v2.6.1 | Character Setup Wizard Addon

Release Notes

Version 2.6.1 for the Character Setup Wizard Addon

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Color Wheels on Lighting Panel are now visible in Blender 3.6

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🔼 Upgrade Steps

1. Uninstall Current Version
2. Restart Blender
3. Install New Version

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✅ 99% of the characters successfully run the Setup Wizard in this version.

• HSR Rigging does not work on:
  • Blender 3.6: Sam, Screwllum, Seele, Svarog
  • Blender 4.0: Sam, Svarog

Automated Tests ran on: N/A — Hotfix 🔥

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What's Changed

• Fixed RGB Drivers for 3.6 by @OctavoPE in #120
• chore: bump Character Setup Wizard addon (2.6.1) by @michael-gh1 in #121

Full Changelog: v2.6.0...v2.6.1

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Packaged Files

1. Character_Setup_Wizard.zip — no dependencies, assumes user has them installed already
2. Character_Setup_Wizard_Standalone.zip — contains dependencies, may be flagged by browser as "suspicious"

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⚠️ Supports Blender 3.6 / Blender 4.0 ⚠️

👀 NEW USERS should use the STANDALONE, REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES INCLUDED

v2.6.0 | Character Setup Wizard

Release Notes

Version 2.6.0 for the Character Setup Wizard Addon

⭐ Features

• Lighting Panel Integration (feat. Aiko's Lighting Panel)
• Now you can keyframe and change various lighting settings with ease!

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🔼 Upgrade Steps

1. Uninstall Current Version
2. Restart Blender
3. Install New Version

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✅ 99% of the characters successfully run the Setup Wizard in this version.

• HSR Rigging does not work on:
  • Blender 3.6: Sam, Screwllum, Seele, Svarog
  • Blender 4.0: Sam, Svarog

Automated Tests ran on:

• Blender
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v4.0.0
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.6
• Shaders
  • Festivity/Bonny Genshin Impact Shader (v3)
  • Festivity Genshin Impact Shader (v2)
  • Nya222 HSR Shader
  • StellarToon (HSR Shader)
  • JaredNyts PGR Shader

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What's Changed

• Added the bones to the lighting layer by @OctavoPE in #118
• feat: Lighting Panel Setup Support by @michael-gh1 in #114
• chore: bump Character Setup Wizard addon version (2.6.0) by @michael-gh1 in #119

Full Changelog: v2.5.0...v2.6.0

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Packaged Files

1. Character_Setup_Wizard.zip — no dependencies, assumes user has them installed already
2. Character_Setup_Wizard_Standalone.zip — contains dependencies, may be flagged by browser as "suspicious"

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⚠️ Supports Blender 3.6 / Blender 4.0 ⚠️

👀 NEW USERS should use the STANDALONE, REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES INCLUDED

v2.5.0 | Character Setup Wizard

Release Notes

Version 2.5.0 for the Character Setup Wizard Addon

⭐ Features

• HSR Rigging Integration (feat. Enthralpy's rigging script) (#107, #109)
  • Not included in "Run Entire Setup", must use "Rig Character [Preview]" button under Basic Setup
• Support for Hoyoverse Post-Processing (#109)

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Fixed torso rolls for player characters and NPCs to use proper local z axis (#106)
• HSR Weapon_Trans and Stockings Setup (#111)
• NPC fixes to upper body, prop bones, and root recategorizing (#112)
• Item material setup for NPCs (#113)

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🔼 Upgrade Steps

1. Uninstall Current Version
2. Restart Blender
3. Install New Version

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✅ 99% of the characters successfully run the Setup Wizard in this version.

