changelog

First public release on Fab. Includes the full 10-module architecture, both flat and planetary world types, the noise system with 10 built-in classes, foliage stack with Poisson-disc distribution, heightmap volumes, Snap & Grid spawners, the WS Toolbar with 23 features, and the 64-bit FDVector math layer.

added

• 10 native modules: Core, Noise, Foliages, Volume, Common, Compute, GPUTerrain, Editor, Factory, PCG.
• Flat and planetary world generation up to 100,000 km radius.
• FDVector double-precision math throughout the surface pipeline.
• Built-in noise classes: Custom (Earth/Moon), PlanetTerra, RockyWorlds, Selenae, IceWorld, CubeNoise, WarpedNoise, TinyPlanet, HeightMapBasedV2.
• Foliage Asset / Collection / Cluster / Blueprint with biome constraints (elevation, temperature, humidity, slope).
• Heightmap Influencer with R/G/B/A channel layout (Height/Temperature/Humidity/Mask) and a separate Ocean heightmap.
• Volumes: HeightMap, Noise, Hole, Foliage Mask, Collision Invoker.
• Custom MovementComponent & planetary gravity subsystem.
• WS Toolbar with 23 features, 6 camera modes, and an in-engine Heightmap Editor.

beta features

• Subsystem registry, nearest-tracking and Material Parameter Collection sync.
• Gravity Value system.
• Volume Pooling.
• Foliage Collision Pooling (FCP) with CPU/GPU compute selection.
• Foliage Baker.
• Heightmap Editor & Heightmap Tools Volume.
• Collision Invoker Volume.
• WorldScapePCG module for PCG graph integration.
• WorldScapeCompute & WorldScapeGPUTerrain modules.

notes

• UE5 setting requirement: Velocity Pass = "Write After Base Pass" (Project Settings → Rendering).
• Material fix: in MF_SLM_Layer_Planet, promote planet location to Double, set Rotate with Planet to false.
• Water plugin must be enabled before packaging.

Full documentation overhaul aligned with the current plugin source code (~115 headers, 10 modules). Every property name, delegate, enum value and console variable was re-verified against the C++ source.

corrections

• Renamed WorldScapeType to its real name GenerationType throughout.
• Replaced the Z=-637875790 magic-number convention with the real PlanetScale=637817792 property.
• Removed the deprecated r.UseVisibilityOctree 0 setup line (not used by the plugin).
• Replaced fictional delegate names with the real FInitializedEnd, FOnCollisionLodsUpdate, FWS_Pooling_OnInitialized, FWS_OnNearestChanged/NULL/Registry/UnRegistry, FWS_OnStart/End* family.
• Fixed enum values: EHMSamplingMethod (3 values), EWSHeightMask (6 values), EFoliageWaterSpawn (Ignore/OutsideWater/InWater), EWS_FCP_TypeCompute (Auto/Near/Far), EWSSnapDataType (3 values).
• Renamed Root properties to their real names: bOcean, OceanHeight, WorldScapeNoise, LodResolution, MaxLod, TriangleSize, HeightAnchor.

new sections

• Console reference, full list of 7 cvars + 1 command.
• Volume Pooling, complete Pooling_Take/Release API.
• Grid Streaming, 9 properties, AWS_Grid_InvalidSphere exclusions, per-cell delegates.
• Collision Invoker, component vs volume distinction.
• Foliage debug widget, runtime profiler.
• Pawn-relative queries (GetPawnNormal/Tangent/BiTangent/Altitude/DistanceFromGround).
• Force-regenerate & cleanup family (WS_ForceRegenerate*, WS_CleanFoliage).
• Volume queries (GetVolumeAtPosition, GetGroundNoiseWithVolume).
• Material runtime swap (UpdateTerrainMaterial, UpdateOceanMaterial).
• Rebase events (OnBeginRebase, OnFinishedRebase).
• Tags reference (WS_Valid, WS_Invalid, WS_Planetary, WS_Exclude).
• Editor function library (WS_CreateLandscape & friends).
• Material Parameter Collection auto-sync explanation.
• Expanded noise-class catalogue (16+ classes including UEarthNoiseFuntion, UTheMoonNoise, UQangaV2Noise, UBarenWorldsNoise).
• Added the seventh FNoiseData field bool Hole.

WorldScape was used internally on multiple shipped and pre-alpha titles before its public release. QANGA, LoopLife and others. Earlier engine versions (UE 4.26-4.27, 5.0-5.3) were supported in private builds. Public history begins with v1.0 on Fab.

For the legacy 5-layer material system used in those builds, see Materials · Legacy 5-layer.