Mission Control – Alpha

0.246
– ui update : New icon for rel/abs toggle.
– bug fix : The parameter panel scrollbar was not visible at all times when required. The width of the list was wider than the parent. This has been fixed.
– ui change : Spreadsheet columns no longer autoscale to the window. The are now adjustable. Once adjusted the size is stored for future recall.
– bug fix : after adding new objects to the scene, the spreadsheet window would not resize when opening and closing the utility panel. This has been fixed.
– new feature : Access to the licensing dialog added to the settings rollout. Users can now re-authorise without reinstalling.

0.245
– bug fix : Texturemap coords and output properties displayed as ‘undefined’ and were un-editable. This has now been fixed.
– known limitation : It is not possible to update MC when a new texturemap is added to the material editor or slate material editor.

0.244
– Bug fix : On new object, update toolbar buttons. Currently it doesn’t change when the tvsel changes.
– Bug fix : A number of value adjustments failed to take in to account the current units settings. These issues should now be resolved. (Specifically the mass edit tools, middle-click drag, manual entry)
– Bug fix : When typing a value to apply to multiple cells, the value wouldn’t propogate, nor be formatted with current system units. This has been resolved.

0.243
– Bug fix : The parameter mode selection would be lost when switching between different classes of object. The mode is now stored and retrieved on a per-class basis.
– UI : The selection panel buttons now fill the panel.
– Various other bugs fixed.

0.242
– Bug fix : texturemap coordinates and output values would cause MC to crash when editing.
– New Feature : “Selection” tab in utility panel to provide quick ways to select multiple cells in the spreadsheet. Some features not fully implemented.

0.241
– Bug fix : Selection/animated/keyframe indicators were not working properly. This has now been fixed.

0.240
– New feature : Relative/Absolute mode toggle for adjusting transforms.
– New feature : Local and World space ref coord systems respected in spreadsheet view for adjusting transforms.
– New feature : The previous “LED” implementation of indicating selected, animated and keyed cells was slow and flickery. This has been replaced with a simple text colour indication of cell state which has massively improved update speeds.
– New feature : (incomplete) ‘Rename’ tab to provide the means to easily rename scene nodes.
– New feature : (incomplete) ‘Selection’ tab for quickly adjusting cell selections. The tab buttons are not yet connected, but their functionality can be accessed from the right-click context menu.
– Performance improvements : Many code updates to improve performance.
– New feature : Translations now display the correct value for the current scene units.

0.239
– New feature : Select All added to spreadsheet context menu.
– New feature : Select None added to spreadsheet context menu.
– New feature : Select Inverse added to spreadsheet context menu.
– New feature : Select Column added to spreadsheet context menu. Expands the current cell selection to the full columns of the selected cells.
– New feature : Select Same added to spreadsheet context menu. Selects all cells of the same value of the current selection. Also works with single and multi selections.
– New feature : Select Objects added to spreadsheet context menu. Selects the scene objects of the currently selected cells.

0.238
– New feature : Select All, None and Inverse added to Parameter Browser panel context menu.

0.237
– Bug fix : Pasting a non-string value on a ‘name’ cell would cause an error. This now fails gracefully with an error message popup.

0.236
– Bug fix : Adding a node to the scene when MC is showing no rows caused a crash. This has been fixed.

0.235
– Bug fix : Various issues introduced with the new class preset system have been resolved.
– Bug fix : Flicker when changing class selection fixed.
– Bug fix : Hilighting of selected modes icons fixed.
– New feature : Warning message appears when no rows shown due to active filters.

0.234
– New feature : It is no possible to save and retrieve presets for anything (modifier, objects, lights, cameras, renderers, etc.)

0.233
– New feature : It is now possible to save and retrieve parameter selection presets.

0.231
– UI Update : The approach of using a split container to allow resizing of the util panel was causing more issues that it was solving. This has been replaced with a fixed height util panel.
– UI Update : The util panel buttons have been moved to the bottom of the util panel.
– UI Update : The util panel now has a title-bar to indicate which mode the user is in.
– Bug fix : General improvements to UI responsiveness and reduced flickering.

