0.11.0

• Optimization:

  • Added new greatly improved Auto Atlas method made by shotariya!
    • This new method will create really good texture atlases automatically
    • You will need to install the (extremely awesome) plugin "Material Combiner" made by shotariya
    • If you don't have it installed, CATS will provide you with a download link
    • CATS packs the functions into a single-click button
    • If you want more options, use the plugin tab "shotariya"

• Export:

  • Added warning when meshes have more than 65354 tris or more than 10 materials/meshes or when the
    shapekeys are broken
  • Improved CATS FBX Export settings (Thanks Rokk!)
    • Textures will now be stored inside the exported FBX file
    • When importing the FBX file into Unity, the textures will be imported automatically as well
    • The scale of armatures and meshes in Unity will now always be 1 instead of being set to 100 sometimes
    • This fixes possible bugs with mesh particles
    • If you want to overwrite old FBX files with the new ones in Unity, you might have to enforce the T-Pose again.
      Newly imported FBX files are uneffected by this

• Model:

  • A lot more models are now compatible
  • Added fix for bad uv coordinates (Thanks shotariya!)
  • Join Meshes now adds missing armature modifiers
    • This prevents cases where the mesh would not move with the bones
  • Join Meshes now merges UV Maps correctly
    • This fixes disappearing textures which were previously there
  • Fix Model now unlocks all transformations on armature, mesh and bones
  • Added warning if the FBX version is too old
  • Using "Pose to Shape Key" or "Apply as Rest Pose" no longer requires you to join the meshes
  • "Apply as Rest Pose" now correctly scales shape keys if the bones are equally scaled on each axis
  • Fixed "Apply as Rest Pose" sometimes selecting the wrong shape key after the operation
  • Finally fixed CATS deleting bones and then claiming that they are missing

• Custom Model:

  • Added option to merge all bones that have the same name
  • Merge Armatures and Attach Mesh now remove all empty shapekeys afterwards

• Eye Tracking:

  • Eye bones should no longer be created in weird places
  • Fixed a bug where old vertex groups were not getting deleted

• General:

  • Lots of bug fixes
  • Updated mmd_tools
  • Added future proof Google Translate maintenance fix (Thanks BlueLament!)

0.10.1

• Model:
  • Fixed "Apply as Rest Pose" deleting important shape keys
• Translations:
  • Added option to use the old translations for shape key translations
• Optimization:
  • Fixed rare error when combining materials

0.10.0

• Translations:

  • Greatly improved translations by using a new internal dictionary
    • Much better shape key translation
    • Example: No more Ah, Your and There but Ah, Oh and Ch
  • Greatly improved translation speed by storing the google translations locally
    • This local google dictionary gets reset every 30 days to stay updated with new translations
  • Added "Translate Everything" button
  • No longer removes rigidbodies and joints
    • Only Fix Model removes them now

• Model:

  • Join meshes now applies all transforms
  • Added new Apply Transforms button
  • Added new Remove Doubles button
    • More precise than doing it manually but removes less vertices overall
    • A little extra button at the end lets you remove doubles like you would do manually
  • Fixed files with capital letters in the file extension not importing correctly
  • Fixed "Separate by Loose Parts" creating multiple extremely small meshes
    • This makes "Separate by Loose Parts" actually useful and not a laggy mess

• Visemes:

  • Shape Keys Mix Intensity slider is back
  • Increased the range of the intensity slider

• Shapekeys:

  • Greatly improved "Apply Shapekey as Basis"
  • Shape keys added to the Basis can be reverted now

• Credits:

  • Added a patchnotes button

• General:

  • Slightly reduced startup time
  • Updated mmd_tools
  • Fixed some typos
  • Fixed multiple bugs

0.9.0

Model:

• Added new "Apply as Rest Pose" button
  • This will apply the current pose position as the new rest position
• Added new "Join Selected Meshes" button
• Fix Model now combines similar materials (toggleable)
  • This automatically increases the performance for most models
• Moved the Fix Model options into a new settings dialog
  • Open this by clicking the wrench icon next to the Fix Model button
• Import Model now can import all the models with one button
• Added option to Keep End Bones
• Improved support for Source Engine models
• Backface culling is now deactivated again
• Fixed random important bones disappearing for no reason

Translation:

• Fixed the SSL error
  • This fixes a lot of instances where translations would not work

Custom Model:

• Greatly improved the combine process and drastically reduced the amount of errors
  • Armature transform getting reset is now very rare
  • Much more user friendly
• Improved tolerances to allow minimal armature rotations
• Getting an error while attaching a mesh doesn't create a new armature anymore
• Error messages are now much more persistent

