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A path tracer to create realistic images of your Minecraft worlds.

1.3.8

2 years ago
  • Fixed water being rendered on sign blocks below the water height in water world mode.
  • The scene/world directory selection dialogs now indicate if a valid directory is selected.
  • Added button to scale canvas width/height by a factor of 1.5.
  • Replaced the preview window scaling buttons with a drop-down list.
  • Added Entities tab in the Render Controls dialog, allowing posing and skinning of player entities.
  • Fixed chunk loading error that caused Chunky to hang while loading chunks if a font texture was missing.
  • Launcher v1.8.12: the launcher now always tries to launch the embedded version.

1.4.0

2 years ago
  • Chunky now requires Java 8 update 40, or a later version.
  • Added rendering for Minecraft 1.10 blocks:
    • Bone Block
    • Magma Block
    • Red Nether Brick
    • Nether Wart Block
  • Modernized the Chunky User Interface by rewriting it in JavaFX.
  • Most of the UI remains similar to the old version, but some parts were redesigned:
    • Controls for multiple cameras have been simplified.
    • The Highlight tab has been merged into the Options tab.
    • The gradient editor and color pickers were slightly redesigned.
    • Added some sky gradient presets.
    • Removed the fullscreen option for the preview window.
  • Removed old features that were not well supported. The goal is to make these into separate plugins:
    • Removed the benchmark tool.
    • Removed the experimental OpenCL renderer.
  • Holding Control while moving the camera multiplies move distance by 100.
  • The render preview scaling option has been moved into a context menu. Right clicking the render preview window brings up the scaling menu.
  • Added option to show guide grid in the render preview. The option is accessed through the right-click context menu.
  • Pressing Space in the render preview window starts/pauses/resumes rendering.
  • Fixed player entities not being saved if they were the only entity type in a scene.
  • Fixed bug preventing new players from being added to a scene if no players were already loaded.
  • Minor changes to the UI:
    • Added an icon to the camera view visualization.
    • Removed the chunk loading indicator icon.
    • Removed the player Y position indicator.
    • Removed fullscreen preview.
  • Added new command-line options:
    • Added -list-scenes command.
    • Added -merge-dump command.
    • Made it possible to manually set the Chunky settings directory using a system property (java -Dchunky.home=DIR).
  • Added Omni-Directional Stereo projector (thanks leMaik!)
  • Rendering improvements and fixes:
    • End rods now emit light.
    • Vertical droppers and dispensers are now rendered correctly.
    • Improved fog rendering through glass and other transparent materials.
    • Fixed issue causing Chorus Plant to not connect to End Stone blocks.
  • Experimental Plugin API added.

1.4.1

2 years ago
  • Fixed scenes not able to be saved after fresh install, caused by the scene directory not yet being created.
  • Added "Face target" button in the Entities tab.
  • Fixed bugs in the command-line interface.
  • Expanded plugin API.

1.4.2

2 years ago
  • Added support for multiple resource packs. The resource pack load order can be changed via Options->Edit resource packs.
  • Added rendering for Minecraft 1.11 blocks:
    • Observer Block
    • Shulker Box
  • Added scene settings export/import system.
  • It is now possible to temporarily change the view target via the render preview context menu. This is useful for autofocus and moving entities.
  • Updated command block rendering to be compatible with Minecraft 1.9+.
  • Added scale setting for player entities.
  • Improved error checking for resource packs.
  • Fixed rendering errors for trapdoors, redstone dust, and comparator blocks.
  • The --update command now creates a settings directory if needed.
  • Default settings should be generated when running headless commands for the first time.

1.4.3

2 years ago
  • Various small UI improvements and bug fixes.
  • Improved the way fences, stone walls, glass panes, and iron bars connect to other blocks.
  • Added plugin manager in the launcher, among the advanced settings.
  • The Plugin API now expects plugins to provide metadata.
  • Made resource pack loading more flexible.
  • Fog is now blended with the sky near the horizon.
  • Minecraft block IDs are now displayed in the block info tooltip.
  • Improved error handling for skymap loading.
    • Added -f option to ignore headless skymap loading errors.
  • Fixed incorrect top texture for inverted daylight sensors.
  • Added rendering for Minecraft 1.12 blocks:
    • Glazed Terracotta
    • Concrete
    • Concrete Powder
    • Beetroots
  • Made block material properties configurable per-scene.
  • Modified specular reflection rendering.
  • Added two new post-processors
    • Hable tone mapping
    • ACES filmic tone mapping

1.4.4

2 years ago
  • Windows installer now detects Java 9 installations.
  • Added armor rendering for player entities.
  • Added armor stand rendering.
  • Added banner rendering.
  • Added UI elements to modify entity armor in the Entities tab. This currently applies to players and armor stands.
  • Added a drop down menu to the entity posing controls for selecting which limb to pose.
  • Tweaked stone wall rendering to behave more like Minecraft.
  • Plugins can now modify the main window tabs.
  • Added banner rendering.
  • Improve bed rendering for Minecraft 1.12 (colored beds).
  • Y clipping is now a per-scene setting, with an upper clip value.
  • The Y clip planes now cull non-player entities.
  • Spruce and birch leaf colors are now fixed like in Minecraft.

2.1.0

3 years ago
  • Fix blocks below fern being rendered as stone
  • Add dragon egg
  • Add a button to copy the current frame to the clipboard
  • Update the cauldron model
  • Render cauldron water levels

2.1.0-213

3 years ago
  • Add lanterns
  • Fix jack-o-lantern not emitting light
  • Append a timestamp to the default scene name to prevent overwriting scene files by accident
  • Fix actors not being loaded if the scene doesn't contain any other entities

2.1.0-208

3 years ago
  • Add the lectern
  • Add the campfire

2.1.0-204

3 years ago
  • Fix nether portal transparency
  • Fix end stone brick stairs and stone stairs textures
  • Add bamboo and potted bamboo
  • Fix the ACES tone map operator
  • Add the stonecutter
  • Add the grindstone