v2.13 "Lucky Number"
Plugins
Possibly our most powerful new feature ever and several years in the making. Plugins are small lua scripts that can hook into Open Brush to modify how existing painting tools work or create entirely new tools.
We've shipped an extensive range of examples that expand the creative palette you have available and serve as jumping off points for those of you that would like to create your own plugins and share them with the community. Read our docs on how to use plugins and then dive into writing plugins
Splitting 3D Models
Using imported 3D models to construct or enhance your sketches is incredibly useful but often 3D models contain multiple elements and those elements are not easily separated.
We've added the ability to break apart imported models - even if the model was built as a single mesh. We check for connected parts and allow you to break apart any elements that are visually separate.
Saved Stroke Gallery
We previously had a feature that allowed you to export selected parts of your sketch as 3d models. This had several drawbacks: it was PC-only, brush strokes ceased to be editable or selectable and their appearance often changed due to the conversion process.
We've now implemented the ability to save any selected brush strokes without converting them into a 3d mesh. Now when they are added back to your scene they are grouped strokes and can be un-grouped, re-colored, re-brushed and anything else you can do with regular brush strokes.
VOX File Import
The Magicavoxel .vox format is the standard file format for models created in a wide range of voxel editing apps. You can now import them like you can other 3d model formats and construct entire scenes from them. if you want them to remain aligned to their original grid then set grid snap to 0.1 and angle snap to 90 before importing.
Publish Worlds to Viverse
You can now publish Open Brush sketches directly to Viverse with a couple of clicks. Viverse allows you to build and share 3D worlds in a web browser so people can visit from nearly any device: phone, tablets, PC, Mac and of course VR headsets. Worlds are social and multiplayer and can optionally be monetized to help support artists (that's you...).
Import Open Blocks Models
Our sibling application Open Blocks is an incredibly intuitive low-poly 3d modelling app for PC, Quest and other standalone VR devices. If you've already got it then any models you create and save locally can easily be imported via the standard 3D model library browser.
Camera Path Rendering on All Devices
Camera paths are a powerful way to render a standard or 360 video fly-through of your creations. However we only support rendering video directly on desktop (PC or Mac) and it was fiddly to copy sketches off standalone headsets such as the Quest and then render videos using the generated scripts. We've now made the process easier. You can now render the video frames directly on devices that don't support generating video files directly. These frames can be converted into a regular video in multiple ways - uploading to a web service, importing into a video editing app etc. Read about camera paths here.
More Selection Tools for Quest/standalone VR
Previously mobile VR devices such as the Quest had less selection tools available than PC VR devices. This was due to performance issues when we first launched for the Quest 1. Newer devices are more powerful so we've made the full range of tools available on all devices giving you access to "Select All" and "Invert Selection". Complex scenes might stutter when using these but we wanted to give you the choice.
View-only Mode Improvements
Not enough people realise that Open Brush runs as sketch viewer on all Mac, PC, Android devices even when those devices have no VR support. This release has improved the navigation controls. Touch support on phones is more intuitive and standard gamepads should work as expected. Try installing from Steam on Steam Deck or similar handheld devices.
Furthermore you can now browse more sample sketches which are loaded directly from the Icosa Gallery. Non-VR devices also support interacting with Open Brush via the Web API or monoscopic mode.
Full Change Log:
🚀 Features
Plugin scripting (PR #699 by @andybak)
Enable axis locking for guides (PR #856 by @andybak)
Icosa Gallery Integration (PR #865 by @andybak)
Increase the default and max complexity for Icosa models (PR #868 by @andybak)
UI tweaks (PR #877 by @andybak)
Mesh splitting (PR #880 by @andybak)
Harmonize panels between PC and mobile (PR #885 by @andybak)
Non VR mode improvements (PR #888 by @andybak)
Save selected strokes (PR #711 by @andybak)
Still frame export (PR #893 by @andybak)
Allow symmetry modes to affect Tool Plugin output (PR #897 by @andybak)
Better saved strokes ux (PR #912 by @andybak)
Various small plugin scripting improvements (PR #916 by @andybak)
Obj import improvements (PR #928 by @andybak)
