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Welcome to the first beta for Blockbench 4.10!

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 in general 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.

Mesh editing

• Added knife tool (#1945)
• Added automatically suggested mesh editing fixes
  • Fix for concave quads
  • Fix for vertices moved into other vertices
• Added "Cuboid with edges" mesh primitive generator
• Added mesh solidify tool
• Cursor highlight when selecting mesh edges or vertices
• Improved selecting edges and vertices

Flipbook editor

This update adds the new Flipbook Editor!

• Setup flipbook-animated texture strips without manually resizing textures
• Add, copy, remove, and rearrange flipbook texture frames in an easy-to-use menu
• Auto-generate the implementation code for supported Minecraft formats

Transform spaces

Transform spaces received an update to make them more consistent across different modes and different element types

• Renamed "Bone" space to "Parent"
• The default transform space is now "Parent"
• Added local space move support for bones in edit and animation mode (#2205)
• Added local space support for the pivot tool (#774)

Image Editor

• Added setting for image editor pixel grid size
• "Add Image" option when dropping png file into image editor

Animation

• Added option to automatically optimize animations
• Added "Change Animation Speed" option
• Blockbench now asks to copy keyframes when duplicating a bone (#1564)
• Holding shift now locks bezier handler axis
• Hold ctrl to snap bezier handles (#1757)
• Bezier handles now automatically adjust when changing animation speed
• Added animation controller playback speed option (#1863)
• Wrap around catmull rom keyframes in loop (#1965)
• Improve animation looping preview smoothness
• Inverse Kinematics now works with null object in outliner root
• Changed timeline marker icon
• Automatically exit graph editor when opening effect animator

Minecraft modeling features

• Added Fabric (yarn) modded entity option
• Added Yarn Mapping Export Template for Keyframe Animations (thanks @SirJain0)
• Added entity class name field for modded entity
• Added back child ModelPart references in 1.17 Modded Entity (#1892)
• Added per-bone textures in OptiFine Entity format (#857)

UV Mapping

• Implement per element selection system in UV editor (Fixes #2167)
• Added Multi Texture Occupancy option for per-face UV (#526)

Plugins

• Added plugin changelog tab!
• Added plugin deprecation warning with notes to display the deprecation reason
• Added plugin "contributes" data to suggest plugins for unknown formats

OBJ importer improvements

• Added MTL support
• Added import scale option

UI improvements

• Added a redesigned header bar in the mobile version
• Added resizable dialogs (#1665)
• Made sidebar panel height adjustable
• Action Control: list recently used actions on top
• Added project tab context menu
• Updated "Select External Image Editor" dialog
• Changed "Update downloaded" icon

Other changes

• Added video support in reference images (#1482)
• Cleaned up inconsistencies with file names (#2164)
  • .bbmodel file name is now always synced with project name
  • The file name field is no longer editable if the file is already saved
• Calculate snap UV to pixels in texture space
• Include texture folder in invalid texture path error message
• Switch auto-backup to indexedDB to allow for larger backups in web app
• Update GIF Recorder to allow plugins to add their own formats, thanks @ewanhowell5195!
• Added pixel grid in edit mode (#1189)
• Added tool and gizmo for stretching cubes in enabled formats, thanks @AaronWoodward
• Adapt box UV origin when resizing on X axis (#1819)
• Made ground plane one-sided, added setting to change it back
• Avoid showing existing textures in texture auto import list
• Default to selected texture in Generate Palette
• When grouping elements, the group now auto-adapts the name of the elements (#1985)
• Added option to duplicate project
• Allow ctrl based keybindings to be used while editing text inputs

Technical changes

• Added dialog keyboard_actions system
• Added "force_step" field in dialogs to force value rounding to step
• Added class to identify menu bar menus in themes
• Added class to identify bar-select menus
• Added class option for creating menus
• URL parameters to load model through link (#2179)
• Added a way to access native dom Animation class (NativeGlobals.Animation)
• Improved plugin uninstall error message
• Updated Electron
• Updated to the latest version of Fontawesome

