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Created page with "__NOTOC__ '''Release date:''' April 24, 2006 * Added a new procedural fire effect. This replaces the old effect that's been in the engine and is vastly superior in multiple respects. The <code>FireEffect</code> class is now in the engine core and is accessible in the World Editor. The fire effect can be placed in a world by using the tool in the markers/triggers/effects panel. The Get Info dialog for the fire effect contains settings for the radius and height of the fir..."

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'''Release date:''' April 24, 2006

* Added a new procedural fire effect. This replaces the old effect that's been in the engine and is vastly superior in multiple respects. The <code>FireEffect</code> class is now in the engine core and is accessible in the World Editor. The fire effect can be placed in a world by using the tool in the markers/triggers/effects panel. The Get Info dialog for the fire effect contains settings for the radius and height of the fire, the texture to use, and a couple animation parameters.

* A single fire effect is rendered as a camera-facing quad that is constrained to rotate about its local ''z''-axis. Its animation is controlled by an intensity value and a turbulence speed value. The default texture, <code>Flame.tex</code>, can be used to simulate everything between a flickering candle and a roaring torch. When designing a new texture for use with the fire effect, be sure to leave empty space at the top and on the left/right sides so that flames aren't cut off. The alpha channel is used to control transparency.

* The texture pickers in the material manager and info dialogs now show preview images.

* Fixed a bug that would cause the file save dialog to crash if there was no selection in the file list.

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