Esenthel Forum - Version History

April 2026

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:20:49 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-reduced stack memory usage for World Editor heightmap building (to fix crashes on Linux)
-replaced ThreadMayUseGPUData / ThreadFinishedUsingGPUData with a helper class GPUDataUse for auto lock and release

March 2026

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 06:37:33 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-tweaked vignette to automatically apply perceptual gamma adjustment based on vignette color brightness (now dark colors are stronger)
-'Input/Inputs' now supports all button states
-added translation languages: chinese traditional (CT), turkish (TR), czech (CS), ukrainian (UA), hungarian (HU), indonesian (IND)
-improved performance / reduced memory usage of translation functions
-improved outline shader to draw outlines on the outside (and not on inside which made the objects seem thinner)
-fixed issues when using multi-sampling (motion vector shaders - TAA+MotionBlur, SSR, outline)
-increased default 'SoundMaxConcurrent' to 32
-renamed SP->ES, JP->JA, PO->PT
-improved 'LanguageSpecific' function
-'OSLanguage' now supports detection of Chinese Traditional (CT)

February 2026

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:13:29 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-Gui Skin Editor can now edit TextBox Panel
-Gui Window title bar now additionally includes StrEx allowing to include images and text color
-added a new kind of light 'LightPointEx' which is more customizable

January 2026

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:11:44 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-IMPORTANT: slightly tweaked bloom formula, please adjust your Editor Settings \ Video Options \ Advanced \ Bloom Scale = 0.6, if you're using custom 'D.bloomScale' in your game codes you might need to adjust it
-Joypad DPAD is now also included in the button functions b, bp, br, bd
-configured engine to use Windows::Gaming::Input first, and if unavailable then fall back to XInput, for improved compatibility when running on Linux
-Gui Objects now additionally support "StrEx descEx"
-added a workaround for old game controllers to have axis centered initially
-other various improvements

December 2025

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:55:10 +0000

Released Esenthel for Windows:
-added support for Visual Studio 2026
-disabled Windows UWP project setting, now you don't need to install it along with VS

September 2025

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:55:19 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-IMPORTANT: changed memory layout of Ball, BallM, BallD, now 'pos' is at the start, followed by 'r' radius. If you're saving/loading ball using File f; f< -unified codes for Sweep, CutsSweep functions and added a few more variations of them
-optimized DistPointLine, DistLineLine functions
-added new Dist2LineLine functions
-optimized Dist2 Edge Tri functions
-renamed "fromMul*"-> "setMul*", "fromDiv*"-> "setDiv*"
-optimized Vec Edge Ball Capsule * / Matrix operators
-optimized Frustum edge tests
-optimized animating characters
-optimized matrix multiplication and division
-Plane classes can now be transformed by matrixes
-added a lot of Cuts Dist2 Dist function variations

August 2025

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:56:20 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-added new 'Polynominal4' function
-added new 'DrawLitParticle*' and 'DrawAnimatedLitParticle*' functions allowing to draw lit and shadowed particles
-added new 'DrawWaterRipple'
-added new 'Bool Cuts(C Tri2 &a, C Quad2 &b)'
-added new 'Bool Cuts(C Quad2 &a, C Quad2 &b)'
-fixed some issues in SeparateConvex/SeparateMesh functions
-added new class 'Pane,PaneR' (3D Rectangle) and various 'Separate' functions for it
-optimized 'Capsule.draw'

July 2025

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:25:27 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-added more safety against invalid (zero length) vertex normals

June 2025

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 14:16:32 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-optimized Circle.draw
-added new Rect.drawRound
-fixed running engine on Mac
-updated Android support for latest SDK/AGDE
-fixed minor Android screen keyboard issues
-improved multi-monitor detection on Windows
-monitors can now be iterated through new D.monitor, D.monitors
-improved build folder management for Android if it has & symbol
-new function 'GettingPermission'
-new function 'LocationDir'
-updated Emojis to latest version
-Vietnamese characters will now sort better
-added new functions for processing CSV files

April 2025

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 09:36:44 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-optimized Circle, Ball, Capsule sweep functions

February 2025

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:01:01 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-improved performance for Mesh LOD generator
-added new parameter "Error Normal" for Mesh LOD generator

January 2025

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:42:01 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-reduced memory usage for Object Editor Mesh Undos
-improved performance of calculating bounding box for Object Editor (affects opening objects and modifying, especially important for large meshes)
-LOD quality now always ignores vertex count and only checks triangle count for consistency
-pressing Enter anywhere on LOD Generator window will now generate LOD
-increased number of visible LOD region boxes
-Mesh.setNormalsAuto now accepts cos parameter instead of angle
-fixed Code Editor generating invalid code for template classes with functions without bodies

December 2024

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 05:49:03 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-added new 'D.saturation' allowing to control color saturation

November 2024

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:22:36 +0000

-IMPORTANT: For this update, Editor's auto-update will not work, please manually download Editor Installer https://esenthel.com/?id=store and select the same installation location
-Added support for Screen Space Reflections (D.reflection), also configurable in Editor's Video Options \ Reflections
-improved performance of rendering fur

October 2024

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 07:08:56 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-improved Mesh LOD simplification algorithm
-added new Material technique "Leaf Dither"
-added new 'D.bloomExp' allowing to control bloom exponent
-fixed world editor blend shader on top of terrain since adding 32 bit Depth support

September 2024

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 08:58:17 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-implemented a new high quality Bloom
-please adjust your D.bloom parameters for new shader inside your games and inside Editor Settings (Video Options - Advanced), new recommended value for D.bloomScale is now 0.4, removed D.bloomCut

August 2024

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 10:36:36 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-plenty of math/shapes optimizations
-calculating ball/circle from set of points is now much more precise

July 2024

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 11:37:05 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-optimized various math geometric functions (edges, lines, triangles, etc.)
-fixed compilation when using Bullet physics engine

May 2024

Sun, 12 May 2024 06:59:21 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-added new 'D.outlineDepth' allowing to control how depth is used
-fixed crash when pressing certain key combination in Code Editor

March 2024

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 06:30:24 +0000

Updated Esenthel Source:
-plenty of various improvements