0.0.9

What's Changed

• Influence map fix, 4.0 import fixes, export obj fix and export prefix feature by @mpcarr in #24
• Update vlm_export_obj.py by @mpcarr in #22
• Fixes issue with aoi, unwrapped bake objects and adds fit pf camera support back in. by @mpcarr in #25
• fix blender 4.2 EEVEE by @mpcarr in #29
• added an option to force open a console if one isn't already open upon bake all by @Frank-Enste1n in #31
• Fixes black seams in uv unwrapped bakes by disableding blender denoising during bakes and post processing with the compositor by @mpcarr in #33

New Contributors

• @Frank-Enste1n made their first contribution in #31

Full Changelog: 0.0.8...0.0.9

0.0.8

What's Changed

• Fix using UV unwrapped bakes (automatic subdivision, render ratio, select UV unwrapped baked parts,...),
• Preliminary support for baking normal maps,
• Miscellaneous fixes (missing bake mask,...).

Full Changelog: 0.0.7...0.0.8

This prerelease is the last to support exporting to VPX 10.7

0.0.7

What's Changed

• Add render ratio that applies to renders and bakes, in order to easily make preview batches
• Add support for parented objects (objects whose position depends on others)
• Add automatic subdivision of too big faces of bakes to allow splitting them if needed
• Add helper tools for adding a Table UV project and rendering a quick blueprint
• Miscellaneous fixes (flasher naming on export, situations where the batches would fail)

Full Changelog: 0.0.6...0.0.7

0.0.6

What's Changed

• Fix importing with Blender 3.4
• Export light named l100a, l100b,... like l100 (to support splitting GI into individual lightmaps)
• Export lightmap to light links for VPX 10.8

Full Changelog: 0.0.5.1...0.0.6

0.0.5.1

What's Changed

• Fix crash when updating a table where the sync properties have changed with actually less properties to sync
• Fix crash when rendering a batch with lights with 0 emission

Full Changelog: 0.0.5...0.0.5.1

0.0.5

What's Changed

• Add toggle to enable/disable NoExp modifiers in viewport (to easily check the normals,...)
• Add a flag to identify objects that should not be optimized (for example for combining the bake with VPX lighting like refractions,...)
• Fix invalid processing of splitted nestmaps
• Fix handling of normals (keep them untouched for bakes and flagged objects, reset them for optimized mesh)
• Fix crash on export

Full Changelog: 0.0.4.1...0.0.5

0.0.4.1

What's Changed

• Fix for exporting table with RGB lights

Full Changelog: 0.0.4...0.0.4.1

0.0.4

What's Changed

• Remove Pinball Core Part library, as it is now a dedicated project: Pinball Core Parts
• Add support for bake/lightmap splitting
• Generate & update bake/lightmap array in script helper
• Parse UpdateLightMap script when updating script and preserve user intensity
• Remove 'Deform' camera mode
• Little bug fixes

Full Changelog: 0.0.3...0.0.4

0.0.3

What's Changed

• Add support for traditional baking (not using render projection)

• Add support for packing renders to a texture smaller than the render. This allows to increase the resolution above 4096 (which is the maximum texture size VPX supports without problem)

• Add a new camera fitting mode for less blurry playfield renders: 'Fit Playfield' it needs a playfield collection to be defined and will adjust the render output in order that the playfield renders to the selected render height

• Add an 'Export Obj' button that will instantly export any objet, correctly scaled to the the export folder

• Add a file select button to the importer, easing setting the file path using Blender's file path format

• Quality of life: improved 3D side panel UI, allow to change ObjPos flag without needing to regenerate meshes & nestmaps

• Fix: better handling of the render cache, to limit the amount of re-render when adding/rebaking a light scenario, or rebaking a render group/traditional bake

• Remove spinner projective baking mode. It was a hack and the new traditional baking mode gives far better result

Full Changelog: 0.0.2.1...0.0.3

0.0.2.1

Initial fully workable pre-release