Changelog

All notable changes to the MeshSync package will be documented in this file.

[0.17.3-preview] - 2023-06-12

Added

• feat: auto installation for Blender 3.4
• internal: add a field to skip texture imports

Changed

• change: send all instanced meshes at once to avoid instance display issues
• change: put any created child objects on the same layer as the server
• opt: make texture import faster and ensure texture is still loaded when skipping import

Fixed

• fix: warnings when drawing "Default Shader" object field
• internal-fix: incorrect path when opening an asset with a DCC Tool

[0.17.2-preview] - 2023-05-11

Added

• feat: add IsLiveEditing API to check whether live editing is active
• feat: add DefaultShader field to set the default shader instead of the default of each RP

Fixed

• fix: prevent overwriting materials when OverwriteExportedMaterials is false
• fix: keep track of RenderTextures and release them when the server is destroyed.
• fix: transform fixes for nested instances
• fix: Fix for baking smoothness to albedo alpha.
• fix: add empty transforms to the list of objects for making instances
• fix: toggle foldout state when clicking the label in the inspector UI
• fix: update the material of instanced meshes after assigning to the slot in MeshSyncServer

[0.17.1-preview] - 2023-02-08

Changed

• doc: fixed release dates

[0.17.0-preview] - 2023-02-06

Added

• feat: Material baking AO
• feat: add "Overwrite material properties" for importing
• feat: orthographic size support for camera.

Changed

• deps: use com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.17.0-preview

Fixed

• fix: reimport textures after changing importer settings
• fix: copy the scale/visibility of instances based on the parent/original respectively
• fix: Smoothness was not inverting roughness for textures. Fix for glass shader
• fix: NaN in tangents and bitangents when vertices are too close to each other
• fix: set parallax slider to min value when using Built-in Render Pipeline or URP
• fix: fix for crashes where instantiated objects are not meshes and not part of the scene
• fix: set Glossiness to 0.5 when value is not provided by material data
• fix: warnings in Unity 2020 projects using HDRP
• fix: Blender Uninstall script

[0.16.4-preview] - 2022-12-09

Changed

• deps: use com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.16.4-preview

[0.16.3-preview] - 2022-12-09

Changed

• deps: use com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.16.3-preview

Fixed

• fix: keep currentSessionId when switching PlayMode
• fix: ensure calling analytics API
• fix: remove unused meta file

[0.16.2-preview] - 2022-12-02

Added

• doc: add the Key Frames documentation of SceneCache

Changed

• deps: use com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.16.2-preview

[0.16.1-preview] - 2022-11-25

Fixed

• fix: regenerate the guid of files that conflict with files in StreamingImageSequence package

[0.16.0-preview] - 2022-11-25

Added

• feat: key frame adjustments for SceneCache
• feat: material support
• feat: send the server's session id and let clients read it to check if the server has changed.
• feat: add a way to force delete all children in the next sync session without user prompt.
• feat: add a way to trigger a script callback from Unity

Changed

• deps: update dependency to com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.16.1-preview
• change: output logs of the Editor Server

Fixed

• fix: make all object types (incl. lights) instantiable for geometry nodes
• fix: server hanging on exit, after updating package version
• fix: apply changes of ZUpCorrectionMode
• fix: handle zero keys when comparing two curves of SceneCachePlayableAsset
• fix: legacy non-versioned SceneCache was considered as versioned
• fix: clear synced meshes if they are empty
• fix: fix for crashing debugger when references are not set

Removed

• remove: remove code to import obsolete SceneCachePlayableAsset prior to 0.13.0-preview
• remove: LimitedAnimation option in SceneCachePlayer
• remove: the autoplay of SceneCache

[0.15.1-preview] - 2022-10-17

Added

• internal: MeshSync Analytics
• doc: add EditorServer section in ProjectSettings page

Fixed

• fix: enable the restart notifcation again after updating MeshSync package
• fix: geometry changes were not reflected when HDRP pathtracing is on
• fix: moving sc files made the paths invalid

[0.15.0-preview] - 2022-09-28

Added

• feat: Unity Editor server for executing editor commands
• feat: add a button to show plugins folder in Preferences
• feat: add Editor server config in Project Settings page for AutoSetup from DCC tool
• feat: add support to install plugin for Blender 3.3
• feat: accept port number of scene server via EditorCommand buffer for AutoSetup from DCC tool
• doc: add backward compatibility section to the SceneCache documentation

Changed

• deps: use com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.16.0-preview
• doc: updates on BidirectionalSync, GeometryNodes, and MeshSyncServer pages

