Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[1.5.0] - 2026-06-12

32-Bit (Win32) Architecture Support: Integrated complete compilation and deployment pipelines for 32-bit Windows targets, enabling compatibility with legacy systems.
Dual Qt5 / Qt6 Compatibility: Overhauled the OpenGL rendering and widget codebase (in gui_main.cpp) to compile seamlessly using either the local Qt5 SDK or system Qt6 SDK.
Automatic Architecture Detection: Upgraded CMakeLists.txt to automatically detect target architecture (pointer size) from the generator options and resolve the corresponding Qt dependencies.
Auto-Deployed Runtime Assets: Grouped IGIAutoComplete.txt, IGIModels.json, and IGIModelsAllLevel.json under assets/ and configured a post-build step in CMake to automatically copy them to the compiled binary folder.
Embedded Application Icon Everywhere: Fixed the resource compilation order in CMake (moving AUTOMOC/AUTORCC/AUTOUIC before target declaration) and changed the resource ID in igi1conv.rc to 1 so the app icon displays correctly in both Windows Explorer and the window taskbar at runtime.
Simplified UI Documentation: Consolidated the three theme screenshots in the README into a single horizontal row with a concise description and reordered the layout to display the GUI version first and CLI commands last.
Release Packaging Script: Created a script to package compiled builds into separate zip packages (igi1conv_v1.5.0_x86.zip and igi1conv_v1.5.0_x64.zip) for distribution.

Comprehensive GUI Documentation: Added 15+ high-quality markdown screenshot descriptions covering IDE functionality, Hex View, Model Search, and comprehensive GUI Themes (Military, Solarized, Dark).
Automated Screenshot Engineering: Developed a highly resilient UI automation pipeline script (take_screenshots.py) incorporating rigorous self-healing loops to bypass OS foreground restrictions and generate flawless IDE captures.
Enhanced Configurations: Automatically registers TextureDir and LevelDAT mappings persistently via igi1conv.ini, completely bypassing fatal GUI dialog blockers during automated texture extraction scripts.

Integrated IDE Features: Converted the basic Qt window into a full-fledged IDE/Explorer.
- Added Dark Theme and Light Theme toggles in the View menu.
- Added a search bar above the file explorer tree for recursive wild-card file filtering.
- Added an in-file text search bar for finding text inside the opened file viewer.
File Operations Context Menu: Right-clicking a file in the explorer now supports native file system operations:
- Rename files (with popup prompt).
- Delete files (with confirmation prompt).
- Cut, Copy, and Paste files across directories.
Advanced 3D Multi-Material Renderer: Overhauled the OpenGL engine to support SubMesh architecture.
- Automatically reads RenderBlocks from .mef files to map individual textures to specific geometry groups.
- Automatically reads usemtl records from .obj and corresponding .mtl libraries to map separate materials perfectly.
Live 3D Metadata HUD: Replaced the native OS tooltip with an anchored semi-transparent HUD overlay.
- Tracks live mouse movements to report accurate 3D translation offsets and rotation angles (Pitch, Yaw, Roll/Zoom) in real-time.
- Retrieves exact unique Model ID matching from JSON catalogs, filtering out unnecessary metadata like Graph IDs.

Refactored gui_main.cpp to use QSortFilterProxyModel for non-destructive filesystem filtering.
Prevented tooltips from disappearing during mouse drags by replacing them with the HUD.
The gui_main.cpp build configuration no longer attempts to reload duplicated materials.

Fixed critical bug where the .mef and .obj 3D viewer would overwrite previous textures, causing the entire model to be wrapped in the mesh's final declared material.
Fixed an issue where the OS suppressed tooltips while the mouse button was held down, preventing users from seeing rotation angles.