MCprep Kaion 3.4.2

Mostly a feature parity update to remain feature compatible with upstream. The changes are included upstream in the MCprep 3.4.2 release notes, but the gist is the following:

• Fixing issues with effects dissapearing
• Reducing human error with textureswap on incorrectly exported OBJs
• Added the option to prep materials without emission
• Made Sync materials simpler to use
• Utilizing the new C++ OBJ importer in Blender (only starting with Blender 3.5) for massive performance improvements
• Quality of life changes
• etc

Many Kaion features were merged upstream:

• Emission Option for Prep
• Inspecting OBJ to determine compatibility with texture swap and animate
• Using the new C++ OBJ importer in Blender 3.5 and
• MTL conversion for non-standard colorspaces

Of course what is a Kaion update without unique features? This update returns the edited skies (I forgot to include them in the previous releases) but this time with actual smooth transitions for the sun and moon brightness.

• One downside is that the driver functions are in the MCprep addon itself, so they will not work on computers that don't have MCprep installed. There is a fixed planned though

MCprep Kaion 3.4.1.9

This update marks the first update for March and hopefully the last update of 3.4.1 (MCprep 3.4.2 is planned to be released in the coming days)

• The new Emission Option feature that Kaion has had for a while is now merged upstream! Now it's part of MCprep and will come in 3.4.2
• Fixed desaturation issues (the bugfix has also been merged upstream)
• MTL conversion for non-standard colorspaces will now create a backup folder called ORIGINAL_MTLS and back up MTL files before converting
• C++ OBJ importer use is now reserved for Blender 3.5 for feature parity reasons (decided upstream)
• Accidentally clicking an MTL file will now import the corresponding OBJ file

MCprep Kaion 3.4.1.8

Fixed massive bug related to emission where prep materials would not work properly (sorry for that).

Now that the feature works properly, the difference is profound

MCprep Kaion 3.4.1.7

Fixed the root cause of OBJs not being imported in non-standard colorspaces

MCprep Kaion 3.4.1.6

• Added a help button next to the new error message if an OBJ is not compatible, which redirects to a help page that explains the error
• When using Blender 3.1 and above, the C++ OBJ importer will now be used, which means:
  • Much faster imports
  • No errors when using a different colorspace like ACES or AgX
  • This comes at the cost of the OBJ no longer being split when imported

MCprep Kaion 3.4.1.5

Fixed logic errors that while don't impact user experience still were bugs

MCprep Kaion 3.4.1.4

Small update, but should fix a lot of human error with textureswap and animate textures

New stuff:

• Mineways OBJs will now have their headers parsed when imported (this does not affect older files)
• Texture swap and animate textures will now only appear/not be greyed out in the UI if the selected OBJ/OBJ part is exported correctly (only for new files, older files won't have this detection)
  • Texture swap will be greyed out, animate textures for now is removed completely from the UI
• Added UI message to alert users that their OBJ is not compatible with textureswap
  • The next update will do the same for animate textures
  • Next update will also include a button to a help page to explain what the error means

MCprep Kaion 3.4.1.3

Minor release, only brings the following changes:

• Renamed the MCprep category in the N panel to MCprep Kaion, so in theory you can have Kaion and normal MCprep side-by-side
• Made removing panels for SimplePrep more reliable

SimplePrep has been denied upstream, so as per Kaion policy it now remains as a Kaion Quirk.

MCprep Kaion releases are now signed. If one wishes to verify the zip file, the public key used is 7F6A0E6FA332BAD0EC9E76B383C7F596A88BE583

If you already have MCprep Kaion installed, you can just run the updater like normal MCprep (provided you have 3.4.1.2 installed)

MCprep Kaion 3.4.1.2

This marks the first Feburary update of MCprep Kaion. Sadly there no new changes from the upstream dev branch since the last update.

Due to a mistake in how the addon updater was configured, a manual installation is needed. Starting from this update MCprep Kaion should be able to update with the addon updater.

• New "Use Emission" option in prep materials

  • Gives an option to prep materials with or without emission nodes
  • Only supports Principled BSDF setups for now
    

• SimplePrep Improvements

  • Users can now select which parts of the MCprep UI they want to hide
  • One downside: this does not refresh when closing and reopening Blender, so for now you have to disable and re-enable SimplePrep in user preferences each time you open Blender
    

• Fixed bug where a certain attribute wasn't defined in some MCprep operators, causing features like textureswap to not work (mentioned here: #5)

MCprep Kaion 3.4.1.1

This marks the first release of MCprep Kaion. Included in this release are:

• SimplePrep: Condense the UI to just the bare minimum. Mostly designed for people who only want to use MCprep for materials.

  • There are plans to eventually allow users to pick and choose what they want in the UI
  • SimplePrep can be found at the bottom of MCprep's options in user preferences
    

• All MCprep dev branch changes up to Moo-Ack-Productions@0861484 including:

  • Using the new Mix RGB node in Blender 3.4 (Moo-Ack-Productions#357)