Fixed

• fix: show if the current version does not support a particular DCC tool
• fix: auto installation of Blender plugin @0.14.x-preview
• fix: disable applicable SceneCache GameObjects when muting SceneCacheTrack
• fix: scale instance transforms with meshsync scale factor to ensure correct positioning

[0.14.5-preview] - 2022-09-03

Changed

• doc: update the documentation on Bidirectional Sync

[0.14.4-preview] - 2022-09-03

Changed

• ui: updating UI texts under the Instances section in MeshSyncServer

Fixed

• fix: clear properties if the client does not send any
• fix: find DCC plugins in "Plugins" folder as well
• fix: show if a DCC tool is not supported in the Preferences window

[0.14.3-preview] - 2022-08-24

Fixed

• fix: rebuild plugin for Mac Silicon
• fix: delete mesh renderer and filter if it was there from the curves as meshes setting

[0.14.2-preview] - 2022-07-28

Added

• feat: show dialog after changing InstanceHandling to warn against lost changes

Changed

• change: Give user the option to delete or stash previously imported objects when the session changes.

Fixed

• fix: don't use slider if the range is too large.
• fix: Blender installation script due to changes in the plugin structure

[0.14.1-preview] - 2022-07-26

Fixed

• plugin-fix: fix compile error when compiling MeshSyncDCCPlugins on Mac/Linux

[0.14.0-preview] - 2022-07-22

Added

• feat: preparation to add Unity->DCC Tools communication
• feat: add support to detect and install plugin for Maya 2023
• feat: add support to detect and install plugin for Blender 3.2
• feat: add support to detect and install plugin for 3ds Max 2022/2023

Changed

• deps: use com.unity.sharp-zip-lib@1.3.2-preview

Fixed

• fix: make MeshSyncServer work in both standalone platforms and editor
• fix: browse files instead of folders when adding DCC Tools on MacOS

Removed

• drop support for Blender 2.83

[0.13.2-preview] - 2022-07-04

Changed

• opt: cache plugin version string

Fixed

• fix: automatically restart server only if the component and gameobject is active
• fix: exclude mscore from Android and iOS standalone target (#689)

[0.13.1-preview] - 2022-05-18

Added

• feat: light probes support for instance rendering

Changed

• deps: use com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.15.1-preview

[0.13.0-preview] - 2022-04-26

Added

• feat: Instance rendering
• doc: Geometry Nodes documentation

Changed

• change: make some classes/functions/members to internal

Fixed

• plugin-fix: support Mac OSX starting from 10.12

[0.12.9-preview] - 2022-04-14

Added

• doc: mention support for installing Blender 3.0 and 3.1 plugins
• doc: mention support for Mac Silicon

Changed

• deps: use com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.14.2-preview
• doc: update the documentation of SceneCachePlayer
• doc: update the documentation of SceneCache in Timeline

Fixed

• fix: check if a record doesn't have Mesh before assigning bounds/blendShape
• fix: curves of SceneCache were always extracted

Removed

• doc: remove the section on Animation Tweaks

[0.12.8-preview] - 2022-04-08

Fixed

• fix: build errors

[0.12.7-preview] - 2022-04-06

Changed

• deps: use com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.14.1-preview

Fixed

• fix: ensure the correct clip is the one setting SceneCache timing

[0.12.6-preview] - 2022-04-01

Changed

• change: only update the duration of SceneCachePlayableAsset when creating a new clip

Fixed

• fix: the left SceneCachePlayableAsset clip after split was not updated
• fix: copy LimitedAnimation values properly to duplicated SceneCachePlayableAsset
• fix: importing previous version of LimitedAnimation did not work

[0.12.5-preview] - 2022-03-23

Added

• feat: add an option in SceneCacheTrack to activate SceneCachePlayer objects automatically

Fixed

• fix: build error caused by resetting the animation time of SceneCaache
• fix: null check before moving SceneCachePlayableAsset to a track
• fix: prevent cloning a SceneCachePlayableAsset from reinitializing the clip
• fix: keep active SceneCache object to active when it is referred in multiple tracks

[0.12.4-preview] - 2022-03-22

Fixed

• fix: use the local time of SceneCachePlayableAsset clip instead of director time

[0.12.3-preview] - 2022-03-19

Fixed

• fix: the performance of SceneCache in Timeline by not reloading every time

[0.12.2-preview] - 2022-03-19

Fixed

• fix: keep SceneCache objects active when clicking pause in TimelineWindow

[0.12.1-preview] - 2022-03-18

Added

• feat: show SceneCachePlayer basic info in the inspector
• feat: add extrapolation capabilities for SceneCachePlayableAsset
• feat: override LimitedAnimation in SceneCachePlayableAsset

