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MagicaVoxel Changelog

What's new in MagicaVoxel 0.99.6.2 Pre-release

Sep 27, 2020
  • New Unified Material System[06/30/2020]:
  • Blend Material: weighted blending Metal/Plastic/Glass/Cloud materials (similar to Disney Principled BRDF).
  • SSS Material: sub-surface scattering. transparency tp control light transmission. density to control light scattering.
  • Aborb/Scatter/Emissive Media Material: emissive cloud. can be contained in the glass with ior > 1.
  • Improved Alpha Blending: glass material, absorb media type, density = 0, ior = 0, transparency > 0
  • New Transform and Voxel Shader Brushes[09/26/2020]:
  • Refactored the brush menu and add icons.
  • Voxel Shader Brush to use Voxel Shaders interactively and directly.
  • Transform->Scale Brush : live scale models, point sampled, low quality but fast.
  • Transform->Wrap Brush : live wrap/crop models with mirroring and spacing modes.
  • Geometry Mode->Line/Square/Circle: the old center mode is combined with the old line mode
  • World Editor->Pattern and Wrap Brush: can create patterns from selected object (check the pattern model menu on the right panel).
  • Rotate Transform Brush [09/26/2020]:
  • Axis rotate : press any inner circle.
  • Screen rotate : press the outer circle.
  • Sphere rotate : press any point inside the outer circle.
  • Snap rotate : press SHIFT or SHIFT+ALT to snap angle to multiple of 5 or 15.
  • Voxel Shader[09/13/2020]:
  • no need to define id for arguments.
  • use var to define alias of arguments. same as float var = i_args[id];.
  • can import and export arguments values.
  • can display compile errors in the console window.
  • can get color selections via: color_sel().
  • can get palette color via: palette().
  • increase number of arguments to 16.
  • add interation number to the interface.
  • Editing[09/26/2020]:
  • Boolean operations for groups and objects.
  • Modify->Mask/Texture: mask and texture models with pattern models.
  • Sort: only sorts selected colors if number of selection is greater than one.
  • command log: display count of models, scene size, count of voxels for each color, etc.
  • command shear [axis] [scale] [scale] shear model, e.g. shear z 0.2 0.2 .
  • Camera Control Panel[09/26/2020]:
  • click the arrow on the bottom bar to show the camera control panel.
  • can change camera global/local position, pitch/yaw/roll angles, save/load camera slots, etc.
  • press SHIFT to change values in smaller steps.
  • the nine values can also be modified by cmds cam x/y/z tx/ty/tz rx/ry/rz
  • Pattern Pack[09/26/2020]:
  • can load all the models in a project as a pattern pack.
  • can create pattern pack from multiple selected objects.
  • use left/right mouse button to rotate the preview model; use mouse wheel to zoom in/out.
  • use 1/2 to select previous/next color in the palette.
  • use 3/4
  • use ctrl+alt to switch to pattern tool.
  • use ctrl to switch to free move tool.
  • use ESC to switch between pattern/move brush and select brush in the world editor.

New in MagicaVoxel 0.99.6.1 Pre-release (Sep 13, 2020)

  • New Unified Material System:
  • Blend Material: weighted blending Metal/Plastic/Glass/Cloud materials (similar to Disney Principled BRDF).
  • SSS Material: sub-surface scattering. transparency tp control light transmission. density to control light scattering.
  • Aborb/Scatter/Emissive Media Material: emissive cloud. can be contained in the glass with ior > 1.
  • Improved Alpha Blending: glass material, absorb media type, density = 0, ior = 0, transparency > 0
  • New Transform and Voxel Shader Brushes:
  • Refactored the brush menu and add icons.
  • Voxel Shader Brush to use Voxel Shaders interactively and directly.
  • Transform->Scale Brush : live scale models, point sampled, low quality but fast.
  • Transform->Wrap Brush : live wrap/crop models with mirroring and spacing modes.
  • Geometry Mode->Line/Square/Circle: the old center mode is combined with the old line mode
  • Voxel Shader:
  • no need to define id for arguments.
  • use var to define alias of arguments. same as float var = i_args[id];.
  • can import and export arguments values.
  • can display compile errors in the console window.
  • can get color selections via: color_sel().
  • can get palette color via: palette().
  • increase number of arguments to 16.
  • Editing:
  • Boolean operations for groups and objects.
  • Modify->Mask/Texture models with pattern models.
  • Sort only sorts selected colors if number of selection is greater than one.
  • command log can display count of models, scene size, count of voxels for each color, etc.

