From TDN

TGE 1.5.2 Release Notes

New:

• added dynamic static mesh lighting
• turned old static mesh rendering method into the "simple" method used for simple lighting mode and debug rendering mode

Performance:

• created new static mesh rendering method that renders static and dynamic light at once, reducing rendering overhead
• bumped lower lighting profiles to static mesh collision hull shadows instead of geometry based
• avoid rendering calls on meshes which don't require it

Bug Fixes:

• resolved lighting problems on objects that were mirrored in Torque Constructor
• light mapping now honors light's castShadows property
• fixed cases when water block size != 8
• smoother interpolation of the freecam
• fixed memory leak in NetEvent
• several minor changes for the Linux build
• don't try to do anything after deleting the object in Explosion::processTick()
• revert incorrect optimization in particle engine [introduced in 1.5.1]
• fixed dark lighting [introduced in 1.5.1]
• fixed assert when changing to fullscreen and the mission contains a new Constructor dif [introduced in 1.5.1]
• remove degenerate tris from light mapping [fixes AssertFatal("!");]
• light type filtering to stop static lights set to affect DTS objects from illuminating static meshes dynamically
• fixed z-fighting on alpha static mesh surfaces
• fixed static mesh BVPT issue with choosing bad first plane on pipe-like objects
• fixed smoothing detection
• fixed lighting profiles
• avoid static mesh hulls in DTS environment lighting
• block dynamic shadows on static meshes
• fixed debug interior render mode
• fixed incorrect include for compiling fonttool
• fixed several map2dif_plus errors

Removed:

• really old Max and Maya SDKs from the lib directory:
  • maxsdk31
  • mayasdk4
  • mayasdk5