Changed

• change: the default frames to hold for Limited Animation to 2

Fixed

• fix: set the in and out tangent of the keys of SceneCachePlayableAsset
• fix: properly create SceneCachePlayableAsset clips when the SceneCachePlayer object is disabled
• fix: clamp frameOffset after setting num frames to hold for limited animatio
• fix: hide fields in the inspector SceneCachePlayableAsset for invalid SceneCache

[0.12.0-preview] - 2022-03-16

Added

• feat: limited animation settings for SceneCachePlayer
• feat: add plugin installation support for Blender 3.1
• feat: Mac Silicon support (experimental)

Fixed

• fix: prevent setting time to 0 during OnEnable() for SceneCachePlayer
• fix: non-material assets of SceneCachePlayer were not imported properly

Changed

• turn the time/frame/interpolation settings in SceneCachePlayer into PlaybackMode
• replace SnapToFrame property in SceneCachePlayableAsset with PlaybackMode in SceneCachePlayer directly
• change the behaviour of resizing SceneCachePlayableAsset to maintain scale by default

Removed

• remove: preload setting in SceneCachePlayer
• remove: Animation Tweak Settings in MeshSyncServer and SceneCachePlayer
• remove: BaseFrame property in SceneCachePlayer

[0.11.0-preview] - 2022-02-01

Added

• feat: support for installing Blender 3.0.x plugin

Changed

• api: change OnPostRecvMessageCallback in MeshSyncServer to a public delegate
• deps: change dependency to com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.13.0-preview

Removed

• remove: obsolete code for deserializing old versions MeshSyncProjectSettings

[0.10.2-preview] - 2021-12-20

Fixed

• fix: the material list of SceneCache was not properly updated after edit
• fix: build error caused by FindDefaultMaterial()
• chore: ignore Scripts~ folder when making the package

[0.10.1-preview] - 2021-11-17

Added

• doc: add a section about SceneCache import settings

Changed

• doc: update the documentation of MeshSync components (MeshSyncServer, SceneCachePlayer)
• doc: update ProjectSettings documentation

Fixed

• fix: validate the asset folder of MeshSyncServer component
• fix: null check when changing an object's material in the Scene view

[0.10.0-preview] - 2021-11-10

Added

• feat: search materials based on MaterialSearchMode settings for MeshSyncServer and SceneCachePlayer
• feat: add a custom inspector for SceneCache files under Assets folder to set material creation settings
• feat: override material creation settings for SceneCachePlayer when the assigned SceneCache file is under Assets folder
• feat: allow enabling/disabling the creation and update of Lights and Cameras objects for MeshSyncServer and SceneCachePlayer
• feat: add a checkbox in ProjectSettings to set the default material creation settings
• feat: add options in ProjectSettings to set the default setting to use physical camera params
• feat: add a button to reset MeshSync configs in ProjectSettings
• api: open MeshSyncPlayer class to public
• api: add a callback in MeshSyncServer that is called after receiving data
• api: open SceneCachePlayer to public
• api: add a public API to force update SceneCachePlayer

Changed

• deps: update dependency to com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.12.2-preview
• ui: indent "Update Mesh Colliders" setting in ProjectSettings

Fixed

• fix: try to use existing animationController asset for SceneCache if possible

Removed

• removed plugin installation support for Maya 2017 and 3ds Max 2017

[0.9.3-preview] - 2021-10-20

Changed

• deps: update to use com.unity.sharp-zip-lib@1.2.2-preview.2
• deps: update dependency to com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.11.1-preview
• doc: update SceneCachePlayableAsset documentation

Fixed

• fix: prioritize files under "Library/PackageCache/*" for installing DCC Plugins (#444)
• fix: retain previous GameObjects if applicable when reloading SceneCache
• fix: previously manually added children should not be saved along as prefab when reloading SceneCache
• fix: choose the correct shader for default materials on URP projects
• fix: set light values correctly on HDRP projects
• fix errors when dragging clips with SceneCachePlayableAsset to another track
• fix the incorrect extra addition of curve key when dragging a folder to SceneCacheTrack

[0.9.2-preview] - 2021-10-07

Fixed

• fix: make reloading SceneCache work properly again
• fix: properly normalize the paths inside SceneCachePlayer

