ARDI-VE Changelog

Enhancements:

• Upper and lower indiciators now include correct units and number of decimal places
• Switched to new display system, improving performance and radically reducing the number of draw calls.
• Fixed issue loading very large OBJ models
• Kiosk mode disabled when pressing 'Return to Normal Vision' mode.
• Kiosk mode doesn't re-start the rotation when vision modes change
• Kiosk mode skips hidden vision modes, only focusing on the main ones.
• Kisok mode turns on min/max range indicators and change notification by default, and disables voxelisation.

New Features:

• Added 'Hide' scriptable behaviour

Enhancements:

• Items that are not visible will not be considered when determining automatic camera placement
• Items more than 10k units from the origin of the scene will not be considered during automatic camera placement

New Features:

• Added support for single-channel position, scale and rotation binding for assets.

Enhancements:

• Removed excess debugging detail

Bug Fixes:

• FBX files with out-of-order animation keyframes are now supported.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issues & improved compatibility for SVG files

New Features:

• Added support for single-channel position, scale and rotation binding for assets.

Enhancements:

• Removed excess debugging detail

Bug Fixes:

• FBX files with out-of-order animation keyframes are now supported.

Enhancements:

• Added support for Holographic and Translucent item skins

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed the Kiosk Mode button

Enhancements:

• Updated the 'lock' control to show the new Range Modes control
• Added the Range Options control

Bug Fixes:

• Resolved an issue loading the site list for multi-site ARDI servers

New Features:

• The default vision mode can now be set
• The notification area includes a 'back' button when in a non-default vision mode

Enhancements:

• Value-watchers (such as the ValueThreshold effect) will not run on objects with no 3D model.
• Reduced amount of spacing between notifications

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with large (+64000 vertex) OBJ files
• Fixed an environment load timing issue with slow-to-download environment files

Enhancements:

• Substantial Improvements to SGVS
• SGVS-only vision modes will now include colour legends
• Fixed 1s 'stutter' - decresed frequency and stutter will only occur when memory is being lost.

New Features:

• SGVS is now incorporated into ARDI and will be available to select customers.

Enhancements:

• Improved performance with null/bad data being read as floating point.
• Improved response rates around complex live data renderers
• Increased pool of built-in notification icons
• Added facilities for runtime or non-property vision modes
• Options panel now has a drop-list for selecting which options you would like to change

Enhancements:

• The time-travel controls will not be available when there is already a pending time-travel event buffering.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue causing Text-To-Speech to not always correctly substitute %NAME% values when responding to digital events.

New Features:

• ARDI-VE will now reconnect to your environment - not just your server and site - when being restarted.
• Environment names are now included in the name of the server in the server browser where multiple environments exist.

Enhancements:

• When hitting 'F5', ARDI will no longer prompt you to choose an environment if you already have selected one previously.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue connecting to servers with multiple environments.
• Fixed an issue loading FBX models that are saved with sub-objects in the opposite order compared to their object hierarchy.

New Features:

• Added 'Notices' layer on the bottom left-hand side to deliver status information.
• Added 'ValueRibbon' effect to track moving objects and display values around them [Incomplete - Doesn't yet work with Time Travel]
• Added 'AlertThreshold' effect to detect values over or under certain thresholds and produce a notice of the issue.

Enhancements:

• Improved the internal ComplexDataDisplay system to handle non-trival live or historical data cases

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue where clicking on a sub-component of an asset would not open the correct web dashboard page

New Features:

• Vision Mode Level Alerts now availble (further improvements to be made in the future)
• Lock Position effect now available

Enhancements:

• Added 'filter' option to longwall movement behaviours to help cancel out drift.
• Longwall movement behaviour now as better support for faulty relay bar sensors

Bug Fixes:

• Resolved resource leak issue that would prevent resources from being cleaned until AFTER the vision mode was closed.

