- Updated translations
- Add support for pan/tilt rotation, add GDTF fixture with continuous rotation
- Add support for Iris
- Add support for Gobo 2 and for Gobo1/Gobo2 combined gobo projection
- Add support for static gobos (Gobo(n) without Gobo(n)Pos or Rot)
- Add support for CTC
- Add display device label also in 3D
- Add subfixture based controlling
- Programmer: show fixture type name if multiple selection is one gdtf type
- Fix: Ensure working Pan/tilt control for fixtures without target
- Fix: Fix keyframe cleaning after addition of PSN
- Fix: Adjust share profile path after changes for custom user data path
- Fix: Ensure that World - Scene - Background exists
* Allow using user writable directory associated with an extension (extension only)
* Show fixture name in Align panel if it is a selected active object
* Fix count of selected fixtures in Programmer, Align, and other panels
* Ensure that the beam has full diameter at the lense in Cycles for Blender 4.1 and up
* MVR import:
* Deselect all objects before import to prevent issues
* Add support for MVR classing to show/hide MVR classes
* GDTF import:
* Add constraints for multiple heads and yokes
* Apply transformation after joining the objects
* Check dimensions with safer method
* Allow import of existing files
* Use DMX break overwrite only for Geometry References
* Transfer root geometry attribute to children for complex fixtures
* Improved creating constraints and removed pixel factor
* Import_3ds: Fix texture color
* Increase time for collection auto-creation in import/export dialogs
* Update translatable language strings
* Add testing files download and basic testing scripts
* Add Fixture Align and Distribute panel
* Reworking MVR import
* Add global option to Multiply BlenderDMX Spot Lights Intensity
* Add GDTF/MVR Import/Export to Blender menu
* Other small fixes, improvements and translations
* Update zeroconf and io_scene_3ds to pypi available packages (extension)
* Update wheels to eliminate some scanning issues (extension)
* fix imports (extension)
* Initial MVR export - fixtures and focus points on one layer
* Ensure fixture name is unique when importing from MVR
* Fix dimmer if only one beam geometry exists
* Add icon 'Center to selected' to Programmer
* Add support for additive mixing: Amber, Lime, UV, White, WW, CW
* Update io_scene_3ds to LTS version and adjust GDTF and MVR to this LTS version
* Show error and a traceback on load3DS error
* Ensure fixtures can be removed even if their data is broken
* Add RGB versions of the provided source4 fixtures
* Internal file reorganization, license headers, reformatting
* Make internal programmer to set values for Live DMX view
* Fixtures name autogeneration adjustments
* Add PosiStageNet (PSN) protocol with up to 10 PSN slots
* Add warning message for Blender 4.2. Add link to help to Extras
* Add Blender logo as gobo image to bundled beam
* Improve vectors of BlenderDMX logo gobo in bundled beam fixture
* Fix python import on Win32 platform
* Fix showing fixtures after disabling 2D layout view
* Adding RGB glowing tube BlenderDMX provided device
* Adding Zoom and Gobos to the BlenderDMX provided Beam GDTF file
* Add custom cutoff_distance to lights to make gobos work in Eevee Next
* Remove onDepsgraph - prevents crashes and improves performance
* Big changes in architecture of the python code
* Fix several visible and invisible issues
* Translated using Weblate (Polish) [WaldiS], (Spanish) [Josman Goncalves Bravo], (German) [Ettore Atalan]
* Loading 3DS with apply transforms enabled for better results
* Apply position of referring geometry to geometry reference
* Create gobo plane only for fixtures with gobo for better performance
* Open shutter at 0 also at 255
* Limit number of colors/gobos to 255
* Refactor GDTF assembling to use parent child relationship
* Do not fail when removing (perhaps a faulty) fixture
* Ensure a fixture with just a single color mixing can be operated
* Prevent color mixing drifting on refresh
* Translation updates for Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
* Fix Intel Mac crashing on Create New Show - remove unnecessary setup
class unregistration
* Display device label (name, id, or dmx) in 2D
* Rework 'Re-address only' to 'Advanced edit' for clarity
* Add Clear Project data button to clear the addon directory
* Add development related 'Reload BlenderDMX addon' button to Extras
* Update translations
* Reload profiles after data clearing or loading
* Fix Volume box migration - prevent always deleting volume box on file
load
* Fix gobo projection for fixtures without zoom
* Fix 'Clear/Clear all' in Programmer
* Fix ColorPicker when mixing single unit
* Provide a way to export and import custom data from/to the Addon
