Chaos Vantage 3.0.2

What are the main new features in v3.0.2?

• USD Support: Import and render static or animated USD files (.usd, .usda, .usdc, .usdz).
• Materials: Create and edit V-Ray materials, with support for MaterialX shaders.
• Volumes: Import and render volume caches (.aur, .vdb) from Chaos Phoenix and VRayVolumeGrid.
• Environment: Added V-Ray night sky and moon support.
• Scatter: Object clustering is now supported in Chaos Scatter.
• Camera: Added camera tracking (LONET 2, EZtrackTCD, FreeD, stYpe HF) and camera editing tools.
• New display modes: selection mask and alpha display modes.
• UI/UX: New viewport toolbar and redesigned interface.

What's new in textures?

• Added support for VRay2SidedTex, MultiSubTex probability, Maya Projection Texture, and C4D projection mappings.
• Improved handling of nested V-Ray Dirt and UVWGenRandomizer “by scene name”.

What improvements have been made to the camera system?

• Better camera transformation and stability.
• It is now possible to edit camera parameters in the Details panel.

What improvements have been made to the user interface and workflow?

• Quick save snapshot (Ctrl + P).
• Customizable side panels and new color palette.
• Render settings renamed to 'Render Mode' for clarity.

What performance improvements are included?

• Improved handling of large scenes with many meshes.
• Faster performance and stability when pairing light sources.

What important bugs have been fixed?

• Crashes when loading certain animated cameras or .vrmesh files.
• Incorrect HDRI rendering on Blackwell GPUs.
• Problems with light coupling on procedural objects.
• Flickering user interface and missing navigation gadgets.
• Fixed 16-bit PNG output and crashes when booting dual RTX 5090.

Which file formats are better supported now?

• Better import logic for non-.vrscene files (e.g. Collada .dae).
• Animation transformations are now preserved for animated .vrscene objects.