New in MagicaVoxel 0.99.6.0 Pre-release (Jul 1, 2020)

  • Add files via upload

New in MagicaVoxel 0.99.4 (May 30, 2019)

  • Cloud material, GGX MIS and translucent shadow

New in MagicaVoxel 0.99.1 Alpha (Mar 12, 2018)

  • Renderer (hidden menu):
  • Atmospheric Scattering Skydome : Rayleigh/Mie scattering
  • Bladed Bokeu : for large depth of field
  • Stretched Bloom Filter
  • Grids : can change Spacing, Width, and Color
  • Field of View (FOV) : change range to : 1-360
  • Fix some bugs : e.g. Bloom dark points
  • more options are saved into file, format is changed as well
  • Editor:
  • Align Objects in Editor
  • New object is using last model size
  • Fix importing files with unicode paths
  • Add default export and snapshots folders in config
  • View Cube:
  • smooth camera transition
  • click the cube face/edge/vertex to set to 26 standrad view angles (90/45)
  • left-drag the view cube to rotate view
  • hotkey "4" to recenter view; hotkey "5" to 6 face view (front, back, etc.)
  • "Z+left drag" to zoom view
  • "X+left drag" to rotate view
  • "space+left drag" to move view
  • "7/8" to save/load view

New in MagicaVoxel 0.99 Alpha (Nov 27, 2017)

  • World Editor
  • Support multiple objects
  • Larger scene area : (-1024, +1024)
  • Group objects
  • Reference objects/groups : modify one of references will affect the others
  • Transform objects : rotate, flip, move
  • Rectangle select : "SHIFT" to add selection, "ALT+SHIFT" to remove selection
  • Translation gizmo and free movement : "Shift+move" to get a referenced copy
  • Union combine objects
  • Copy/paste objects between world editor and model editor
  • Hide objects
  • Change order of objects for drawing and combination
  • Layers : to hide objects with same layer tag
  • Hotkey "TAB" to switch between model editor and world editor
  • Hotkey "TAB"/"SHIFT+TAB" to enter/leave groups
  • Renderer
  • Performance is optimized
  • Support larger volume : 512x512x512, 1024x512x256 or 1024x1024x128
  • Can copy/paste materials [CTRL+C/V] or Matter->C/P
  • Rendering settings are saved into file : lighting, lens, ground/edge colors, etc.
  • Blooming effect is automaticlly calculated, and can be paused as well
  • Can display constant color background : View->Back
  • View Cube
  • Smooth camera transition
  • Click the cube face/edge/vertex to set to 26 standrad view angles (90/45)
  • Left-drag the view cube to rotate view
  • Hotkey "4" to recenter view; hotkey "5" to 6 face view (front, back, etc.)
  • "Z+left drag" to zoom view
  • "X+left drag" to rotate view
  • "space+left drag" to move view
  • "7/8" to save/load view
  • Edit
  • Auto-saved to "cache/" folder every 25 steps
  • Ui scaling for high dpi screen : enter "ui scale 1.5" in console or change "ui_scale" in config.txt
  • Panel is scalable (some uis are hidden behind)
  • Palette : pick color from screen : "ALT+left drag"
  • Lower CPU usage : only redraw when needed"

New in MagicaVoxel 0.98.2 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • Bloom:
  • click the button in Bloom section to calculate bloom effect when any rendeirng setting has been changed
  • it has its own progress bar, and uses the same number of samples on the top
  • adjust the weight with the slider, it will not restart rendering
  • it will enable "Camera->ACES" automatically
  • Bokeh
  • it has larger aperture size for DOF (depth of field)
  • HDR Emissive Material:
  • formula is changed to "Emit * (10 ^ Power)"
  • "Glow" is only used to enhance Bloom and Bokeh effects
  • Pause Rendering and Instant Feedback:
  • click Image->"||" to pause progressive rendering
  • enable "Sample->GI"
  • every change of material will be immediately displayed in viewport
  • *expensive option, higher end GPU recommended
  • Sky Background:
  • enable "View->Back" [CTRL+B] to display sky as background
  • the fading ground into horizon is controled by "Fog" slider
  • for real fog, enable "Fog" firstly
  • Ground Material:
  • now you can use "Alt+LButton" to click the ground, and then assign "Metal" material to it
  • Pixelated Rendering:
  • turn off "View->AA" to disable Anti-Aliasing and set image size small (128, e.g.)

New in MagicaVoxel 0.98 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • Frame Based Animation:
  • support up to 24-frame animation
  • [Ctrl+Drag] to move frame, [Ctrl+Shift+Drag] to duplicate frame
  • press on the prev/next button to play animation (you can also change time step)
  • drag and drop multiple models to import as animation
  • it can also be used for other purposes, like assets of same category
  • However, features of importing and exporting anim are not fully supported yet
  • New Interface:
  • materials are saved into vox file now
  • if there is unsaved changes, the tiny button besides name field will become orange, click it to save
  • program will ask for saving changes when open new models or close program
  • click the title of each panel to close it
  • Tool->Scale, Repeat, Rotate is removed, instead, use console commands "scale, repeat, rot"
  • Voxel Shader also supports generating anim now:
  • [New inputs]
  • iFrame : current frame index
  • iNumFrames : total num of frames
  • iIter : current iteration index
  • iRand : a vec4 random number updated every iter and frame
  • [New Options]
  • n : specify number of iterations, eg. xs -n 8 [shaderName]
  • prev/-cur : specify input frame, -prev for previous frame, -cur for current frame (default is -prev)

New in MagicaVoxel 0.97.5 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • Fog Scattering : can scatter all types of lights (Sun/Sky/Area):
  • only works in Pers/Free camera modes
  • works for glass/metal materials (can get reflection/refraction from sun light)
  • surface can also be lit by scattered light
  • can create light shafts
  • can create background with small fog density
  • fog color mainly depends on light color and in-scattering color
  • Ground is changed to infinity large in all camera modes
  • Optimized shaders by removing unused branches

