- update blender_manifest.toml to the latest version and fix the issues raised by blender when packaging.
- use blender do packaging work. remove redist.py because blender_manifest.toml has gitignore like filter feature when packaging.
- update document about installing, configurating, building plugin for blender 4.2.
- update a document image for blender 4.2.
- fix issue that blender 4.2 lost use_auto_smooth and calc_split_normals. (it almost works but not perfect. still need more debugging)
- remove depracted material blend_mode. use modern one instead. (the modern setting make me consufes but it works)
- update to Blender 4.2 LTS
- fix issue that can not find specular property in priniciple BSDF when applying virtools material.
- update blender manifest toml to let plugin works.
- there are various mesh works need to be fixed in later commits. this commit can not works normally on blender 4.2
- add blender_manifest.toml
- add a removal note for bl_info in __init__.py.
- it doesn't mean that this plugin now can be used in blender 4.2. I just add some trivial changes which do not break current compatibility to reduce migration work in future.
- add extra transform for rail creation.
- remove scale from extra transform because it is rarely used. because Ballance can not handle the physicalization of scaled object.
- add extra transform properties (translation, rotation and scale) for bme creation operator. this is good for "what you seen is what you gotten" and can increase user experience when add bme protorypes. please note these extra transform is applied to object after moving to cursor, not the mesh self.
- fix a weired bug that bme creation execute() may get outdated configurations when switch bme type in pop up window. the solution is simply adding an extra outdated flag checker at the head of execute(). but i have no spare time to research whether this patch is correct for this bug.
- now grouping, ungrouping clear groups operators will show a report at the bottom of blender to indicate their work have done.
- disable fix material, 3ds max align, select by virtools group operators in edit mode to prevent any possible undefined behavior.
- add ballance params section and successive switch in virtools file exporter to allow user manually cancel sector group ensurance which give user a way to export component, not the whole level.
- add mirror matrix detection in bme creation. a mirror matrix will reverse triangle indice order. we need reverse it again when facing mirror matrix. this resolves the issue when applying term 3.
- use mirror, not rotation to create straight floor in bme which give a better looks in game.
- add ballance map sector info in scene to indicate the maximum sector count of this map.
- this adding will prevent the bug that the exported ballance map do not have successive sector groups. because original implement will not create sector group if no component in corresponding sector and previous remedy still have bug. and if this happended, ballance will show spaceship in wrong sector. this adding is the final solution of this bug.
- exlarge ballance map sector info when user adding component. the enlarged value will be calculated by user input sector.
- auto enlarge ballance map sector info when importing. this will give user a fluent experience when modifying existing map.
- exporting map will also use ballance map sector info to pre-create successive sector group as term 2 stated.
- move sector name extractor from virtools file exporting module to naming convention module.
- finish uv section of doc.
- fix issue about the wrong calc of coordinate system axis vector in flatten uv (change it from left hand to right hand).
- fix rail uv display text.
bring ballance virtools helper used fix_texture (renamed as fix material to correspond with the real object operated by this function) into blender plugin.
