Viz Engine and Viz Artist version 3.2.3 released
December 21, 2009
Viz Engine and Viz Artist version 3.2.3 is a maintenance release.
This version is recommended for users upgrading from Viz Artist and Viz Engine 3.x, or for new installations.
New Features
- Reintroduced QuickTime renderer in Viz Artist 3.x™ (requires Quicktime player)
- Updated Viz Graphic Hub™
- Full frame rendering in HD (set configuration flag hd_halfheight to 0)
- Improved memory management that avoids heap memory fragmentation, and makes the engine stable even under low memory conditions
- Improved command handling that reduces the overall memory footprint by up to 15%, and the scene load time also by up to 15%. Copying nodes of the scenetree is up to 10 times as fast now.
- Implemented a way to set the size of renderer previews: RENDERER PREVIEW_SIZE <width|default=-1> <height|default=-1>
- Support returning a snapshot as answer of a RENDERER PREVIEW command. To use this feature, specify 'ANSWER' as target parameter.
- Replace missing font characters by a specified character.
- Support for 16 channels in the audio mixer.
Important Notes
For general details including a list of upgrade and known issues, and also important details regarding the required Matrox SDK version, see the Viz Artist and Viz Engine 3.2.3 release notes.
Download the latest version from the FTP in /products/VizEngine3x/Latest Individual Installers/