New Features:

• Chart Effect is now available
• URL properties now available in asset information

Enhancements:

• Axis order may now be specified in Vector effects (ie. “xzy; 10,2,0” specifies each of the axis names).
• Removed the 'Restore All Layers' behaviour when you attempt to remove all layers, allowing users to have all layers disabled.
• Added warning message when using invalid auth credentials in Guest-mode servers

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue with Icons not always dissapearing when the associated level is removed.
• Fixed issue with transparent Icons not being transparent after hiding and then revealing all layers

Enhancements:

• Low-spec hardware will no longer disable effects unless VR is detected on an Android-based device (ie. Quest)
• Text effect backgrounds now auto-size to the text within them where possible
• Text effect background colours and transparencies can now be set (bgcolor)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue with dynamically-enabled Text effects not hiding correctly
• Fixed issue where text effect backgrounds occasionally appeared behind nearby geometry despite z-order.

New Features:

• Low Resolution 3D models now supported for low-spec devices
• Local 3D model caching now supported (requires latest server)
• Fullscreen mode is now user selectable in Options

Enhancements:

 	* Support loading photographic maps where the image Y-axis is upwards rather than downwards.
* New longwall behaviour correction algorithm to avoid 'runaway' roof supports with sensor drift or during double-chocking.
* Default fullscreen mode has now been switched to 'Exclusive Fullscreen' for non-VR devices on Windows builds to improve framerate.
* AnalogTint effect now allows binding for the reference point as well as the actual point.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue with LOD system preventing some objects from changing mesh or texture when appropriate.
• Fixed issue with items having no renderers being added to the LOD system.
• Fixed issue causing Tint behaviours to colour more objects than they should.
• Fixed inconsistencies in issues around layer enabling/disabling
• Overlaying connection UI windows now fixed when adding new servers

New Features:

• Behaviour 'FollowARelationship' can now be given minimum and maximum travel values, plus a mode for bad data
• Behaviour 'Icon' can now be given a background colour, and the fade effect can be removed.
• Kiosk Mode now available in the Play menu
• Maximum animation time can now be set on the server and is no longer fixed to a maximum of 6 seconds

Enhancements:

• Added indication of when searches were running
• Added support for very large OBJ meshes
• Improved SVG font rendering

Bug Fixes:

• Backgrounds on text and icon effects could sometimes be drawn BEFORE background geometry
• Fixed issue with shader priority in occluded assets within other assets
• Searches including the '#' character now work as expected
• Fixed performance issues related to bad data mapping
• Behaviour 'Icon' now correctly allocates icons for properties that are not linked to live data

New Features:

• Vision modes now available for Lookup and Text properties.
• Individual properties can now be removed from the default vision mode menu (from the administrative web interface).
• UI elements now added for 'Range' properties.
• Added VR Keyboard

Enhancements:

• Higher-resolution desktop UI now available for systems with a mouse/non-touch systems.
• Improved default sorting method to reduce the number of 'Measured Here' items
• Relocated 'next' and 'previous' UI buttons to remove visual clutter
• Added additional functions and a label control to dynamic text objects
• Effect-based 3D objects are attached to their own scene layer, allowing users to remove them.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed layering problem that could prevent objects without a rendered base from appearing in vision modes
• Fixed issue where unconnected flowing data could be presented as 'Measured Here'. It now shows 'Measured Elsewhere'.
• Fixed bug where popup lists would rotate to match rotated 2D user-interface elements.
• Removed scrolling hiccup when opening collapsed UI entries

New Features:

• Many internal rendering enhancements to improve framerate on GPU-accelerated systems, and stabilise framerate on non-accelerated systems.
• Added asset information to the left-hand controller in VR
• Added an in-engine keyboard in VR
• Tapping ESC with no vision modes selected will return the user back to their starting point
• Tapping ESC twice will now close ARDI-VE
• Added “low spec” hardware options for micro-PCs and Android devices
• Added an additional LOD detail level to remove objects at extreme distances on low-spec devices
• Improved asset selection
• Added additional script functions
• Oculus Quest version now publically available
• Android version now publically available
• Added high-point and low-point indicators in vision modes

