Gaia Sky 3.4.1

By tsagrista on 9 Mar 2023

📢 Gaia Sky 3.4.1 available now!

Features

  • initial implementation of a proper in-scene VR user interface with mouse interaction.
  • use gamepad UI in VR.
  • VR controllers use same mappings format as gamepads.
  • add specific mappings for Valve Index VR controllers.
  • add generic VR controller model.
  • welcome and loading VR screens are now 3D surfaces in-scene.
  • add VR controller interaction in VR welcome screen.
  • sRGB setting enables SRGB format only in VR frame buffers.

Bug Fixes

  • typo in German translation file. Fixes #706.
  • remove unused configuration setting scriptsLocation.
  • tooltip and layout issues in datasets component.
  • invalid focus state in natural camera.
  • add object name checks to most API calls.
  • omit regular gamepad window bindings in gamepad configuration window.
  • first loading frame produced in VR with incorrect sizing.
  • connect visibility buttons in gamepad GUI to global visibility event, and add tooltips with name.
  • remove IVRHeadsetView interface from OpenVR initialization so that Gaia Sky works with OpenComposite, which translates OpenVR to OpenXR.
  • properly close file stream when done with them.
  • prevent hang on close due to daemon thread notify() calls.
  • incorrect filtering in slider backgrounds.
  • incorrect filtering in UI table baground image.
  • script with wrong loader name. Fixes #703.

Code Refactoring

  • update VR controllers in their own system.
  • move VR UI classes to own package.

Documentation

  • update API call fade in/out descriptions.

You can get this release in our repository.

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