Changelog

Continued polish pass on the Elderfall Souls-RPG template — atmosphere, terrain detail, and the last round of File Explorer stability fixes.

• Elderfall atmosphere pass — volumetric fog density, ambient occlusion, color grading tuned for the keep and overworld
• Terrain detail pass — cliff blending, ground scatter, and texture tiling fixes across the Elderfall map
• Additional File Explorer crash fixes building on Update 29's portal/transparency work
• Reopen-after-close state correctly restored for nested folders

• File Explorer context menu now renders through a top-level portal — no longer clipped by parent panel overflow
• Fixed transparent/see-through menu background on certain GPUs
• Fixed menu failing to reopen after being closed once in the same session
• Menu position now reliably tracks the triggering row after scroll

The Elderfall template world was rebuilt from the ground up and wired to real, runnable C# scripts rather than placeholder logic.

• Elderfall map geometry, lighting, and prop placement rebuilt
• Player combat, enemy AI, and checkpoint logic implemented with real scripts against the engine API
• NPC behaviors hooked into the World and Player classes from Update 10's API expansion
• Template now ships as a fully playable AAA-style vertical slice, not a static scene

Introduced Elderfall, a full Souls-style RPG starter template showcasing what Prometheon Studio can produce end-to-end.

• New first-party template: dark fantasy keep, overworld, and boss arena
• Demonstrates layered lighting, terrain, NPCs, and combat-ready character rig together
• Used as the baseline for the rebuild and real-script work in Updates 28–30

• Fixed popups and overlays rendering behind, instead of above, the active panel
• Menus now opt in to a transparent backdrop instead of a solid one, matching the rest of the editor chrome
• Environment status bar moved behind an opt-in toggle for users who don't want it always visible
• Editor window bounds are now saved and restored between sessions

• Baseplate material and scale made uniform across new and existing scenes
• Sculpt layer is now hidden from the Scene Tree by default to reduce clutter
• Snap-to-grid label rewritten to clearly state the active grid size and units

• Restored the full Inspector panel after the Update 22–23 viewport overhaul trimmed too much
• Side panels narrowed for more usable viewport space on smaller displays
• Fixed baseplate grid overlay misaligning with the actual collider bounds

• Further decluttered the viewport, moving secondary controls into menus
• Toolbar icons consolidated into grouped dropdown menus
• Toolbar height reduced again for an ultra-compact footprint

First pass of a major editor chrome redesign focused on giving the 3D viewport more breathing room.

• Viewport layout reworked — panels collapse to maximize the 3D view by default
• Main toolbar redesigned into a compact, icon-first layout
• Frequently used tools surfaced as floating controls over the viewport itself

New-project flow overhauled to get users into a working scene faster.

• New Game Wizard walks through project setup with guided steps
• Starter world templates added, selectable directly from the wizard
• Quality tier presets (Performance / Balanced / Quality) set rendering defaults per-project

• Audio inspector panel — preview, volume, and bus assignment per sound asset
• Script hot reload — C# changes apply without a full play-mode restart
• Always-on stats HUD option showing FPS, draw calls, and physics step time during play

• Prefab library panel for browsing and dragging reusable prefabs into the scene
• LOD inspector — view and edit level-of-detail distance thresholds per object
• Scene Tree can now be filtered by object tag
• Scene-wide search added on top of the Update 11 file search

• Direct keyframe animation editing on any object property, not just rigged characters
• Object tagging system added for organization and scripting lookups
• Timeline editor gained snapping, multi-track selection, and curve handles

• One-click material presets (metal, wood, stone, fabric, glass, and more)
• Align and distribute tools for multi-object selections, matching standard 3D editor conventions
• Standalone particle emitter objects, independent of the Update 16 weather system
• Post-process color grading controls — contrast, saturation, tint curves

• Weather particle presets — rain, snow, fog drift tied to the Environment system
• Smooth fade-in transition when entering play mode
• Particle inspector panel for live-tuning emitter properties
• Environment status bar showing time of day and active weather at a glance

• In-editor and in-play minimap with object markers
• Script templates for common patterns (movement, pickup, trigger volume)
• Multi-select objects can now be grouped into a single transformable node
• NPC inspector panel exposing behavior parameters introduced in Update 14
• Group/ungroup added to the new Update 14 undo stack

First full undo/redo stack shipped across the editor, alongside early NPC tooling.

