v1.6.0

engon 1.6.0

This release contains new map filtering functionality for botaniq and assets marked with country of origin, you can select assets in engon browser, added multiple QoL features and tools.

➕ Additions and Improvements

• Added map filtering for location parameters
• Added country of origin compatibility for map filtering
• Added option to select assets in engon browser by CTRL, SHIFT, or in asset menu
• Added Click, Spawn, Scatter selected assets in the engon browser
• Added Select Assets by Feature into feature panels
• Added Replace Active Materials to asset menu
• Added Update button in the header of the panel displayed if update is available
• Available asset packs are displayed in preferences
• Reintroduced asset detail preview in scatter's instance collection panel
• Improved draw curves user experience with a new overlay
• Display texture density and size in scatter panel if used by the particle system
• Added button to allow switching between generated and global texture coordinates in scatter
• Collections used by geometry nodes are added to scene, behavior can be customized in spawn options
• Replace material in materialiq panel uses active material as default
• Preferences sections are collapsible by clicking on the titles
• Assets in engon browser are displayed incrementally, added new button to "Load More", improving preview load times
• Minor speed improvement of browsing assets by fixing cached properties and storing only changed filters
• Added migration for traffiq randomize color node group that was changed in between traffiq 2.3.0 and 2.2.1
• Blender 4.5 support

🔨 Fixes

• Updater now correctly checks for updates
• Clicker shortcut works again correctly
• Clicker objects duplication is handled more strictly, temporary collection is not linked into outliner
• Clicker now keeps transform of more complex object hierarchies when aligning to origin
• Spawn displayed assets no longer spawns all geometry nodes modifiers on one object
• Spawn displayed assets now respects spawn options
• All taxonomy filters are now grouped correctly under taxonomy
• Search no longer updates the viewed assets if it is not changed
• Install dialogues are not shown multiple times in Blender 4.2 and above

Contributors @kiraacorsac @Griperis @KubakCz @sourn00dl @SamuelBilek @johan-apes