* Remove Blender files of old models from the Addon
* Improve keyframing:
* only keyframe fixtures with changed data
* allow keyframing only selected fixtures
* indicate unsaved state in fixtures list
* Show DMX Footprint and indicate if address is colliding in Fixtures list
* Allow fixtures deselection by groups
* Allow the Programmer data to be Applied manually when render is paused
for speedup of response on large setups
* Add icon to re-set Targets, with a selection of axis
* Italian version is now fully translated
* Ensure programmer is populated with fixture's data also when selected by
shortcuts
* Ensure that color is applied to fixtures with color wheel but without
other color mixing
* List GDTF files without at signs @ in filename
* Handle gobo (not)loading for GDTFs without images
* Fix dimmer jumping over time
* Add support for ColorAdd_C,M,Y
* Add support for Gobo(n)PosRotate
* Handle XML files with null byte at the end
* Add support for Color Wheels (Color1, Color2, and ColorMacro1 GDTF attributes)
* Add initial support for laser projection
* Add Import of GDTF and MVR to Setup panel
* Set materials for models of default fixture files
* Add gMA3 icon to MVR-exchange stations list
* Add support for ColorRGB_Red/Green/Blue color attributes
* Bug fix pan/tilt lock
* Improve pan/tilt controlling and animating:
* Support multiple pan/tilt geometries for fixtures without Target
* Set Ignore pan/tilt DMX (lock target) after using Target to set
position, to allow programming keyframes by Target
* Indicate pan/tilt lock and provide quick unlock in programmer
* Ensure that keyframes are saved when programming position by Target
* Provide shortcut to select prev/next Target (Ctrl-Shift-Left/Right)
* Improve logging during addon initialization
* Fix fixture addressing procedure
* Add minimal required Blender version message to Setup panel
* Add links to documentation
* Add Rotation to the list of editable fixture's columns
* Indicate IES by an icon in fixture's name
* Add support to import IES photometrics and apply them to beams in Cycles
* Allow changing beam lens diameter for Cycles, based on global or per fixture settings
* Set hidden objects as hidden also for renderer
* Make more items translatable, disable automatic translation for Fixture controls
* Add version checks on start for Python, Blender, and for the BlenderDMX addon
* Add support for gobos in Cycles
* Add translation of UI
* Add Noise Scatter to Volume box
* Enable programmer only if any fixture is selected
* Small improvements:
* GDTF download: Better sanitizing of GDTF download file name
* Handle ArtNet status setting error
* MVR import: check if file exists before loading it
* Handle fixtures without dimmer
* Handle fixtures with gobo but without zoom
* Initial keyframing support with Auto Keying and Manual Keyframe insert
* Add new default 2D symbol based on BlenderDMX logo
* Use BlenderDMX's own Art-Net OEM code into ArtPollReply
* Select multiple fixtures in Fixture list with Shift
* Add button to request latest version of an MVR scene from MVR-xchange
- MVR-xchange:
- Add proper listener and sender (client and server) to MVR-xchange, to match the Spec
- Many other improvements to MVR-xchange
- Logging:
- Ensure that logger is not initialized multiple times
- Add logging to file
- Add filters to allow logging only specific parts of the app
- Convert most prints() to log
- UI:
- Speed up LiveDMX view refresh
- When adding/editing fixtures, allow to (not)increment address/id
- Set 2D view to Material rather then Solid
- Reorganize Setup panels
- Ensure automatic UI refresh for several panels
- GDTF/MVR/Fixtures:
- Speed up DMX values caching for render loop bypass
- Scale gobo planes during fixture creation
- Unzip correctly files with non latin encoding in file names
- Initial GOBO from GDTF support with indexing and rotation
- Programmer improvements (name/count of selection, fixture specific control)
- Add on-line version check into Extras
- If no fixture is selected, select first/last on Ctrl-Right/Left
- MVR-xchange improvements and custom icons
- Hide/show positions in Fixtures edit list
- Updating bdmx driver syntax to #bdmx
- New Fixture UI List:
- Better scrolling and filtering
- In-place editing of some attributes
- New editing of XYZ position transforms
- Indicate that Blender 3.4 and higher is required
- Improvements to MVR-xchange:
- Support for MVR_COMMIT message
- Rewrite of the protocol code
- Add custom namespace driver for Blender, to use DMX for general animations of any 3D objects in Blender
- Improved Network DMX protocols:
- Separate sACN from Art-Net
- Improve Art-Net handling (ArtPoll, error messages, timeout)
- Universe setting made clearer
