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