Vintage Story Model Creator 2 (VSMC2) 0.5.0/0.5.1 — New Features & Full Changelog
The team at Anego Studios has been hard at work on Vintage Story Model Creator 2 (VSMC2), and version 0.5.0 (alpha) is here with some important new features plus upgrades to existing ones. A quick-follow 0.5.1 patch fixes a significant bug.
VSMC2 is getting closer and closer to feature-complete, with not much left before all VSMC1 features are implemented. Here's everything that's new in this release.
Key New Features
Drag & Drop Element Hierarchy
You can now drag and drop elements in the element hierarchy to reorder or reparent them while in model mode. This makes organizing complex models much faster and more intuitive than before.
Element Search
A brand new search bar for elements helps you find what you're looking for quickly in large hierarchies. It's a basic text search — no regex or wildcard support yet — but it's a huge time-saver on complex models.
Auto-UV Unwrap Tool
A new automatic UV unwrap tool speeds up texturing considerably, saving you the manual effort of laying out UVs by hand on each face.
Attachment Point Editor
A full attachment point editor has been added, accessible from model mode by clicking the "Attachment Points" button in the top-left corner of the viewport. This lets you define where items, tools, and other objects attach to your model.
Render Pass Control
You can now modify and visualize render passes for elements, with a dropdown in model mode to switch between passes.
0.5.1 Bugfix
- Fixed a bug that caused all attachment points to be removed upon save. This was a critical fix for anyone publishing models with attachment points.
Full Changelog
The complete list of features and fixes in this release:
New Tools
- "Batch Export" tool.
- "UV Auto-Unwrap" tool.
- "Scale Elements" tool.
- "Randomize UV" tool.
- "Generate Snow Layers" tool.
- Added 'Add Face' and 'Add Cube' to the edit menu.
- Added an 'Import' option in the File menu.
UV & Texturing
- Added "Round UV Mode", which enables rounding of UV sizes instead of flooring.
- Textures now respect their image dimensions in their UV spaces.
- Added a setting for "Autoreload Changed Textures" and a "Reload Textures Now" action.
UI & Viewport
- Added "EditorVersion" JSON property to the editor section of saved files.
- Added a setting for "Save disabled faces".
- Toggles in the menubar now have graphical checkboxes rather than changing text.
- Can now enable/disable grid & compass independently in the view menu.
- Moved 'Set Grid Size' to the view menu.
- Grid, outline selection, and camera anchor are now rendered using
GL_Lines. - Further minor UI and layout changes.
Bug Fixes & Under-the-Hood
- Fixed two bugs regarding the 'Open in Context' for attachments and backdrops.
- Fixed a major bug on some Linux distributions that stopped users from opening or saving files.
- Reorganization of JSON properties to make them more efficient and more closely match VSMC output.
How to Get It
You can download version 0.5.0 (alpha) of VSMC2 for Windows or Linux here:
Feedback
As always, feedback and bug reports are greatly appreciated. Join the #vsmc2 channel in the Vintage Story Discord to share your thoughts with the developers.
Happy modelling!