Animotive 0.7.8.11 Release Notes

Change Log:

New Features:

• Implemented new and improved pricing model

• Removed several feature restrictions impacting users on the Free Tier – now free users can export FBX, export to Unity and export watermark-free video at any supported resolution. Free users are also no longer restricted in terms of capture duration and can enable WAV audio recording format for better quality

• Implemented new FBX export functionality that has several benefits over previous version - FBX includes animated rig and character mesh including blendshape animation

• Character audio is now exported alongside FBX

• Asset and Tool Spawning now available in Desktop Mode

• Reworked haptics logic for better user feedback on both Oculus and SteamVR backends

• Added support for Characters with no skinned meshes e.g. Minecraft / Roblox style Characters

• Improved the App Settings UI to include help tooltips and better user feedback messaging. Also implemented default Projects and Export paths within the user’s Documents folder

• Added an unskinned bone flag in Asset Library

• Humanoid Automap now only considers skinned bones - previously it didn’t discriminate between skinned and unskinned bones, which led to some unexpected results

• Added better feedback via modal if user opens Asset Library and has pending Assets

• Added toast message feedback for when user spawns a Spotlight

• Integrated onboarding video to guide new users through the application dashboard, how to create their first project etc.

• Improved in-app analytics to help us identify product improvements more easily

• Added a reminder/prompt to ensure VR connection is established before entering a Scene

• Implemented a spacebar shortcut for Play/Pause timeline in Desktop Mode

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Fixed bug to do with string culture on non-English PCs that was preventing some Assets from importing successfully

• Fixed bug to do with non-English keyboards being unable to type ‘@’ symbol during login/registration

• Fixed intermittent bug that was sometimes causing Asset download when entering a Scene from reaching 100%

• Fixed bug preventing blendshape json data to sometimes not export with FBX / Unity exports

• Fixed head offset when embodying larger characters

• Fixed bug where sometimes the laser grab type/mode would get stuck

• Fixed bug that was preventing cheekPuff_L and cheekPuff_R from getting mapped within the Quest Pro blendshape mapping

• Fixed small bug where Asset type filter could be mismatched with the UI

• Improved project deletion in the backend

• Fixed bug that was preventing project storage warning to display when user exceeds cloud storage

• Fixed bug that caused misclicks when dragging entities in Desktop Mode

• Unified close button sizing on all VR UI panels

• Fixed FPS drop when spawning the first Video Camera in a Scene

• Fixed bug where setting Camera focal length via numpad updated the UI but not the actual value

• Fixed bug that was undesirably allowing the user to teleport in the calibration scene

• Fixed bug that allowed the user to linear grab Characters the first time they were grabbed

• Fixed bug that could cause the Desktop UI to disappear when the user is in VR mode

• Fixed exception caused by a Set asset being deleted and then trying to enter a Scene which contained that Set

• Fixes to the Autofocus outline gizmo

• Improved the cloud storage calculation logic when user creates a project

• Improved feedback for users receiving Join Requests from other users wishing to join a live Scene

• Improved Monitor panel responsiveness in Desktop Mode

• Fixed bug where VR UI panel placement would be incorrect when user returned from calibration zone

• Implemented that property drawers on Materials & Textures and Environmental Lighting Asset Library UI are expanded by default

• Increased deadzone on switching laser grab mode type using right controller joystick axis – to reduce chance of misclicks

• Fixed bug where user could access left-hand menu during calibration

• Fixed bug preventing teleport interaction on HTC Vive controllers

• Enabled auto-open functionality for the Help Panel to improve the onboarding experience for new users

• Improved screen scaling logic to improve legibility on different display resolutions

• Implemented default paths for Animotive Projects and Export path

• Improved entity laser grabbing and placement logic across VR and Desktop Mode

• Improved toast message feedback for when user tries to enable VR mode in-scene but no headset is detected

• Fixed bug with loading Facial Mapping profiles where they wouldn’t work effectively if there were mesh name discrepancies between the source and target

• Asset panel no longer defaults to Characters every time it opens, instead it remembers the previous Asset category - making the process of spawning and positioning Props around a Set smoother

• Adjusted the frequency and duration parameters for Random Blinking to look more natural

• Fixed intermittent CopyCloudFileRequest error that could log the user out of Animotive

• Implemented that low frame rate warning is only displayed when the user is in VR mode (instead of desktop mode as well)

• Fixed app crash that could occur upon generating colliders on multiple characters simultaneously

• Fixed issue where sometimes desktop wasn’t registering mouse click events

Known Issues:

• Issues reconnecting VR if it disconnects within a Scene

• Quest Pro eye movement incorrect for characters in which their eye bones don’t point forward

• Some rendering issues when stacking Ambient Occlusion and Normal Maps

• Issues reading some FBX files on import - this happens quite often with character files that have vertices that are not weighted to any bones