4.6.0 Beta 2

Welcome to the second beta for Blockbench 4.6!

To test this beta, download the required installation files from below, or enable the setting "Update to Pre-releases" inside Blockbench. Enabling this setting will tell Blockbench to always update to the latest pre-release, allowing you to test the latest features.
Please note that pre-release versions may be unstable and have more issues than release versions.

To test the web app, visit https://blockbench-dev.netlify.app/

Please report issues you find in the beta, make sure to specify the correct version.

Most new features are listed in the changelog for the first beta: https://github.com/JannisX11/blockbench/releases/tag/v4.6.0-beta.1

Profiles

• Profiles can now be set to "Manually Selectable"
• Selectable profiles can now be selected via File > Preferences > Profile

GIF Recorder update

• Added PNG sequence support (#1521)
• Always render GIFs with antialiasing disabled
• Improved recording performance
• Added background image option (#1432)
• Added Pixelate option
• Display image size in screenshot return dialog

Changes

• Added orientation option in image extruder
• Added copy/paste/duplicate/save support for animation controllers
• Added Option to embed textures in bbmodel file (#907)
• Display UV and Element panels when no elements selected
• Let new cubes and meshes inherit parent marker color
• Allow selecting appimage files as image editor
• Startup performance improvements
• Element performance improvements

Animation changes

• Add button to reset keyframe bezier handles

Technical changes

• Add additional event hooks for animation controllers
• Converted Transform > Scale dialog to new system
• Converted extrude image dialog

Fixes

• Fixed rotation order in dae and fbx export
• Fixed issues with loading certain plugins from URL
• Fixed issue with quick message box
• Fixed pressing tab in autocomplete switching input
• Fixed display issue in vue prism editor
• Fixed animation controllers previewing in edit mode
• Fixed model memory data not loading correctly
• Fixed incorrect molang error on ternary expression
• Fixed issue with resizing textures
• Fixed #1718 issue with moving texture with UV
• Fixed keyframe bezier handles not affected by flipping and reversing
• Fixed visual issue with graph editor handles
• Fixed animation (controller) file menu options not working correctly
• Fixed #1708 Textures missing when importing java block
• Reset variables when switching animations and modes (#1489)

v4.6.0 Beta 1

Welcome to the first beta for Blockbench 4.6!

To test this beta, download the required installation files from below, or enable the setting "Update to Pre-releases" inside Blockbench. Enabling this setting will tell Blockbench to always update to the latest pre-release, allowing you to test the latest features.
Please note that pre-release versions may be unstable and have more issues than release versions.

To test the web app, visit https://blockbench-dev.netlify.app/

Please report issues you find in the beta, make sure to specify the correct version.

Animation controller editor

Blockbench 4.6 introduces a brand new interface to edit animation controllers for Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

Generally, animation controllers are handled similarly to animations.
They are automatically imported when loading a model, based on the client entity file. You can also import them using the Import Animations button.
Selecting an animation controller brings up the editor, where, on new controllers, you can pick a controller preset. Once your controller has states, you can arrange and edit them, create transitions, and preview the animations.

https://bedrock.dev/docs/stable/Animations#Animation%20Controllers

• Please note that animations use short names in animation controllers to link them to a state. Blockbench cannot edit the client entity file at this time to change these short names, so you need to manually make sure that they are correct in there. Blockbench automatically assumes the last part of the animation ID to be the short name, but you can also change it manually.

Preview

• Use the buttons at the top to change the animation controller preview playback.
  1. By default, it is on Manual, which lets you click on a state to preview the transition and animation.
  2. Paused will pause the animation controller preview entirely.
  3. Setting it to Auto Play will automatically transition between the states by evaluating the transitions.
     • Use the new button type impulse to trigger respective transitions. Example: variable.attack_time = impulse('Attack')
• At the moment, recursively playing animation controllers won't preview.
• Also, preview for start_delay and loop_delay is not implemented but planned for the future.
• The "Blend by Shortest Path" option also has no effect on the preview at the moment.

Transitions

• Transitions are displayed as connection lines above and below the states. Where the transitions going towards the right are displayed below the states, and the transitions looping back to the left are displayed above the states.
• You can click on a connection line to select the other state and preview the transition.
• You can double click a connection line to jump to the transition and edit the condition.
• Click and drag on the connection port of a state (the blue shape at the top and bottom of a selected state) to create a connection to another state. Alternatively, use the plus button in the Transitions list.