New in MagicaVoxel 0.97.4 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • New Emissive Area Lighting
  • Emit->Power : Radiant Flux for Area Lighting
  • Emit->Glow : Energy loss on closer surface
  • Emit->Total : Total power for all voxels or power density
  • Hints :
  • requires "GI" option enabled for advanced effects
  • only supports Cubic/RG/RE voxel shape
  • for small but strong light source (eg point lights), use Emit->Total
  • recommended using lower image resolution (eg 640x480) when adjusting parameters
  • for better quality of final image, recommended using more samples (eg 5000)
  • not very robust for this version (has several potential artifacts)
  • if it is still too dark, do not forget to use Post->E to increase exposure
  • Fix several artifacts for "Glass" material

New in MagicaVoxel 0.97.3 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • New Metal/Plastic Material with GGX NDF
  • Post Effect
  • Post->E : Exposure, when the scene is too dark, you can increase this
  • Post->V : Vignette
  • Camera->G : Gamma Correction
  • Pick up Sun/Sky Color from Palette
  • Better Quality of Soft Shadow
  • Sample->GI : on the top right, enable stochastic sampling for better indirect illumination
  • it's slower (~50%) and noisy (requires 3000+ samples)
  • use it for indoor scenes, larger exposure, or final render

New in MagicaVoxel 0.97.2 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • Export->bake : bake voxel mesh with ambient occlusion and soft shadow :
  • must support the built-in renderer, if program crashed, recover model from "cache/"
  • it may take from several seconds or half a minute, depending on machine, model, and sample number
  • set sample number, direction and intensity of light sources in renderer mode
  • config->bake->perface : bake per face (pixelated) or per vertex (smooth)
  • config->bake->ambient : constant ambient color to make scene brighter
  • config->bake->gamma : for app with gamma correction, set it to 22 to avoid color washed out
  • New CMD "odir" : export all models in current folder, eg "odir obj"
  • Palette "ALT+DRAG" : swap palette color without changing model, make it easier to organize palette
  • Fixed a bug in qb export

New in MagicaVoxel 0.97.1 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • New Voxel Shader :
  • support GLSL based shader script to generate your custom volume
  • shaders are in the new folder shader/
  • try typing [xs wave] in console to start
  • basic command format is : xs [shader name] [arg0] [arg1] []
  • if you want to run the shader multiple times in one run, use : xs [num] [shader name ] [args]
  • New Brush Option :
  • [V]oxel Mode : 3D(Volume:Cube, Sphere), 2D(Flat:Square, Disc), Su(Surface, only operates on surface)
  • -add hotkeys 1-9 to set brush size quickly
  • [C]enter Mode : suport both square and circle shape now
  • [P]attern Mode : can choose using either original model color or current palette color;
  • -can be applied on erasing and painting now
  • New Marching Cube Export [Export->mc] : export your voxel model as Marching Cube meshes (ply)
  • Camera Control : use middle button to move camera
  • Cache Folder [cache/] : program will automatically backup model before quitting program or rendering model
  • Obj Export Pivot : fixed bugs for obj pivot, you can also set your custom pivot in configtxt->file_obj
  • Palette Command : add command [pal mask] to mask out unused color in palette
  • fixed a little bug of rendering with orth/iso camera, still not very robust though

New in MagicaVoxel 0.97 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • Enhanced Brushes, Improved UI and File System
  • Save and Open dialog for all Palette, Model, Export, Screenshot files
  • Face Brush : extrude surface by dragging with various modes
  • Voxel Brush : has been integrated with Cube and Sphere Brushes, working with mirror and axis modes now
  • Circle Brush : center voxel of circle is not operated; support even diameter size
  • HUD : voxel coordinates, volume size, face layers, circle radius are displayed in console now
  • Camera : add X+RButton to select camera focus center, and yellow button to toggle auto camera focus
  • Export : fixed obj export and more config options for isometric and 2d sprite export
  • Render : Light->0 is changed to pure color model; the ground in orth/iso mode will be infinity large
  • multiple improvement for ui

New in MagicaVoxel 0.96.3 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • Matter->Glass : new transparent voxels with refraction and attenuation

New in MagicaVoxel 0.96.2 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • Matter->Sel : per palette material setting (use Alt+LButton or LButton to select material)
  • new Emissive material; perfect mirror reflection (Rough = 0); over 8 light bounces
  • folder path setting in config file; bug fixed for obj export

New in MagicaVoxel 0.96.1 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • Export->iso : new isometric sprites export
  • Export->obj : color based mesh simplification for obj format
  • Model List : drag 'n drop folder to model list to change its root path

New in MagicaVoxel 0.96 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • enderer supports various voxel shapes ( Lego, Marching Cube, Sphere, Cylinder ) and rounded corners, colored grids
  • camera supports stereographics projection, radial distortion, Escher Droste effect
  • use F5/F7 to save/load current camera
  • performance improvement and bug fixes