8.0.5 (2026-03-11)
- Fix edge-case memory leaks.
- Improve cloud probes.
- Support SRP lens flares.

8.0.4 (2026-03-05)

- Crest 5.7 integration. See Window -> Weather Maker -> Integrations -> Crest.

- Fog/cloud/atmosphere shadow and lighting fixes.

8.0.3 (2026-02-28)

- Improve volumetric cloud performance.

- Fix cubemap/reflection probe rendering lighting issues.

8.0.2 (2026-02-26)

- Shadow fixes for both standard and URP pipelines.

- Revamp cloud profile ambient lighting to allow day/night ambient to be higher to avoid scenes being too dark. If your clouds are too bright, try setting ground ambient to 1 and sky ambient to 2 on the volumetric cloud profile.

8.0.1 (2026-02-24)

- Support URP 17.3 on Unity 6000+.

8.0.0 (2026-02-23)

- URP 17.3+ support (requires Unity 6000.3+).

7.3.7 (2024-12-23)

- Support Unity 6.

- Improve precipitation/mist.

7.3.6 (2024-08-12)

- Fix issue with Unitty 2022 and newer player.

7.3.5 (2023-05-17)

- Attempt to support fast enter play mode.

7.3.4 (2023-04-17)

- Allow to set performance profile using `WeatherMakerScript.Instance.PerformanceProfile = value;`

7.3.3 (2022-12-20)

- Fix flat clouds.

7.3.2 (2022-10-07)

- Crest integration compiler error fix.

7.3.1 (2022-08-17)

- Fix _CloudCover error in editor.

7.3.0 (2022-06-12)

- Fix issue with downsampling and artifacts around edges of geometry.

- Fix issue with sky depth fade being too sharp.

- Dithering and ray-march tweaks.

7.2.4 (2022-06-01)

- Reduce GC of cloud probe and screen space shadow command buffers.

- Fix null/off by one error in weather profiles.

- Adjust dithering of most cloud profiles.

- Fix sky depth fade property to work again.

7.2.3 (2022-05-24)

- Attempt to fix Android build error.

7.2.2 (2022-04-26)

- Fix an issue where dynamically loading the player would not render properly.

7.2.1 (2022-04-11)

- Fix issue with sound zone getting an index out of range exception.

7.2.0 (2022-03-12)

- You can specify a cloud seed in the full screen cloud script to get identical clouds. Leave as -1 for random clouds.

7.1.4 (2022-03-09)

- Add example of a launcher scene, main menu and game scene.

- Add launcher setup to readme.txt file.

7.1.3 (2022-03-03)

- Fix performance regression on Metal.

- Move auto clone profile option to WeatherMakerScript.

- Reduce grainy clouds.

7.1.2 (2022-02-16)

- Fix moon not showing when horizon scaling was disabled.

- Fix issue with weather map mask not working.

- Fix clouds not showing up in some cases.

7.1.1 (2021-12-12)

- Big performance boost for volumetric clouds (~15-20%).

- Fix popping of clouds in some cases at high parts of the clouds.

- Fix a bug with cloud coverage, density and type curves not animating smoothly.

- Add a cloud detail curve to control intensity of cloud details at various heights.

- Add option to disable scale moon at horizon.

7.1.0 (2021-12-08)

- Post processing options for weather map and clouds.

- Example post processing scene with a vortex and oil painting filter (DemoSceneCloudPostProcessing).

7.0.5 (2021-11-28)

- Command buffer fix.

- URP now requires URP 12 and Unity 2021.2.

- Fix clouds not showing in flythrough.

7.0.4 (2021-11-10)

- Fix for reflections and reflection probe cameras.

- Fix for clouds not showing in final build.

- Allow curves to control cloud coverage, density and type over height.

7.0.3 (2021-10-20)

- Fixes for URP and overlay cameras.

- Fixes for lightning artifacts and rapid transitions in volumetric clouds.

7.0.2 (2021-10-14)

- Fixes for VR.

- Allow atmospheric fog in VR.

- Fix artifacts during lightning.

7.0.1 (2021-10-02)

- Hotfix for allowed cameras.

- Bug fixes for flat cloud lighting.

7.0.0 (2021-09-27)

- Please backup your project before updating.

- For best results, remove Weather Maker entirely and then re-download.

- Further improvements to cloud noise, lighting and performance.

- Add cloud roundness parameter for improved shaping.

- Remove some and refactor other cloud profile properties.

- Auto set URP render pipeline asset to current quality level.

6.1.3 (2021-08-11)

- Improve clouds sharpness and overall appearance.

6.1.2 (2021-08-08)

- Improve cloud performance.

- Improve horizon fade.

- Improve fly-through profile and performance.

- Adjust cloud noise textures.

6.1.1 (2021-08-04)

- Fix for black sky on Android and iOS.

- Fix bugs with fly through clouds.

6.1.0 (2021-07-27)

- Revamp cloud profiles to improve variation and general appearance.

6.0.5 (2021-07-18)

- Re-upload to fix corrupted package.