Options

• You can add animations to a state. Animations consist of a linked animation (optional) for preview, a short name (used by Minecraft), and a condition / blend value (also optional).
• You can add particles and sound effects, just like you can with keyframes.
• Under On Entry and On Exit, you can add a Molang script to run on transitions.
• Lists can be re-arranged by dragging the gray rectangle on the left side.

Settings Profiles

Settings profiles let you define profiles that override specific settings based on a condition

I'm specifically looking for feedback on this feature. Do you have use cases for this that it could cover, but missing a feature? Do you have any feedback about the design or UX? Let me know!

Here are a few example use cases that you could use them for:

• Create a Recording profile for recording videos. The profile could scale up the interface to be easier to read on videos, enable Streamer Mode to hide your sensitive information, etc.
• Create a profile for a specific format. Change whether project files are minified, how often automatic backups are created, or how big default cubes are.
• Create a profile for another user who has different preferences and another user name in edit sessions, or another Sketchfab account.

How to use profiles

1. Open the settings menu
2. Create or select a profile in the top right corner, above the search bar.
3. Change the value of a setting. The setting will highlight in the color of the profile, indicating that the profile is changing the setting.
4. You can press the X button to clear the profile override of a setting again.
5. Switch back to the profile "None" to see and edit the master values of the settings.

Features that I am considering to add before the 4.6 release

• Additional conditions
• A custom condition, that lets you manually select the profile
• A code field to be able to chain certain conditions using a simple language that supports basic logic (And, Or, Equal, Not Equal, >, <)
• A way to sort profiles in order to change their priority.

Bézier keyframe interpolation

4.6 introduces bézier keyframe interpolation. The option can be selected from the keyframe interpolation menu. It adds two handles to the keyframe for each axis in order to change their curve.

Bézier keyframes should be used along with the Graph Editor in order to adjust their control points

• The two handles can be locked together and unlocked by right clicking the keyframe and changing the option in the context menu.
• Bezier keyframes are baked on export in all formats that support animations. In Minecraft Bedrock animation files, they are baked too, but optimized in order to create fewer keyframes when possible. This should still be kept in mind when creating animations, since sine curves or catmull rom (Smooth) keyframes can create more optimized files.

Other new features

• Added looped playback toggle
• Added RGB color sliders and color picker options menu
• Added additive texture view mode
• Added render sides option per texture
• Added UI mode setting
• Added ability to import bedrock entity files in order to open the model
• Added "impulse" button type to placeholders
• Ability to paint through transparent pixels (#875)

Changes

• New tab overview screen
• Multiple dialogs can now stay open at once
• Added armor stand ground display presets
• Color coded display mode sliders
• Improve start screen loading order, the backup section now shows up instantly when available
• Update and improve display skin selecting
• Faces and edges can now be selected individually rather than vertex based (#1050)
• Make focus on selection shift camera by default (#1498)
• Added keyboard modifier menu in tablet mode
• Hide 0 width Box UV faces in UV editor
• Hide UV-related context menus in image editor
• Render images smooth in editor when image smaller than screen
• Enabled blend modes on fill and shape tool (#1657)
• Support unhandled fields and render_type in java block/item format
• Added render sides and render mode options to texture properties dialog

Molang features (MolangJS 1.6)

• Added Molang autocomplete in all Molang input fields
• Added support for conditional scopes and loops
• Added in_range, all, any, and approx_eq (#1702) (https://bedrock.dev/docs/stable/Molang#List%20of%20Entity%20Queries)
• Ability to use placeholder variables in particle effects
• Improved execution performance

Technical changes

• Added ShapelessDialog API for shapeless dialogs such as the new tab overview
• Removed Jimp library
• Added selected condition in Condition API
• Update material icons
• Allow plugins to be installed from URL queries
• Added additional event hooks (#1655)

Fixes

• Fixed #1692 Closing other tab closes "New Tab"
• Fix locators and nulls not updating when flipped
• Fix #1675 Fix default context menu in Firefox
• Fix links not correctly underlined in Firefox
• Fix cubes forced to box UV when generating box UV template
• Fix template generator suggesting invalid resolution presets
• Fix pasted cubes not switching to required UV mode
• Fix error when loading animation with no matching element
• Fix comment in 1.17 modded entity template
• Fix vertex snap for individual vertices not working in some cases
• Fix export scale setting not applying to OBJ format
• Auto export keyframe with slight rotation when bone is relative to entity
• Fixed #1694 hovering over the borders of a texture shows the brush outline in the wrong place
• Fixed min max not working correctly for number settings
• Fixed typo in "Face Properties"
• Fixed textures not updating correctly when painting across multiple textures in one stroke

4.5.2 - The FBX Update (Patch 2)

