v3.2.0 - Blender 3.3 LTS+

Major Update

Blender 3.3 LTS is now required as minimum version.

New Features

• toggle visiblity of special objects (in Manipulations panel)
• support for mediatracker trigger import/export (can be placed outside 64x64 / 32x32 areas (buggy, needs to have connection to default map area))
• mark objects as _pivot_ (used for item xml; placement variations(Q))

Improvements

• tm2020 nadeoimporter material library updated

v3.1.0 - Blender 3.1+

Major Update

New Features

• trackmania 2020 nadeoimporter update
• map grid helper (settings panel > blender related > map grid helper)

v3.0.0 - Blender 3.1+

Major Update

New Features

• create a map in blender and save to .Map.Gbx (only items supported yet)
• item xml templates, which can be add to individual collections or force a template on all
• mark object as origin (if no object is set as _origin_, the first object found in the collection will be the origin)
• new panel "performance" (disable stuff to make blender faster if many objects used in blendfile etc)
• change clip start and end (avoid/force flickering, on a big landscape(f.e. 2048m) you might set "Start" & "End" to maximum
• change object location, rotation and scale locks directly in the manipulations panel (f.e. locking x & y axis for roation = only z rotation allowed)
• toggle ModWork folder (ModWork is a folder where the textures inside /ModWork/Image/ddstexture.dds are forced on every map)

Improvements

• improved the ui of the addon (all panels affected)
• new linked repo https://github.com/frolad/blendermania-dotnet (manipulate .Map.Gbx)
• refactoring entire code base of the addon for better readability & implementation of new features
• panels & sub panels are now automatically closed on new workspace/blender files
• better performance in exporting
• better performance in icon generation
• fix potential stuck with texture download panel when blender is closed before finishing the download
• more folders added to quick open section in the settings panel
• improved the "steal_user_login_data_and_sell_in_darknet" function </sarcasm>
• trackmania2020 related:
• • fixed the _socket_ checkpoint issue, the stadiumcar template can now be safely used as _socket_
• maniaplanet related:
• • nadeoimporter added missing dll file to installer
• wiki updated for 3.0.0
• popup to confirm for every download, no miss clicks anymore

Changes

• renaming the addon to blendermania
• import fbx panel removed, not used by community
• export only option removed, now it will be always exported & converted

v2.8.2 - Blender 3.1+

Improvements

• fix previous regex changes for DSurfaceId (+ placed outside)

v2.8.1 - Blender 3.1+

Improvements

• fix nadeomateriallib.txt parser error caused by not supported characters like - in DMaterial(Chrono-00-00-10)
• added a new camera perspective
• fix current importer version parsing(not updated when gametype gets changed (Maniaplanet => TM2020 => ...)

v2.8.0 - Blender 3.1+

New features

• add embed space estimation hint in export panel

v2.7 - Blender 3.1+

Improvements

• myitem.item.gbx is now written in title case myitem.Item.Gbx to support ingame refresh (tm2020)
• prevent double convert mesh & shape gbx files(necessary to manipulate physicid on nadeo materials) (maniaplanet)
• added a reconvert button to the convert panel

New features

• add support for spotlight (not tested).
• add support for optional multithreading convert (convert all items at the same time, instead of one by one)

v2.6.0 - Blender 3.1+

Improvements

• fix lightmap overlapping was always checked (can be very very cpu expensive & fill 20gb+ ram
• fix potential bug with nadeo ini file not loaded correctly on new blender files

New Features

• blender grid is now adjustable in the ui and not hardcoded to 32m on startup (saved globally)

v2.5.0 - Blender 3.1+

Improvements:

• support for blender 3.1 (python 3.10 explicit float->int casting implemented)
• updated doc/help link (https://github.com/skyslide22/blender-addon-for-trackmania-and-maniaplanet/wiki)
• ui improvements

v2.4.0 - Blender 3.0+

New Features:

• Ninjaripper support
• • for 1.7.1 (free one, shipped with this release)
• • for 2.0.0 (paid one...)
• switch between lightmap / basematerial & switch to uv editor
• change smooth / flat shading
• rename objects & collections from panel
• change light properties(color, radius, ...)

Improvements:

• improve startup speed by running the addon version check in a new thread(background)
• fix crash on startup with no internet connection