Author: diligentadmin May 6, 2024 0 Comments

This release packs a lot of new features and improvements.

Post Processing effects

Screen-Space Reflections

Screen-Space Ambient Occlusion

Depth of Field

Bloom

Temporal Anti-Aliasing

Hydrogent

An implementation of the Hydra rendering API in Diligent Engine.

PBR Material Improvements

Clearcoat

Sheen

Anisotropy

Iridescence

New Samples and Tutorials

Tutorial27 – Post Processing

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API Changes

• Added MultiDraw and MultiDrawIndexed commands (API254006)
• Added SerializationDeviceGLInfo struct (API254005)
  • The ValidateShaders member allows disabling time-consuming shader compilation
• Replaced AnisotropicFilteringSupported member of SamplerProperties struct with MaxAnisotropy (API254004)
• Added TextureSubresourceViews device feature (API254003)
• Added device context rendering statistics (API254002)
  • Added DeviceContextStats struct
  • Added IDeviceContext::ClearStats and IDeviceContext::GetStats methods
• IDeviceContext::TransitionShaderResources: removed unused pPipelineState parameter (API254001)