Arma 3 Object Builder

Changelog

Tested compatibility: Blender 2.90 -> 4.4

Fixed

• Face and vertex flag groups were not properly handled in some cases
• The disabled "Preserve Preprocessed LOD Objects" option was not respected if an error occured during export

Changelog

Tested compatibility: Blender 2.90 -> 4.3

Added

• import-export:
  • PAA texture import for textures compressed with DXT1 or DXT5 (S3TC BC1 and BC3) algorithms
  • new config data parser and unified handler module
• scripts:
  • utility script to create empty "dummy" P3D file

Changed

• import-export:
  • improved LZO1X decompression speeds
  • model.cfg import is now available without Arma 3 Tools as well (if native parsing is successful)
• tools:
  • Vertex Mass Editing:
    • tools are now available in both Edit and Object modes
      • in Edit mode the functions operate on the selected parts only
      • in Object mode the functions operate on the entire mesh
    • Distribute Mass now supports volume weighted distribution (on closed components)
    • Mass From Density now supports volume weighted distribution (on closed components)
    • UI layout was reorganized
  • Bulk Renaming now shows warning signs at paths that point to files that do not exist
  • Hit Point Cloud:
    • exposed modifier settings were removed
    • internal process was simplified

Fixed

• the Rigging tools only allowed 3 bones to be assigned to a vertex instead of the proper limit of 4 (Select Overdetermined, Prune Overdetermined, General Cleanup)
• Bulk Renaming tool exposed the internal paths making it possible to break the feature until the next list refresh
• Center of Mass operator was not accounting for world transformations

Changelog

CRITICAL HOTFIX

Fixed

• P3D export would fail due to a leftover missing program function

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CRITICAL BUG FOUND IN P3D EXPORT

DO NOT USE!

Tested compatibility: Blender 2.90 -> 4.2

Changes

• internal handling of the P3D data was simplified and improved
• internal code structure and dependencies were cleaned up
• improved add-on reloading

Fixed

• named properties were not properly lowercased with the Force Lowercase export option during P3D export
• animation action property classes were not properly unregistered when the add-on was deactivated or reloaded

Changelog

Tested compatibility: Blender 2.90 -> 4.2

Added

• import-export:
  • Terrain Builder object list import
  • Terrain Builder object list export

Changed

• LZO1X decompression for BMTR files was improved

Fixed

• the mandatory part of the LOD validation during export was mistakenly using the Warnings Are Errors setting even if verbose LOD validation was not enabled

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Added

• autocomplete suggestions for LOD named properties (Blender 3.3 and above)

Fixed

• sharp edges data block is no longer exported if no actual sharp edges are detected
• Driver: offroad common proxy had incorrect path

Changelog

Maintenance release to include extension manifest and upload to the Extensions platform.

All prior releases and changelogs can be found on GitHub.

Added

• extension manifest blender_manifest.toml

Changed

• updated internal references for compatibility with Blender 4.2+