• HSR Rigging does not work on:
  • Blender 3.6: Sam, Screwllum, Seele, Svarog
  • Blender 4.0: Sam, Svarog

Automated Tests ran on:

• Blender
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v4.0.0
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.6
• Shaders
  • Festivity/Bonny Genshin Impact Shader (v3)
  • Festivity Genshin Impact Shader (v2)
  • Nya222 HSR Shader
  • StellarToon (HSR Shader)
  • JaredNyts PGR Shader

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What's Changed

• Fixed torso rolls for player characters and NPCs to use proper local z axis by @OctavoPE in #106
• feat: initial HSR Rigging Integration (feat. Enthralpy's rigging script) by @michael-gh1 in #107
• feat: HSR Rigging Integration pt2 + Support for Hoyoverse Post-Processing by @michael-gh1 in #109
• fix: HSR Weapon_Trans and Stockings Setup by @michael-gh1 in #111
• NPC fixes to upper body, prop bones, and root recategorizing by @OctavoPE in #112
• fix: Item material setup for NPCs by @michael-gh1 in #113

Full Changelog: v2.4.5...v2.5.0

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Packaged Files

1. Character_Setup_Wizard.zip — no dependencies, assumes user has them installed already
2. Character_Setup_Wizard_Standalone.zip — contains dependencies, may be flagged by browser as "suspicious"

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⚠️ Supports Blender 3.6 / Blender 4.0 ⚠️

👀 NEW USERS should use the STANDALONE, REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES INCLUDED

v2.4.5 | Character Setup Wizard

Release Notes

Version 2.4.5 for the Character Setup Wizard Addon

Bug Fixes

• Material data not applying for older genshin shader versions (shader <v3.2); broken since Setup Wizard v2.4.1 (75eeddd) #105

Chores

• bump Character Setup Wizard addon (2.4.5) #105

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🔼 Upgrade Steps

1. Uninstall Current Version
2. Restart Blender
3. Install New Version

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✅ No characters were detected to be throwing errors when trying to run the Setup Wizard in this version.
(but if you do run into an issue or need help, don't hesitate to mention it!)

Automated Tests ran on: N/A (hotfix)

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What's Changed

• fix: material data not applied for older Genshin shader versions by @michael-gh1 in #105

Full Changelog: v2.4.4...v2.4.5

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Packaged Files

1. Character_Setup_Wizard.zip — no dependencies, assumes user has them installed already
2. Character_Setup_Wizard_Standalone.zip — contains dependencies, may be flagged by browser as "suspicious"

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⚠️ Supports Blender 3.6 / Blender 4.0 ⚠️

👀 NEW USERS should use the STANDALONE, REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES INCLUDED

v2.4.4 | Character Setup Wizard

Release Notes

Version 2.4.4 for the Character Setup Wizard Addon

⭐Features

1. Auto-install missing dependencies (ONLY if they are not installed already!)
   1. The rationale behind this is to decrease the number of help requests related to the three addon dependencies
   2. If the addon is already installed, no action is taken! This prevents older or newer versions from getting overwritten
2. Auto-enable missing dependencies

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🔼 Upgrade Steps

1. Uninstall Current Version
2. Restart Blender
3. Install New Version

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✅ No characters were detected to be throwing errors when trying to run the Setup Wizard in this version.
(but if you do run into an issue or need help, don't hesitate to mention it!)

Automated Tests ran on:

• Blender
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v4.0.0
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.6
• Shaders
  • Festivity Shader Rewrite (v2)
  • Nya222 HSR Shader
  • StellarToon (HSR Shader)
  • JaredNyts PGR Shader

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What's Changed

• feat: auto-install and enable missing dependencies by @michael-gh1 in #102
• refactor: auto-dependency setup works for Blender 3.6 and 4.0 by @michael-gh1 in #103

Full Changelog: v2.4.2...v2.4.4

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Packaged Files

1. Character_Setup_Wizard.zip — no dependencies, assumes user has them installed already
2. Character_Setup_Wizard_Standalone.zip — contains dependencies, may be flagged by browser as "suspicious"

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⚠️ Supports Blender 3.6 / Blender 4.0 ⚠️

v2.4.3 | Character Setup Wizard

Release Notes

Version 2.4.3 for the Character Setup Wizard Addon

⭐ Features

All

1. Auto-install missing dependencies (ONLY if they are not installed already!)
2. The rationale behind this is to decrease the number of help requests related to the three addon dependencies
3. If the addon is already installed, no action is taken! This prevents older or newer versions from getting overwritten
4. Auto-enable missing dependencies

🚂 HSR

1. Support Kendama Mesh/Material

Misc.

