Quadspinner Gaea 2.1.0.0 Free Download

The Community Edition of Gaea is available for free for evaluation and non-commercial use.

There are no time or core usage restrictions, except build resolution. You can create and view terrains up to 4096 x 4096, and export up to 1024 x 1024.

New Features

Gaea 2.1 focuses on workflow improvements and stability. Build Regions allow you to isolate a portion of your terrain and build it at higher resolution and quality. The overhauled mesh workflow allows you to import meshes as heightfields, export heightfields as meshes with better efficiency and expanded support for various industry formats such as FBX, glTF, and more.

There are many new features such as New Nodes, Custom Overlays, Turntable Animations, Tangent-Space Normals, and more.

We have addressed over 100 issues that increase the stability of the software, including many top issues reported by users. We expect that you will find this the best version of Gaea yet!

Features

Sky Editor: Overlay images on terrain.
Readout Data View Panel: New panel for detailed node stats.
Normals Node: Added tangent-space normals (Work-in-Progress).
Turntable Animator: New feature (custom resolutions and supersampling pending).
Regions Support: Added support for defining and using regions.
Preset Search Enhancements: Use _ to find presets.
Automatic Preset Shortcodes: Shortened names for presets (e.g., LongPass → LP).
Build Swarm Overhaul: Improved UI and functionality.
Command-Line Help for Swarm: Restored CLI help output.
Improved Micro-Detail Rendering: More accurate viewport display for details smaller than 1px.

New Nodes

AB Compare: Compare differences between two nodes.
Cartography: Generate maps for cartography.
Contours: Generate contour lines for terrains.
Grid: Generate grids for terrains.
Lichtenberg: Generate natural branching and flow networks.
Loop Nodes: Introduced looping functionality.
Math: Custom math-based node processing.
MeshWarp: Warp maps to mesh and generate tangent-space normals.
Object Node: Import 3D objects.
Transform3D: Manipulate terrains in 3D space.
Uplift: New terrain primitive node.
WaterColor: Colorization of water elements.

Nodes

New Nodes

AB Compare: Compare differences between two nodes.
Lichtenberg: Generate natural branching and flow networks.
Object Node: Import 3D objects.
Transform3D: Manipulate terrains in 3D space.
WaterColor: Colorization of water elements.
Loop Nodes: Introduced looping functionality.
MathX: Custom math-based node processing.
Uplift: New terrain primitive node.
MeshWarp: Warp maps to mesh and generate tangent-space normals.

Node Enhancements

Mesher: Improved for reducing sharp artifacts.
Clip Modifier: Added for precise adjustments.
Clip Node: Now features an AutoClip option.
MountainSide: Additional modes and features.
Sediments Node: Overhauled for physically accurate sedimentation, multiple passes, and extra masks.
Weathering Node: Rewritten for precision.
Synth Node: Manual synthesis added. You can now synthesize a gradient and edit it. Improved logic and quality.
Synth Node: Export Synth node data as XRGBA CSV for Unreal Engine.
Curve Node: Fit to Curve command and Relative Mode added.
Bomber Node: New Grid Mode and Jitter options.
Dilate Node: Now features an Invert option.

Performance & Stability Fixes

PointCloud & Normals Export: Tweaked for better accuracy.
Batch Builds in Build Menu: Now supports Profiles.
Accumulator Node: Now renders correctly when used as a Mask.
Height Modifier: Fixed excessive data storage issue.
MountainRange Node: Corrected out-of-range values.
Mesher: Improved progress reporting.

Bug Fixes

LineNoise: Fixed visual artifacts.
Secondary Output Masks: Fixed for Canyon, FractalTerrace, SandStone, Stratify, and EasyErosion nodes.
Unreal Export: No longer autolevels all output.
Seamless Node: Fixed RGB channel bug.
Presets (Curve, Synth, CLUTer): Now load correctly.
Dilate Node: Fixed data contamination issue.
Clamp Node: Now correctly affects 0 values.

