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@doolecg doolecg released this 28 Sep 07:59
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BlockDesigner 0.4.28

Reference images are built in, the Plugins window is redone with suggested plugins you can install in one click, and the BlockCompanion Plugin (formerly Resource Tracker) comes with BlockDesigner.

Downloads

File Use it if…
BlockDesigner-0.4.28.msi You want a normal install. It installs for all users into C:\Program Files\BlockDesigner (Windows asks for admin). Installing over an earlier version upgrades it in place.
BlockDesigner-0.4.28.exe Only for updating from 0.4.6 or earlier: their updater installs it for you. For new installs, use the .msi.
BlockDesigner-0.4.28-portable.zip You don't want to install anything. Unzip it anywhere and run BlockDesigner.exe.

0.4.2 and later update to this by themselves. 0.4.0 and 0.4.1 need a one-time install by hand: download the .msi above.

Windows Smart App Control: this build still isn't code-signed. On PCs with Smart App Control switched on, Windows may block BlockDesigner from starting after an install or update.

New

  • Reference images, built in: put pictures in the scene and build from them, like Blender's reference images. Add one with the picture button at the top of Layers, by dropping a PNG, JPEG, GIF or BMP on the window, or with Import. Move, turn and scale them with G / R / S, and right-click one for Properties…, opacity, which views it shows in, and whether it draws behind or in front of blocks. How new pictures start out is on the new Reference images page of Settings. Pictures are saved inside the project.
  • Suggested plugins: Plugins › Manage plugins… lists the BlockDesigner team's plugins you don't have yet under Suggested to install, each with an Install button that downloads its newest release.
  • BlockCompanion Plugin installed for you: BlockDesigner installs it, switched on, the first time it starts. If you uninstall or switch it off, it stays that way.

Changed

  • Plugins window: each plugin is a card with its status, a settings button, Turn on / Turn off, uninstall and its log. Check for updates updates every plugin now. Install a plugin jar by dropping it on the drop box (or clicking it to pick the file).
  • Reference Planes is no longer a plugin. If you have it, BlockDesigner stops loading it (the jar is renamed to end in .retired and you're told once) and keeps its settings, its key and the pictures in your projects.
  • Resource Tracker is now the BlockCompanion Plugin everywhere in BlockDesigner.
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