• 3.6.5.1 d5c7cb6dde

    Ghost released this 2024-02-01 18:40:58 +00:00 | 161 commits to blender-36 since this release

    This version is only for Blender 3.6 if you want a 4.0 version please go here and look for an blender an 4.0 version.

    Just some small fixes.

    • Fix pose mode not showing apply to rest pose the first time you click start pose mode.
    • Fix MMD Options Wiki button.
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  • 4.0.3.1 cd83058fda

    Ghost released this 2024-02-01 18:28:50 +00:00 | 70 commits to blender-40 since this release

    This version is only for Blender 4.0 if you want a 3.6 version please go here and look for an blender 3.6 version.

    Just some small fixes:

    • Fix pose mode not showing apply to rest pose the first time you click start pose mode.
    • Fix MMD Options Wiki button.
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  • 4.0.3.0 27ae234476

    Ghost released this 2024-01-31 19:32:06 +00:00 | 77 commits to blender-40 since this release

    This version is only for Blender 4.0 if you want a 3.6 version please go here and look for an blender 3.6 version.

    THIS VERSION CHANGES ALOT OF THINGS, If you confused click here to see the wiki!

    Added:

    • Added Combine materials button to quick access, this combines all the same materials.
    • Added Join all meshes button to quick access.
    • Added is_default_object which checks whether an object is one of the default found on both type and data name. This change will make this code easier to maintain especially if blender changes the default object names.
    • Added MMD options submenu, this will house only mmd suff, this includes the old fi model button, however certain function have been removed in favor of manual buttons.
    • Added fix material button to mmd options.

    Changed:

    • Changed the model section to Quick Access, I thought this made more sense because having two menus called Model and Model Options next to each other seem a bit silly and the top panel is going to be where the quick buttons will live to quickly do things. These buttons will replace the old fix model button.
    • Changed explanation of when you use the plugin on a newer unsupported version of blender.
    • Re-arrange the sub menu's slightly, this is still subject to change before release.
    • supporter.py has been renamed to iconloader.py, this is because that's all it does now, the submenu's translations have also been updated.
    • armature.py has been renamed to quickaccess.py, the submenu's translations have also been updated.
    • model.py has been renamed to optheroptions.py, in blender this was Model Options, which is now called other options, name may change again before release. the submenu's translations have also been updated.
    • Changed name of materials tab in the optimization tab to materials and meshes.
    • Moved join meshes button to the materials and meshes tab in optimization.
    • moved merge bone weights to the bone merging tab in optimization.
    • Fixing materials will clean material names before fixing them.
    • Joining meshes will apply transforms before joining them.
    • Join meshes will now also ensure lock on location, rotation and scale are not locked.
    • Moved most bones related button from other options to optimization submenu so everything is in the same place.
    • Moved remove doubles to the optimization menu as it makes sense for it to be here.
    • Further wording changes.

    Fixed:

    • Fixed issue when importing a model via cats, this should fix the error popping up when importing the first time.
    • Fixed issue where materials would not fix due to if context.scene.fix_materials: (If the check mark in the old Fix Model was not checked, it would not work even with the manual button).
    • Blended 4.0 related fixes.

    Removed:

    • Remove 2.79 checks as not needed anymore seeing as we don't support that version of blender at all.
    • Removed old obsolete eye tracking code.
    • Removed a random icon.py file, it was a copy of supporter.py but it did nothing.
    • Removed all the old patreon supporter code from the supporter.py and renamed it to iconloader, this code was still being executed even though there is no panel anymore.
    • Cleanup of translations, removed old and obsolete stuff.
    • Removed old Fix Model button in favor of the Fix MMD model button in the mmd options submenu.
    • Further cleanup of old code which was still # out and not removed for some reason.
    • Removed Fix Materials code from armature, not needed anymore.
    • Removed old Combine Materials code from Armature.
    • Removed Old Join meshes code from Armature.
    • Removed old default settings for fix model, Join Meshes and Combine Materials.
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  • 3.6.5.0 45b10940fc

    Ghost released this 2024-01-30 16:16:39 +00:00 | 167 commits to blender-36 since this release

    This version is only for Blender 3.6 if you want a 4.0 version please go here and look for an blender an 4.0 version.

    THIS VERSION CHANGES ALOT OF THINGS, If you confused click here to see the wiki!