Selective snap angle axes (PR #930 by @andybak)
Send triangle count to Icosa on upload (PR #945 by @andybak)
Vox import support (PR #947 by @andybak)
Local Blocks model loading (PR #953 by @andybak)
🐛 Fixes
Fix/plugin merge fixes (PR #848 by @andybak)
Remove old "not supported" code that sneaked back in with plugin merge (PR #849 by @andybak)
Prevent error loading image widgets from old sketches (PR #853 by @andybak)
Fix bug where the layers panel doesn't init if it's not open when a sketch is loaded (PR #854 by @andybak)
Fix cloning widgets and strokes to multiple symmetry targets (PR #855 by @andybak)
Minor plugin scripting fixes (PR #863 by @andybak)
Fix bug where the sketch dropdown was empty after viewing a sketch (PR #867 by @andybak)
Blocks Icosa obj support (PR #870 by @andybak)
Use indices rather than InstanceId to ensure unique names that persist across sessions (PR #878 by @andybak)
Split models not model widgets (PR #881 by @andybak)
Partial fix for "Smoke" and WIP support for baking more than just vertex position (PR #883 by @andybak)
Ignore material instance naming when matching brushes (PR #884 by @andybak)
Saved Strokes Quest Bugfixes (PR #892 by @andybak)
PR 893 minor fixes (PR #896 by @andybak)
Example media files copying issues (PR #898 by @andybak)
GLTF files on android have no textures (PR #899 by @andybak)
Restore animation behaviour for GLTF imports (PR #903 by @andybak)
Fix animations not working due to node renaming for uniqueness (PR #904 by @andybak)
Switch to legacy animation mode (PR #911 by @andybak)
Fix coordinate space when calculating save icon for selected strokes (PR #914 by @andybak)
More Saved Stroke Fixes (PR #915 by @andybak)
Fix GLTF blend shape import (PR #918 by @andybak)
Fix API brush smoothing logic (PR #920 by @andybak)
Small plugin fixes and tweaks (PR #921 by @andybak)
Fix icosa login success message (PR #924 by @andybak)
Fix color issues with OpenXR over Meta Link (PR #925 by @andybak)
Fixes for loading sketches with split up obj models (PR #932 by @andybak)
export filenames should match the same rules that Django uses (PR #936 by @andybak)
Add the same new metadata extras that we add to the UnityGLTF export (PR #938 by @andybak)
Fix obj import via lua or HTTP API (PR #948 by @andybak)
Vox import and grid snap fixes (PR #949 by @andybak)
Fix some asset loading bugs (PR #951 by @andybak)
Fix some UI descrepancies (PR #955 by @andybak)
Various svg bugs (PR #954 by @andybak)
Fix undo/redo when loading saved strokes (PR #956 by @andybak)
Missing images prevented sketches from loading (PR #957 by @andybak)
Fix loading selected strokes on Android (PR #958 by @andybak)
Fix issue where model folder was merging contents of it's children (PR #959 by @andybak)
🛠️ Infrastructure
Disable push of the Q1 build to Oculus (finally blocked by them) (PR #850 by @mikeage)
Add support for periodically (monthly) rebuilding a PR (PR #858 by @mikeage)
Fix broken workflow (PR #859 by @mikeage)
Do not save caches from development builds (PR #866 by @mikeage)
Only run the periodic rebuilds on the main repo, not on any forks (PR #869 by @mikeage)
Add PICO 4 Ultra and PICO 4 Pro (PR #874 by @mikeage)
Add gitleaks to pre-commit and update all hooks (PR #875 by @mikeage)
Replace --version with --version_id (PR #879 by @mikeage)
Remove periodic rebuild since it doesn't work if a workflow was originally run over 30 days ago (PR #882 by @mikeage)
Add sleep before setting the release channel version for ArborXR (PR #886 by @mikeage)
Add Mac (non-VR) releases to Itch (PR #890 by @mikeage)
Disable LFS in wretry (fixes intermittent build failures at the beginning) (PR #907 by @mikeage)
Fix ArborXR upload again (use the --wait option) (PR #908 by @mikeage)
Fix builds from forks with just main (no tags) (PR #902 by @mikeage)
Improve build resiliency (PR #909 by @mikeage)
Fix spelling mistake in non-gnu style arg (PR #910 by @mikeage)
Unity version bump (PR #922 by @andybak)
Sync tags (PR #923 by @mikeage)
Sync tags (PR #929 by @mikeage)
Make Open Brush TEENS_AND_ADULTS on Quest (PR #934 by @mikeage)
📦 Dependencies / Maintenance
Bump rexml from 3.3.9 to 3.4.2 in the bundler group across 1 directory (PR #913 by @dependabot[bot])
Update Zapbox SDK to 0.5.0 (PR #927 by @tangobravo)
Bump the all-actions-updates group with 7 updates (PR #926 by @dependabot[bot])
Bump the all-actions-updates group with 2 updates (PR #935 by @dependabot[bot])
Remove Meta packages from the generic Android OpenXR build (PR #901 by @gfodor)
Bump mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action from 5 to 6 in the all-actions-updates group (PR #941 by @dependabot[bot])
Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 in the all-actions-updates group (PR #946 by @dependabot[bot])
Bump the all-actions-updates group with 2 updates (PR #950 by @dependabot[bot])
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