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Version 5.0.12 Beta

Released May 15th, 2024
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Camera Kit Compatibility

If you are a Camera Kit developer please review the Lens Studio compatibility table to ensure your Lens will work in your application.

System Requirements

Operating System

Windows 10 (64 bit); MacOS 12.0+

Hardware

Minimum of Intel Core i3 2.5Ghz or AMD FX 4300 2.6Ghz or Apple M1 with 8 GB RAM; Intel HD Graphics 5000 / Nvidia GeForce 760 / AMD Radeon HD 5570 or better; screen resolution of 1280x768 or higher

Please make sure that you have the latest driver for your specific graphics card installed

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Release Notes

5.0.12

New
  • Explore the new addition of templates as assets in the Asset Library. Discover popular effects like Code Node,  Depth Material and Face Mesh within the Featured and Essentials Category

  • New graph Get Object Transform node

  • Added ability to update curve key in Curve Editor



Improvements
  • Improved “Add New” popup which makes it easier to browse all the categories that you can add from.

 

Fixed
  • Fixed max and min values for Physics World Settings and Matter

  • Fixed issue when imported models can have wrong rotation

  • FIxed issue with low FPS in Preview scene

  • FIxed issue when user can not turn off elements which are played from animation

  • Fixed issue when project can not be opened un Preview panel is active

  • Fixed application crash when trying to pack script asset

  • Fixed missing Light Source component

  • Fixed application crash when trying perform import of old LSO

  • Fixed visual issues for Image Editor

  • Fixed issue when application may crash when trying to apply changes on prefab

  • Fixed issue when user can not export sub-graph

  • Fixed issue with Screen Transform Advanced mode

  • Fixed application crash when two textures in VFX involved

  • Fixed edge cases with animation events on AnimationPlayer

  • Fixed issue when using a delay in VFX

  • Fixed bug when an VFX is attached to a destroyed object

  • Fixed VFX resets when enabling at runtime on Metal

  • Fixed VFX Graph Editor’s context menu is not popped up

  • Fixed the LSO export does not contain the latest graph changes

  • Fixed the issue that pushing to device does not contain latest graph changes

  • Fixed the issue not showing error when failed to create subgraph


Known Issues
  • Ray Tracing does not work in this Lens Studio 5.0.12 due to breaking changes. Targeting improvement in future release.

  • Script Graph is largely not functional. Graphs will not execute in the scene or in published lenses. Most nodes are not addable

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