[0.9.1-preview] - 2021-09-15

Fixed

• fix: automatic plugin installation

[0.9.0-preview] - 2021-09-14

Added

• feat: support automatic installation for Maya 2022 and 3ds Max 2021
• feat: add an option in SceneCachePlayableAsset to snap to nearest frame
• feat: add an option in ProjectSettings to set the default SnapToFrame behaviour

Changed

• deps: update dependencies to com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.11.0-preview
• opt: record instance modification if there is an actual change for SceneCachePlayer
• opt: disable serialization temporarily when creating SceneCache for the first time

Fixed

• fix: ensure SceneCache prefab modifications are saved after creating

[0.8.4-preview] - 2021-09-02

Changed

• deps: update dependencies to com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.10.2-preview
• opt: optimize SceneCache inspector by doing BeginChangeCheck() per property

[0.8.3-preview] - 2021-07-21

Fixed

• SceneCache not playing properly when started from non-zero time
• Ensure error and warning logs appear for SceneCachePlayer

[0.8.2-preview] - 2021-07-14

Fixed

• doc: various documentation fixes

[0.8.1-preview] - 2021-07-12

Changed

• convert changelog format to semantics versioning
• doc: update all English documentations

Removed

• remove plugin auto-installation for Blender 2.79
• doc: remove Japanese translation inside the package. (Moved to the doc official site)
• doc: remove Japanese readme page

[0.8.0-preview] - 2021-07-02

Added

• support plugin auto-installation of Blender 2.92 and 2.93
• plugin: move class macro from MeshSyncDCCPlugins

Changed

• better error messages when the auto-installation of DCC plugin has failed
• use com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.10.1-preview
• plugin: include <string> in ClientSettings.h
• plugin: separate msAsyncSceneExporter into three files.

Fixed

• fix warnings when using Timeline 1.6.x

Removed

• plugin: remove noncopyable

[0.7.2-preview] - 2021-03-22

Changed

• deps: use com.unity.film-internal-utilities@0.8.4-preview

Fixed

• fix errors when installing Blender plugin from a project which has space in its path
• stop copying zip files unnecessarily when installing a supported DCC plugin

[0.7.1-preview] - 2021-02-03

Fixed

• fix errors when copying DCC Plugins after installing MeshSyncDCCPlugins

[0.7.0-preview] - 2021-02-03

Added

• support SceneCachePlayer in Timeline
• AnimationCurve editing of SceneCachePlayableAsset in Timeline
• add buttons to set the curve of SceneCachePlayableAsset to linear or reset it to the original values

Changed

• install DCC plugin from MeshSyncDCCPlugin package, instead of from Github
• apply animation tweaks of SceneCachePlayer directly without clicking Apply button
• deps: replace dependency from com.unity.anime-toolbox to com.unity.film-internal-utilities
• plugin: separate ClientSettings from msClient in the plugin code
• doc: separate the use of SceneCache in Timeline to its own doc and add curves section

Fixed

• fix the installation of Blender plugin on Mac

[0.6.1-preview] - 2020-12-16

Fixed

• add missing DCC install scripts

[0.6.0-preview] - 2020-12-15

Added

• find Blender 2.91 in default locations

Changed

• include module dependencies in package dependencies

Fixed

• create the asset folder before it's required instead of before updating the scene (#306)
• fix inaccurate internal path of SceneCachePlayer after copying to StreamingAssets

[0.5.5-preview] - 2020-12-03

Changed

• use the SceneCache path specified in ProjectSettings for the path of SceneCachePlayer resources
• change the default generated resources path for SceneCache
• disable logging by default

Fixed

• record property modification for SceneCachePlayer and MeshSyncServer prefabs, and support undo
• store the correct version of installed MeshSyncDCCPlugin

[0.5.4-preview] - 2020-11-25

Fixed

• plugin: add MeshSyncConstants implementation to fix undefined symbol errors

[0.5.3-preview] - 2020-11-20

Changed

• plugin: update the source of ISPC library and update to use ISPC 1.14.1

[0.5.2-preview] - 2020-11-19

Changed

• plugin: remove "-Wl,--no-undefined" linker flag from MeshUtils plugin library

[0.5.1-preview] - 2020-11-18

Changed

• plugin: make plugin project dependencies explicit and remove msEnableZSTD preprocessor directive

[0.5.0-preview] - 2020-11-17

Added

• add a button to launch DCC tool in the Preferences page
• notify users to restart Unity after upgrading MeshSync for Unity 2020.2+

Changed

• update Preferences doc
• deps: use com.unity.anime-toolbox@0.2.0-preview

Fixed

• fix misleading plugin installation info for multiple DCC Tools which have the same major version
• fix Blender plugin installation on Mac OSX