Improvements

Progress Reporting & UI

Improved progress animations.
More accurate status bar readouts.
Enhanced progress reporting for Turntable animations and Bake operations.
Improved Build Log: Now saved in the build destination folder for crash/failure debugging.
Removed red coloration from Breakdown Chart at the end of a command-line build.

Editor & Workflow Enhancements

Graph Shortcuts Restriction: Option to confine shortcuts to the graph area to prevent accidental actions (configurable in Options).
Graph Tabs: Now support longer names.
Easier Terrain Input: Simplified height and width entry.
Variable Editor: Improvements for better usability.
Gradient Editor: Redesigned for better control.
Minimal Color Picker: Streamlined UI for color selection.
SatMap List Display: Option to show as a single stack.
Lighting Editor: Improved UI and controls.
SatMap List Scaling: Supports stretching to show additional columns.
Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + F8 to Combine to Layers.

File Management & Performance

Build Path Separated: Build Path can now be managed separately from Projects folder.
Autosave on Version Mismatch: Automatically saves a copy when opening a file from an older version.
Improved File Repair: Better handling of older data.
Cleanup Options: Added option to delete logs and autosaves older than 45 days.
Path Token for Region Name: Added new option for paths.
Expanded Options Dialog: More settings and customizations.
Disable File Thumbnails: Added option to disable saving Thumbnails for terrain files.

Quality of Life Improvements

Node Tooltip Changes: Now streamlined in favor of Readout Data View.
2D Viewport RGB Readout: Now supports pixel readouts.
Viewport Behavior Customization: Option to prevent clearing the viewport when unselecting a node.
Editor Controls for Gate Nodes: Improved usability and handling.
File Nodes Open Dialog: Now shows “All Supported Extensions” by default.
Nahimic Bloatware Detection: Improved warnings for potential issues.
Disable Micro-Animations: Added an option to turn them off for a snappier UI.
Improved notifications: Various errors or warnings in Build Swarm are now show in the window instead of just the log.
Change All Formats: Added menu to change all export formats at once.
Set Proxy from CLI: Added command line option to Set Proxy server.

Fixes

Crashes & Stability

Fixed a crash when double-clicking a node’s port and interacting with the node.
Fixed Swarm crashes caused by [] characters in paths.
Fixed a race condition in Swarm device loading.
Fixed file saving failures showing inadequate warnings.
Prevented accidental parallel builds when using Refresh/Refresh All.
Fixed a critical bug preventing Tiled Builds.
Improved handling when Perforce or other source control locks files.
Fixed non-numeric entry could crash Gaea.
Fixed crash on selecting multiple nodes on startup.
Fixed floating viewport crash in some instances.
Fixed a major issue in Baking that prevented certain resolutions.
Fixed an internal bug that could create rare errors while loading a file.

Graph & UI Fixes

Fixed where Onboarding dialog paths could not be set.
Fixed graph connections disappearing until ESC was pressed.
Fixed Combine Ports swapping breaking visuals.
Fixed double-dots in recovery filenames.
Fixed unnecessary tabs being created when using Repair File.
Fixed an issue where deleting a tab would not refresh the graph.
Fixed graph tab name trimming in Data View.
Fixed keyboard shortcuts not honoring Ctrl in some situations.
Fixed Search shortcut (Tab) not working in an empty graph.
Fixed preset sorting issues in search results.
Fixed inconsistent animation when deleting multiple items.
Fixed an issue where canceling a node could freeze the engine.
Fixed redundant shine effect on nodes already built.
Fixed hidden Graph Tabs not hiding corresponding Data View nodes.
Fixed Group menu was incorrectly zoomed when Graph was zoomed.
Fixed connections being pasted in the incorrect graph.
Fixed connection orphaning when moving nodes to another tab.
Fixed Sand and SatMap shortcut conflict. Sand is now sd.
Fixed Copy/Pasting multiple nodes could lead to incorrect movement.
Fixed a bug where some Node Ports would lose their names when saved and re-opened.
Fixed a bug where unnecessary Add Mask options were available to certain nodes.
Fixed a bug where the Render Style would not change when loading a file.
Fixed a logging issue where RPC errors were not logged for Floating Licenses.