Fixes

• Fixed reference image reload bug
• Fixed scrollbar color on recent web browsers
• Fixed #2215 Transform > Scale is rounded to 2 decimal places
• Fixed #2202 can use undo/redo while scaling model
• Fixed pasting mesh faces not applying texture
• Increase orthographic camera distance to reduce issues with clicking gizmos
• Fixed #2231 Amend checkboxes are always checked initially
• Fixed #2237 Rotated cube UVs do not correctly convert to mesh
• Fixed timeline playhead line clipping
• Fixed pose in armature gltf export (#2224)
• Fixed texture not updating when loading as emissive from bedrock entity
• Fixed plugins getting uninstalled on offline web app
• Fixed #1988 glTF armature export does not support multi texture
• Fixed #2201 can't export skinned glTF model with locator or null
• Fixed #2223 Bat Skin Template errors when trying to convert to a different format
• Fixed upper body rotation in wolf skin preset
• Fixed an issue with the format of relative paths in bbmodel files
• Fixed mirror modeling counting meshes with minimal X origin offset as off-center
• Fixed #1964 by auto-clearing Linux GPU cache files after updating
• Fixed #2273 disabled plugins still try to reload when reloading all
• Fixed #2272 plugin background icon can overflow
• Fixed several inconsistencies related to styling and custom themes
• Fixed selecting keyframes from validator not automatically switching to animation mode
• Pasting an empty group into the outliner does not select it

Changes

• Added webp support for reference images
• Added "Add Image" option when dropping png file into image editor

Fixes

• Fixed Merge Down of layer ignoring opacity and blend mode
• Fixed issue when resizing or scaling textures with layers
• Fixed auto UV not working on negative size cubes
• Fixed potential line overflow in error log dialog
• Fixed molang editor overflow in animation properties dialog
• Created temporary fix for large backup models preventing the program from starting
• Fixed zoom not working correctly in orthographic camera angle presets
• Fixed errors when typing text into some numeric inputs
• Fixed animation controllers exporting line breaks in transitions
• Fixed #2197 Highlight Brush line drawn from mirrored spot
• Fixed clicking cancel on export options not canceling export
• Fixed bedrock attachable reference player arm not correctly rotated
• Fixed UV size sliders not updating UV on meshes
• Fixed mesh UV rotation snapping not being super precise
• Fixed plugin details tab issues
• Fixed non-critical background tab texture error message
• Fixed mesh viewport menu acting like outliner menu
• Allow palette colors to be styled smaller via theme

Changes

• When generating a template with nothing selected, the template will now be generated for the entire model
• Added paste option to outliner context menu
• Made selecting vertices easier on touch screens (#2153)
• Added back support for older iOS versions pre 16.4
• Added new molang validation for ")("

Fixes

• Fixed issue with scaling groups
• Fixed #2165 back texture on flat cubes does not appear in regenerated template
• Fixed cubes not syncing correctly across edit sessions
• Fixed double clicking on amend edit menu selects reference images behind
• Fixed export property not being saved on meshes
• Fixed export property being ignored when exporting skinned mesh as glTF
• Fixed #2159 Cannot use multiple modifier keys for keybind on Mac
• Fixed UV matching when merging projects
• Fixed Face Properties tint index UI not updating correctly
• Stop possibility of most material icons being Google translated in web app
• Fixed mesh UV overlay being draggable in paint mode
• Fixed deleting texture not working when mesh part is selected
• Limited OBJ importer face vertex count to 4 to prevent invalid faces from being created
• Locked elements no longer get mirrored in mirror modeling
• Fixed #2177 animation list overlap
• Slim skins now work correctly on reference models (#2037)
• Fixed creating face not deleting duplicate edges
• Fixed unable to extrude single not connected vertex
• Fixed #2045 OBJ mtl export can have incorrect texture file name
• Center View on Selection no longer works for UVs (#2172)
• Fixed clicking on 2D editor scrollbar counting as paint

Changes

• Added new bat skin model
• Added bedrock attachable preview support for nested binding

Fixes

• Per texture UV workflow improvements
• Fixed #2149 Cannot click on input box in dialog file picker
• Fixed reference appearing behind 2D editor by default
• Fixed #2124 Converting cube to mesh changes rotation
• Fixed error in bbmodel merging
• Fixed typo in shared actions
• Fixed texture resizing issue with per texture UV size
• Fixed layer changes not marking texture as internal
• Fixed icon crop on android
• Fixed mobile panels displaying when not selected
• Fixed unable to select animations on mobile
• Fixed mobile color picker size issue
• Fixed double panel issue in mobile layout
• Fixed visual issue in Predicate editor
• Fixed issue with brush blend modes at full opacity
• Fixed issues with new image project dialog
• Fixed #2142 stretched image size
• Fixed missing image when canceling dialog
• Fixed "toggle all grids" icon
• Fixed top/bottom slot panels in image editor
• Fixed layer resize handles not working with UV overlay enabled
• Copy pasting tweaks
• Fixed issue with duplicating texture selection