[0.4.0-preview] - 2020-09-29

Added

• add support for Blender 2.90
• enable the setting of the output path of Scene Cache assets
• select/load a new scene cache file via the inspector of ScenePlayerCache
• reload scene cache file via the inspector of ScenePlayerCache
• reload/refresh multiple SceneCachePlayer using their original SceneCache file paths

Changed

• split ProjectSettings to Server tab and SceneCache tab
• change the layout of the GUI to copy scene cache to StreamingAssets for SceneCachePlayer
• move DCCTool Settings to Preferences (User Settings)
• refactor: refactored the initialization code of SceneCachePlayer
• doc: update doc about Project Settings, Preferences, and SceneCache

[0.3.4-preview] - 2020-09-09

Fixed

• fix errors when creating SceneCachePlayer

[0.3.3-preview] - 2020-09-08

Fixed

• plugin: insufficient number of mesh refiner attributes (causing crash when an object has 8 UV sets)

[0.3.2-preview] - 2020-09-07

Changed

• plugin: cleanup the dependencies of MeshSync plugin library code

Fixed

• update the version of the required MeshSyncDCCPlugins

[0.3.1-preview] - 2020-09-04

Changed

• plugin: major plugin code refactoring to reduce dependencies and make used types more explicit

[0.3.0-preview] - 2020-09-03

Added

• core multiple UV support
• Set DetailMap Albedo and Secondary UV properties of StandardMaterial

Changed

• plugin: use bit shifting and masking for flag structures instead of using bitfields
• plugin: organize the source code of cmake-built project by folder
• chore: configure Yamato setting to target 2019.4, and add a job to build docs
• doc: update package installation steps, esp. for 2020.1

[0.2.5-preview] - 2020-08-31

Fixed

• fix compile error when targeting Android platform

[0.2.4-preview] - 2020-07-28

Fixed

• fix errors when building app build

[0.2.3-preview] - 2020-07-08

Fixed

• fix bug in preventing DNS rebinding
• fix broken links in docs and package warnings

[0.2.2-preview] - 2020-07-03

Fixed

• fix the prevention of access using DNS rebinding

[0.2.1-preview] - 2020-07-02

Changed

• Update latest known MeshSyncDCCPlugins version to 0.2.0-preview
• various polishes
• doc: Add installation steps for Unity 2020 in the top readme

Fixed

• fix a bug in ProjectSettings when switching tab
• fix the prevention of server root path traversal
• fix the prevention of public access to the server by default

[0.2.0-preview] - 2020-06-17

Added

• add Project Settings to configure MeshSync objects and DCC Tools integrations
• add DCC Tools integration support for Maya 2017-2020
• add DCC Tools integration support for 3ds Max 2017-2020
• add DCC Tools integration support for Blender 2.79, 2.80, 2.81, 2.82, 2.83
• doc: add documentation about Project Settings
• deps: use com.unity.sharp-zip-lib

[0.1.0-preview] - 2020-04-16

Added

• add a menu item to download DCC plugins

Changed

• plugin: change plugin build configuration to Release from MinSizeRel
• doc: update links to MeshSyncDCCPlugins

[0.0.3-preview] - 2020-03-24

Added

• doc: add Linux section for building plugins
• doc: add a separate doc page for building zstd

Changed

• plugin: prebuilding zstd on Mac and Linux
• plugin: update zstd library on Windows to 1.4.4
• plugin: use Unicode for building plugins
• doc: update plugin build steps for Windows and Mac

Fixed

• fix: compile errors on Linux

[0.0.2-preview.2] - 2020-03-17

Fixed

• fix pluginVersion warning

[0.0.2-preview.1] - 2020-03-16

Changed

• Removing unused meta files
• doc: Updating img tag to MD

[0.0.2-preview] - 2020-03-13

Changed

• plugin: Add additional Windows dependencies directly in Poco_LIBRARIES
• doc: Specify the version of Poco and zstd used. Also some other minor updates

Fixed

• Add missing Tests.meta
• doc: Fix broken links

[0.0.1-preview.3] - 2020-03-10

Fixed

• plugin: fix script to build plugin

[0.0.1-preview.2] - 2020-03-06

Added

• server manual start

Fixed

• fix the deployment of MeshSync's streaming assets
• plugin: fix the build process on Mac (muEnableISPC, Poco conf)

[0.0.1-preview.1] - 2020-03-02

Changed

• Removing unrelevant files from a package

Fixed

• Minor license fix

[0.0.1-preview] - 2020-02-28

Changed

• Converting To Package format