Mine-imator 2.1 WIP

[stuffbydavid]

Mine-imator 2.1.0

Minecraft support

• Updated Minecraft assets to 26.3 - Wilderness Bound
• World importer support for Minecraft worlds up to 26.3
• Support for the "light_emission" block model element tag in Minecraft assets
• Support for multi-axis and unsnapped rotation in JSON block model elements
• Adjusted clouds' colors, rotation, and movement direction to better match their appearance in Minecraft

Additions

• Workbench improvements:
  • New "Project" tab in Advanced mode
    • Shows all templates and resources in the project
    • Existing objects can be drag-n-dropped into the scene
  • New "Equipment" tab - Moved armors, shield, elytra, etc. from Special block tab to here
    • Equipment will have "Inherit pose" enabled automatically, and become locked when parented to a character
  • Revamped Schematic tab - Allows browsing of all default/imported schematics
  • Revamped Sound tab - Allows browsing of all sounds and music from Minecraft (the game must be installed)
    • Music will keep playing and shuffle while the workbench is closed
    • "Filter list" icon will filter sounds by category
    • Added "Audio track" selector - Allows creating a new track, or assigning new sounds to an existing track
  • Added Text entry field to Text tab
  • Replaced the dropdown in Shapes tab with a list
  • Can now be resized horizontally
  • Added keyboard shortcuts:
    • Tab - Open workbench + Create object
    • Up/Down - Change tab
    • Shift + Tab - Create and Edit object
    • Escape - Close workbench
• Resource pack improvements:
  • "Project resource pack" setting that automatically applies a pack to all objects with no prior texture set
  • .packcache file format for fast project reloading without unzipping
  • Resource packs are automatically copied to Packs/ folder
  • Pack browser in 'New project' popup window and Project properties
• "Large scenery replaces ground" setting:
  • Enabled by default, big scenery from Minecraft worlds or .schematic files will become locked and replace the default ground.
  • The rotation point will be set to Minecraft's Y=63 level.
• 'Use spawner angle' option to allow particles to spawn with the spawner's rotation (under 'Initial rotation' tab in particle editor)
• "Jump to position" option in world importer (under new "Jump to player or starting position" dropdown menu)
• Shape selector for Shapes in the library
• "Classic" theme option - Light gray theme resembling Mine-imator's UI before 2.0
• "Show time in seconds/frames" option can now be accessed by right-clicking the timeline timer
• New particle presets:
  • Fireflies
• New default schematics:
  • Minecraft:
    • End city1
    • End city2
    • Ancient city
    • Ocean monument
    • Woodland mansion
    • Desert pyramid
    • Jungle pyramid
    • Pillager outpost
    • Igloo
    • Swamp hut
    • Desert well
    • End island
    • Acacia tree1
    • Acacia tree2
    • Mangrove tree1
    • Mangrove tree2
    • Cherry tree1
    • Cherry tree2
    • Pale oak tree1
    • Pale oak tree2
    • Mega spruce tree
    • Mega pine tree
  • Custom:
    • Farmhouse
    • Modern house
    • Medieval cottage
    • Warehouse
    • Brick arch
    • Sponza atrium

Continuation Build additions

Credit: @mbandersmc

• Real-time particle previewing
  • Particle spawners will now create real-time particles while their editor is open
  • The "Spawn particles" keybind (X) once again has immediate results (while an editor is open)
  • Real-time particles cannot be rendered, and will disappear when the editor is closed
• Multi-file importing
  • "Import asset..." option now allows for multiple assets to be imported at a time
  • Added image preview to the "Import image" popup
• Progress indicator on the program's taskbar icon when rendering projects (Windows only)
  • Added sound effect and taskbar icon flashing when rendering is finished
• "Play / Stop animation" keybind to set the playhead to its starting position when paused (Shift + Space)
  • Mimics the behavior of the Play / Pause keybind before Mine-imator 2.0
• Keybinds for Next and Previous frame (Shift + Right and Left arrow keys)
• "Zoom in" and "Zoom out" buttons for the timeline
• New designs for the shape UV map template textures, from the "Export map" button
• "Smooth" option for cones, cylinders, and spheres
• Color modifiers for night sky, night clouds, and stars
  • "Night" color is now called "Night Ambient"
• 640x480 (VGA) resolution preset
• Hint text for "Render depth" setting
• Block texture animation speed can now be negative
• Paths with flat or tube shapes no longer render the center line when not selected
• Increased maximum schematic special blocks limit to 512
• Increased maximum project tempo to 120 (up from 100)
• Removed Y rotation limits on "Rotate around camera" option
• Camera FOV now accepts decimal inputs
• Camera Blade angle now accepts decimal inputs
• Changed default scale snapping value to 0.25 (from 1)
• The "Select all" option will no longer select filtered timelines (ghosts, color tags, search query)
• The "Select keyframes..." options in the timeline context menu will no longer select keyframes in filtered timelines
• Reorganized biome list
• Slightly adjusted world importer interface
• Updated icons for "Reload", "Replace", and "Open in external program" buttons in Resources tab
• Search box icons now remain highlighted while a query is entered
• Block/model search now places matching states at the top of the lists instead of filtering out everything else
• New error message when attempting to export MP4s or MOVs with odd-numbered video sizes
• New error message when saving the current project to a directory that no longer exists
• The frame editor tab's title will now show the selected keyframe's position instead of always showing the playhead's position
  • Selecting multiple keyframes will make it show the number of selected keyframes instead
• Renamed "Play animation" keybind to "Play / Pause animation"
• Added 4 new splashes

