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# What's new in version 14 / Unity 2022.2
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This page contains an overview of new features, improvements, and issues resolved in version 14 of the Visual Effect Graph, embedded in Unity 2022.2.
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## Added
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The following is a list of features Unity added to version 14 of the Visual Effect Graph embedded in Unity 2022.2. Each entry includes a summary of the feature and a link to any relevant documentation.
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### Six way smoke
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VFX Graph version 14 includes a new way to light smoke effects. You can now use custom lightmaps exported from third-party software to light your smoke texture. VFX Graph bakes six light directions from these lightmaps and uses them to light the smoke from every direction.
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### Boolean ports
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Version 14 includes Boolean ports that you can use to activate or deactivate Blocks depending on logic operations. This feature also includes some implicit casts between numeral types and Booleans.
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### 2D Shader Graph support
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In this version, Visual Effect Graph supports Shader Graph’s 2D sub-targets that you can use to render your particles as sprites. To find the new sub-targets, go to **Create** > **Shader Graph** > **URP**. This feature is only available in the Universal Render Pipeline.
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## Updated
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The following is a list of improvements Unity made to the Visual Effect Graph in version 14, embedded in Unity 2022.2. Each entry includes a summary of the improvement and, if relevant, a link to any documentation.
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### Timeline integration
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VFX Graph 14 improves the workflow of visual effects in Timeline. You can use the new VFX Animation clip to scrub through and control VFX Graph [Events](Events.md). You can also control how the effect reinitializes and pre-warm the effect. For more information, see [Timeline](Timeline.md).
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### Skinned mesh sampling
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In VFX Graph 14 improves aspects of the Skinned Mesh Renderer Sampling based on your feedback in the following ways:
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- You can now retrieve the position velocity directly in the **Sample Skinned Mesh** Operator.
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- You can orient particles in the transform, defined by the sampled tangent and normal.
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- Root bone transform options are now integrated into the block or operator, which means you don’t need to use a property binder.
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## Fixed
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For information on issues resolved in version 14 of the Visual Effect Graph, embedded in Unity 2022.1, see the [changelog](../changelog/CHANGELOG.html).
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