Changes

• Add "Select All" and "Select None" buttons to the animation export dialog
• Increase label width in all dialogs with only slim inputs such as checkboxes
• Allow percentage to be used in num sliders by adding % after a number
• Changed modded entity export version name to 1.17+
• Support dragging blckbn.ch links into the app
• Support taking screenshots work in 2D editor
• Increase max color picker size (#1577)

Fixes

• Fixed rotation order issue in FBX exporter
• Fixed issue with cube face UV rotations in FBX exporter
• Fixed #1659 Converting skin model to new tab re-applies pose
• Fixed #1632 pressing Ctrl + S in image editor corrupts file
• Fixed preview of non-square animated textures in texture list
• Fixed brush offset in 2D editor on animated textures
• Fixed issue with loop cuts when only line was selected
• Fixed shift and ctrl keys not working when changing loop cut offset
• Fixed Set IK Target still showing with no options
• Fixed outdated-browser-detection not working correctly
• Fixed #1647 Null objects can be added outside of edit mode

4.5.1 - The FBX Update (Patch 1)

Fixes

• Fixed error when launching program on macOS
• Fixed multiple issues with UV mirror property on Box UV cubes (#1653)
• Fixed null object not transforming back when leaving animation mode
• Fixed animatable elements such as null objects not being selectable in animation mode from the viewport
• Fixed #1646 Freeze when range selecting keyframes vertically
• Fixed inconsistent behavior when shift+selecting keyframe columns
• Fixed Box UV values not snapping to integers

4.5.0 - The FBX Update

This update for Blockbench focuses on the new FBX exporter, as well as new features for Minecraft Java Edition Block and item models. As alawys it is also packed with a lot of other big and small features and improvements, and a few bug fixes.

Export

• Added FBX exporter. FBX files can be directly imported into game engines such as Unreal Engine, and support animations!

Minecraft Java Block/Item Features

• Predicate Override Editor
• Texture MCMeta Support
• Face Property Editor
• Option to open java-block parent model (#1436)
• Option to auto-generate cullfaces for block models
• Added invisible item frame display reference
• Keeping track of model credit field (#1605)

New Features

• Added per-cube UV mode to allow both Box UV and Per-face UV within the same model
• Locators and null objects are now displayed as icon in the viewport
• Added detachable project tabs
• Added selection modes in Select window

Animations

• Add option on animators to rotate in global space
• Add chift+click on time code to select keyframe columns
• Shift+click to range-select keyframes vertically
• Support query.time_stamp (#1601)
• Switch keyframe when switching graph editor channel (#1375)
• Improved keyframe value slider accuracy

Image Editor

• Track image projects in recent models
• Added Move mode for Copy Paste Tool (#1573)
• Added painting pixel grid in 2D editor
• Added 2D space mirror painting (#1579)
• Added option to adjust texture opacity
• Option to rotate textures (#1571)
• Added image edit options to texture context menu
• Saving all textures in image editor now marks project as saved
• Only auto-center UV editor on zoom when already near center
• Selecting Texture skin preset now opens a new 2D image editor

Other Changes

• Change Center All to Center Lateral
• Allow moving bones in skin mode
• Converting project now creates copy in new tab by default
• Added new icon for bedrock block model format
• Added new icon for Collada exporter
• Added format description to project dialog
• Added attachables to description of bedrock entity format
• Added setting for model export scale
• Shared models no longer include absolute asset paths
• Don't append semicolon to instruction if it's a command (#1505)
• Small UI tweaks and performance improvements

Qualify-of-life Changes

• Allow setting position of mesh face UV via position field
• Automatically detect and load layered textures on bedrock entity models
• If no elements are selected, scale the entire project (#970)
• Save selected tool when switching modes
• Added additional options to plugin window side menu
• Resizing folded top or bottom panel will now unfold panel

Technical Changes

• Update electron to 21
• Add Blockbench.readFile alias
• Add cancel_on_click_outside option for dialogs
• Add support for range type in dialog forms
• Add full_width property in dialog forms
• Added amend edit interval options
• Added image_editor format feature
• Automatically add new actions to already customized toolbars
• Improve hybrid parent menus
• Added option on orbit controls to disable updating camera
• Add failsafe and warning for plugin BarItems without correct ID
• Improve compatibility for custom cube-like elements

