Version 1.7.3

Tomb Editor

• Fixed memory leaks while rendering wad objects.
• Fixed nodes randomly moving out of bounds.
• Fixed lists in nodes sometimes incorrectly saving selected value.
• Fixed lists in nodes giving an exception if no objects of specified type exist.
• Fixed incorrect slide direction calculations for sub-click heights.
• Fixed incorrect diagonal wall collision calculations below blocked portal sectors in TEN levels.
• Fixed incorrect normal calculations for opposite polygons sharing same vertices in TEN levels.
• Fixed garbage vertices in extremely large rooms in TEN levels.
• Fixed .trg file's #REPEAT# key not being read correctly for TRNG plugin triggers.
• Added classic mirror workflow for TEN and edit portal dialog (use O hotkey or "Edit object" menu entry).
• Added transparency field in text drawing nodes.
• Added OnFreeze global event handling and TEN nodes to get and set freeze mode.
• Added TEN node to check Lara's airborne status.
• Added TEN node to remove moveable effect.
• Added TEN nodes to get and set moveable animations from other slots.
• Added TEN nodes to get and set moveable collision state.
• Added TEN nodes to get and set hit points for a shatterable static mesh.
• Split flyby sequence path preview in case cut camera flag is present.

WadTool

• Added ability to customize static mesh shatter attributes for TEN wads.
• Added "Disable Interpolation" animcommand type for TEN wads.
• Fixed exception in skeleton editor while replacing existing mesh if no new mesh was selected.

TombIDE

• Added new "More Actions..." menu in place of "Exit Project" button.
• Added the ability to re-apply an engine update.
• Improved autocomplete popup visuals for TRNG scripting.
• TEN base wad will now be added into a dedicated "Assets" folder when creating a new TEN project.

TEN Version 1.7

Bug fixes

• Significantly improved renderer performance.
• Improved engine performance around bridges.
• Improved engine performance if weather or bubble effects are active.
• Improved engine start-up time.
• Fixed silent crashes if loaded level is corrupted or in incorrect format.
• Fixed occasional crashes if there are static meshes placed within room border walls.
• Fixed climbable pushables clipping Lara under the bridges when pulled.
• Fixed incorrect clipping of scaled off-centered static meshes.
• Fixed incorrect collision detection for off-centered moveables.
• Fixed incorrect slide directions for sub-click geometry.
• Fixed stutter during jumps between cameras in a flyby sequence.
• Fixed uzi targeting issues after using flycheat.
• Fixed hair object vertices not always linking properly.
• Fixed snow particles not always melting on the ground.
• Fixed enemies not damaging Lara if she is staying on the sector where enemies were triggered.
• Fixed enemy pickups dropping on death sectors.
• Fixed Sarcophagus and Search Object pickup triggers.
• Fixed vehicle transfer not happening for levels which were not previously visited.
• Fixed audio tracks placed in subfolders not restoring after loading savegame.
• Fixed initial position and lack of fade-in for looped audio track on level start.
• Fixed shatter debris spawning on incorrect position for the first frame.
• Fixed scripted input events not registering on the same game frame.
• Fixed incorrect object camera position.
• Fixed incorrect camera movement near walls after leaving look mode.
• Fixed binocular or lasersight camera not switching off correctly after flyby.
• Fixed binocular or lasersight camera transitions.
• Fixed target highlighter still being active in binocular or lasersight mode.
• Fixed Lara's Home entry not working.
• Fixed exploding TR3 bosses.
• Fixed original issue with deactivation of Dart Emitter.
• Fixed original issue with weapon hotkeys available in binoculars or lasersight mode.
• Fixed Electricity Wires object not doing instant kill when Lara is in close proximity.
• Fixed Lens Flare object not functioning properly.
• Fixed lens flares not being occluded by static meshes and moveables.
• Fixed spotlight shadows.
• Fixed Skeleton and Mummy not reacting to shotgun hits.

New Features

• Added classic mirror effect with ability to reflect moveables and static meshes.
• Added dynamic shadow casting on objects and static meshes.
• Added fast savegame reloading.
• Added ricochet sounds and make the effect more prominent.
• Allow camera shake during flybys.
• Allow to run the engine without title level.
• Allow more than 1024 objects in a level.
• Allow more than 1000 static mesh slots in a level.

Lua API changes

• Added ability to customize many hardcoded parameters, such as flare or weapon settings, in settings.lua file.
• Added Flow.Statistics class, Flow.GetStatistics() and Flow.SetStatistics() functions.
• Added Flow.GetFreezeMode() and Flow.SetFreezeMode() functions.
• Added Effects.EmitSpotLight() function for directional spotlights.
• Added optional cast shadow and name parameters for Effects.EmitLight() function.
• Added Effects.GetWind() function to get current wind speed vector.
• Added Moveable:GetCollidable() and Moveable:SetCollidable() functions.
• Added Moveable:GetAnimSlot() and optional second argument for Moveable:SetAnim() to access different animation slots.
• Added Rotation:Direction() method to get directional vector.
• Added support for transparency value in Strings.DisplayString class.
• Added extra argument for Sound.SetAmbientTrack() function to specify if new ambient track should play from the beginning.
• Added new View.CameraType enum entries and return it by View.GetCameraType(), when flyby camera or binoculars/lasersight is active.
• Added new primitive Time class, which allows to manipulate and format game time without precision loss.
• Renamed Flow.WeaponType enumeration to Objects.WeaponType, and removed similar Objects.LaraWeaponType enumeration for consistency.
• Renamed Objects.PlayerAmmoType to Objects.AmmoType for consistency.
• Fixed Strings.DisplayString class not supporting some Unicode characters and empty lines in multiline strings.
• Fixed Strings.DisplayString not being deallocated after showing.
• Fixed GameVars not transferring between levels in hub mode.
• Fixed incorrect return value of Moveable:GetAnim() function, if animation from another slot is currently playing.
• Fixed incorrect behaviour of Moveable:GetJointRotation() function.
• Fixed incorrect behaviour of Logic.EnableEvent() and Logic.DisableEvent() functions.
• Fixed Util.HasLineOfSight() not taking static meshes into consideration.
• Fixed collision callbacks not properly clearing after leveljump.
• Fixed Flow.SetIntroImagePath() not using the correct path.

Base Wad

• Added LARA_BINOCULARS_MESH (ID 29), used for seeing player using the binoculars in a mirrored room.
• Removed LARA_EXTRA_MESH2 as unused.
• Changed default braid to the one used in TR4.

Notes

• For mirror button to appear on TE toolbar, right-click on the toolbar and go to customize dialog.
• TEN file format has changed in this TEN version. You need to rebuild all your levels, including title.
• File format of settings.lua script has changed in this TEN version. File will be overwritten on engine update in TIDE.