Changes

• Respect texture animation when pasting image sections
• Updated bbmodel format version to 4.9 to highlight per-texture-UV-size system

Fixes

• Fixed #2133 issue when generating templates
• Fixed UV resolution changing when converting projects
• Fixed missing option to disable color when appending to template
• Fixed UV editor navigation issue on Firefox + iOS
• Fixed settings profile issue with removed settings
• Fixed timeline scrolling CSS issue
• Fixed issue with brushes restricting to cube faces
• Fixed pixel grid on box UV generic models
• Fixed #2129 Hybrid menus close when cursor passes over menu separator
• Fixed hybrid menu icon updating incorrectly in nested menus
• Fixed #2132 issue with UV preview
• Fixed UV export in OBJ and Collada exporter
• Fixed round color picker creating too many color history entries
• Fixed #2121 line brush preview not disappearing when releasing shift outside of window
• Fixed #2123 Highlight Brush line drawn from arbitrary position before having painted
• Fixed incorrect category for layer crop keybinding
• Fixed cropping texture to selection issue on mac and Linux builds
• Hide removed cube faces
• Exclude removed cube faces from UV selection frame (#2135)
• Fixed #2137 narrow list in model import dialog
• Fixed onion skinning memory leak
• Fixed issue with moving layers when grabbing outside of canvas

Welcome to the Image Editor Update! There are a lot of new features and changes, check it out!

Highlights

• 2D Image Editor now has Layers and Selections
• Plugin details and settings page
• Animation Onion Skinning
• Animation presets!
• Java Modded Entity animation support!
• Secondary color

Image Editor

• Added layers
• Added selection system
• Replaced Copy-Paste Tool with Selection Tool
• Added secondary color
• Added Pixel perfect brush
• Improved brush stroke dynamics
• Added option to paint with right mouse button and second color
• Allow 2D editor brush tool starting position to exceed frame
• Added 2D Image format to start screen, renamed the category Low Poly to General
• Reverting to a texture version that is synced to a file will now load the old version from memory
• Moved image editor panels to the right sidebar
• Highlight brush line (shift key) before drawing
• Allow using "Edit in Blockbench" in web app
• Textures now get synced from and to "Edit in Blockbench" tab
• Renamed Textures panel to Images in image editor
• Added texture list multi selection
• Painting performance improvements
• Added option to discard local image/texture changes
• Remove Sync Color Between Instances feature, as tabs exist now
• Fill Tool mode "Element" is now hidden in 2D editor

Animation

• Added animation onion skinning
• Added animation presets
  • Created 20 built-in animation presets
  • Added the option to create custom presets
• Added toggle to lock animations into the playing state
• Added a Hint/error message when trying to select single element in animator
• Added new molang validation checks (#2011)
• Added the option to bake IK animations
• Auto-load particle and sound files when loading from bbmodel
• Added Java animation export (Modded Entity format)
• Increase timeline margin after last keyframe

Plugins

• Added plugin settings in plugin dialog
• Added plugin details page
• Added plugin features page

Meshes

• Added tool to apply object rotation to meshes
• Improved mesh editing performance

UV Mapping

• Added per-texture UV size in supported formats
• Added more accessible toggle for UV overlay in edit mode
• Added rectangle frame around UV selection

Screenshots and Recorder

• Added Advanced Screenshot option to capture screenshots at higher quality and with pre-determined parameters
• Added resolution and focal length options to GIF recorder
• The GIF recorder now records animations at consistent speed
• Added button to edit captured screenshots in 2D editor

