Changelog

Owned by Adrian Fulneczek
Last updated: Nov 21, 2024
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Version: 4.0.114968
Date: 21.11.2024

Patch 3 for The Witcher 3 REDkit is now live, featuring a multitude of improvements to the most powerful modding toolkit on the Continent! Dive into the patch notes to learn more.

List of changes:

  • Scene Editor:

    • Double-clicking on an empty animation event will now open AnimBrowser.

    • AnimBrowser will now open on double-click.

    • Double-clicking on the timeline will now create an event for the clicked track. If it’s an animation, it will open the AnimBrowser.

    • The "Swipe" button will now remove Scene Editor's subtitles as well.

    • If there’s a Scene Editor fragment, it will always show the scene subtitles.

    • All additional debug information will be displayed when the Scenes debug checkbox is enabled.

    • Enabling Free Camera Mode will restore the editor's default camera FOV.

    • Camera FOV in preview will not be editable.

    • FOV in Free Camera Mode will always use the last free camera FOV setup.

    • FOV on the viewport will now refresh when switching cameras in Edit Mode.

    • Viewport FOV will apply to the active camera on change (the edited camera in Edit Mode or to the free camera in Free Mode).

    • Fixed issues with the Undo Manager.

  • Added an option to create .xml files in Asset Browser with correct encoding.

  • The “World” tab will be updated with the current World name.

  • Updated the Blender Plugin:

    • Added pose bone weights for different NPCs, it can be selected during lipsync generation.

    • Added interpolation easing while generating a lipsync.

    • Fixed issues with installing the plugin on Blender 4.

  • Updated the credits in the “About” section.

  • Added shortcuts to move plane and select plane for the world edit gizmo (press X and Y to select the XY plane).

  • Added a button to set default lipsync and audio overwrite paths in scenes.

Fixes:

Previous updates:

Version 4.0.104755
Date: 03.07.2024

Fixes, improvements and… dark mode!

List of changes:

  • 3D gizmo handling will now interact correctly with the cursor.

  • Fixed issues with playback buttons in the Entity Editor.

  • REDkit is now shipped with pre-generated thumbnails. Users can update them for checked-out and added assets.

  • Added the languages that were missing after cooking strings.

  • Editing multi-property values in Scene Editor by text will now be disabled instead of resulting in a crash.
    Implemented a material .xml metadata exporter/importer for Apex resources (CApexClothResource and CApexDestructionResource).

  • Hid some popups (e.g. New Game+ popup) that still appeared when playing from a .redgame definition.

  • Using the "Tools" → "Generate missing unique script tags" option in Journal Editor will now properly fill out the missing unique script tag fields of new journal entries.

  • Set defaultPlayerTemplate defaultCameraTemplate when creating a new game resource definition.

  • Added some fixes for importing scenes.

  • Having the word "scripts" in the project name won't break script compilation anymore.

  • Added an option to start the editor in dark mode (View → Settings → Editor Configuration → Editor → startInDarkMode). REDkit in dark mode

  • Fixed the scaling of the "By Tag" editor window.

  • Texture Viewer and Material Editor window layouts will now be saved.

  • Added support for additional virtual directories. REDkit can now attach additional directories besides the uncook depot (read-only). Essentially, your mod project can now depend on another mod.

  • Added scrollbars for the "Entry Attributes" section in the Color tab in the Entity Editor.

  • Fixed description tooltips not always showing after hovering over a property field.

  • Various stability improvements and crash fixes.

  • Fixed an issue where recent projects could contain duplicates under certain conditions.

  • Fixed an issue where when trying to save .w2mi files, the user was asked to "overwrite the existing file", although there was no file with the same name.

  • Several UI fixes for the PathLib Tool.

  • Various fixes for the Journal Editor: removed non-functional elements, improved color coding, fixed checking-out and reverting.

  • Fixed some UI glitches in the Asset Browser.

  • You can now use a .jpg image as a thumbnail when publishing a mod.

