Update v12.0 Public Beta, Engine Upgrade, Dx11, Performance Increases, DLC Improvements, and a ton more!

Hey there everyone! This is one of biggest updates yet, we have a lot of great stuff coming for you guys in this update, but we want to make sure it's stable before pushing it live. So, we are doing a public beta first and we want to hear from you about any issues!

To opt into the beta:

• Right click on Tabletop Simulator in your Steam library.
• Choose Properties -> Beta.
• Then in the drop down for "Select the beta you would like to opt into:" choose "public_beta".

Unity Engine Upgrade:

• Upgrade Unity version from 5.6.6 to 2019.1.
• Dx11 on Windows, OpenGLCore on Mac and Linux.
• FPS should be overall faster. Can be twice as fast in really specific scenes.
• Physics performance improved.
• Video textures much faster with more formats support (.m4v and .mov)
• Incremental garbage collector greatly reduces the game's stutters.

Changes:

• Dx9 support has been dropped only 0.01% of players have a gpu that is only Dx9. Dx10 is minimum requirement now.
• Windows Xp support dropped and with Steam not supporting it anymore either this isn't a surprise.
• All custom images are now resized to a power of 2 internal, so avoid using non power of 2 images if you can. This is due to Dx11 bug this might be changed back in the future if Unity fixes this.
• RAW cache from Images and Models had to deleted to due incompatibilities with the engine upgrade.

Known Issues:

• Due the massive engine upgrade AssetBundle are the most effected due to Unity changes you might have to re-export your AssetBundle from 2019.1 with the updated Modding Project.
• Old AssetBundles using crunched textures will not load correctly and need to be re-exported.
• AssetBundle mesh colliders might behave differently due to physx upgrade.

Performance Optimizations:

• Saving mod asset to disk is now async and will not sutter the game.
• Greatly reduced the time it takes to destroy objects reducing the lag when changing mods.
• Made the Games & Saved Objects menu async to fix stutters when opening them.

DLC Improvments:

• DLC are no longer included in the game install and will be downloaded when played the first time.
• This has reduce the install size of the game by 4 gigs.
• We can also now update and add new DLCs without having to update the game.

AssetBundle Materials:

• Added support for loading AssetBundle materials into any Custom Object Image slot.
• Create holographic playing cards or add normal maps to your custom dice!
• Works by assigning your material to an AssetBundle and then exporting like normal.

General Improvements:

• Custom Card added so you can create cards one at a time.
• Added /rules to global chat which opens a link to the rules on our knowledge base.
• Update DLC Three Cheers for master with scripted components.
• Disabled being able to load local files with the Tablet due to javascript exploits.
• Opening urls now only open steam links in the overlay and all others open in your default browser.
• Secured many networking related functions from hackers.
• Added .json to Steam Cloud upload file types.
• Steam Cloud now supports uploading files greater than 100mb.

System Console:

• Added mod_caching, mod_caching_raw, mod_threading, and mod_thread_count.
• Added say_global, say_game, say_team commands.
• / commands now work when typed into system console.
• Added subtract command.
• Renamed vr_bindings command to vr_steamvr_bindings
• Added say_global, say_game, say_team commands.

Spectator Mode:

• Spectator mode should be working correctly with differing monitor resolutions.
• Added displays command, reworked spectator_activate_with_resolution command (can now specify display)
• spectator_camera_attachment - sets component or pointer for camera to attach to.
• spectator_camera_follow_attachment - when this is on the camera will move as if attached to above entity.
• spectator_camera_follow_player - renamed, was spectator_camera_follow.
• spectator_camera_dolly - distance camera is offset along the direction it is looking.
• spectator_camera_offset_position - vector3 positional offset from attachment.
• spectator_camera_offset_rotation - vector3 rotational offset from attachment.
• spectator_camera_look_at - make camera look at specified component or pointer.
• spectator_camera_target - sets component or pointer for camera to track.
• spectator_camera_tracking - when ON the camera will constantly track the above entity.
• spectator_camera_override_player_with_look - when ON look and track commands will override follow_player.
• spectator_camera_stay_upright - when ON the camera will avoid being upside-down.

Lua:

• Added onObjectTryEnter(object) callback: if present on an object then it will be called when another object would be inserted into it (like a card into a deck or a token into a bag). If it returns false then the item will not be able to enter.

XML UI:

• Updated plugin to the latest version.
• Can now get the click button for events like onClick with the value param passed.
• Xml UI image assets are now no longer compressed to make them look nicer.
• Xml UI errors now print to chat, to make it easier to debug Xml UI.
• Fixed line tool, including flick and joint.

Caching Improvement:

• Added support for adding {verifycache} in front of your urls to have the game check the last-modified header of a url to update the local cache if it is stale. Only does this check once per game session.
• This is an advanced feature for people that want to host content on there own servers and make sure people get updates without having to change the URLs.
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Last-Modified

Fixes:

• Fixed blury comfirmation UI for tablet.
• Fixed saving .rawm to disk when regular caching.
• Fixed random sort for Games and Saved Objects is now actually working correctly.
• Fixed custom objects not probably being positioned on the UI correctly.
• Fixed the black background fade stuttering on when open exist to main menu window.
• Fixed some format stuff for file browser or tooltips. Added back .jpeg.
• Fixed line tool, including flick and joint.