0.230
– Bug fix : Icons did not resize based on UI scale factor. They now scale up for HD screens.
– Bug fix : Toggling the parameter selection required right-click to deselect. The correct behaviour of left-clicking to toggle on and off is now implemented.
– Bug fix : The first item in the history list caused a crash when attempting to paste its value.
– Update : Mass edit bin buttons increased in size.
– Bug fix : Mass edit labels were clipped on some displays.
– Update : Added the parameter data type to the readout in the statusbar.

0.229
– New feature : When checkbox cells are selected, hitting ‘i’ will invert the values
– New feature : When multiple checkbox cells are selected, hitting space will toggle between on and off. (if the selected cells are mixed values, then the become unified on or off)
– New feature : When checkbox cells are selected, the mass edit tools can be used to set values. < 0.5 is considered false, >0.5 true. Randomise betwen 0 and 1 to randomise checkboxes.
– New feature : With multiple value cells selected, you can now hit space to enter a value, then hit return to apply the value to all selected cells.

0.228
– Bug-fix : A bug that when changing class mode or class selection caused the main spreadsheet width to not be updated to fit the parent container has been fixed.

0.227
– Bug-fix : Various ui bugs fixed.
– Bug-fix : When an error is raised, MC should close to force the user to restart. This wasn’t happening, causing users to continue with an error’ed state causing further unexpected bugs to be reported. This has been fixed.
– New Feature : High resolution displays and UI scaling is now supported (3dsmax 2017). Icons are not affected however so will remain small for the time being.

0.226
– Bug-fix : An issue causing the UI to flicker uncontrollably in 3ds max 2017 has been fixed.
– Bug-fix : The class browser and search boxes didn’t scale correctly with the size of the parent box. This has been fixed.
– Bug-fix : A bug when attempting to use mass edit without first selecting cells has been fixed.

0.225
– Bug-fix : Boolean values ignored by mass edit tools. (Set 0 or 1 to set checkbox values works now)

0.224
– Bug-fix : MC crashes when clicking a checkbox in the spreadsheet view.
– Bug-fix : MC intermittantly fails to update when adding or removing columns.

0.223
– Bug-fix : Enter key doesn’t end cell editing.
– Bug-fix : Using space key to start editing a cell adds a space to the start of the value. This space character is now removed when cell editing is ended.
0.222
– Bug-fix : Performance issues with 2017 resolved. (This also improves 2016 and previous version performance)

0.221
– Bug-fix : Getproperty function error handling improved.
– Bug-fix : Incorrect handling of renderers fixed.
– Bug-fix : Misc performance and UI refresh improvements.

0.220
– Bug-fix : Middle-clicking on a non-selected cell will update the current selection before beginning the live edit function.
– Bug-fix : When scrolling quickly in the spreadsheet and then attempting to edit values, Mission Control would crash.
– Temporary feature removal : Renderers removed temporarily due to stability issues.

0.218
– Bug-fix : Various refresh bugs fixed.
– Bug-fix : read-only parameter changes ignored.
– New Feature : Modifier and materials now hilighted if a dependent object is seleted.
– Bug-fix : Various refresh issues resolved.

0.217
– Bug-fix : Enabling selection-filter and then attempting to view modifiers or materials no longer causes MC to crash
– Bug-fix : On disabling pin selection the spreadsheet is now updated to reflect the current selected object.
– Bug-fix : The spreadsheet now refreshes when a filter is toggled.
– Bug-fix : Crash caused when attempting to view properties that didn’t yet exist has been fixed.(eg cloth bias property)
– Bug-fix : AutoExpand class treeview preference setting is now saved between sessions.

0.215
– Bug fix : With object-filter enabled, attempting to view material or modifiers would crash MC.