6.0.4 (2021-07-08)

- Improve cloud variety via noise scaling and negation.

- Fix moon rendering and moon glow offset.

- Fix URP compile issue.

6.0.3 (2021-07-03)

- Wet Stuff integration, see bottom of Readme.txt for instructions.

6.0.2 (2021-07-02)

- Fixes for VR.

6.0.1 (2021-07-29)

- Fixes for fog box and sphere.

6.0.0 (2021-06-12)

- Re-enable URP! Unity 2021 and URP 11 or newer required.

5.9.18 (2021-05-08)

- Min version is now Unity 2018.4.

- Fixes for reflection/cubemap volumetric cloud shadows. Still not perfect but getting there...

5.9.17 (2021-04-14)

- Fix for cloud rendering on latest Unity versions.

5.9.16 (2021-01-22)

- Refresh version.

- Fix shadow strength on precipitation materials, was corrupted by previous Unity update.

5.9.15 (2020-07-11)

- Disable crunch compression, was causing crashes/freezing on newer Unity versions.

- Fix shader issue introduced by breakage in new Unity versions.

5.9.14 (2020-06-17)

- Fix issue with moonlight, fog and light absorption not playing nice together.

5.9.13 (2020-06-02)

- Improve fly-through scene depth handling, appearance and performance.

- Fix issue with origin offset and fog lights.

- Added airplane 3D model in fly-through scene from https://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/711530.

5.9.12 (2020-05-24)

- Fix additional issues with cloud edges and cloud noisy areas.

- Fixes for VR (test on HTC Vive).

5.9.11(2020-05-05)

- Add sdf (signed distance field) option for volumetric cloud profile. Enabling for sparser covered clouds can improve performance by a good amount as it speeds up ray-marching.

- Adjust cloud depth buffer handling to be better. This is a work in progress, I'd love any feedback. The demo scene fly through now has a giant pillar that intersects the clouds for testing.

- Allow a box collider to be assign to the full screen cloud script. If assigned, the weather map and clouds will be re-mapped to this box using the x and z min/max coordinates of the box. The height of the clouds will still be determined by the cloud profile.

- Add option to performance profile to cast shadows using cascade shadow map on the volumetric clouds. See demo scene fly through for an example. Set shadow distance to 32768.

- Fix issue with cloud artifacts behind depth buffer and trees.

- Fix outline on clouds and geometry.

- Fix night stars not showing in the default sky profiles.

5.9.10(2020-04-22)

- Reduce shader keyword count.

- Support 3 quality levels.

- Add option in performance profile to show cloud shadows in reflection cameras.

- Auto blur cloud temporal reprojection if fov changes and AutoSetTemporalReprojectionBlendMode is true.

- Fix fog light absorption to apply properly.

- Add global ambient multiplier to full screen cloud script. Use this if your clouds are too bright when you change your ambient colors.

5.9.9(2020-02-19)

- Add texture support to sky box material (sphere texture mode only). Any textures set on the sky sphere profile will apply even if the sky sphere is not being used and instead you are relying on camera skybox clear flags and lighting material.

- Fix wind lerp of frequency and magnitude being swapped.

- Fix upside down VR depth buffer in Unity 2019.3.

5.9.8(2020-02-01)

- Enable Unity 2019.3+ URP support. for Unity 2019.2, only LWRP is supported.

- Change slightly how switching to URP/LWRP works. There is no longer a package to import, but instead you must manually assign render features to your profile. Instructions will show up when you click Weather Maker -> Enable Universal/Lightweight Pipeline.

- Change atmosphere and sky texture formats to try and fix mobile rendering artifacts on certain hardware.

- Fix shader errors building for Oculus Quest.

5.9.7(2019-01-18)

- Add option to WeatherMakerScript to auto-set performance profile from Unity quality level, default of true.

5.9.6(2019-12-16)

- Fix issue / workaround LWRP render order issue. Sky and clouds should render in correct order now!

- Improve sandstorm transition appearance.

- Add WeatherMakerIsPlayerScript, this allows you to override the IsPlayer and IsLocalPlayer methods. Add this script to your player objects that have a trigger collider.

- Fix night sky to honor background sky gradient alpha and curve just like day if the alpha is 0.

5.9.5(2019-12-04)

- Fix mirror networking compile error.

- Fix Vegetation Studio Pro compile error.

5.9.4(2019-10-20)

- Add option to set sky sphere ground color based on time of day.

5.9.3(2019-09-22)

- Add vegetation studio pro extension to sync rain/snow/wind to vegetation studio pro biomes.

5.9.2(2019-09-14)

- Fix issue with depth buffer not being generated for reflection cameras.

5.9.1(2019-09-05)

- MegaSplat integration, add WeatherMakerExtensionMegaSplatScript to a game object in your scene (Component -> WeatherMaker -> Extensions).

- MicroSplat integration, add WeatherMakerExtensionMicroSplatScript to a game object in your scene (Component -> WeatherMaker -> Extensions).

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