    Added:

    • Added Combine materials button to quick access, this combines all the same materials.
    • Added Join all meshes button to quick access.
    • Added is_default_object which checks whether an object is one of the default found on both type and data name. This change will make this code easier to maintain especially if blender changes the default object names.
    • Added MMD options submenu, this will house only mmd suff, this includes the old fi model button, however certain function have been removed in favor of manual buttons.
    • Added fix material button to mmd options.

    Changed:

    • Changed the model section to Quick Access, I thought this made more sense because having two menus called Model and Model Options next to each other seem a bit silly and the top panel is going to be where the quick buttons will live to quickly do things. These buttons will replace the old fix model button.
    • Changed explanation of when you use the plugin on a newer unsupported version of blender.
    • Re-arrange the sub menu's slightly, this is still subject to change before release.
    • supporter.py has been renamed to iconloader.py, this is because that's all it does now, the submenu's translations have also been updated.
    • armature.py has been renamed to quickaccess.py, the submenu's translations have also been updated.
    • model.py has been renamed to optheroptions.py, in blender this was Model Options, which is now called other options, name may change again before release. the submenu's translations have also been updated.
    • Changed name of materials tab in the optimization tab to materials and meshes.
    • Moved join meshes button to the materials and meshes tab in optimization.
    • moved merge bone weights to the bone merging tab in optimization.
    • Fixing materials will clean material names before fixing them.
    • Joining meshes will apply transforms before joining them.
    • Join meshes will now also ensure lock on location, rotation and scale are not locked.
    • Moved most bones related button from other options to optimization submenu so everything is in the same place.
    • Moved remove doubles to the optimization menu as it makes sense for it to be here.
    • Further wording changes.

    Fixed:

    • Fixed issue when importing a model via cats, this should fix the error popping up when importing the first time.
    • Fixed issue where materials would not fix due to if context.scene.fix_materials: (If the check mark in the old Fix Model was not checked, it would not work even with the manual button).

    Removed:

    • Remove 2.79 checks as not needed anymore seeing as we don't support that version of blender at all.
    • Removed old obsolete eye tracking code.
    • Removed a random icon.py file, it was a copy of supporter.py but it did nothing.
    • Removed all the old patreon supporter code from the supporter.py and renamed it to iconloader, this code was still being executed even though there is no panel anymore.
    • Cleanup of translations, removed old and obsolete stuff.
    • Removed old Fix Model button in favor of the Fix MMD model button in the mmd options submenu.
    • Further cleanup of old code which was still # out and not removed for some reason.
    • Removed Fix Materials code from armature, not needed anymore.
    • Removed old Combine Materials code from Armature.
    • Removed Old Join meshes code from Armature.
    • Removed old default settings for fix model, Join Meshes and Combine Materials.
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  • 3.6.4.1 69de0bb7f1

    Ghost released this 2024-01-28 16:18:13 +00:00 | 189 commits to blender-36 since this release

    This version is only for Blender 3.6 if you want a 4.0 version please go here.

    Just a small update to prepare cats updater for future separate blender releases. Cats updater can now tell the difference between blender 3.6 releases of cats and 4.0 (And more).

    Known issues:

    • When importing an pmx file for the first time, sometimes you will get an error, you can ignore this error and try again and it should just work.
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  • 3.6.4 9c81abbaa4

    Ghost released this 2024-01-25 10:04:30 +00:00 | 193 commits to blender-36 since this release

    This version is only for Blender 3.6 if you want a 4.0 version please go here.

    This is one of the biggest updates I have made to cats in a while, please ensure you ready the full changelog as some features are deprecated and will be removed in future releases!

    This version will deprecate the following features, these features could be removed in a future version of cats:

    • Fix Model Button (Confuses new uses, not meant to be used anymore).
    • VRChat full body fix (Not been used in a couple of years, no longer needed).
    • Decimation is currently not deprecate, however it will be in a future release, from here on out I recommend either using blenders built in tools or use Tuxedo.

    The full changelog is as follows:

    Added:

    • Added warnings about the new legacy features.
    • Added info where the old fix model button used to be to direct users to legacy features if there still need to use it.
    • Added button to take users to legacy features part of the wiki.
    • Added a warning to the decimation menu that it will be made an Legacy component in the near future (We recommend Tuxedo plugin instead)
    • Added a button to the decimation menu that takes you to the tuxedo github.
    • Added button to the decimation menu that takes you to the decimation wiki page.

    Fixed:

    • Fixed Broken Japanese text in search popup.
    • Fixed Special Characters.
    • Fixed issue with selected mesh merging where it would give a random error.
    • Fix to new legacy UI
    • Fix missing sRGB conversion.
    • Potential fix to output nodes being deleted.
    • Potential fix to some output nodes not being deleted when there supposed to be.
    • Fixed issue with combine materials not properly combining materials, this should fix all known issues with both the fix model button combine materials but also other known issues.