0.213
– Performance improvements : Various UI and update routines optimised.
– Bug fix : Render Elements not displayed correctly has been fixed.
– Bug-fix : Serious performance issues in 3ds max 2017 have been resolved.
– New feature : “Search” string added to search text boxes.
– New feature : Spreadhseet column behaviour changed to auto-size.
– New feature : Toggle behaviour of column chooser changed to left-click to select, right-click to deselect.
– Bug-fix : UI update flickers reduced.
– New feature : Class browser autoexpands by default. This behaviour can be changed in the settings dialog.
– New feature : Various settings implemented in the settings dialog.
– New feature : Function to remove Mission Control data from scene added to settings dialog.
– New feature : Initial introduction of different install flavours for different license types.
0.212
– Performance improvements : Various UI and update routines optimised.

0.211

0.210
– New Feature : Texturemap coordinates parameters are now supported.
– New Feature : Texturemap output parameters are now supported.

0.209
– New Feature : Utility panel size will now be persistant and saved between sessions.
– New feature : MC remembers what class you had previously selected on open.
– Bug-fix : pasting of boolean/checkbox values causes the first/last value not to updated
– Buf-fix : Cell undo stacks were not storing the correct values.
– Bug-fix : Undo was not retrieving the correct values.
– Bug-fix : Revert was not retriving the correct values.
– Bug-fix : Util panel didn’t open in previous state (open/closed) on startup.
– Bug-fix : Util tab selection was being lost on restart.
– Bug-fix : The utility panel would not sit correctly if the main UI was resized.
– Bug-fix : The notes tab was not being resized correctly when the main UI was resized.

0.208
– Bug-fix : Spreadsheet values were not updating when parameters were edited from the modifier panel. Values should now update in realtime.

0.207
– Bug-fix : A bug that causes MC to crashes when copying an object has been fixed.
– Bug-fix : A minimum window/dialog size has been introduced to prevent MC to crash when opening after being sized too small.
– Bug-fix : Various functions were failing to save a revert or undo value. (eg middle mouse button adjustments and mass edits). This has now been fixed.

0.206
– License activation timeout increased.
– License activation dialog progress bar added.

0.205
– When ‘Hide Instances’ is active, selecting the a single instance now selects all the other instances.

0.204 – 30.03.16
– Fixed bug when changing parameter mode.

0.203 – 29.03.16 – Removed due to major bug.
– Fixed incorrect date parsing
– Added “hints” to most UI elements on mouse-over. Hints are displayed in the statusbar
– refactored button tag definitions

0.202 – 11.03.16
– Fixed crash when attempting to list transforms of sunlight system.
– New feature : minimise, maximise buttons added to dialog (woohoo!)
– New feature : minimise instances button added. Collapse instanced objects in the spreadsheet view to a single object.

0.201 – 15.02.16
– Fixed crash related to light coloured UI themes.

0.20 – 09.02.16
– Fixed issue where VRayRT callbacks were being removed uneccessarily, causing VRayRT to stop responding to material and texturemap property changes.
– Changed behaviour of left-click on colour values. Previously this opened the colour dialog. Now it will do nothing. Double-left click opens the colour dialog. TODO – allow numeric entry of individual colour values on single left click.

0.19 – 26.01.16
– Fixed non functioning ‘paste instance’ function.
– Force update of spreadsheet values when adjusting values with mousemove. This ensure data stays fresh on all cells.

0.18 – 19.01.16
– Fixed refresh error causing UI elements to disappear when resizing or clicking the ui.
– Fixed formatting error after toggling the util panel.

0.17 – 17.01.16
– Fixed errors when opening/merging files whilst Mission Control open.
– Fixed error when setting checkbox boolean values in spreadsheet.
– Misc. performance improvements.

0.14 – 11.01.16
– Fixed uneccessary calling of progressbar

0.13
– Fixed error on loading/merging scene whilst Mission Control open.
– Fixed incorrect parsing of scene causing many objects from being excluded from Mission Control listings.
– Fixed EULA accepted require restart script.
– Fixed incorrect default util-panel position.
– Fixed error loading MC following license activation.
– Fixed incorrect installation of MC macroscript.