JannisX11/blockbench v5.2.0-beta.2

5.2.0 Beta 2

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Welcome to the second beta for Blockbench 5.2!

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.

Overview

Check out the first beta to see what's new in this update: https://github.com/JannisX11/blockbench/releases/tag/v5.2.0-beta.1
This version is now feature-complete and will be released once it's tested and stable.

Additions

• Fill faces and elements via Paint Bucket in UV editor (#3739, thanks @Kannoma!)
• Added presets for Generate PBR Map (#3658)
• Added new language: Arabic
• Added Max Zoom Distance setting

Changes

• Improvements to file inputs in dialogs (#3693, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
  • Long paths overflow on the left, so you see the file name instead of the drive letter
  • Full path on hover as a tooltip
  • Files can be dropped onto an input
• Improved Action Control sorting of search results
• Unfold/collapse Groups now affects other nested elements
• Skyboxes are now rendered in orthographic view (#3702, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Disabled preview scenes in the GUI display slot (#3703, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Added relative asset path support for sound/particle keyframes (#3177)
• Display selected color in panel selector bar on mobile
• Custom context menu for 2D editor
• Save plugin files in the web app (#3733, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Added Flipbook Editor sorting for multi-selection
• Flipbook Editor now displays initial frame indices
• Reference image improvements in 2D editor
• Double clicking the dialog resizer will now reset dialog size
• Added proportional editing support on resize and rotate (#3731)
• Bounding boxes are now available in generic models
• Keep face selections while painting
• Add Brush Lock: Selected Faces mode
• Screen-space brush: Restrict to current texture and Lock Mode option
• Center View on Selection in UV panel now focuses on all faces of selected element if no faces are selected (#3744, thanks @ewanhowell5195)

Minecraft-related changes

• Improvements to generated Java item models (#2813) (#3697, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
  • Read the PR for more details
• Option to resolve the whole parent chain when opening a child model (#3730, thanks @ewanhowell5195)
• "Shade Direction Override" is now behind a format version and mutually exclusive with legacy "Shade" (#3705, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Improved backwards compatibility for Minecraft Java "Shade Direction Override" cube property
• Fill in the bedrock display transform defaults (#3734, thanks @ewanhowell5195)
• Remember bedrock geo material config files in recent project
• Automatically set Holding Item toggle value for attachable

Technical changes

• Auto-upgrade vertex weights to new format when opening models
• Default plugin author field to "Unknown"

Beta fixes

• Fixed #3685 Cannot change order of tools in toolbars
• Allow paint through transparency on screen space brush
• Fixed #3686 variable placeholder generator outputs wrong types
• Fixed #3690 null object and locator positioned incorrectly in armature
• Fixed #3689 Timeline updates incorrectly when switching project
• Fixed #3691 Transform gizmo visible in paint mode
• Fixed #3688 Alt + click to drag UVs without clicking on them stopped working
• Fixed #3683 3D Billboard reference image does not support "Above Interface" layer mode
• Fixed error when rotating null object in animation
• Fixed color picker wheel bleeding pixels
• Fixed UV editor with custom height cutting of when selecting cube
• Fixed mesh rectangle selection issue
• Fixed #3684 3D Billboard Reference image toolbar is behind model
• Fixed #3711 Layer option not applied when adding reference image
• Fixed issues with projected brush when using multiple textures
• Improve rendering performance

Fixes

• Fixed issues with "this" in bedrock attachable preview
• Fixed #3687 query.time_stamp returns wrong values
• fixed thumbnails of models with only non-exported elements
• Fixed UI issues when too many dialogs are open
• Fixed #3698 Armature bones don't scale via Transform Scale
• fixed spline gizmos staying on screen when gizmos are hidden
• Load image files past the browser cache (#3696, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Improve mesh deformation display performance (#3701)
• Hide the UV scale gizmo for transparent faces (#3743, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Fixed identifier and exported collections when exporting a collection as a bbmodel (#3740, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Fixed locators exporting twice to glTF (#3737, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Fixed bedrock bone parent casing when the parent comes later (#3738, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Fixed config dialog forms leaking their colour pickers (#3724, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Reset the dialog size when double clicking the resizer (#3729, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Fixed vertex weights not being adjusted when duplicating armature
• Fixed #3207 Can't extrude on specific mesh
• Fixed #3262 typo in molang autocomplete
• Fixed texture meshes not rebuilding when changing the texture file (#3706, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• End active drags when the window loses focus (#3722, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Restore the alt tool before switching modes (#3718, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Fixed effect keyframes not being pasted into newly made animation
• Fixed custom skin poses being lost on project conversion (#3720, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Fixed prism editor selection breaking with autocomplete open (#3719, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• fixed double click to collapse on panel labels (#3728, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Fixed reference image z-index in 2D editor
• Fixed #1902 Background images in 2d editor cannot be color picked
• Fixed double click in image editor to select reference images
• Fixed local plugins being uninstalled after a failed load (#3707, thanks @ewanhowell5195!)
• Fixed #3713 Issue with combining overlapping keyframes
• Fixed error when copying selection component with no selection bounding boxes
• Fixed reference image issues in image editor
• Fixed race condition when launching dev mode
• Optimized load time when opening Blockbench with many recent projects
• Fix #3745 Can't extrude selection via keybinding when mesh is inside armature
• Fixed merging down an alpha mask layer (#3742, thanks @ewanhowell5195)
• Hide more gizmos in screenshots (#3736, thanks @ewanhowell5195)
• Fixed pasting a mesh selection corrupting the project (#3735, thanks @ewanhowell5195)
• Fixed tooltips clashing with open menus (#3725, thanks @ewanhowell5195)
• Fixed side menus reopening instead of closing (#3726, thanks @ewanhowell5195)
• Fixed GLTF export ignoring render sides set per texture (#3746, thanks @spacechase0)
• Fixed #3712 Old position wireframe double while transforming is inaccurate with non-uniform scaled parents