Misc

• Added setting and enabled modded entity integer size by default
• Added cursor tooltips for many interactions
• Improvements to element and UV copying
• Custom OS file explorer icon for bbmodel files
• Updated several icons
• Updated window control icons on Windows/Linux
• Updated PWA display mode to collapse the title bar (#2079)
• Added icons to import image dialog
• Save panel configurations and sidebar width per mode
• Remember display slot when switching modes
• Allow area-selecting when the click was started over an element (#2028, thanks @farfalk)
• Added option to insert final newline in exported JSON files (#2086)
• Added icons in tab bar
• Removed scroll bar on start screen file names

Technical changes

• Upgraded electron
• Added togglable dialog form fields
• Added cursor tooltip API
• Added shared action system
• Allow ModelFormats without animation files to have animation controllers (#2095)
• Switch to standardized system for outliner node type icons (#2019)

Fixes

• Fix issues with using nested menus on touch screens
• Fix #2054 Non-vanilla model fields leak to other models
• Fix bedrock display settings accuracy
• Fix backup files not being created in image format
• Fix #2074 incorrect position when converting cube to mesh
• Fix scaling not updating sliders and transform gizmo
• Fix icon display issue in customize toolbar dialog
• Fixed #2093 Cannot select multiple files on mac via electron dialog
• Fixed blueprint reference image error
• Fixed mesh mirror modeling issues
• Fixed timeline channel heads lagging behind on some devices
• Fixed #2081 duplicating faces in mirror modeling
• Fixed #2071 issue with mouse wheel events on Firefox (thanks @Ampflower)
• Fixed #2104 slow draw speed on complex meshes
• Fixed unintended small borders around UV editor viewport
• Fixed an issue in the OBJ exporter (#2032, thanks @Steelsmasher)
• Fixed #2118 Undo in new image project deletes the image
• Fixed #2077 Freeze when loading particle with lifetime expressions
• Fixed converting single texture project sometimes not applying the correct texture
• Fixed #2108 Pasting keyframe over other deletes original keyframe
• Fixed hybrid menus not opening correctly
• Correctly adjust 2D Image editor size on mobile
• Added fallback for folded panels on mobile

Welcome to the 2nd beta for Blockbench 4.9 - The Layer Update!

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 in general 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.

Known issues

The windows builds display Beta 1 in the log and About window, even though this is beta 2.

Changelog

If you haven't already, check out the changelog of the previous beta version: https://github.com/JannisX11/blockbench/releases/tag/v4.9.0-beta.1

Image editor

• Added layer blend modes
• Moved panels to the right sidebar
• Added setting for moving selection with selection tool
• Hold Alt and drag to duplicate texture selection
• Highlight line brush line in 2D editor
• Allow using "Edit in Blockbench" in web app
• Textures now get synced from and to "Edit in Blockbench" tab
• Renamed Textures panel to Images in image editor
• Restore chosen selection operation mode after pressing modifier key
• Added texture list multi selection
• Added Image format screen
• Added color overlay in rectangle selection tool

Other changes

• Save panel configurations per mode
• Auto set imported textures UV size
• Added more accessible toggle for UV overlay in edit mode
• Improved mesh editing performance
• Remember display slot when switching modes
• Allow ModelFormats without animation files to have animation controllers
• Added option to insert final newline in exported JSON files
• Allow custom repository and bug tracker links for plugins
• Allow area-selecting when the click was started over an element (#2028, thanks @farfalk)

Fixes

• Fixed issue with saving texture after some types of edits
• Fixed #2090 Move Texture with UV cuts off texture
• Fixed #2092 Issues with Per texture UV size
• Fixed #2087 Issue when duplicating and copying texture with layers
• Fixed #2088 Paint cursor offset when using higher template resolutions
• Fixed #2093 Cannot select multiple files on mac via electron dialog
• Fixed blueprint reference image error
• Fixed mesh mirror modeling issues
• Fixed timeline channel heads lagging behind on some devices
• Fixed #2081 duplicating faces in mirror modeling
• Fixed template generator issues
• Fixed #2071 issue with mouse wheel events on Firefox (thanks @Ampflower)
• Fixed #2104 slow draw speed on complex meshes
• Fixed unintended small borders around UV editor viewport
• Fixed manual color input in color panel not working
• Fixed and improved copy pasting workflow in 2D editor
• Fixed an issue in the OBJ exporter (#2032, thanks @Steelsmasher)
• Fixed selection tool dragging outline scale
• Fixed auto-keyframing issue when creating keyframe at start of timeline
• Fixed double clicking layer visibility icon opens properties dialog

Welcome to the first beta for Blockbench 4.9 - The Layer Update!