1. Adds banner to Github repository!

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🔼 Upgrade Steps

1. Uninstall Current Version
2. Restart Blender
3. Install New Version

⚠️ Reminder that your "cache" is cleared when installing a new version (you'll need to select Festivity's shader .blend file, Nya222's shader .blend file, JaredNyts' shader .blend file and the appropriate outlines .blend file again) on your first usage!

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✅ No characters were detected to be throwing errors when trying to run the Setup Wizard in this version.
(but if you do run into an issue or need help, don't hesitate to mention it!)

Automated Tests ran on:

• Blender
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v4.0.0
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.6
• Festivity Shaders
  • Festivity Shader Rewrite (v2)
  • Nya222 HSR Shader

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What's Changed

• feat: auto-install and enable missing dependencies by @michael-gh1 in #102

Full Changelog: v2.4.2...v2.4.3

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⚠️ Blender 4.1 is not supported, please continue to use Blender 3.6/4.0 ⚠️

(putting this out there because people are attempting to use Blender 4.1)

v2.4.2 | Character Setup Wizard

(actually supported since v2.4.0, but I just got around to making a banner)

Release Notes

Version 2.4.2 for the Character Setup Wizard Addon

🔧 Fixes

🚂 Honkai Star Rail (StellarToon)

1. Transparency material not replaced on some characters
2. Stocking texture not set up on node group

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🔼 Upgrade Steps

1. Uninstall Current Version
2. Restart Blender
3. Install New Version

⚠️ Reminder that your "cache" is cleared when installing a new version (you'll need to select Festivity's shader .blend file, Nya222's shader .blend file, JaredNyts' shader .blend file and the appropriate outlines .blend file again) on your first usage!

---

✅ No characters were detected to be throwing errors when trying to run the Setup Wizard in this version.
(but if you do run into an issue or need help, don't hesitate to mention it!)

Automated Tests ran on:

• Blender
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v4.0.0
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.6
• Festivity Shaders
  • Festivity Shader Rewrite (v2)
  • Nya222 HSR Shader

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What's Changed

• fix: HSR stocking texture not set and transparency material not replaced by @michael-gh1 in #101

Full Changelog: v2.4.1...v2.4.2

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⚠️ Blender 4.1 is not supported, please continue to use Blender 3.6/4.0 ⚠️

(putting this out there because people are attempting to use Blender 4.1)

v2.4.1 | Character Setup Wizard

Release Notes

Version 2.4.1 for the Character Setup Wizard Addon

⭐ Features

✨Genshin Impact

1. Aranara Support
2. Support for latest Genshin Shader version

Maintenance

✨Genshin Impact

1. Removed adding ArmTwist Bone Constraints as part of setup

🔧 Fixes

🚂 Honkai Star Rail

1. HSR Transparency fixes (Asta, Herta, etc.)
2. Material data import error message was hardcoded and now relevant to the shader being used (StellarToon or Nya222)

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🔼 Upgrade Steps

1. Uninstall Current Version
2. Restart Blender
3. Install New Version

⚠️ Reminder that your "cache" is cleared when installing a new version (you'll need to select Festivity's shader .blend file, Nya222's shader .blend file, JaredNyts' shader .blend file and the appropriate outlines .blend file again) on your first usage!

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✅ No characters were detected to be throwing errors when trying to run the Setup Wizard in this version.
(but if you do run into an issue or need help, don't hesitate to mention it!)

