Revision History

2011-02-22

Scheduled Specification Changes

Changes to the output specifications for animation keys are scheduled for the next release.
These specification changes are based on opinions gathered from developers using the plug-ins and are intended to make them easier to use.
Please be aware of this in advance.

• Specifications will change so that if a key is hit it will definitely be output in the case of visibility animations included in a cmdla file.
  (In the past, keys were not output if their value did not change.)
• Plans call for allowing the use of old exporters through the specification of a separate environment variable.

Added or modified functionality

• Added the List of Supported Features.
• Added a feature for splitting material animations into separate elements for export
• Changed behavior so that error content is displayed on the output window if CreativeStudio encounters an error during optimization
• Added a Use 3DEditor option for transferring data to 3DEditor to the Export plug-in.
• Abolished the Non-Uniform Scale option of the Export plug-in.
• Added a Help menu for Plug-in for Setting Mesh Combine Groups (NW4C Set Combine Group)
• Added Force Export Visibility Key to the Plug-in for Setting the Forced Export of Animation Keys (NW4C Set Force Export Key).
• Changed software so a warning is displayed if a value outside 0 to 1 has been set for the vertex color.
• Changed software so a warning is displayed when "cycle with offset" has been specified for pre-infinity and post-infinity of the curve.
• Changed the name of the plug-in for grouping mesh combines to Combine Group Setting Plug-in.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where meshes were not being displayed if the visibility at the start of the animation was OFF and Bind By Name was specified for the Mesh Visibility Mode of the Export plug-in.
• Fixed a bug where the correct animation would not result to due lack of precision when when a large value was set for an animation key.
• Fixed a bug where the filter did not work on the file selection dialog in Maya 2011 and beyond.
• Fixed a bug where an error would occur if the Merge cmdl File option was turned ON even if cmdl files were not being output.
• Fixed a bug where animation were not being output if Cull Useless Node, Unite Compressible Node, or Unite All Node was specified for the Compress Node option when outputting only cskla files, without outputting cmdl files.
• Fixed a bug where models with part of their shape broken off were output due to failed optimization of skinning data under certain conditions.
• Changed the link for the Help menu used with the Plug-in for Setting User Data (NW4C Set User Data).

2010-12-03

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 1.3.0.
• Support for intermediate file format version 1.3.0.
• Added the Copy Related Files option which copies files dependent on merge processing in the Export plug-in.
• Removed Disable SkeletalModel-Simplification from Export plug-in settings and added the Convert to Model option.
• Documented the fact that the Non-Uniform Scale option will be eliminated in a release soon to come.
• Added a plug-in for setting the forced output of animation keys (NW4C Set Force Export Key).
• Added support for string layout to the plug-in for setting user data (NW4C Set User Data).
• Added support for double-byte characters and single-byte kana in string-type data for the plug-in for setting user data (NW4C Set User Data).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where optimization would fail when the Compress Same Material process was run on materials for which user data was configured.
• Fixed a bug where material animations would not be transferred with Use CreativeStudio.

2010-11-11

Bug Fixes

• Visibility animation did not export correctly when cmdl file and ctex file and cmata were not exported. That problem has been fixed.

2010-10-25

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 1.2.0.
• Support for intermediate file format version 1.2.0.
• Support for Maya 2011.
• Quantize Quality, used to specify the animation precision, has been deprecated from the Export plug-in, and the options Scale Quantize Quality, Rotate Quantize Quality, and Translate Quantize Quality have been added.
• The options Texture Translate, Texture Rotate, and Texture Scale have been added to the the Export plug-in for setting the acceptable error-tolerance value for texture SRT animations.
• The Color option was added to the the Export plug-in for setting the acceptable error-tolerance value for color animation.
• Added the Plug-In for Setting User Data (NW4C Set User Data).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where dependency files were not being copied during merging.
• Fixed a bug where cskla files were not being optimized if cmdl files were not being exported.
• Fixed a bug where temporary files created for merging were not always deleted.

Known Issues

• In the merge process, if the merge-source cmdl file (as specified by Merge cmdl) contains non-model reference data (like textures and lookup tables), then the merge-result cmdl file will not be created properly.
  When this is the case, the exporter will create the temporary file merge_cmdl$XXX.cmdl (where XXX is the merge-source filename) in the save-to folder.

2010-10-12

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where NW4C Set Combine Group could not be utilized correctly

2010-09-27

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 1.1.0.
• Support for intermediate file format version 1.1.0.
• Support for Visibility Animation.
• Support for Color Animation.
• Support for Texture SRT Animation.
• Support for Export Animation Range mode.
• Added the Adjust Skinning option for determining the skinning mode to the Export plug-in.
• Added the Mesh Visibility Mode option to the Export plug-in for setting the mode to apply to visibility animation.
• Deprecated Translate Precision, Rotate Precision and Scale Precision for specifying animation precision from the Export plug-in and added the Quantize Quality option.
• Added Plug-in for Setting Mesh Combine Groups (NW4C Set Combine Group)
• Added Plug-in for Setting Animation Range (NW4C Set Animation Range).
• Deprecated the Compress Node option Unite Below Node from the Export plug-in.

