0.7.0-beta.1

[0.7.0-beta.1] - 2026-04-20

Added

• Added explicit archive-mutation workflows for supported archive entries, including patch requests, per-entry backup capture, backup restore, and mod-ready loose export helpers instead of keeping archive work extract-only.
• Added real 3D archive preview support for recovered .pam, .pamlod, and .pac geometry, with orbit/zoom/reset controls, textured shading, richer details, and fallback messaging when geometry recovery is incomplete.
• Added mesh export/import tooling for supported archive meshes, including Export OBJ, Export FBX, Import OBJ Preview, Import OBJ, paired PAM -> PAMLOD transfer handling, and PAC FBX export paths that can attach matching PAB skeleton data.
• Added referenced-texture inspection for archive mesh previews, including a dedicated texture list plus Open, Export DDS, Replace DDS, and Replace From PNG actions for resolved mesh texture entries.
• Added broader archive media/binary preview coverage, including .wem playback via bundled vgmstream-cli, .mp4 / .bk2 playback through Qt Multimedia, .bnk Wwise soundbank summaries, .pab skeleton summaries, .hkx metadata summaries, and .pami text decoding in the archive browser.
• Added flat-vs-tree archive browsing, incremental tree population, full extension-list population from the loaded archive index etc.

Changed

• Repositioned Archive Browser from a purely read-only explorer into a mixed browse/inspect/export/patch surface for supported mesh and audio paths, while still keeping loose DDS workflows and confirm-before-write behavior intact.
• Reworked the archive preview pane so export/import/restore actions are visible beside the preview instead of being hidden behind right-click-only discovery, and moved referenced textures beside the model preview for a larger, more practical preview area.
• Archive filtering and archive preview work now run with more progress-aware background behavior, better cancellation, and lighter UI-thread work when changing large extensions, rebuilding previews, or switching between flat/tree views.
• Text-like archive preview now uses the same styled text presentation more consistently across supported text formats, including decrypted or decoded archive payloads such as .pami.
• Model texture resolution is now broader and more semantic: preview/export paths resolve more DDS candidates from parsed mesh data and raw binary references, prefer visible/base-color matches over technical-only maps, and apply those references across .pam, .pamlod, and .pac preview/export flows.
• Onefile packaging is now more defensive, with improved custom PyInstaller hooks, bundled Wwise decode runtime handling, and full embedded-archive validation after build so release EXEs fail fast during packaging instead of at first launch.

Fixed

• Fixed the archive extension filter/drop-down regressions so supported extensions are populated again from the archive contents instead of forcing manual entry for some workflows.
• Fixed archive DDS preview regressions where selecting .dds entries could get stuck on details, fail to switch to the preview tab correctly, or become noticeably slower after later archive-browser changes.
• Fixed .pami preview stability and presentation so decoded text no longer opens with mismatched styling and is less likely to leave the browser in a stuck Preparing archive preview... state.
• Fixed a long list of .pam, .pamlod, and .pac geometry-recovery problems, including better companion PAMLOD fallback usage, better submesh preservation during companion fallback, additional partial/zero-padded recovery paths, more helpful failure text, and fewer cases where previews stall or degrade into obviously scrambled geometry.
• Fixed more textured-model issues, including missing referenced DDS rows, overly narrow texture-reference columns, companion-preview texture loss, PAC texture availability in preview/export, and incorrect vertical texture orientation on assets such as the shield atlas that were previously mapped into opaque black atlas space.
• Fixed archive-browser responsiveness issues around large extension switches, archive-cache reuse, background preview cancellation, and long-running per-file preview work so the UI spends less time in Not Responding during heavy archive browsing.
• Fixed Texture Editor grid-state handling so the archive/browser-driven editor path no longer throws AttributeError: 'TextureEditorTab' object has no attribute '_grid_color'.
• Fixed onefile extraction/runtime failures involving Pillow/OpenCV/crypto packaging, including corrupt _imagingft payload handling, OpenCV FFmpeg plugin extraction failures, and related embedded-DLL extraction errors that could break startup on Windows.
• Fixed .wem decode playback launching a visible console window and improved Wwise playback fallback messaging when the local multimedia backend still cannot decode a variant directly.
• Fixed archive patch safety gaps by surfacing backup restore in the UI and tightening patch/build flows so interrupted mesh/audio patch attempts are easier to recover from.

Docs

• Updated the README for 0.7.0-beta.1 so the front page now reflects archive patching, mesh preview/modding, media preview, and the broader archive-browser scope instead of describing the app as read-only.
• Added and refreshed docs/archive_extension_preview_matrix.csv to capture current extension coverage, what the app can actually preview today, and where future investment is still worthwhile.
• Expanded third-party notices and release metadata to cover vendored MIT-licensed CrimsonForge-derived mesh tooling, bundled vgmstream usage, and the newer packaging/build workflow.