Enhancements:

• Model occlusion fading now happens instantly rather than using the slower FaderSystem.
• Prevented transparent objects from being de-prioritised in the render queue
• Improved scene size detection when entering the scene in VR
• Made the Android version available on Samsung phones (they no longer request to be fitted to a Gear VR)
• Opening a scene in VR will now correctly place the user vertically

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue with controller tracking on Oculus Quest builds
• Fixed conflict issue with model occlusion and fading
• Fixed issues with vision modes and the new vision mode UI
• Fixed problems with touch controls on Android devices
• Cleanup script steps will now correctly work on all persistent steps
• Removed layering problem when applying highlight behaviour
• Fixed issue with a differential response texturing being used in-scene but not appearing in the UI
• Some effects are now more tolerant of being in a bad-data state

New Features:

• Effects that provide physical models (signage, for example) can now have those effects moved in the editor, allowing you to reposition items that previously could only be moved in script.
• Added script elements for controlling levels.

Enhancements:

• Replaced the display mode scale bar with a new one that operates much more smoothly. This also resolved several small UI bugs in the process.
• You now adjust the manual range by dragging the start and end guides rather than left/right clicking, which works better for touch devices.
• Comparing anything against 'bad data' now shows 'bad data' instead of being treated as 'zero'.
• When time-travelling, points that have no history data are shown as 'bad data' instead of being left at their previous value.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that would prevent historical data from being restored when you left Comparison mode.
• Fixed a bug where your vision mode manual range could be retained between vision modes.
• Moved the 'Off' and 'Configure' buttons so that the sidebar no longer impacts them.

BREAKING CHANGES:

• A change has been made in the 'Pivot' effect when you are using 'absolute=“1”' as a parameter. If you use this effect, you will need to adjust the parameters

to match the new format, which more closely mirrors the non-absolute version. You must now specify both the 'forward' and 'right' axes, not just the forward.

New Features:

• Multi-client signin support for Collaboration.
• Cameras now synchronise across the collaboration system.
• Support for pin-list synchronisation.
• The first time you connect to a collaboration-enabled server, you will be prompted to select your chat username.
• You may now invite users to your group in Collaboration

Enhancements:

• VR environments now start in an elevated position (the top of the scene at around 1.2m off the ground), rather than being placed with their base on the floor.
• Connection username is now the default collaboration username as well.
• Absolute mode for 'Pivot' effects takes new parameters and corrects for roll.
• Server list now includes the username (if specified) after the name of the server.

Bug Fixes:

• User login details are correctly saved in the server list
• Some collaboration formatting and user-identity fixes
• Fixed pin-list sharing inconsistencies

New Features:

• Pipework/connections now attempt to flow properties.
• New script functions for pipework (ScriptHighlightConnection) now available.
• Added 'cleanup' Script function

Enhancements:

• Scripts searching for sub-assets (assets modelled within other assets) will now find them without having to reference the parent or understand the internal structure of the model.
• Significant improvements to pipework connections.
• Added 'Remain' flag to the Highlight behaviour

Bug Fixes:

• Selection of assets that have no renderer on their base (ie. models with more than one mesh at the base level) could be difficult to select when a vision mode was enabled.

New Features:

• Direct/Private messages and shares are now supported in Collaboration

Enhancements:

• Renamed some share options for clarity
• When playing back history, properties/channels that aren't present are now set to 'error'.
• Improved path resolution for all script functions that access properties
• Changed the 'add group' icon in Collaboration
• Changed the 'Connection Editor' icon in the Editor Bar
• Username is now visible in all Collaboration panels
• Collaboration messages from web/anon clients are now correctly attributed

Bug Fixes:

• Several bug fixes across the Connection Editor
• Fixed alignment issues with the Collaboration button
• Google URLs are no longer shown when URLs are shared