Bug Fixes

• For skin meshes, nodes would be compressed even if Don't compress this node was set. That problem has been fixed.
• The names for specular and other lookup table sets overlapped with the names for light-containing lookup table sets. That problem was corrected.
• If a CMDL file containing double-byte characters in its path was specified for merging, the merge process did not work correctly. That problem was corrected.
• If the Windows user name contained double-byte characters the optimization process would not execute. That problem was fixed.
• When a mesh with more than 65,535 vertices is exported an error is now generated.
• The merge process would fail when the name of the merge source file as specified by the Merge cmdl File option was the same as the name of the export file. That problem was fixed.

2010-07-27

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 1.0.0.
• Support for intermediate file format version 1.0.0.
• Added 64-bit version plug-ins.
• Support for light animation.
• Export plug-in support for Use CreativeStudio option.
• Changed the Export plug-in Convert To Model option to Disable SkeletalModel-Simplification option.
• Revised specifications so that a Warning is displayed when there is a discrepancy in the presence of vertex attributes among meshes to which the same material is being applied.
• Changed the names and order of parameters that can be set for Face Culling when using Plug-in for Setting Material Attributes （NW4C Set Material Attribute）.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where camera settings were being forcibly output as animations.

2010-06-28

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 0.8.0.
• Support for intermediate file format version 0.8.0.
• Support for output of scene environment data (cenv file).
• Changed the light file extension to "clgt".
• Added a feature for opening scenes from the project specified as a batch file argument for Maya startup.
• Support for camera animation.
• Added Unite Compressible Node and Unite Below Node to the Compress Node option of the Export plug-in.
• A Compress Material option has been added to the Export plug-in.
• A Convert To Model option has been added to the Export plug-in.
• A Max Reserved Uniform Registers option has been added to the Export plug-in.
• The Frame Format,Translate Precision, Rotate Precision and Scale Precision options of the Export plug-in have been moved from Quantization Options to Animation Options.
• Added Blend Mode for specifying a translucent drawing mode to the Plug-in for Setting Material Attributes (NW4C Set Material Attribute).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where an error would occur and export was impossible if the user name contained full-width characters from the Japanese code set.
• Fixed a bug where models would break down if optimization was performed using Cull Uninfluential Node.
• Meshes are also united when compressing nodes using Compress Node.

2010-05-14

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 0.7.0.
• Support for intermediate file format version 0.7.0.
• Support for texture pattern animation.
• A Merge cmdl File option has been added to the Export plug-in.
• Added Cull Uninfluential Node and Unite Compressible Node to the Compress Node option of the Export plug-in.
• Added the Frame Format option feature to the Export plug-in.
• Added the Plug-n for Setting Billboards （NW4C Set Billboard）.
• Added the Plug-in for Controlling Texture Pattern Animation （NW4C Set Frame Extension List）.
• Changed specifications so that an animation curve is always output to cskla files when constrain is set for attributes.
• Added Face Culling for specifying back face culling when using the Plug-in for Setting Material Attributes (NW4C Set Material Attribute).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the scene file specified by argument to a batch file for Maya startup could not be opened.
• Fixed a bug where polygon groups assigned the same material were sometimes being split into separate shapes and then output.

2010-03-16

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 0.6.0.
• Supports intermediate file format version 0.6.0.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where tangents were not being correctly output.
• Fixed a bug where only ccam or clgt files could not be output.

2010-02-12

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 0.5.0.
• Supports intermediate file format version 0.5.0.
• Support for Maya 2010.
• Changed the values output for the ambient color of materials and lights.
• Changed specifications so that the lookup table for materials and lights is output in curve format.
• Changed LA4 to LA8 for the format used when a texture file does not include additional information.
• Support for camera (ccam file) output.
• Added the Batch Export feature to the Export plug-in.
• Added Optimization Options to the Export plug-in.
• Added a feature for saving Export option settings for scenes.
• Added a feature for importing/exporting Export option settings in c3es files.
• Added a Plug-in for Setting Polygon Rendering Priority (NW4C Set Render Priority).
• Added a Plug-in for Configuring the Camera Angle of View (NW4C Set Render Priority).

2010-01-19

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 0.4.1.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where All would result if the option window was opened after exporting with the Start/End Frame option set to Playback or Range.

2010-01-12

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 0.4.0.
• Support for intermediate file format version 0.4.0.

2009-12-10

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 0.3.1.
• Changed the format when a texture file does not include additional information.
• Added a Plug-in for Setting Material Attributes (NW4R Set Material Attribute)
• Added a Plug-in for Disabling Node Compression (NW4C Set No Compress Node).
• Changed specifications to that Auto cannot be specified for Position, Normal or Tex Coord when using Quantization Options of the Export plug-in.

2009-11-10

Added or modified functionality

• Updated the plug-in to Ver. 0.2.1.
• Added a feature for specifying vertex color components and precision.
• Support for export of user vertex attributes.
• Changed specifications so that skinning weights are output using 8-bit integers.

2009-10-30

Initial version.

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