Fixes

• Fixed shift key not working to apply texture to all faces on drop
• Fixed issue where action descriptions say Cubes instead of Elements (in en)
• Prevent dialogs from sticking out of the main window when their size dynamically changed
• Brush outline position was inaccurate when zooming in UV editor, removed outline while zooming
• Fixed #1629 Image editor disappears when enabling quad view
• Fixed issue with cube mirror painting on both axes
• Fixed #1620 Incorrect numbers in status bar when using shape tool
• Fixed fading corners on hollow rectangles when using shape tool
• Fixed visual errors after flipping groups
• Fixed converting to bedrock block undoing removed faces
• Fixed model loaders not disappearing from start screen when deleted
• Fixed missing "Folder" translation in texture dialog
• Fixed #1626 "Rectangle selection" typo
• Removed maximum background size (#1624)
• Fixed mirror painting offset when using a smooth brush
• UV Overlay button is visible in image editor
• Fixed issue with vertex snapping cube pivot points in java block/item
• Fixed #1613 Duplicate texture ids when merging projects
• Fixed issue where changing loop cut offset would move cut in inconsistent directions
• Fixed incorrect molang expression validation errors
• Fixed UV editing of mesh vertices not working on tall textures
• Fixed #881 Skin explode does not return to correct position after saving model in exploded state
• Fixed Pick Color Opacity not working when opacity is 0

v4.5.0 Beta 3

Welcome to the third beta for Blockbench version 4.5!

To test this beta, download the required installation files from below, or enable the setting "Update to Pre-releases" inside Blockbench. Enabling this setting will tell Blockbench to always update to the latest pre-release, allowing you to test the latest features.
Please note that pre-release versions may be unstable and have more issues than release versions.

To test the web app, visit https://blockbench-dev.netlify.app/

Please report issues you find in the beta, make sure to specify the correct version.

Changes

• Added FBX animation support
• Added painting grid in 2D editor
• Allow moving bones in skin mode
• Move locators and null objects to 3D foreground when selected
• UV Overlay button is now hidden in 3D paint mode
• Highlight windows when dragging detached tab
• Resizing folded top or bottom panel will now unfold panel
• Disable absolute paths in shared models
• Highlight selected face in face properties editor

Technical changes

• Add failsafe and warning for plugin BarItems without correct ID
• Improve compatibility for custom cube-like elements

Fixed beta issues

• Fixed missing Resize Texture action in texture context menu
• Fixed locators and null objects not being selectable via area select
• Fixed "Edit in Blockbench" and project tab thumbnails not working
• Fixed #1633 Null object visual size resets in animation mode
• Fixed #1630 FBX inconsistent scale across importers
• Fixed #1631 Inverted face direction on cubes in FBX export

Fixed production issues

• Fixed issue with vertex snapping cube pivot points in java block/item
• Fixed #1613 Duplicate texture ids when merging projects
• Fixed issue where changing loop cut offset would move cut in inconsistent directions
• Fixed incorrect molang expression validation errors
• Fixed UV editing of mesh vertices not working on tall textures
• Fixed #881 Skin explode does not return to correct position after saving model in exploded state

4.5.0 Beta 2

Welcome to the second beta for Blockbench version 4.5!

To test this beta, download the required installation files from below, or enable the setting "Update to Pre-releases" inside Blockbench. Enabling this setting will tell Blockbench to always update to the latest pre-release, allowing you to test the latest features.
Please note that pre-release versions may be unstable and have more issues than release versions.

To test the web app, visit https://blockbench-dev.netlify.app/

Please report issues you find in the beta, make sure to specify the correct version.

Changes

• Added FBX exporter
• Added detachable project tabs
• Auto Set Cullfaces tool
• Scale all elements if none are selected (#970)
• Added setting for model export scale
• Added new icon for bedrock block model format
• Added new icon for Collada exporter
• Save selected tool when switching modes
• Added invisible item frame display reference
• Improve keyframe value slider accuracy
• Added support for per-frame frame times in mcmeta
• Added info boxes for tint, cullface, and material instance column

Technical Changes

• Added image_editor format feature
• Added option on orbit controls to disable updating camera

Fixes

• Fixed #1629 Image editor disappears when enabling quad view
• Fixed mirror_uv property import from bbmodels
• Fixed #1628 box UV import from JEM and JPM
• Fixed issue with cube mirror painting on both axes
• Fixed #1620 Incorrect numbers in status bar when using shape tool
• Fixed fading corners on hollow rectangles when using shape tool
• Fixed visual errors after flipping groups
• Fixed drag&drop image import menu not showing up
• Fixed converting to bedrock block undoing removed faces
• Fixed model loaders not disappearing from start screen when deleted
• Fixed UV mirror action not working
• Fixed UV mirror toggles missing in outliner
• Fixed missing "Folder" translation in texture dialog
• Fixed #1626 "Rectangle selection" typo
• Remove maximum background size (#1624)

4.5.0 Beta 1

Blockbench 4.5 Beta 1

Welcome to the first beta for Blockbench version 4.5!

