Ivy Studio Tutorials Playlist

Ivy Studio 1.5

- Added support for the new Unity Input system package.

- Added run time Ivy erase demo for URP with gradual Ivy ungrowing

Ivy Studio 1.4

- Fixed an issue in the URP shader where the scene ambient in Unity 6 version was not grabbed correctly.

- Added interactivity to the new foliage shader.

- Updated all demo scene and materials with the latest Unity 6 shader.

Ivy Studio 1.3

- Added namespace to all helper scripts.

- Updated the Welcome screen with new information on the latest URP and HDRP releases.

Ivy Studio 1.2

- Added new URP demo scene for editor time Ivy planting.

- Added update on the manual with extra information

Ivy Studio 1.1.5

- Added new BiRP and URP foliage shader with many new features, including world space variance using the ground texture or any other mask texture and new wind modes.

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- Added URP demo showcasing the new shader.

Ivy Studio 1.1.4

- Updated the system to the latest Unity 2021.3.34f1

- Added new Ivy type and relevant demo scenes for all three pipelines.

Ivy Studio 1.1.3

- Updated the system to the latest Unity 2021.3.29f1

- Added new demo showcasing various optimizations including 2D branch mode and leaves-flower density (BiRP)

Ivy Studio 1.1.2

- Added option to direct the Ivy based on the vector from the camera to the plant point.

Ivy Studio 1.1.1b

- Replaced the Action directive with System.Action in the multithreading module, such as to avoid any possible ambiguity conflicts if an Action function is declared in the project in a non namespaced class.

Ivy Studio 1.1.1a

- Added ARTnGAME welcome screen with links to all major ARTnGAME assets, contact information and tutorial and asset material, for easier reference through the Unity editor.

- Fixed the information text when opening the Ivy Editor window.

Ivy Studio 1.1.1 - (Major upgrade)

- Updated the asset to Unity 2021.3 LTS, which will be the version all new features will be based on.

- Refined demo scenes in URP and removed HDRP references in camera.

Ivy Studio 1.1.0

- Added new module to ungrow Ivy gradually during play mode. The same module also allows to plant Ivy on pre defined points in the scene.

Ivy Studio 1.0.9 - (Major upgrade)

- Sanitized the 'Flower Chance' variable, this is a major upgrade and may be required to increase the chance from the lower 0.055 default to 0.5 for half chance for flowers and to one or more for extra flower counts.

- Fixed an issue where the 'Flower Divide' did not lower the leaf count, this variable may also require an extra tweaking after this change, e.g. make higher if need to get lower leaf and flower counts.

- Added new demo showing more detailed 2D branch option (smaller branch part scale with more steps)

- Added new gradual growth system over a spline and a very optimized fast mode for this module.

- Added gradual growth system over a spline demos

- Added prefab of Ivy generator and demo, showcasing prefab creation and use of the Ivy system.

- Added an extra check for leaves, so wont be created if the distance to previous is less than a threshold of 4cm, for making sure the system does not create overlaping leaves.

Ivy Studio 1.0.8

- Added new demo showcasing the creation of an Ivy Bridge (Video)

Ivy Studio 1.0.7a

- Added the complete version of the new spline based ivy growth and demos (Video)

Ivy Studio 1.0.6

- Added the first version of the spline based growing system for ivy and demo scene to showcase some of the possibilities.

Ivy Studio 1.0.5

- Added per layer planting and option to turn this mode on of off

- Added new hollow tree and bush sample

- Added Single Pass Instanced VR support for URP and Standard Pipelines (tested in MockHMD)

- Added emission with texture control enabled shader for alien looking plants

Ivy Studio v1.0.4

- Added gradual growth shader for URP (Video)

- Added gradual growth shader for SRP InfiniGRASS variant (Video 1 - Video 2)

- Added gradual growth shader for HDRP (Video)

- Added New Interaction shader for SRP and URP (Video 1 - Video 2)

- Added New interaction shader for HDRP version (Video)

Ivy Studio v1.0.3

- Added user defined leaf and flower size variance

- Added gradual grow optimization, where branches of same stroke are batched together after growth

- Added directionality of Ivy option, with direct direction definition or assign by camera forward vector

- Added Gizmo level control, zero disable icons and plant limit boxes, one shows only icons and two shows both

- Added Undo and Redo integrated with Unity editor

- Added new Demo scenes showcasing the new directional growth with gradual or instant growth and the new leaves size variance

First release

Ivy Studio - Procedural vine generation