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 in general 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.

Image Editor

• Added layers
• Added selection system
• Replaced Copy-Paste Tool with Selection Tool
• Added secondary color
• Added Pixel perfect brush
• Improved brush stroke dynamics
• Added option to paint with right mouse button and second color
• Allow 2D editor brush tool coords to exceed frame
• Added 2D Image format to start screen, renamed the category Low Poly to General
• Remove Sync Color Between Instances feature, as tabs exist now
• Reverting to a texture version that is synced to a file will now load the old version from memory

Animation

• Added animation onion skinning
• Added animation presets
  • Created 19 included animation presets
  • Added the option to create custom animation presets
• Added toggle to lock animations into the playing state
• Added a Hint/error message when selecting element in animator
• Added new molang validation checks (#2011)
• Added the option to bake IK animations
• Auto-load particle and sound files when loading from bbmodel
• Added Java animation export (modded entity format)

Plugins

• Added plugin settings in plugin dialog
• Added plugin details page
• Added plugin features page

Meshes

• Added tool to apply object rotation to meshes

UV Mapping

• Added per-texture UV size in supported formats

Screenshots and Recorder

• Added Advanced Screenshot option to capture screenshots at higher quality and with pre-determined parameters
• Added resolution and focal length options to GIF recorder
• The GIF recorder now records animatios at consistent speed
• Added button to edit captured screenshots in 2D editor

Misc

• Add setting and enable modded entity integer size by default
• Add cursor tooltips for many interactions
• Improvements to element and UV copying
• Custom OS file explorer icon for bbmodel files
• Updated several icons
• Updated window control icons on Windows/Linux
• Updated PWA display mode to collapse the title bar (#2079)
• Add icons to import image dialog
• Sidebar width now works per mode

Technical changes

• Upgraded electron
• Added togglable dialog form fields
• Added cursor tooltip API
• Added shared action system

Fixes

• Fix issues with using nested menus on touch screens
• Fix #2054 Non-vanilla model fields leak to other models
• Fix bedrock display settings accuracy
• Fix backup files not being created in image format
• Fix #2074 incorrect position when converting cube to mesh
• Fix scaling not updating sliders and transform gizmo
• Fix icon display issue in customize toolbar dialog

Fixes

• Fixed #2016 Global mirror painting not working on centered elements
• Fixed issue with hybrid menu not staying open
• Fixed exporting textures with # in path
• Timeline ruler labels not rounded
• Updated electron to 25.7

Changes

• Elytra + cape skin model
• Banner skin model (#1997)
• Elements now support name flipping (#1982)
• Added update_scene_shading event hook
• Added a CDN mirror option, to solve plugins being unavailable in Egypt

Fixes

• Fixed #2002 Issue with loop cut on triangle shape
• Fixed #1984 Mesh merge undo does not track hierarchy
• Fixed amend edit can undo other changes after error in function
• Fixed graph editor box select selects graph on mouseup
• Fixed texture path issues
• Issue with duplicate texture detection
• Issue with relative texture paths in bbmodel export
• Fixed issue opening image project in web app
• Fixed #1920 Copy brush issues
• Fixed issue with loading new version plugins in the web app
• Fixed plugin settings deleting in rare cases
• Added limit + improved performance of searchable menus
• Fixed mirror modeling issues
• Fixed issue with recording high FPS GIFs
• Fixed num slider sliding not working on touch screens
• Fixed icon issues in action control
• Fixed incorrect location of brush outline in java block/item
• Reloading local plugin does not reload icon and about file
• Fixed #1976 issue when offsetting mirror editing loop cut
• Close #1981 Mirror modeling now no longer updates names
• Fixed #1994 Assigning left click for panning messes up UV editor and timeline controlls
• Fixed #1991 Zombie head does not change rotation when applying a pose
• Fixed #1992 unchanged backups not persistent after second crash (#2003)
• Fixed menu navigation issue on touch devices
• Fixed mesh flipping issue: Flipping a vertex of edge selection of a mesh would not invert the affected faces
• Fixed GIF recording with unlinked camera
• Fixed issue with tab key in variable placeholder field
• Optimize keybinding saving, fixed potential error
• Fixed issue with generating mirror modeling box UV templates