Changelog

• Add the terrain settings redesign and visual-only dual-heightmap export announced for 0.20.2.
• Add improved generated texture and wear-path relief with advanced fine and broad detail controls.
• Preserve existing relief appearance until you choose to update it.
• Restore familiar wear-path control labels and rename Riding area fade to Track fade.
• Show the app version in the window title and update the in-app Discord link.
• Unify tab highlighting and improve heightmap export completion feedback.

• Import and export custom layer masks with clearer coverage controls.
• Improve texture and wear-path relief with advanced fine and broad detail controls.
• Preserve existing appearances until you choose to update relief.
• Import a visual-only heightmap while keeping the riding surface separate.
• Reorganize terrain settings with consistent tabs and clearer export completion.
• Show the app version in the window title and update the Discord link.
• Restore familiar wear-control labels and clarify Track fade.

• Increased the per-model data budget from 128 MiB to 256 MiB and fixed removed oversized models continuing to block project saving.
• Added rotation and uniform scaling for placed object groups.
• Matched new multi-rut shape defaults to single-rut defaults.
• Corrected jump-face extension to extend backward while keeping the lip, deck, and landing anchors in place.
• Added recognition of supported imported collision prefixes, with inspector controls to override them.
• Added material foliage-shading controls and corrected grass export naming.
• Fixed jagged artifacts from overlapping track shoulders.
• Improved terrain blending across track paths and features, including after resampling.
• Increased maximum grass density to 100.
• Improved grass preview orientation and shading to more closely match MX Bikes.
• Added a Blend layer selector for wear paths while preserving existing wear-path behavior.

• Create path-based multi-rut groups with adjustable spacing, shape variation, gaps, fades, and individual-rut overrides.
• Use softer terrain edge highlights with Strength and Crevice controls. New layers use the updated response; existing layers retain their appearance until explicitly updated.
• Place Bulb, Circle, and Square light sources with editable color, On/Off, and halo strength, plus a complete eight-light stadium pole. These are appearance-only lights.
• Duplicate complete Objects groups, including their light placements and visibility settings.
• Change terrain resolution while preserving world scale and editable track features, with Undo and save/reopen support.
• Improve custom sky export quality with uncompressed TGA textures.
• Raise the paint-stroke limit to 8192 and handle rejected strokes without committing partial edits.
• Open the update dialog directly from the Project Hub.

• Fix terrain spikes and saved sculpt scars that resisted Smooth and Flatten.
• Fix incorrect height-overflow errors when exporting supported imported heightmaps.
• Recognize valid existing starting grids when exporting their layouts.
• Improve bump editing, path-anchor updates, object-heavy editing, and camera responsiveness.
• Restore Face slope adjustment for Concave jumps.
• Reduce tree shadow banding in Studio's preview.
• Save populated projects faster while preserving original asset data.
• Reduce model preview texture memory using the existing preview-quality settings without changing export quality.
• Reduce retained model texture memory with lossless source compression; opening time can increase.
• Raise the unique decoded model texture allowance to 4 GiB and enforce a 2 million placed/generated object triangle limit, retaining the 750,000 warning.
• Add Invert relief for image-based wear paths, keeping visual relief and physical rut interpretation aligned.
• Clarify the wear Coverage control and selective painting behavior.
• Fix nearly straight route segments exporting as enormous-radius curves.
• Make Apply, Cancel, grouped Undo, and valid inspector handoffs more consistent across workspaces.
• Compatibility note: Older projects retain their legacy sculpt behavior to preserve authored terrain; updating Studio does not automatically convert them.

• Build path-following berms with outside-edge placement, independent reach controls, and matching selection guides.
• Customize jump shapes and soil coverage, with improved soil painting and area selection.
• Shape longer and wider bumps with left/right taper controls.
• Edit successive Bezier anchors in one session and preserve attached track features when extending or reshaping routes.
• Hide objects from view and export, change collision for multiple objects, and use fine movement and rotation controls.
• Adjust sound volume independently for each placement in Studio and exported tracks.
• Browse Studio while export progress is minimized, and receive field-specific guidance when a compiler tool is selected incorrectly.
• Create visible wear paths with improved defaults.
• Customize grass colors, animate directional water, and use updated native-tree preview and game shading.

• Identify incompatible model textures before conversion and compilation, with an action to select affected objects.
• Remove deleted models from the library while preserving placed objects; use Save to library to restore them.
• Avoid unnecessary viewport texture rebuilding when changing export quality.

• Fix neighboring smoothing strokes being incorrectly canceled near path-linked features.
• Double the maximum smoothing strength while keeping a simple 0–100% control.
• Preserve the previous default smoothing response at the new 25% setting.

• Create named projects with a save location and generated, flat, or imported terrain in one dialog. Remember the last successfully used new-project save folder.
• Keep unfinished edits when entering and leaving fly-camera mode.
• Simplify the Menu and Export Settings, show export blockers together, retain export choices, and place Rebuild all beside Export.
• Show precise path-validation messages and a warning for high object triangle counts.
• Make new linked jumps and bump sections follow race direction while preserving existing features.
• Fix sculpting ownership near linked features and model collision names sent to the track compilers.
• Validate imported heightmap dimensions before creating terrain.
• Use a centered exploration layout with six pits and gates when no authored race setup exists.
• Improve in-game track naming and generated track-info images, including an orange start-straight line.

• Fixed severe lag when moving individual objects or multiple selected objects on tracks with arrays.
• Improved responsiveness when releasing moved objects by avoiding unrelated scene rebuilds.
• Raised the decoded model texture limit from 512 MiB to 1 GiB.
• Reduced new flag template texture memory by 50% without changing its appearance. Existing saved flags are preserved.

