Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and from v2.2.1 this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

2.2.1 - 2021-09-07

Added

Added CHANGELOG to help document changes made to this importer.
Added import of vox file from MagicaVoxel 0.99 and higher

2.2.1 - 2019-10-28

Added

Added CHANGELOG to help document changes made to this importer.

Changed

Tags of versions changed to Semantic Versioning. This adds the patch field, so that simple bug fixes are not conflated with new functionality.
Updated README to help new users install the add-on, and to serve as a usage guide.

Fixed

README typos, and several occurrences of .vox without markdown.

2.2 - 2019-10-17

Added

Option to join voxels together into a single Blender object.

2.1 - 2019-10-7

Added

Option Animation frame to load to import a single frame of an animated model. Defaults to first frame.

Changed

Importing an animated model will now only import 1 frame, not all frames combined.

2.0 - 2019-10-4

Changed

Updated to work with Blender 2.80. Incompatible Blender API changes meant the previous version was non-functional.
Use Shadeless Materials option now makes imported materials of type Emission due to removal of previous Blender option.

Removed

Support for Blender 2.7x has ended as of this version due to API changes, and a perceived lack of utility in supporting both.

1.0 - 2019-10-4

Fixed

Corrected MATT chunk skipping code to prevent chunk misalignment when importing.
Use Voxel Bounds behaviour was previously incorrect due to an off-by-one error, this has been fixed.
Behaviour of default palette was reverted to the state prior to v0.7, as that change was seen to be in error.

Deprecated

This is the last version that will support Blender 2.7x for the foreseeable future. Moving to Blender 2.80's new API will be a considerate change, and supporting both is not simple.

0.9 - 2018-03-15

Added

Added LICENSE

0.8 - 2017-10-25

Added

README added, explaining motivation and features.

0.7 - 2017-10-19

Fixed

Behaviour of default palette was changed in an attempt to rectify miscolored imports.

0.6 - 2017-10-18

Added

Default palette is now supported, as per format specification. This will only affect files for which no palette chunk is present.

0.5 - 2017-10-07

Added

Added Use Shadeless Materials option. Enables the use_shadeless Blender property so that materials imported from .vox files are insensitive to light or shadow.
Added gamma correction to imported material colors, so that they are reproduced in Blender correctly.
Added Gamma Correction Value option, in case a use case requires a different value.
Added Gamma Correct Colors option to disable gamma correction behaviour.

Changed

Gamma correction changes the resultant imported material colors.

0.4 - 2017-10-06

Added

Palette is now read from .vox files, creating diffuse Blender materials.
Added Use Palette Colors option. Disabling this will skip material creation.

0.3 - 2017-10-05

Changed

Large performance boon, as Blender cube creation is now managed with clone operations.

0.2 - 2017-10-05

Added

Added Voxel Spacing option. Sets distance between neighbouring voxels, in Blender units.
Added Voxel Size option. Scales the resulting Blender cubes to have side length equal to Voxel Size.
Import options are now manually controlled by defining ImportVox.draw.
Option Use Voxel Bounds added, checkbox which enables Start Voxel and End Voxel options.
Time to import is now printed into the Blender console.

Changed

Start Voxel and End Voxel options are not enabled by default, so default behaviour is to import entire file.

0.1 - 2017-10-03

Added

Primary working version of import script
Start Voxel and End Voxel options added, which take a subset of the .vox file contents, for importing very large models.