8.7.0

WolvenKit 8.7 is a major step forward. New features include support for building REDmods, sound modding, and animation modding. The UI has been fully transitioned to a title menu and toolbar setup. Texture I/O is significantly more powerful and robust. Numerous fixes for bugs, issues, and pain-points have been implemented.

Check out the summary below, or detailed release notes available on the WolvenKit Wiki.

https://wiki.redmodding.org/wolvenkit/features/release-notes/8.7

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Notable changes:

• Support for Cyberpunk 2077 game version 1.6
• Support for REDmod
• Animation I/O
• New Sound Modding Tool
• Support for hot archive installation with RedHotTools by psiberx
• XBM import arguments are now exposed
• Import/Export arguments are now saved
• Added Title Menu
• Mod Manager and Plugins added to Home
• Simplified Menu Bar
• Added new Build options
• Numerous fixes & improvements under-the-hood and within the UI

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❓ Wiki: https://wiki.redmodding.org/wolvenkit

❗ MAKE SURE TO INSTALL THE PREREQUISITES :

Install the .NET 6 runtime
Windows: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-6.0.2-windows-x64-installer
Linux (make sure to install the correct runtime): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux

What's Changed

• Fixed using wrong editor for float values by @seberoth in #792
• README: Updated .NET Runtime Download Instructions by @effs in #794
• Mesh import fixes by @seberoth in #798
• Redpackage rework by @seberoth in #800
• Clean branch by @someaka in #799
• Cl by @someaka in #802
• 🐛 Asset Search Requires Type Prefix For Hash Search by @effs in #807
• Random fixes by @seberoth in #810
• WolvenKIT.CLI: Fix System.IO.IOException when batch export meshes with materials by @njibhu in #809
• WolvenKit CLI: Remove the unconsistant archive name prefix on unbundle and uncook commands by @njibhu in #811
• Fix issue #812: Material exports which reference material templates from external materials by @njibhu in #813
• Fix mesh export json serialization exception by @njibhu in #814
• Mesh default tweaks + Readme update by @ja-to in #817
• Fix embedded material template in mesh materials exports by @njibhu in #818
• Fix/settings fixes by @rfuzzo in #819
• Fix/minor cleanup by @rfuzzo in #824
• Update v8.7 by @rfuzzo in #825
• ✨🐛 Empty search string clears AB search results by @effs in #829
• Removed magic hash from GeometryCacheService by @flibX0r in #831
• GUI clean-up & feature sneaking by @jackhumbert in #815
• Savegame reader/writer by @seberoth in #827
• Feature/modkit local files by @seberoth in #834
• Wwise file support by @ADawesomeguy in #821
• Small cleanup by @seberoth in #837
• Fixed broken DeleteSelection by @someaka in #836
• Develop -> Main by @rfuzzo in #838
• Update nightly workflow by @njibhu in #839
• CLI: Add ability to directly export to JSON from the archives by @njibhu in #833
• Update MeshImportTools.cs by @someaka in #843
• JSON import fix by @seberoth in #844
• Turn file preview on by default by @ja-to in #845
• fix a bug where certain ui commands would not work by @rfuzzo in #846
• 🐛 InsertChild Checks Item Can Be Assigned To Array, Not The Other Way Around by @effs in #848
• Fix RedDocumentViewModel.GetFileFromDepotPath by @seberoth in #850
• Fix for incorrect or unset game executable path by @dragonzkiller in #855
• remove FeedbackWizard and BugReportWizard by @rfuzzo in #853
• remove the ribbon by @rfuzzo in #862
• Update/nugets by @rfuzzo in #861
• Fix WKitJsonVersion Check by @dragonzkiller in #867
• TweakDB browser improvements by @seberoth in #868
• docs(readme): change "its" to "it's" bc grammar by @ADawesomeguy in #870
• move animation buffer read to where it's actually needed by @rfuzzo in #863
• Escape backslashes in ink atlas redscript example. by @richard-kelly in #871
• Feature/msix package by @rfuzzo in #866
• Fix GPU leak by @ja-to in #872
• Fix for TweakXL by @ja-to in #869
• Fix GPU issue on Import/Export tool by @ja-to in #873
• Update wwtools Windows lib to not be in debug mode by @ADawesomeguy in #874
• Add unit tests for Wwise WEM to OGG by @ADawesomeguy in #875
• docs: update GPL v3.0 to GPL-3.0 by @ADawesomeguy in #876
• ♻️ Use types instead of inline conditionals in AB search by @effs in #878
• 🐛 Tweak Browser: explicitly notify on property change & force refresh… by @effs in #880
• CollisionBuffer writing by @seberoth in #881
• WolvenKit REDmod integration by @Traderain in #886
• Implement Menu Bar by @ja-to in #885
• Fix ribbon merge issues by @ja-to in #893
• Temporarily Fix RedMod not being detected by @justarandomguyintheinternet in #894
• Update for 1.6 by @seberoth in #892
• Fix/fixes and improvements by @rfuzzo in #900
• Fix/menubar by @rfuzzo in #897
• fixes and improvements by @seberoth in #904
• Feature/project settings by @seberoth in #905
• Update README.md by @ja-to in #907
• Misc fixes by @ja-to in #909
• Update ProjectWizardView.xaml by @jackwoodhouse in #911
• XBM Overhaul by @seberoth in #914
• Feature/versions by @rfuzzo in #917
• XBM Fixes by @seberoth in #920
• Feature/launch profiles by @rfuzzo in #921
• Remove Pfim by @seberoth in #923
• Fix for automatic Cyberpunk 2077 FileNamePath lookup. by @houseofcat in #925
• Serilog Enhancements by @houseofcat in #931
• General fixes and improvements by @seberoth in #928
• Buffered Serilog Write Time Improvement by @houseofcat in #932
• RxApp DefaultExceptionHandler by @houseofcat in #933
• mod asset browser improvements by @seberoth in #929
• Fix for ImportExportViewModel Crash by @houseofcat in #934
• Continued Fix For ImportSettings Code by @houseofcat in #938
• Add --mesh-export options to the uncook CLI command by @njibhu in #942
• Rework Depot Operations by @houseofcat in #941
• fixed a bug where the inkwidget preview would crash by @rfuzzo in #945
• Feature/help menu by @ja-to in #947
• Feature/UI qol by @rfuzzo in #946
• Add extra nullchecks for the RenderResourceBlob by @njibhu in #948
• Fix Importer losing files saved by PS or paint.net by @WRodewald in #949
• Improve Rename in Project File Explorer and add Key Shortcuts by @WRodewald in #950
• Update "Open in Asset Browser" to full expand Browser to file path by @dragonzkiller in #955
• UI Paper Cuts by @ja-to in #956
• Implement Ctrl-C shortcut for the CLI by @njibhu in #954
• modernize CLI by @rfuzzo in #959
• Save related fixes by @seberoth in #960
• Fix UV map for mesh preview by @ja-to in #963
• Add Arrow Key Support for Asset Browser Navigation by @WRodewald in #951
• Feature/exit codes by @rfuzzo in #965
• AssetBrowserViewModel: Browse to Folder by @dragonzkiller in #967
• Experimental merged mesh export option by @njibhu in #966

New Contributors

• @someaka made their first contribution in #799
• @njibhu made their first contribution in #809
• @richard-kelly made their first contribution in #871
• @justarandomguyintheinternet made their first contribution in #894
• @jackwoodhouse made their first contribution in #911
• @houseofcat made their first contribution in #925

Full Changelog: 8.6...8.7