Blue Mars Developer Toolkit Release Notes October 29 2010

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Contents 1 Version 0.70.11402.0 1.1 Download links 2 Developer Toolkit 3 Previous Developer Toolkit Patches 4 User Client 5 Plugins 6 Other Tools 7 General Updates 7.1 All Editors 7.2 All Content Editors (Item/Cloth/Body/Shop/Furniture) 8 Editor Updates 8.1 City Editor 8.1.1 FlowGraph 8.1.2 Lua API 8.2 Block Editor 8.3 Shop Editor 8.4 Body Editor 8.5 Furniture Editor 8.6 Item Editor 8.7 Cloth Editor 8.8 Animation Editor 8.9 Interior Editor

Version 0.70.11402.0

Download links

Developer Toolkit

• Latest Blue Mars City Developer Toolkit: Includes all Blue Mars Sandbox Editors, and Blue Mars Client for Developers. Version 0.99.0.46 (509MB)
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.99.0.40 to 0.99.0.46 (1.75MB)
  
• Latest City Developer Sample Data: January 25, 2011 (653MB)

Previous Developer Toolkit Patches

• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.93.0.18 to 0.99.0.40 (12.7MB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.92.14448.0 to 0.93.0.18 (28.3MB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.91.14409.0 to 0.92.14448.0 (524KB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.90.13928.0 to 0.91.14409.0 (12.18MB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.88.13642.0 to 0.90.13928.0 (1.08MB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.87.13327.0 to 0.88.13642.0 (1.08MB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.86.12600.0 to 0.87.13327.0 (3.36MB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.83.12364.0 to 0.86.12600.0 (23.1MB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.80.12078.0 to 0.83.12364.0 (10.1MB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.70.11402.0 to 0.80.12078.0 (34MB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.0.11173.0 to 0.70.11402.0 (74MB)
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.0.11022.0 to 0.0.11173.0 (3MB)
  
• Developer Toolkit Patch: Patch from version 0.0.10521.0 to 0.0.11022.0 (14.3MB)
  

User Client

• Latest Blue Mars User Client. download
  

Plugins

• ColladaMax/Maya Plugin: Export items from Max/Maya to Blue Mars (OpenCOLLADA).
  

• CryEngine2 3ds Max Plugin: Export items from Max to Blue Mars.
  

• Adobe Photoshop CryTIF Plugin: Convert images to the CryTek TIFF format for Blue Mars.
  

Other Tools

• FMOD Designer 1.7.23
  
• 7-zip high-compression archiver
• Cg-1.5 Beta 1 NVIDIA Max Plugin

Changes/Fixes since the 0.0.10521.0 (August 26, 2010) build

General Updates

• Installation of multiple instances of the Developer Tools and Client is now possible.
  • Launch the installer from the command line with the /QA switch, and it will do the following:
    • Does not remove existing installation.
    • Does not overwrite or create new shortcuts.
    • Does not overwrite or create "remove programs" control panel entry.
    • Installation directory defaults to "%PROGRAMFILES%\Blue Mars City Developer Tools <version>".

All Editors

All Content Editors (Item/Cloth/Body/Shop/Furniture)

• Icon size changed to 512 x 512
• Added documentation on camera controls: "How to navgate in the Editor" in wiki pages
• Added "Select none" to "Edit" menu group
• Fixed a bug in "Select Object" dialog window which prevented deselection of objects from the main editor window

Editor Updates

City Editor

• To help you organize your assets, when you create a new City using File > New, the following folders are automatically created in your local drive under Game/Levels/<Company Code>/<Company Code>_<City Data Path>:
  • B2C
  • BLD
  • Blocks
  • Blocks/_DO_NOT_STORE_YOUR_DATA_HERE_
  • Entities
  • Layers
  • Libs
  • Libs/Config
  • Libs/Particles
  • Libs/UI
  • Materials
  • Objects
  • Scripts
  • Scripts/Entities
  • Sounds
  • Textures
  • If a Common folder doesn't exist, then the following folders will also be created:
    • Common
    • Common/Entities
    • Common/Libs
    • Common/Libs/Config
    • Common/Libs/EntityArchetypes
    • Common/Libs/Particles
    • Common/Libs/UI
    • Common/Materials
    • Common/Objects
    • Common/Scripts
    • Common/Scripts/Entities
  • Added BlurMars > Tools > CreateCityFolders command, which creates the above folders in your local drive.

• You can now rename folders in the Asset Browser.
  • To rename a folder, right-click on a folder in the Asset Browser and select Rename folder.
  • After renaming the folder, the Asset Browser resolves the file path dependency automatically.

FlowGraph

• Entity:MaterialLayer Component node enabled
  • allows developers to enable/disable an entity's wet or frozen layer

Lua API

• New Avatar API to enable/disable user navigation
  • EnableClickMove - enable/disable user navigation via mouse click
  • EnableMove - enable/disable user navigation via mouse click and keyboard

Block Editor

• You can now rename folders in the Asset Browser.
  • To rename a folder, right-click on a folder in the Asset Browser and select Rename folder.
  • After renaming the folder, the Asset Browser resolves the file path dependency automatically.

Shop Editor

• Fixed a bug which selects all objects after saving a scene

Body Editor

• Fixed flipped uv coordinates on the backside of the billboard

Furniture Editor

• Disabled "Interior" type of assembled items, now implemented as in "Interior Editor", tab "Apartment"
• Can use AR_Fur shader on your furnitures.

Item Editor

Cloth Editor

• New cages
  • Long Male Coat
  • Helmet
  • Backpack
  • BodyAccessory
• Update cages
  • FullBodySuits ( covered head part )

Animation Editor

• Fixed flipped uv coordinates on the backside of the billboard

Interior Editor

• Released

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