Deprecated Nodes

With the major improvements coming for 1.0, many nodes are no longer needed and have been deprecated. Below is a list of these nodes, and the functionality or workflow that has superseded them.

For beta, not all of these nodes will have been deprecated yet, as we are still finalising the replacement features.

Cloning #

Node	Comment
Clone to Point Cache	Point cache has been removed, and this functionality can be better used with other clone generators.

Fields #

Node	Comment
Fbm Deformer	Removed due to incompatibility with the new field system.
Field Level Set Root	Improved and built into the new Field 3D Root.
Field Lighting	Lighting is now handled directly by the new rendering systems.
Field Renderer	Replaced by the new Field 2D Renderer and Field 3D Renderer nodes in the new Fields System.
Field Root	2D and 3D Field systems should be rebuilt using the new Field 2D Root or Field 3D Root nodes, respectively.
Field Shadows	Lighting is now handled directly by the new rendering systems.
Fluid Affector	Removed and built into the new field root.
Sine Deformer	Removed due to incompatibility with the new field system.

Geometry #

Node	Comment
Convex Hull	Didn’t offer much functionality, other remeshing nodes now exist, and doesn’t work with the updated geometry nodes.
Imported 3D Scene	Replaced by the new 3D Scene node.
Line Renderer	This functionality has since been added to the individual geometry nodes, and is therefore obsolete. Use the lines tab on a geometry node instead.
Spline Extruder	Replaced by the new Spline Extruder 2 node.

Deformers #

Node	Comment
Generate Fertilizer Times Deformer	Has been replaced by the new Fertilize node.

Lighting #

Node	Comment
Area Lights From Polygons	Emissive surfaces are now fully handled by the rendering nodes, so use an Emissive Material instead.
Environment Map	The Environment Image and Sky Light nodes fully handle lighting a scene in all renderers, environment maps are no longer necessary.
Planar Environment Map	Reflections are now fully handles by each renderer, so you can choose the reflection quality there.
Planar Reflections	Reflections are now fully handles by each renderer, so you can choose the reflection quality there.
Point Cache	The new probe and raytracing based render nodes no longer use point caches to generate lighting.
Point Lights From Vertices	Lights can now be cloned! Convert the points source to clones (Clone To Particles, Clone To Transform Array) and copy lights everywhere!
Probe Grid	The new probe and raytracing based render nodes no longer need the probe grid to generate lighting.
Probe Lighting	The new probe and raytracing based render nodes have substantially faster probes built-in, so this node is no longer needed.
Project Image	This effect can now be done better either with lights or with shading nodes. This effect can also be achieved using the Decal node.
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion	Ambient occlusion is now built into each renderer, so you can choose which type of AO to use there.
Screen Space Reflections	Reflections are now fully handles by each renderer, so you can choose the reflection quality there.
Shadow Volume	Not compatible with the new rendering nodes.
Volumetric Lighting	Volumetrics is now built into each renderer, so you can choose the volumetric amount directly in the renderer node.
Voxel Cone Lighting	The various capabilities of the voxel cone have been replaced by the new renderers, all of which offer higher quality and better performance. For Voxel cones set up with Ambient Occlusion, add an ambient light and set the ambient occlusion in the renderer to multiply.

Materials #

Node	Comment
Multi Material	Replaced and improved by the Blended Material, node.
Semi-Transparent RT Material	Transparency is now correctly handled by the Path Tracer, so this node is no longer needed.

Nodes #

Node	Comment
Photon Visualiser	No longer functions with new Raytracing systems, deprecated until it can be redesigned.
Triangle Octree Node	No longer functions with new Raytracing systems, deprecated until it can be redesigned.

Particles #

Node	Comment
Mesh Attractor	Use the new Mesh Attractor instead.
Mesh Renderer	Use Clone To Particles instead.
Point Cache Emitter	Point cache has been removed, and this functionality can be better used with other emitters.

Post-FX #

Node	Comment
Depth of Field	Depth of field is now handled within the renderer and camera nodes.
Object Motion Blur	Motion blur is now handled within the render nodes.
Temporal Temporal Antialiasing	Anti Aliasing support is now built into renderering nodes.

Procedurals #

Node	Comment
Heightmap Generator	Node was non functional and has now been deprecated. There are better ways of generating a displacement map.
Meshing Texture Map	Triplanar mapping is now an option on texture shading nodes, making this option obsolete.
Procedural Shading	A new procedural node for shading systems offers a far more efficient and controllable shading system.
Volume Generator	The Procedural Raytracer offers far better volume generation.
Volumetric Tracer	The Procedural Raytracer with the render mode set to volumetric mode offers far better volume rendering.

Ray Tracing #

Node	Comment
Pathtracer	Path tracing functionality has been rebuilt and moved into a new node called Path Tracer.
RT Ambient Occlusion	Ambient occlusion options are now built into each of the render nodes.
RT Diffuse Bounces	All renderer nodes now have built-in options to handle diffuse bounces.
RT Glass Refraction	All renderer nodes now have built-in options to handle refraction.
RT Mirror Reflection	All renderer nodes now have built-in options to handle reflections, many of which use mirror reflections.
RT Multi-Bounce Reflection	All renderer nodes now have built-in options to handle reflections.
RT Real Time Denoiser	Denoising is now built into the render nodes which can need denoising.
RT Refinement	Functionality is now built into the rendering nodes.

Video nodes #

Node	Comment
AI Upscale	Deprecated due to incompatibility with newer NVIDIA GPU drivers.
Find Features	Nodes were part of a larger system that has since been deprecated, but were missed.
Track Features	Nodes were part of a larger system that has since been deprecated, but were missed.
Track Points	Nodes were part of a larger system that has since been deprecated, but were missed.

Misc #

Node	Comment
Group nodes	These nodes have been replaced by Embedded Nodes and Assets.