Shapekeys:

• Fixed "Apply Shapekey as Basis" not setting the basis for newly created shape keys

General

• Various optimizations
• Improved error messages
• Fixed bugs all over the place

0.8.1

• Model:
  • Now straightens up the head bone
  • Fixed bone morphs not converting correctly into shape keys
  • Fixed bones rotating the mesh twice as far
  • Fixed eye rotation testing no longer working after changing the eye movement scale
  • Fixed some shading issues after fixing the model
• General:
  • Updated mmd_tools

0.8.0

Model:

• Added "Merge Armatures" button!
• This merges two selected armatures together.
• Added "Attach mesh" button!
• This attaches a mesh to a selected bone in an armature.
• Custom avatars are a breeze now!
• Added support for Source Engine Models!
• Added new "Custom Model Creation" panel
• Moved some model options into a new "Model Options" panel
• Moved Translations into the new "Model Options" panel
• Added a lot of new model options to the "Model Options" panel
• "Fix Model" now sets the roll of all bones to 0
• This fixes a lot of finger issues in Unity!
• "Fix Model" now removes the standard lamp, camera and cube
• Full Body Tracking Fix is not longer enabled by default
• More models are now compatible (please report non working models to us)
• Fixed: Undoing the operation after a model import no longer undoes the import as well

Eye Tracking:

• Now shows a warning when important objects aren't named correctly

Copy Protection:

• Added Export button into the panel after enabling the protection
• Now automatically triangulates the model
• Fixes holes appearing after export to Unity
• Updated documentation
• Step 6 now shows how to fix all remaining lighting issues

Atlas:

• Changed: Meshes no longer need an armature to be selectable

Supporters:

• The supporter list is now synced with an online repository
• It can now be updated on the fly without having to update the whole plugin
• New supporter list features are available now, check them out!

General:

• Mesh selections are no longer shown if there is only one mesh
• Updated mmd_tools
• Fixed lots of bugs and typos

0.7.2

• Changed: Copy Protection: Does now work on multiple meshes.
• Fixed: Copy Protection: The lighting bugs are now gone! Therefore we removed the randomization options.
  • Either use the Export button within Cats or set the export option by yourself:
    Geometries > Smoothing > Set to "Face"
• Added: Model: "Fix Model" now sets the bone layer to 0.
  • This means that shadow bones are now editable
• Added: Model: More models are now compatible (please report non working models to us)
• Added: Model: Now shows a small info box about the bone length warning when full body fix is enabled
• Fixed: Model: Separating by Loose Parts should no longer crash Blender.
  • Instead it might lag (but that's better than crashing)
• Fixed: Model: "Fix Model" now disables Backface Culling
• Fixed: Atlas: Now unhides everything in edit mode
• Fixed: "Remove Doubles" causing an error
• Fixed: More bugs

0.7.1

• Added: Model: The Full Body Fix is now a toggleable option
  • If you get the "spine length zero" warning in Unity you can ignore it as it shouldn't break anything
    But if it really does cause issues uncheck this option
• Added: Copy protection: Added "Go to Documentation" button

0.7.0

• Added: mmd_tools is no longer required! Cats now automatically comes with it!
  • You should uninstall all previous versions of mmd_tools for the best result
  • If you want to use your own mmd_tools load it after Cats
• Added: Full Body Tracking support for "Fix Model"!
  • This also partially fixes leg bending for desktop users
• Added: Multiple armature support!
  • Armature selection appears when 2 or more armatures are detected
• Added: Copy Protection: Secures your avatar against unity game cache ripping!
• Added: Model: New "Separate by Loose Parts" button
• Added: Model: Unreal Engine models are now supported!
• Added: Model: Mixing Weights is now possible in Pose Mode
• Added: Model: More models are now compatible (please report non working models to us)
• Added: Shapekeys: Added "Shapekey to Basis" button to shapekey menu
• Changed: Translation: Translating materials now translates all materials
  (including materials outside of armatures)
• Changed: Updater: No longer requires to hover over the buttons in order to update them
• Changed: Updater: Various improvements
• Fixed: A bunch of bugs!

0.6.2

• Added: Model: More models are now compatible (please report non working models to us)
• Added: Model: Missing necks are now created automatically
• Changed: Eye tracking: Improved randomness of vertex movement
  (could fix some instances where the mouth stays open)
• Fixed: Bone Merging: No longer deletes random bones sometimes
• Fixed: Supporter: Names no longer disappear without a reason
• Fixed: Some more bugs!