Version 1.1.0
Released: September 18, 2024
- Added country labels as static meshes
- Added country border static meshes
Version 1.0.0
Released: February 26, 2024
- Added countries level with per-country material control for fill, borders, roads, etc.
- Added twinkling stars effect
- Added parameter controls for border thickness, surface lights advancement/retardation and terminator sharpness
- Added pulsing country fill material parameters (intensity, color, speed, timing offset)
- Added country fill emission intensity and color material parameters
- Upgraded to Virtual Shadow Maps for improved shadow rendering
- Increased last clip map level of Virtual Shadow Map for better distant shadows
- Optimized streaming pool size to 5 GB
- Fixed 100+ graphical artifacts in ocean rendering
- Resolved North/South aligned specular artifact between tiles 35 and 36
Version 0.9.0
Released: September 16, 2023
- Added georeferenced level (requires Georeferencing plugin)
- Implemented global infrastructure visualization (major roads, railways, ports, airports)
- Added parameter controls for infrastructure visualization colors and intensity
- Reorganized material parameter names with improved grouping
- Fixed grey halo artifact on water/land boundaries
- Resolved cloud flickering issue in UE 5.3
Version 0.8.0
Released: April 28, 2023
- Added country borders texture
Version 0.7.0
Released: March 24, 2023
- Implemented Earth Surface master instance material controls
- Added land and water tint controls (color and strength)
- Fixed 200+ artifacts in cloud textures
- Improved cloud texture wrapping
- Added experimental cloud texture shadow geometry
- Implemented cloud geometry control groups
- Fixed various cloud texture issues and tile borders
- Optimized Nanite pixel edge settings
- Adjusted default surface roughness and star brightness
Version 0.6.0
Released: February 28, 2023
- Added volumetric clouds
- Implemented animated waves on water bodies
- Enhanced specular/roughness reflection on water bodies
- Refined post processing volume grading
Version 0.5.3
Released: February 17, 2023
- Initial release of Ultimate Earth (Giga Earth)!
