directory where the scene file is located.
• Methods for registering buffers with default offsets and callbacks have been added to SceneBuffer.
• NodeObject methods to control instancing with CPU and GPU counts have been added.
• Payload address and stride parameters have been added to NodeObject.
• Support for motion-buffer per-pixel jitter offsets has been added via the RenderManager|RenderRenderer::FlagJitterBuffer flag.
• LightPoint and LightSpot return the intensity texture index.
• RenderDraw supports multisample texture visualization.
• API-specific Context interfaces receive a device index in the constructor.
• VK|D3D12|D3D11Device classes now provide native device features.
• Access to API layers and extensions in VK|GL|GLESContext and VKDevice has been added.
• The matrix8x16x16f16 matrix type has been added to the Device::Features structure.
• Device::Features structure names have been changed to follow API-name style.
• Device::Features::textureArraySparse field has been added (array textures with a full mipmap chain).
• Device::Features::surfaceMultisample field has been added (compute shader writes to MSAA textures).
• A dedicated ControlRoot::setMousePosition() method has been added.
• ControlText can optionally handle Pressed and Focused callbacks.
• ControlTree accepts right and left buttons for tree expanding/folding.
• Canvas|Controls::raiseChild|lowerChild() methods now accept the target position index.
• Controls::AlignLocal aligns controls using local boundaries only.
• The ObjectMesh::FlagInstancing flag activates optional geometry instancing at the ObjectMesh level.
• SeparableFilter now supports custom filter kernels specified by setKernelSource().
• The number of Function template arguments has been increased to 10.
• System::exec() now returns the process exit code. The check for successful execution is (ret == 0).

• Correct mesh morphing for meshlet-based geometry.
• Corrected ControlDialog mouse movement compensation with fractional rendering scales.
• Corrected literal recognition of mixed formats.

• Linux dialogs have a fallback mode through kdialog and zenity applications.
• Qt6 support has been added to Linux dialogs.
• Support for RWTexture2DMS in HLSL.
• Support for input and output gl_SampleMask on all platforms.
• Constant-based mix operations are now resolved at the compilation stage in the shader compiler.
• Constant-based pow for powers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 is replaced by multiplications in the shader compiler.
• Correct handling of tracing masks for tracing shadows and reflections.
• Improved noise sequence generation for reflection and occlusion samples.
• Meshlet and compute rasterization support meshes with morphing.
• Correct tracing generation for meshes with morphing.
• Correct tracing generation for meshes with hierarchical skeleton animations.
• The script system uses try { } blocks for external code execution.
• vbar() and hbar() texture patterns have been added.
• Correct tangent basis generation for mesh line primitives.

November 29, 2025

• Tellusim Core SDK is now available on GitHub.
• A new series of Getting Started tutorials has been added to the documentation.
• Added USD MaterialX material support.
• New batch transformation plugin for massive node updates.
• Object loading methods now support multiple material roots via material callbacks.
• Added GLSL sizeof(), offsetof(), and assert() functions.
• Improved FFT with support for non–power-of-two sizes.
• General optimizations and bug fixes.

• NodeSkyBox plugin has been added to Explorer.
• NodeGrid (node duplication) plugin has been added to Explorer.
• RenderFlares (glares, ghosts, and flares) plugin has been added to Explorer.
• The Project tool parses all Makefile branches for correct project file generation.

• New scene/transform plugin performs compute-based transformations for provided nodes for extremely fast node updates.
• MaterialFlow plugin enables screen-space and traced reflections for forward and transparent passes.
• MaterialX plugin now provides the MaterialXManager class for simple MaterialX-based material handling.
• MaterialX plugin has been updated to the latest MaterialX runtime libraries.
• Streamer plugin supports user-defined name prefixes that can be removed or replaced.
• Streamer plugin excludes files with the .asset extension from being treated as asset archives.
• SkyBox object plugin added. Supports Panorama, Cube, and LightImage textures.
• Flares render plugin added. Supports glares, ghosts, and flare effects.
• New XeFG frame generation plugin has been added.

