No problem. When your done with the update, maybe i'm ready with the conversion too. So it will be easier to use IceX with Lite-C

I'm almost finished with the conversion. May I ask what kind of LoD system you are currently using for the new IceX? Thought in A7 it was different. Also I really hope you consider to support Lite-C in a future release of IceX. I don't mean a free update. I be happy to pay for it.

It use the standard LOD system which comes with A6.

The update is almost finished and goes into beta phase at the end of the week. Here's a complete list of the new features in IceX2.2:

• the street tool. creation of streets and sidewalks and adjustable width
  
  
• the material editor. create your own materials or change the IceX default materials like the terrain material. Without effects at the moment
  
  
• precalculated static shadows from entities which baked onto the terrain
  
  
• Blur support for the precalculated shadows
  
  
• individual material assignment to entities (see material editor)
  
  
• a complete new terrain material which is based on a shader (VS 1.1, PS 1.4). This new material is much faster then the old one and supports stencil shadows on the terrain. The old ffp material is intergrated as fallback for video cards without shader support. Both materials supports now gouraud shadows.
  
  
• a "working layer" is now integrated. It's a flat plane which can be move in z-direction for placing entities onto a flat ground
  
  
• The metal flag was removed because of using materials it's outdated. Two new flags were added. The "cast" flag for stencil shadows and a "NoStatic" flag which can be set for entities which don't shall cast a precalculated shadow on the terrain (see precalculated entitiy shadows)
  
  
• The editor works now on A6.6 which means you can now use the new mdl model format which supports dds textures and multiple skins
  
  
• changing the resolution of the editor manually
  
  
• You can delete the terrains's shadowmap if you want to use gouraud shading only
  
  
• (the blendmap tool. for creating automatic blendmaps based on height and slopes of the terrain. It's in testing/development at the moment)

Nice list, you really outputted yourself this time oliver
What really interests me is the 'Blur support for the precalculated shadows' feature because I'm trying to bake to shadows in 3ds Max right now but they look ... blurry so now I can test that out with your handy tool soon ^^
Can't wait to test it out

Cheers

Frazzle

Nice list for a free update Oliver! Hope to try the new release soon

That's quite a nice list, for sure!

im really happy about the new coming features ^__^
the ony thing i miss is normal map, but maybe on the
next update ^-^

Oliver this looks awesome!
I have only one question. the new version will allow us to use models using the mdl7 format?

Keep the good work, and give us updates.

Das Tool hat sich wirklich stark verbessert. Gratuliere. Ich hätte aber noch ein paar Fragen zu dem Editor. Ich denke mal, das man eigene Texturen für die Straßen verwenden kann. Aber kann man auch Texturen mit Alpha Channel benutzen um z.B. nen Wald weg zu machen ( der natürlich unregelmässig aussehen muss ). Oder geht das nur mit Quadratischen, Normalen Texturen? Dann eine Frage zu dem Shadow generator. Kann man bestimmen, welche Entitys Stencil Schatten werfen und welche ne Shadowmap generieren sollen? Oder ist nur das eine oder andere Möglich? Und wird der Editor auch mit A7 und Lite C funktionieren?


Edit: Mit den Schatten hat sich erledigt, hab das in der Feature Liste gesehen, das es ein Flag dafür gibt. Echt super.