    Changed:

    • Cleaned up alot of code which wasn't fixed for years, this may break something, but it shouldn't.
    • Moved the Fix Model button to a new legacy features category, this has been done as fix model shouldn't really be use anymore unless it's for older MMD models and SHOULD NOT be use for VRChat models, it also confuses now users to the plugin. I may separate these buttons out in it's own menu in the future (Though some are already separate).
    • Moved the VRChat full body fix to legacy features as this has not been needed for a couple of years now.
    • The dev branch install button now points to the new 3.6 dev branch.
    • PrincipledBSDF is now the default value instead of creating a blank image of the colour.

    Removed:

    • Remove common.get_bone_orientations as it's too buggy.
    • Removed checks for strings containing \left and cleanup unused \l and \left in bone names.
    • Note: Some code for the shader fixes is by Mysteryem.

    Known issues:

    • When importing an pmx file for the first time, sometimes you will get an error, you can ignore this error and try again and it should just work.

    Credits:
    Some code for the shader related stuff is by Mysteryem from their cats fork, this code helped fixed ALOT of issues some users were having.

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  • 3.6.3 afbae97782

    Ghost released this 2024-01-23 19:08:18 +00:00 | 201 commits to blender-36 since this release

    This version is only for Blender 3.6 if you want a 4.0 version please go here.

    This is just a small update to prepare for the new dev branch.

    • Main branch is no longer dev branch.
    • Change url to the new dev branch for 3.6.

    As a reminder cats will release under two separate versions 3.6.x for blender 3.6 and 4.0.x for blender 4.0.

    Known issues:

    • When importing an pmx file for the first time, sometimes you will get an error, you can ignore this error and try again and it should just work.
    • If you check the combine same materials button in the settings of the Fix Model button, it doesn't seem to do anything.
    • If you fix the model then try and use material combiner then it doesn't seem to combine the same materials.

    When combining materials, use the material combiner before you use the fix model button.

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  • 3.6.2 b5fc720618

    Ghost released this 2023-12-28 19:33:56 +00:00 | 205 commits to blender-36 since this release

    This version is only for Blender 3.6 if you want a 4.0 version please go here.

    • Fixes issue #31
    • Fixes Material Combiner issues.
    • Fixes werid importing bug for pmx files.
    • Other small fixes.

    As a reminder cats will release under two separate versions 3.6.x for blender 3.6 and 4.0.x for blender 4.0.

    Known issues:

    • When importing an pmx file for the first time, sometimes you will get an error, you can ignore this error and try again and it should just work.
    • If you check the combine same materials button in the settings of the Fix Model button, it doesn't seem to do anything.
    • If you fix the model then try and use material combiner then it doesn't seem to combine the same materials.

    When combining materials, use the material combiner before you use the fix model button.

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  • 3.6.1 ae42badafc

    Ghost released this 2023-12-22 16:52:51 +00:00 | 72 commits to Welcome since this release

    This version is only for Blender 3.6 if you want a 4.0 version please go here.

    This version fixes PMX imports on Blender 3.6.
    We are also changing the way versions work from now on to avoid stupid changes by blender.
    From now on Blender 3.6 versions will be 3.6.x
    Blender 4.0 version will be 4.0.x

    For example if Blender 4.1 comes out then all cats version for blender 4.1 will be 4.1.x

    From now on cats will have a separate version for each blender version to avoid issues like we are having (For example mmd tools for 4.0 has massively change and it starting to look like it won't be backwards compatible with blender 3.6).

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  • 0.50.0 e2680118de

    0.50.0 Stable

    Ghost released this 2023-12-13 11:04:48 +00:00 | 77 commits to Welcome since this release

    IMPORTANT CAT'S WILL NO LONGER WORK IN VERSION BELOW 3.6, PLEASE USE CATS 0.40.0 FOR BLENDER VERSIONS BELOW 3.6.

    • Updated MMD Tools so blender 4.0 works better with it.
    • Fixed, fix materials from removing materials nodes, still need a little work though.
    • No longer allow blender versions below 3.6.
    • renamed node_priniped to node_prinipled.
    • bug fixes.

    From this update we will be using our new blender version policy which can be found here; https://github.com/Yusarina/Cats-Blender-Plugin-Unofficial-/wiki/Blender-Version-Support-Policies

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