• Optional autosave with 5, 10, 15 or 30 minute intervals.
• Surface coverage noise and brush edge noise for more natural dirt and grass transitions.
• Track width anchors with independent sides or matching adjustments to both sides.
• Alternate track paths for additional riding lines.
• Track-following wear and jumps support changing widths and alternate paths; wear also follows the full starting grid and taper.
• Split jumps with independently editable profiles and clearer height, position and shoulder controls.
• Select multiple objects to move, duplicate or delete together.
• New projects let track paths and jumps build on sculpted ground, with supported sculpt edits moving with their features. Existing projects retain their previous terrain behavior.
• Create animated flags using country artwork, the MXB Studio preset or a custom image, with adjustable size, pole, playback and back-side appearance.
• Preview flag wind direction and import supported flag animations; add continuous rotation to scenery such as windmill rotors.
• Improved race-route precision and export warnings for tight turns that may distort track map overlays.
• New textured starting dirt at a 4-meter repeat for new terrain and heightmap imports. Existing project textures remain unchanged.
• More consistent menus and editing controls, plus a fix for a crash when closing Studio.

• Valid tracks can approach the terrain edge with shoulders and blending extending outside it. The actual rideable width must still fit within the terrain.
• Export a standalone, full-resolution 16-bit PNG heightmap including applied edits from Settings > Terrain Scale.
• Windows .mxb projects now have a Studio icon and double-click support after installation or updating, while preserving another app you have chosen as the default.
• See live cursor elevation in the bottom-right corner across workspaces. Studio-created terrain uses the original base as zero, so cuts can show negative elevations; imported terrain uses heightmap zero.

• Fixed Apply not responding in the Erosion and Blend tools.
• Restored visible Apply and Cancel controls in Landscape.
• Settings now includes Discord community and support links with consistent icons.

• Inspectors are organized more consistently across workspaces. Search highlights matching controls briefly. Compact object scale controls and cleaner spacing reduce inspector clutter.
• Rut, Bumps, Array, and Scatter tools remember their defaults for the current session. Terrain and Objects editing use clearer Apply and Cancel behavior.
• Subtle view and interface transitions, consistent slider cursors, and a refined Array inspector make everyday adjustments easier to follow.
• Create natural-looking water for puddles, ponds, and lakes. Adjust texture size, texture strength, and opacity; water can span the terrain.
• Existing water keeps its appearance until you choose Update texture.

• Rigid markers follow locally folded track edges more reliably.
• Problem areas are highlighted, and placement validation uses a locally bent copy without changing the original edge.
• Pick Start works with Both alignment; the cursor guide and fine-offset controls make placement easier to judge.
• Help topics are grouped in a scrollable panel.
• Export shows green progress feedback and clearer time readouts.

• Improved smoothing at steep terrain edges and restoration when canceling a sculpt operation. Added Offset and Blend tools and terrain-sculpt shortcuts E/B/R/L/S/G/O.
• Create connected, natural bump shapes, select bumps in the viewport, and preserve older bump sections while editing.
• Place object arrays linked to track edges.
• Import, align, lock, and show or hide reference images in the editor; reference images are not exported.
• Browse to repair missing model textures, reuse matching library textures automatically, and get corrected generated fallback textures and clearer compiler errors.
• Hide wear and its handles while editing without changing exported wear, and continue a wear stroke from its endpoint.
• Use Delete and multi-selection to remove checkpoints, sectors, and the finish marker. Track ID is now saved with each project, the first layout is created more consistently, and track-info images are clearer.
• Reuse unchanged compiler stages or choose Rebuild All. Installing a build and creating a PKZ are independent actions, and packaging a dedicated server from an existing build is simpler. Automatic backup copies are no longer retained.
• Library imports retain their context, and Settings help text is clearer.

• Replacing a heightmap preserves existing edits and can be undone.
• Import DDS and TGA material images.
• Canceling export, using X, or closing the export window now cleans up in-progress export work.
• Added a small Created with MXB Studio credit to exported track-info images.

• Keep an unfinished track path while using right-click fly navigation.
• When the selected layout has no main path, a newly drawn closed main path is assigned to it, including after canceling and recreating a path.
• Undo and Redo keep the path and its layout assignment together, restoring full-track riding-area fade for correctly linked paths.

Existing saved paths without a main-path assignment are not changed automatically. Select the main path for the layout in Race setup.

Studio is still in development; keep backups and check your exported tracks in MX Bikes.

Build your track

• Create a project, generate terrain or import a heightmap, then shape your track path, jumps, and other features.
• Add surface materials and wear, including bike ruts and equipment marks. Organize patterns, imports, and presets in library folders.
• Place scenery, adjust the environment, and import WAV or MP3 sounds with an audio preview.
• Prepare race data and multiple layouts, with their own in-game names, track maps, and thumbnails.
• Save and reopen editable Studio projects so you can continue refining your track.

Export to MX Bikes

• Set up PiBoSo’s separately installed compiler tools and compile from Studio.
• Build Player or Dedicated server packages, install a Player package in your chosen MX Bikes track folder, or save packages for sharing.
• Edit Track ID in Export and see the package filename update. Export uses the map artwork saved for each layout.
• Package existing Studio build files when you want to preserve manual edits without rebuilding the track.

Getting started & refinements

• New projects open directly in the Terrain workspace.
• Toggle preview shadows without changing the brightness of unshadowed areas.
• Close the app from the project hub with the normal unsaved-work prompt.
• Open the published Help and export guides from the app. The signed Windows installer starts the normal MXB Studio update channel.

Earlier isolated test builds use a separate installation and update channel. Install this normal release separately. Studio’s viewport is a working preview; confirm appearance, riding, timing, and resets in MX Bikes.