Welcome to the second beta for Blockbench 4.8 - The Plugin Browser 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.
Definitely check out the changelog of the previous beta build if you haven't already: https://github.com/JannisX11/blockbench/releases/edit/v4.8.0-beta.1
Painting
- Allow navigating UV editor + timeline with viewport pan key (#1792)
- Let color picker pick through transparency by default
- Improve Paint Through Transparency feature (#1798, #1952)
- Allow custom color for 3D brush outline
Mirror modeling
- Add mirror modeling support for java block/item
- Add mirror modeling support for bones
- Save mirror modeling option per project
Plugins
- Add plugin dependency check when update adds dependencies
- Allow disabling store plugins
- Change plugin page scrolling behavior to only scroll About
Animation
- Implement timeline frame number display
- Graph editor click graph to select axis
- Reorganize timeline menu
Miscellaneous
- Added preview scene player model option
- Keep file name when importing skin
- Added size sliders for meshes
- Added option to toggle all grids
- Make Camel skin presets compatible with Toggle Layer
- Ensure moving outliner selections places in displayed order
- Re-center java block/item models when converting
Technical updates
- Setup new certificate + build process
- Removed support for 32 bit operating systems
Fixes
- Fixed #1950 3D cursor offset on rotated cube face
- Fixed gradient tool mirror paint offset
- Fixed rotation issue when converting model with rotation axis restriction
- Fixed actions cannot be added to a menu without path
- Fixed issue with undoing texture edits in web app
- Fixed #1936 Mirror modeling leaves element behind
- Fixed #1937 Mirror modeling mesh selection issue
- Fixed #1939 3D brush outline on deformed UV quads
- Fixed #1940 desktop only plugins can be installed in web app via URL query
- Fixed start screen slideshow not working on older browsers
- Fixed #1891 Cannot add reference images in orthographic
- Fixed reference image error
- Fixed plugin dependency issue
- Fixed outliner search being case sensitive
- Fixed 3D brush outline not working with inflated cubes
- Fixed 3D brush offset in Java Block Item format
- Fixed #1946 dissolving edge does not remove vertices
- Added fallback for customized toolbars that error on load (#1955)