Physically-based lens flares - #7654

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Commits on Aug 7, 2026

chore: vendor ImPlot library
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feat: add ImGui frame profiler overlay
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Add graphics and Vulkan debug stats to ImGui profiler overlay
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Update ImPlot to v1.1 WIP and improve internal consistency
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Refactor frame profiler to use per-category self-time accumulation
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Use dynamic uniform buffers to stop per-draw descriptor set churn in Vulkan

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Refactor Vulkan descriptor set binding to reduce dynamic offset churn
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Enable primitive restart for supported topologies in Vulkan pipeline
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Enable VK_KHR_portability_subset for compatibility
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Replace exception with sentinel for non-dynamic Vulkan descriptor bindings
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Add memory statistics and tracking to profiler overlay
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fix ci issues
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Add RTAO and unify raytraced/shadow-mapped shadow softness on sun angular size

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Add shadow contact hardening via PCSS blocker search
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Size qtFRED's post-processing targets for its resizable viewport

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Add configurable graphics settings to Preferences dialog
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Fix texture filtering silently defaulting to bilinear

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Grow the scene/post render targets when the viewport does

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Give qtFRED's graphics preferences a single owner

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Document the Graphics preferences in the help that ships

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Update the design notes and help for the resize rework

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Update Vulkan backend to support off-screen frame recycling
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fix bad string in anisotropy setting and make the shadow method combo always display _something_
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Carry the length of a descriptor bind's dynamic offsets

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Give the present target its own home

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Give the draw manager's descriptor-set caches one shape

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Resolve stale uniform bindings and improve Vulkan streaming buffer allocation handling.
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Commits on Aug 13, 2026

Add text-to-speech Lua API to briefing/debrief/tech room UI sections (#7629)

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refactor loadout pools for vectorized ship and weapon classes

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Fix two small issues (#7690)

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Update the design notes and help for the resize rework

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Add physically-based lens flares
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Distinguish "<none>" and "<default>", and let suns opt into the camera lens
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Flare ship engines through the camera lens
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Let a -lens.tbm override a lens instead of restating it

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Flare firing beam weapons through the camera lens
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Occlusion-test thruster and beam flares before queuing a draw
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Add per-mission camera lens overrides: aperture, anamorphic look, and flare strength
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Share the finite-source calibration and the gather tail

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fix failing test
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fix ci issues
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Commits on Aug 14, 2026

Introduce depth buffer isolation for cockpit rendering in Vulkan
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