Automated Tests ran on:

• Blender
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v4.0.0
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.6
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.4.1
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.3.2
• Festivity Shaders
  • Bonny Shader Update (v3)
  • Festivity Shader Rewrite (v2)
  • Nya222 HSR Shader
  • JaredNyts PGR Shader
• Import Materials
  • Using the exact .blend file

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What's Changed

• feat: support for latest Genshin shader version, Aranara support, HSR transparency fixes by @michael-gh1 in #100

Full Changelog: v2.4.0.1...v2.4.1

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⚠️ Blender 4.1 is not currently supported, please continue to use Blender 3.6/4.0 ⚠️

(putting this out there because people are attempting to use Blender 4.1)

v2.4.0 | Character Setup Wizard

Release Notes

Version 2.4.0 for the Character Setup Wizard Addon

⭐ Features

HSR

1. StellarToon support 🚂
2. "Smart Search" Material Data Import feature comes to HSR (automatically searches for material data during setup)
3. Targeted Material Data Import feature comes to HSR

All

1. Save filepath preferences to Blender's config folder
   a. For example, shader or outlines blend filepath
   b. In future releases you will no longer need to re-select the filepath when upgrading to a new addon version

🔧 Fixes

PGR

1. Blender 4.0 Support

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🔼 Upgrade Steps

1. Uninstall Current Version
2. Restart Blender
3. Install New Version

⚠️ Reminder that your "cache" is cleared when installing a new version (you'll need to select Festivity's shader .blend file, Nya222's shader .blend file, JaredNyts' shader .blend file and the appropriate outlines .blend file again) on your first usage!

---

✅ No characters were detected to be throwing errors when trying to run the Setup Wizard in this version.
(but if you do run into an issue or need help, don't hesitate to mention it!)

Automated Tests ran on:

• Blender
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v4.0.0
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.6
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.4.1
  • Goo_Engine_Blender-v3.3.2
• Festivity Shaders
  • Bonny Shader Update (v3)
  • Festivity Shader Rewrite (v2)
  • Nya222 HSR Shader
  • JaredNyts PGR Shader
• Import Materials
  • Using the exact .blend file

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What's Changed

• feat: StellarToon Support by @michael-gh1 in #92
• feat: material data import smart search for HSR by @michael-gh1 in #93
• feat: feature parity between setup for GI and HSR by @michael-gh1 in #94
• fix: PGR Setup on Blender 4.0 by @michael-gh1 in #95
• refactor: renaming data structures, adding constants, fixing tests by @michael-gh1 in #96
• feat: save shader/outlines filepath preferences to Blender's config folder by @michael-gh1 in #97

Full Changelog: v2.3.3...v2.4.0

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⚠️ Blender 4.1 is not currently supported, please continue to use Blender 3.6/4.0 ⚠️

(putting this out there because people are attempting to use Blender 4.1)

v2.3.3 | Character Setup Wizard

Release Notes

Version 2.3.3 for the Character Setup Wizard Addon

🔧 Fixes

1. fix: shoulder functionality, gear cogs also now available on FK layers (⭐code fix by @OctavoPE )

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🔼 Upgrade Steps

1. Install New Version
2. Restart Blender

⚠️ Reminder that your "cache" is cleared when installing a new version (you'll need to select Festivity's shader .blend file, Nya222's shader .blend file, JaredNyts' shader .blend file and the appropriate outlines .blend file again) on your first usage!

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Automated Tests ran on: NONE (hotfix 🔥 we go fast sometimes around here)

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What's Changed

• Fixed shoulder functionality - gear cogs also available on FK layers by @OctavoPE in #89
• chore: bump Character Setup Wizard addon (2.3.3) by @michael-gh1 in #90

Full Changelog: v2.3.2...v2.3.3

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⚠️ Blender 4.1 is not currently supported, please continue to use Blender 3.6/4.0 ⚠️

(putting this out there because people are attempting to use Blender 4.1)