1.2.0

1.2.0: Console changes, experimental brightness-influenced per-pixel dynamic sampling (BIPPDS)

BIPPDS is disabled by default. To enable it, change dark samples to a number other than zero.
BIPPDS is an experimental feature that gives darker pixels more samples. This can reduce noise in low-light areas in your render.

Windows, Linux, and MacOS builds are included. Linux and MacOS builds are EXPERIMENTAL.
Read the README file inside the zip file.

Please keep all files in the zip file in the same directory.

If you encounter any problems, please let me know by creating a github issue!

Changelogs:

• Switch to C++20 from C++23 because of obscure MinGW bugs
• Changes the console to be hidden on Windows, and explained in more detail for other OS on what it does
• Experimental brightness-influenced dynamic sampling, off by default
• Added about section in help window

Full Changelog: 1.1.0...1.2.0

I made the acronym up. It sounds kinda cool by accident.

1.1.0

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY HOTFIX FOR RAYTRACK. PLEASE DOWNLOAD THIS VERSION INSTEAD OF 1.0.0.

This version addresses important illegal memory access issues caused by the Visual Studio compiler, which caused random crashes in the 1.0 version.

Windows, Linux, and MacOS builds are included. Linux and MacOS builds are EXPERIMENTAL and not fully tested.

read the README file inside the zip file.

Please keep all files in the zip file in the same directory.

V1.1 has debug console enabled. If you see a lot of logs saying EARLY EXIT, WORKER DECONSTRUCT, ... quit successfully, it's perfectly normal.

This version contains many compiler toolchain changes, and experimental multiplatform support.
Thanks to everyone who brought the memory issues to my attention!
Experimental Linux and MacOS builds are added. They are built using Github runners, additional assets are manually added and zipped.

If you encounter any problems, please let me know by creating a github issue!

(A new Linux build is included as linux-new! This one is tested to work on WSL Ubuntu)
Full Changelog: 1.0.0...1.1.0

1.0.0

Version 1.0.0 Initial Release

The initial release of Raytrack!
Only Windows is supported.
Download the raytrack-win64.zip for executable.
If you encounter any problems, please let me know by creating a github issue!
Full Changelog: https://github.com/KipJM/Raytrack/commits/1.0.0