To test this beta, download the required installation files from below, or enable the setting "Update to Pre-releases" inside Blockbench. Enabling this setting will tell Blockbench to always update to the latest pre-release, allowing you to test the latest features.
Please note that pre-release versions may be unstable and have more issues than release versions.

To test the web app, visit https://blockbench-dev.netlify.app/

Please report issues you find in the beta, make sure to specify the correct version.

Minecraft Java Block/Item Features

• Predicate Override Editor
• Texture MCMeta Support
• Face Property Editor
• Added option to open java-block parent model (#1436)
• Keeping track of model credit field (#1605)

New Features

• Added per-cube UV mode
• Locators and null objects are now displayed as icon in the viewport
• Added selection modes in Select window

Animations

• Add rotate in global space on animators
• #1601 Support query.time_stamp
• #1375 Switch keyframe when switching graph editor channel
• Add chift+click on time code to select keyframe columns
• Shift click to range-select keyframes vertically

Image Editor

• Track image projects in recent models
• Added copy paste tool move mode (#1573)
• Added 2D space mirror painting (#1579)
• Added option to adjust texture opacity
• Option to rotate textures (#1571)
• Added image edit options to texture context menu
• Saving all textures in image editor now marks project as saved
• Only auto-center UV editor on zoom when already near center
• Selecting Texture skin preset now opens a new 2D image editor

Other Changes

• Change Center All to Center Lateral
• Converting project now creates copy in new tab by default
• Allow setting position of mesh face UV
• Added format description to project dialog
• Added additional options to plugin window side menu
• Added attachables to description of bedrock entity format

Technical Changes

• Update electron to 21
• Add Blockbench.readFile alias
• Add cancel_on_click_outside option for dialogs
• Add support for range type in dialog forms
• Add full_width property in dialog forms
• Added amend edit interval options
• Automatically add new actions to already customized toolbars
• Improve hybrid parent menus

Fixes

• Fix shift key not working to apply texture to all faces on drop
• Fix issue where action descriptions say Cubes instead of Elements (in en)
• Prevent dialogs from sticking out of the main window when their size dynamically changed
• Brush outline position was inaccurate when zooming in UV editor, removed outline while zooming

4.4.3

Changes

• Enable mirror painting global space by default
• Added model size limit preview for bedrock block format
• Preparations for bedrock block geometry release
• Include project name in backup file names

Fixes

• Fixed model import error message in web app
• Fixed #1595 Can't deselect faces in face mode
• Fixed display of keyframe values with "this" in graph editor
• Fixed #1550 black and white not handled well by "Adjust Curves"
• Fixed issue with scaling meshes
• Improve mirror painting target detection on meshes
• Fixed visible resize line for right sidebar in image mode
• Fixed 6 long model sharing links not working
• Fixed OBJ exporter not exporting textures correctly in some cases
• Fixed #1611 Issue with mirror painting on meshes
• Fixed java block model texture import issue
• Fixed cube size restriction box not updating between formats
• Fixed resizing background images on touch screen
• Fixed #1606 Can't select image editor on Linux
• Fixed model import error message in web app

4.4.2 - The Brush Update (Patch 2)

Changes

• Auto-prevent users from disabling all mirror painting options
• Added more specific warning message when trying to load web app on an outdated browser.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with moving locators
• Fixed error when exporting bedrock models with null objects
• Fixed issue with centering meshes
• Fixed transform gizmo not updating when dragging elements in outliner
• Fixed close button on Quick Setup not working
• Fixed lag when using mirror painting settings menu multiple times
• Fixed #1575 Selected tool resets to default when switching between projects
• Fixed bedrock projects being marked as unsaved after opening in some cases
• Fixed #1581 Recent project thumbnails show discarded changes
• Fixed #1585 Image tabs do not correctly save viewport position
• Fixed missing thumbnails for image tabs
• Fixed issue with plugin settings not saving in rare cases
• Fixed #1583 converting a project does not mark it as unsaved
• Fixed issue with animated textures in image format
• Fixed mirror painting highlight grid not showing correct axis
• Fixed #1593 Can't add to selection with area select in edge or face mode
• Fixed pan tool visible in Tools menu on desktop
• Fixed display of Brush Tool side menu in Tools menu
• Fixed #1576 no support for references to other textures in the same java block model
• Fixed validator detecting java-block texture references as invalid characters