BLUI v0.8 - Auto-Installer and Crash Fix!


A few computers crapped out on me, and I've missed a few versions of both Blender and Unreal, but I finally got the chance to sit down and fix the one big bug that shut this whole project down for months.

BLUI no longer crashes on startup (woot!) thanks to everyone who reported the issue!

There are some other big changes here, too:

- the biggest change is the new BLUI Setup Script, prepacked into the BLUI startup file, and also available on the main itch page, the script will automatically download, install and activate all the required community addons! No more navigating to 8 different Github repos to get the template working properly! And, if you already have some of the addons installed, it won't overwrite them!

- removing underscores and version numbers from releases, no more BLUI_0_7_5, here comes just BLUI, time will tell how this affects the upgrade process for the end user, but I believe new versions will overwrite the old

- a lot of the more experimental layouts and workspaces have been scaled back in favor of a less is more approach: the industry keymap gives you Vertex, Edge, Face, Object, Sculpt modes mapped to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 so they now share the main workspace, and can be switched with numbers, while modes like UV/Texture Paint, Material/Shader retain their own, separate workspaces

- Right click in the Node Editor now opens the Add/Search menu, which functions more like the Blueprint Add/Search: just start typing the name of the node you want, then hit Enter to add it!

- there are some bandaid/papercut fixes, too: lots of shortcuts that were listed but didn't work properly, F11 can now fullscreen areas, Shift A still opens the Add Mesh menu, and I've removed all the helper nodes etc. they will be included in an asset pack once the Asset Browser is released!

I have not been able to update regularly, and I'm grateful for the patience of the users who stick around, thanks to everyone who viewed, downloaded and followed!

Files

BLUI.zip 1 MB
Oct 04, 2021

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