  • Added an option in Scene Editor to generate all misssing lipsync and voiceover. It will use Windows' text to speech feature for voiceover, lipsync generation is possible if the audio is generated and the Editor knows the location of the Blender Plugin.

  • Added an option to disable the automatic reopening of resource editors that were open when the editor was last closed.

  • Added keyboard shortcuts for manipulating the gizmo. Shortcuts can be customized in "View" → "Customize editor shortcuts...".

Version: 4.0.103444
Date: 06.06.2024

Game update and patch for REDkit with a long list of updates and fixes.

List of changes:

  • Game: Added some new capabilities for modding scripts. The script compiler now supports a number of annotations. Their main purpose is to add/modify functionality in existing game functions and classes without merging script files.

  • Game: Fixed an issue where turning on HairWorks on DirectX 11 crashed the game after loading a save.

  • Added new tutorials (including WitcherScript documentation) to the REDkit User Guide.

  • Fixed an issue where the cursor could disappear in the editor after zooming in in the preview in the Texture Viewer.

  • Generated navmesh instance will now be properly loaded back after saving and re-opening the world.

  • Color picker in the Environment Editor will now properly show colors.

  • Creating a new world and generating terrain will no longer fail when Ray Tracing is enabled.

  • Fixed the trajectory calculation of bone motion extraction when importing animations.

  • Various stability improvements and crash fixes.

  • Various language fixes and tweaks.

  • Disabled some not working or console-related debug filters.

  • Editor will now check the game version before starting and warn the user if it's outdated.

  • Editor will now remember the configurations in the Welcome dialog box even if the app was closed before starting completely.

  • Map file (editormap.json) generated from the REDkit executable will now be included in the bin folder.

  • New worlds can now be created as DLC mods.

  • Assigned better default values in setup for Terrain Edit Tools.

  • Removed unused Import and Export settings sections in the Terrain Edit Tool.

  • Made w3fac and w3dyng files editable if REDkit config is active.

  • Various fixes for publishing on Steam Workshop.

Version: 4.0.102771
Date: 21.05.2024

Steam Workshop compatibility update and more.

List of changes:

  • Steam Workshop integration and Steam Workshop support for DLC mods

  • Added support for an easier way to add new world IDs in mods.

  • Added full support for loading DLC mods - fixed an issue that occurred when loading additional content from mods.

Version: 4.0.102771
Date: 15.05.2024

Third update for the Playtest version of The Witcher 3 REDkit.

List of changes:

Various stability improvements.

  • Added a warning popup in the Asset Browser when importing resources with no directory selected.

  • Made it impossible to set the r4data path as uncook depot.

  • Material parameter panel will be now shown by default in the Terrain Edit tool.

  • Fixed texture cache building and creating empty caches and metadata when publishing a mod.

  • Manually added files will now properly appear (or disappear after removing them) in Asset Browser after rescanning.

  • Fixed mouse cursor capture issue when using Terrain Edit Tools.

  • Added an option to revert unchanged assets in Asset Browser.

  • Mod folder names will be now restricted to a-Z_0-9 characters.

  • Fixed the unclickable check-out dialog box that's prompted when using Terrain/Vegetation Edit Tools.

  • Various adjustments to the "Save and publish project" dialog box UI.

  • It will now be checked if the selected depot folder is empty when uncooking files during the first time setup.

  • PlayStation and Xbox controllers will now work in the editor's game viewport.

  • Language selector in Scene Editor will no longer show changed language when changing language fails due to unsaved strings.

Version: 4.0.101539
Date: 30.04.2024

Second hotfix to the Playtest version of The Witcher 3 REDkit.

List of changes:

  • DLC-style mods are now supported in the Steam Workshop Beta of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

  • Adjusted encoding when importing UTF-8 .csv files to skip empty strings.

  • Added update feedbacks for localization import process: data will no longer be imported if an error is detected in one of the rows.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause a crash during rebuilding the collision mesh.

  • Fixed a publishing issue that could cause script-only mods to not work.

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