• materials/material_pixel_depth scene demonstrates a pixel-depth effect for smooth object intersections.
• render/render_bloom scene demonstrates a full-scene blur effect with bloom postprocessing.
• render/render_tonemap scene demonstrates tonemap color adjustment.
• graphics/object_tree example demonstrates simple GPU-driven rendering with multi-draw-indirect rendering.
• parallel/fourier_2d sample performs image convolution using the Fast Fourier Transform.
• platform/formats sample demonstrates mixed color formats.
• platform/mapped sample demonstrates efficient Vulkan read and write shader access to mapped files.
• platform/sparse sample demonstrates the Sparse texture API.
• native/d3d12_program sample demonstrates generic D3D12 programs.
• native/vk_swap_chain example demonstrates custom swap chain creation for the Window interface.
• native/gl_runtime example demonstrates direct access to the OpenGL API for rendering.

• platform/bindless example can be used for evaluating bindless resource overhead.

• Compatibility with Visual Studio 2026.
• All generated SDK project files have been verified.

• API pointer performance (allocation and access) has been improved by 20%.
• New ObjectMesh and ObjectBrep loaders support multi-parent objects with a new signature that accepts a material callback.
• New ObjectMesh and ObjectBrep createMaterials() methods are available for custom material creation.
• Added wasMouseButtonReleased(), wasKeyboardKeyPressed(), and wasKeyboardKeyReleased() methods to the Window class.
• Added wasButtonPressed() and wasButtonReleased() methods to the Controller class.
• Added setTonemapTexture() method to RenderFrame for 3D texture-based tonemappers.
• RenderFrame::setBloomFade() controls composite texture fading. Can fully blur the composite texture.
• A negative bloom scale disables the internal bloom composite step and enables use with external bloom plugins.
• SceneRenderer::dispatchBloomFrame() provides all temporary downscaled and upscaled textures for implementing custom bloom effects.
• Async interface is now available in Script constructors.
• MaterialShading can initialize a shading texture directly from the Image interface.
• The PixelDepth material option offsets the shadow map texture to reduce self-shadowing artifacts when pixel depth is enabled.
• Atomic::set() is now an atomic operation instead of a volatile write.
• bitcount(), bitleast(), bitmost(), bitreverse() for uint32_t and uint64_t types have been added.
• Added support for RGBf9Eu5 textures.

• Cross-platform support for GLSL bitfieldExtract(), bitfieldInsert(), bitfieldReverse(), findLSB(), findMSB() functions have been added.
• HLSL code generation related to incorrect address optimization has been fixed.
• USD parser correctly merges child elements if the destination element has no children.
• USD loader supports MaterialX materials and generates a MaterialX XML blob during loading.
• GLSL compiler supports the assert() keyword, which stops compilation if an expression is zero.
• GLSL compiler supports offsetof() and sizeof() keywords for constants, allowing structure-size validation in assertions.
• GLSL compiler performs additional constant-based optimizations for all arithmetic operations.
• A preprocessor bug involving incorrect inclusion of DOS-encoded (\r\n) files has been fixed.
• An issue with incorrect propagation of the nonuniform() decoration in GLSL and HLSL shaders has been fixed.
• Texture and Buffer D3D12 tables are now bound once per frame to reduce overhead for multiple binds.
• Increased the number of per-frame D3D12 resource handles to 1024 * 512 to support large table resources.
• Screen-space reflections produce artifact-free results for the forward rendering pass when depth-bias cannot be evaluated.
• A bug with incorrect cube-texture LOD bias during upscale rendering has been fixed on all platforms (Metal not affected).
• Sizes of all scene and render shader structures are validated with the assert() keyword.
• NodeObject adds program hashes to self-assigned materials.
• Support for the latest Apple devices has been added to the Info class.
• Image class now supports mixed format conversions (FormatRGBAu4n, FormatRGBu5Au1n, FormatRu5Gu6Bu5n, FormatRGBu10Au2n, FormatRGf11Bf10, FormatRGBf9Eu5).
• Added init() method to all Script classes. init() is called after all parameters are set. Parameter values are not available in the constructor.
• FourierTransform supports non–power-of-two sizes with optimized multipliers for 3, 5, 6, and 7.
• Current camera_znear value is available during shadow map rendering.
• SceneManager::setBufferParameters() now skips manually assigned buffer sizes.