v1.0.13

This release adds basic support for any shader node input to be written as a vertex attribute. The shader node inputs show up in the list like others and can be converted to a different data type as well, if needed. The default value is written.

• The Mesh Data GUI also got a small update: it lists the vertex data more clearly and shows the size in bytes of the vertex format.
• The add-on URL's were broken and have been fixed.

v1.0.12

Another small update of the exporter with a couple of fixes and small improvements:

• The custom file extension has been moved under the "General" panel. The file filter will now automatically update when the value is changed.
• The vertex attribute interpolation property went missing and is now added back in.
• Added new export preset "Passthrough Normal", which is GM's default vertex format with the normal added (i.e. the in_Normal line uncommented in the shader)

v1.0.11

• Fixed loop normals not being updated after creating the mesh (calc_normals_split)
• Added export presets for a couple of common vertex formats:
  • passthrough - GameMaker passthrough vertex format. Inverts y coordinate so topdown in Blender corresponds to topdown in GameMaker's Room Editor (with an appropriate projection matrix set)
  • vbuff - DDD/Penguin Editor default file format
  • vbuff_for_example - Directional Light and Shadows in 3D tutorial on the GMC
• Added a convenient Install Presets button to the Addon Preferences to install (overwrite) the above presets from defaults in the included preset files.

v1.0.10

An update of the add-on with some small additions to improve the ease of use:

• Switched to panels instead of including all draw code in the __init__.py file
• Different default export settings: General, Mesh Data and Transforms panels open by default
• Mesh-like types can now be exported (text, meta-ball, etc.)
• No file extension is added anymore and the file filter is now set to include both ".vbx" and ".json"
• A custom file extension can now be set in case you want to use one, e.g. ".bin", ".dat", ".buf", etc.

v1.0.9

Updated release where using the add-on from the Python console works properly.

NOTE Make sure to install the blender-gms-vtx-buffer-v1.0.9.zip file in Blender. Installing from source code causes an issue with directory naming which will cause the install to fail.

v1.0.6

Includes a bugfix for a breaking issue where the add-on would throw an error if only metadata is exported.

This release is the first that provides a clean zip file with only the files that are needed.
It also includes a presets zip with the most common and useful export presets.
This should make installation and usage a lot more user-friendly.
Installing the add-on should no longer be done by directly installing the source code zip.