- Initial support for MVR-xchange protocol added
- Added ArtPoll reply
- Set beam type based on Spot/Wash/None beam types as defined in GDTF
- Allow MVR reimport:
- existing objects/fixtures/trusses... (by UUIDs) will be updated by data in MVR
- new objects... will be added to the scene
- there is a new internal structure for scene objects, not visible to the user at this point
- Add OpenSoundControl (OSC):
- send fixture selection to consoles
- allow multiple commands to be sent
- definition in json
- Network improvements:
- list of IPs is now dynamic
- add 0.0.0.0 to the IP list
- Device and group listing and editing:
- Show number of fixtures in a group
- Allow to soft fixtures differently
- Allow incremental Fixture IDs
- Use original fixture's UUID during fixture edit
- Improve 'Re-address only' dialog
- Handle errors during fixture adding more gracefully:
- do not add the fixture to the fixture list
- remove bad collection
- show error message
- allow to remove non-selectable fixtures
- Fix group creation during MVR import
- Apply stored position and rotation only on root geometry
- Use fixture UUIDs instead of names in groups (ensures group validity on fixture
rename):
- ensure unique UUIDs in fixtures
- ensure unique UUIDs in groups
- Add DMX data caching to shortcut render loop to prevent flicker a bit
- Fixing a color control bug with pixel devices like Spiider
- Fix tilt movement when fixture is on the floor
- More attributes are now applied (only) for correct geometries (RGB, XYZ position and rotation, dimmer)
- Extending Volume preview settings to now have the possibility to see the fake beam cone for None, Selected fixtures or All fixtures
- Adding RGB based color picker to the existing color picker in Programmer
- Support for movement control of fixtures with pan only (without tilt)
- Initial support for 16bit channels for smoother behavior: pan, tilt, dimmer
- Group selection can now be additive (as before) or exclusive (only selected group)
- Allow freezing of pan/tilt movement to current position (for example after Target adjustment). Indicated by LOCK icon in Fixture list
- GDTF Share Password in Preferences now masked with *****
- Fixture ID in Fixture list is now displayed only if not empty
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MVR Improvements:
- Add FixtureID, CustomId... from MVR to Fixture
- Create groups from MVR, migrate groups from str([]) to json
- Clean up unused MVR collections after MVR import
- Add UUID to fixtures and groups
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GDTF Improvements:
- Handle models composed of multiple parts
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App improvements:
- Add initial support for 2D symbols and 2D TOP planning view
- Speed up MVR import - fix GDTF collection caching, cache also MVR imported objects
- Converted Primitives to glb to ensure compatibility with Blender 4.x
- Increment data version and provide migration
- Remove fixture from groups when deleting fixture
- Display revision in fixture listing
- Create new World in case it is missing
- Allow centering selected fixture's Targets
- Handle time during fixture edit processing (prevent errors)
- Check for existence of Dimmer for fixtures without dimmer (prevent errors)
- Add possibility to make fixture geometries selectable
- Display Volume cone on all lights when enabled
- Add generix XYZ fixture to BlenderDMX
- Add support for XYZ Z,Y,Z a nd Rot X,Y,Z attributes and for devices without target
- MVR improvements:
- Add collections for GroupObjects and Layers
- Support group object list
- Process child lists of MVR objects
- Apply scaling of 3D objects in correct order
- Load textures for 3D models
- Fixture profiles management:
- Backport local and GDTF Share file management and import from development branch
- Add GDTF Share integration (can be used with username/password from gdtf-share.com)
- Improve local profiles handling
- Do not require Blender restart after GDTF profiles import
- Improve GDTF parsing
- Fix issue with localize structures by requesting localized versions of strings
- Improved MVR import:
- Import Focus Points and Fixture Color
- Import Scene Objects
- Import Trusses
- Handle incomplete MVR files
- Fix issues due to empty material
- Enable camera selection
- Improve logging
- Fix Live DMX logic
- Ignore packets with dmxStartCode set
- Add support for migrations of older BlenderDMX file versions
- Process deeper GeometryReference trees
- Add support for sACN protocol
- Fix receiving higher ArtNet universes
- Add import of fixtures from MVR
- Support multipixel devices and color control per geometry
- Show DMX Channel count in list of DMX Modes
- Add Live DMX - a table with current DMX values
- Add logging