Changes

• Improved startup speed
• XYZ scaling is now the default setting
• Run/Walk animation buttons are now visible in Advanced mode
• Block texture animation speed is now measured as a percentage of Minecraft's in-game speed
• Reorganized default Schematics folder

General bugfixes

• Fixed startup crash loading corrupted settings/recent projects files ("Invalid id -1" error)
• Fixed conflicts importing scenery from multiple dimensions in the same world
• Fixed crash importing empty chunks in certain dimensions
• Fixed "Invalid id -4" crash in some scenarios
• Fixed render distance setting not working on Windows
• Fixed items not bouncing or spinning in the workbench/library preview
• Fixed the sun rising from the west instead of the east
• Removed stray leaves from "Giant brown mushroom" schematic

Mac/Linux bugfixes

• Fixed missing libraries on Linux distributions (Github issue 28)
• Fixed incorrect "Projects" folder location (Now using Home/Mine-imator)
• Fixed segmentation fault startup crash
• Fixed log clearing on startup to hide OpenGL errors
• Fixed glitched OpenGL rendering (Github issue 37)
• Fixed missing extension when exporting videos/images
• Fixed crash loading old particle files

Continuation Build bugfixes:

Credit: @mbandersmc

• Moving the work camera no longer resets samples in the active camera
• Fixed path timelines not functioning as particle attractors ("Directional force" and "Vortex force" in particle editors are now functional)
• Fixed shapes with camera textures not being able to use render mode
  • Known limitation: Camera textures can only display 1 sample
• Fixed some wind-affected blocks not being properly anchored to the block above/below them
• Fixed timeline markers being duplicated after importing certain assets and reloading the project
• Fixed .mimodel parts with custom bend values being set to 0 when reset instead of their default values
• Fixed parented objects with no keyframes moving to previously stored "drag-n-drop" positions on project reload
• Fixed crash when using text as particles
• Fixed memory leak with empty lines in text objects
• Fixed crash when importing decorated pots with no sherds
• Fixed crash when attempting to reset all camera values
• Fixed textures on inverted path meshes not appearing correctly
• Fixed particle spawners creating particles in its position from the previous frame
• Fixed rendering issue with non-square translucent textures on .mimodels
• Fixed being able to drag bloom Threshold above 100%
• Fixed glow effect on hashed objects not appearing correctly
• Fixed text object characters and outlines getting cut off in certain cases
• Fixed missing icon for "Browse..." option in lens dirt texture selector
• Fixed missing icon in "Add sound" button for audio tracks
• Fixed Custom item slot selection box not wrapping around when exceeding the total item count
• Fixed the work camera sometimes being bound by the project render distance
• Fixed being able to assign a timeline's IK targets to itself
• Fixed awkward behavior when zooming the timeline in or out during playback with auto-scroll enabled
• Fixed awkward behavior when middle-click dragging the timeline during the zooming animation
• Fixed awkward behavior when drag-selecting in the timeline during the zooming animation
• Fixed timeline scrolling vertically while setting a region
• Fixed maximum timeline scroll length ignoring timeline markers
• Fixed crash from attempting to use certain context menu actions on non-existent timelines
• Fixed the "Duplicate" and "Delete" context menu actions on model and scenery parts not being grayed out
• Fixed being able to "Download from Minecraft user..." on material and normal textures of custom models
• Fixed the "Sort by" button in the home screen sometimes showing the wrong dropdown menu
• Fixed being unable to adjust the beginning of a timeline region starting on frame 0
• Fixed the XYZ Scale gizmo setting the object's scale to 0 when clicking it without dragging
• Fixed softlock when using an object's gizmos as it becomes invisible
• Fixed item sheet "Rows" and "Columns" names being inverted
• Fixed grid overlay "Rows" and "Columns" names being inverted
• Fixed crash when selecting a custom model in the workbench after selecting armor
• Fixed "model color" option not appearing for custom models which support it
• Fixed some minor UI bugs with Compact panels mode

Website:

• Mine-imator page now redirects to the correct 2.0 download depending on browser's OS.

Developers:

• Updated build guide and convenient PowerShell/Bash scripts for modders and developers across platforms
• Updated GameMaker project to GameMaker-LTS2026
• Added agent instructions via AGENTS.md
• Added test parameters for validating or troubleshooting rendering features
• Ported GML->C++ converter (CppGen) from C# to C++ and compiled for Mac and Linux
• Incorporated CppGen into build process (no manual invocation needed)
• GameMaker asset hierarchy in VisualStudio/Xcode IDEs
• Updated F12 debug menu
  • Changed appearance to better resemble Modelbench’s debug menu
  • Hovering over the debug menu now makes it slightly more transparent
  • F12 now cycles between debug menu states: off, basic FPS counter, and full
  • Shift + F12 now cycles which corner of the window the debug menu appears in

[moxie-coder]

honestly surprised the Game Maker version is still being supported

[stuffbydavid]

honestly surprised the Game Maker version is still being supported

New features are still developed in the GameMaker project for the most part. The C++ converter is part of the build process, not a one-time tool, and it mostly generates non-human-friendly code.

It was decided that manually porting the ~100K lines of GML was too big of a task (it was actually attempted once or twice before), and GM is still decent for developing/testing new additions.