JannisX11/blockbench v4.7.0-beta.1

4.7 Beta 1

on GitHub

Welcome to the first beta for Blockbench 4.7 - The Reference Image Update!

by @JannisX11

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.

Reference Images

• Added reference image system, replacing backgrounds
• Reference images can be mirrored and rotated
• You can change the opacity of reference images, or hide them
• You can choose the layer of your reference to show it behind or in front of the viewport, or floating above the UI
• They can be saved in your project, which requires you to save your model as a .bbmodel project file. Or, they can be saved globally in Blockbench.
• Multiple reference images can be added at the same time (#1157)
• Reference images work in the 3D and 2D editor (#1552)
• Use Clear Mode on blueprints to hide the background
• Use web search to add reference images without leaving Blockbench

Export settings

• Added export settings API
• Added glTF binary export option
• Added option to export to glTF as rigged mesh / armature
• Added FBX export settings

Features

• Added preview mode for Minecraft Bedrock attachable models on the player
• Added keyframe amplify tool
• Sub-keybindings!
• Option to reset settings to default (on right-click)
• Add first time save codec selector
• Add Preview toggle in texture edit dialogs
• Added setting for always showing splash art
• Added function to connect mesh faces in UV editor
• Added UV vertex merging function
• Added option to lock palette
• Added proportional editing for meshes (Work in progress)

Improvements

• Animations from different files are now allowed to have the same name (#1437)
• Add ability to reorder animation controllers in animation list
• Smaller increments for HSV sliders (#1406)
• Improved keybinding labels for international layouts
• Omit locators and null objects from screenshots
• Added mesh UV rotation handle
• Improved numeric inputs
• Update preview size when resizing window with background rendering off
• Improve search bar mobile input
• Allow expressions in dialog number inputs
• Restructured and improved UV menu
• Change default timeline zoom level
• Download plugins on desktop only when update available
• Allow float sizes in modded entity format
• Improve link and text sharing UI
• Add API to add toolbars to panel
• Refactor panel toolbar setup
• Implement top-facing item frame display reference
• Changed Box UV origin when resizing Z axis (#1794)
• Mark newly added animations as unsaved
• Added Alt keybinding label to the color picker
• Replaced "Don't Show Again" button in dialogs with a checkbox
• Renamed Face Normal to Face Orientation
• Loop cuts can now cut through a ring of triangles
• "Reset Zoom" on UV editor now also resets position
• Added support for Molang query is_first_person
• Added preview.texture_frame variable to preview animated textures
• Removed Pedro Pascal

Technical changes

• Added message box checkboxes
• Added EventSystem super class
• Implemented "once" listener type (#1656)
• Introduced enum property type
• Added dialog inline_select form element
• Added conditions for toolbars
• Change plugin download and install methods to make more sense
• Added bedrock animation compile event hooks

Fixes

• Fixed #1766 UV faces rotate individually
• Removed native tooltip on icon mode bar selects
• Fixed status bar overflow
• Fixed #1795 Center View on Selection in UV is based on texture rather than UV resolution
• Fixed dissolving edges creating inverted faces
• Fixed plugin documentation link
• Fixed #1786 Cannot unselect texture if list is full
• Fixed menu bar menus not closing when clicking again (#1803, thanks @MrKinau)
• Fixed issues with height of some panels when in sidebar
• Fixed #1804 Centering view on empty project corrupts view
• Fixed issues with particle texture import and preview in web app
• Fixed inflate not working correctly in Bedrock Block format
• Fixed alignment of panting grid on bent quads
• Fixed issue with creating mesh faces between disconnected vertices
• Fixed #1797 Append Box UV elements to template increases size
• Fixed textures getting stuck in non-existant frame after removing animation frames