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1.123

CesiumGS/cesium1.123Nov 1, 2024by lukemckinstry

AI Summary

This release focuses on rendering realism with updated PBR lighting and fog density controls, adds camera tilt limits, and refactors the Viewer to CesiumWidget.

Key Highlights

  • Updated default 3D Tiles and Model lighting for PBR realism.
  • Exposed Fog.visualDensityScalar for smoother density calculation.
  • Added ScreenSpaceCameraController.maximumTiltAngle to limit camera tilt.
  • Moved Viewer functionality to CesiumWidget to increase usability.

New Features

  • Improved PBR lighting appearance.
  • Flexible fog visual density control.
  • Camera tilt angle limiting.
  • CesiumWidget usability improvements.

Full Release Notes

1.123 - 2024-11-01

Highlights include:

 - Updated default 3D Tiles and Model lighting when using PBR in order to create a more realistic appearance https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/pull/12129
 - Exposed Fog.visualDensityScalar to allow modifying the visual density of fog without affecting the culling aspects. Alongside this, the density calculation was adjusted to make it more smooth across heights. https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/pull/12248
 - Added ScreenSpaceCameraController.maximumTiltAngle to limit how much the camera can tilt. https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/pull/12169
 - Update Japan Buildings sandcastle to use Japan Regional Terrain https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/pull/12259
 - Moved Viewer functionality to CesiumWidget to increase usability and make CesiumWidget closer to a drop in replacement for the Viewer when not utilizing the extra Viewer widgets. https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/issues/11967.

See the [changelog](https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/blob/1.123/CHANGES.md) for the complete list of changes.