• Editor-wide undo/redo with a visible history stack
• Idle animation states added to the humanoid character system
• Vignette post-process effect added to the rendering pipeline
• First NPC behavior scripting (patrol, idle, react-to-player) introduced
• New chat tab in the AI panel for keeping separate conversation threads
• Objects now snap to ground on placement instead of floating

• Rebuilt sky shader with better horizon blending and sun positioning
• Hair style options added to the humanoid character customization set
• Accessory slots (hats, glasses, backpacks) added to characters
• In-game chat system foundation laid, expanded in Update 14's chat tab

A dense quality-of-life update covering navigation, scripting, and project safety.

• Viewport compass for orientation while navigating large scenes
• In-editor REPL for running script snippets against the live scene
• Copy/paste support for objects, including nested hierarchies
• Selection HUD showing transform and bounds of the active selection
• Grid toggle, snap panel, and right-click context menu added to the viewport
• Auto-save runs on an interval, with a manual screenshot tool for sharing progress

First update built directly on top of Update 10's expanded scripting API and documentation site.

• Search box added to the Inspector panel for quickly finding properties
• Find-in-files search across all project scripts
• Orthographic top/front/side view shortcuts added alongside the default perspective camera
• Object lock — pin objects to prevent accidental selection or movement
• Scene validation pass flags missing materials, orphaned references, and broken prefab links

Major expansion of the C# scripting API from 6 service classes to 11. Every engine system now has a dedicated, documented class. Official documentation website launched at prometheonstudio.com.

• Added Environment class — time of day, weather, fog, wind, sky color
• Added Lighting class — ambient, sun, bloom, point lights, shadows
• Added Physics class — gravity, forces, impulses, material properties
• Added World class — create, move, rotate, scale, color, clone objects
• Added Camera class — FOV, shake, view mode, distance, look target
• Added Player class — teleport, skin colors, speed, jump power
• Expanded Audio and Particles classes with new methods
• Added Debug.Assert for runtime assertions
• All commands route through updated runtimeEngine.js dispatch layer
• Full API reference website shipped (prometheon-script-api.html)

• Fixed walk animation — setHumanoidMotion now called every frame from loop()
• Rebuilt Ctrl+drag free-look camera for Mac trackpad (no prior click required)
• Fixed permanently latching _freeLookActive flag that locked camera orientation
• Third-person chase camera now trails behind player with exponential lerp smoothing
• Context menu clamped to viewport — no longer clips off-screen
• Fixed player context menu showing no actions (id suffix check was too broad)
• Sprint FOV boost, bob, and shoulder micro-sway added to animation system

• Complete humanoid character rebuild — ears, belt strip, ankle cuffs, natural arm angle
• Shared per-type materials on group.userData.materials for runtime recoloring
• ServerStorage system — hide objects from scene without removing from tree
• moveToStorage, moveToWorkspace, cloneFromStorage APIs added
• Default editable "Character" template created in storage at engine init
• Trackpad two-finger tap context menus added to File Explorer and Scene Tree
• Play-mode camera improved with Ctrl+drag freelook support

• File Explorer rebuilt with drag-and-drop, context menus, and live preview
• HUD system added — runtime UI overlay layer
• Initial humanoid character system introduced
• Baseplate physics — special case cuboid(200,0.05,200) floor collider for Rapier
• Scene tree actions wired: FileExplorer → PanelHost → EditorShell → engine

• Full Scene Tree panel with live sync to Three.js scene graph
• Engine API surface expanded — getNodeById, objectMap, emitSceneUpdate
• Texture map support: albedo, normal, roughness, metalness, emissive
• PBR material system wired to Scene Tree inspector

• Animation editor rebuilt with keyframe timeline and curve editor
• Blend tree support for multi-state animation mixing
• Per-bone override channels added
• Animation preview in viewport while editing

• Sequence timeline editor for scripted events and cutscenes
• Custom terrain shader with multi-layer blending
• Physics inspector panel — live collider visualization and property editing
• Prefab variant system — override individual properties without breaking inheritance

• PBR material editor — roughness, metalness, emissive, normal map channels
• Runtime profiler — draw calls, triangle count, physics step time, frame budget
• Post-processing stack: bloom, tone mapping, vignette
• Environment inspector — ambient, fog, sky, and HDR environment map controls

• Navigation mesh baking — bakeNavMesh, findPath, addNavAgent APIs
• Audio bus system — master, music, and SFX channels with independent volume
• Curve-based particle emission — emission rate and size driven by animation curves
• WebGL export target added to the build pipeline

First public update. Foundational engine systems established on top of the initial Elden Engine 3D core.

• Audio system — Web Audio API integration, sound effects and music streaming
• Particle system — explosion, fire, smoke, and magic presets
• Environment system — daylight cycle, weather presets, fog control
• Core bug fixes across physics, scene graph, and ECS initialization
• C# runtime host established — dotnet 8 script compilation pipeline