Overload Files

Overload 1.4: Our Biggest Release Yet!
This "foundational update" brings major changes to core systems, setting the stage for even bigger, more meaningful improvements ahead. While 1.4 primarily focuses on developer-facing enhancements, it paves the way for exciting features for content creators and game developers in the next release. A huge thank you to our incredible community of contributors, we couldn't have done it without you! We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed building it.

Fixes

• Fixed unusable alphanumeric keys (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/134)
• Fixed Assimp unit scaling (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/136)
• Fixed gizmo interactions not properly following the mouse cursor (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/pull/306)
• Many other improvements regarding editor interactions, engine code and architecture as well as bugs and crashes.

Features

• Added hierarchy actor focus on double-click (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/146)
• Improved grid and view backgrounds (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/157)
• Improved actor creation menu (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/pull/162)
• Added Premake5 for project generation (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/pull/188)
• Added actor rename option to the hierarchy (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/260)
• Added double-click on a scene to open it (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/pull/266)
• Added frame info editor window (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/147)
• Added support for shader includes (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/104 , https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/pull/269)
• Added shadow mapping for directional lights (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/250, https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/313)
• Added post-processing effects (Bloom, Auto-Exposure, FXAA, Tonemapping) (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/pull/330)
• Properly supported PBR workflow; framebuffers now use HDR correctly (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/pull/330)
• Added serialization of (most) editor settings (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/23)
• Visual Studio 2022 support (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/pull/216)
• C++20 support (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/294)

Reworks

• Shaders now use a custom GLSL flavor; expected extensions are .ovfx (full shader) and .ovfhx (partial shader) (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/104, https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/pull/269)
• Fully reworked rendering engine with a new pass system allowing for easier extensions (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/pull/277)
• Revamped scripting engine with added support for extensions and additional language support. (https://github.com/adriengivry/Overload/issues/296)