MB-Lab 1.8.1

Final version of MB-Lab as development has moved onto Charmorph

Requirements

• MB-Lab now requires Blender 4.0.0 +

Added

• UCSS CEL Shader added to Anime models

Known Issues

• MB-Dev tools may contain bugs that are unknown at this time
• Importing BVH animation files is buggy
• Hair presets have the old PrincipledHairBSDF which will result in incorrect rendering
• Skin color and bump mapping change slightly when finalizing

Requirements

• Requires Blender 4.0.0 +

Added

• Melanin map added that adds variance to the skin pigment

Changed

• MBLabSkin3 is a now based off of the 1.7.6 shader with modifications
• AutoUpdater is disabled
• SubD levels have increased for better visuals
• Some menus rearranged for better workflow
• Added new license types in MB-Dev, also removed AFPL due to restrictive nature

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bugs in various files to make it work with Blender 4.0

Known Issues

• MB-Dev tools may contain bugs that are unknown at this time
• Importing BVH animation files is buggy
• Hair presets have the old PrincipledHairBSDF which will result in incorrect rendering
• Skin color and bump mapping change slightly when finalizing

What's Changed

• 4.0 Dev Branch by @animate1978 in #400

Contributors

• @animate1978

Changes

• Taking out "HAIR" icon so that the hair section works. @Nautilusera (#390)
• Dev @animate1978 (#396)
• Fix #351 issues with saving and reloading toon girl @Upliner (#352)
• Fix #338 prevent wrong objects to be returned from ... @Upliner (#340)
• Fix finalization for Toon girl @Upliner (#337)
• Added scalp mesh to hair engine @Upliner (#323)
• Use annotations for prop definitions @Upliner (#334)
• Bugs chasing in model creation @animate1978 (#332)
• Optimize calculate_disp_pixels for faster displacement calculation @Upliner (#329)
• Merge master branch into dev @animate1978 (#330)
• 1.7.8.50 is still in the code but this is 1.7.8.9

Contributors

• @Upliner
• @animate1978
• @Nautilusera

Changes

• 2 83 lts @animate1978 (#321)
• Hotfix/code errors flake8 @animate1978 (#314)
• Fix algorithms.apply_modifier() for Blender 2.90 @fedorenchik (#306)
• Hotfix/code errors flake8 @mklemarczyk (#312)

This fixes the Finalization bug for Blender 2.91+

Changes

• MB-Lab 1.7.8 dev merge to master @animate1978 (#296)
• Bug about config.json @animate1978 (#291)
• Fixed a bug for separated projects @animate1978 (#289)
• Add "project' drop-down list @animate1978 (#287)
• Update creation_tools_ops.py @animate1978 (#282)
• Data check @animate1978 (#280)
• Fixing bugs. @animate1978 (#278)
• Updates from Teto @animate1978 (#272)
• UI improvements @animate1978 (#265)
• compy/move/delete morphs tool (WIP) @animate1978 (#262)
• Morph creator updates @animate1978 (#261)
• Fixed error @animate1978 (#260)
• UI Improvements and Morph Creator fix @animate1978 (#259)
• Transform tool complete @animate1978 (#258)
• Transformation Tool Merge @animate1978 (#257)
• Transformation tool (WIP) @animate1978 (#254)
• Presets Creator done. @animate1978 (#253)
• Character Library Tools (WIP) @animate1978 (#251)
• Morph Creator merge @animate1978 (#250)
• Morph creation tools update @animate1978 (#246)
• Merge conflict fix attempt @animate1978 (#244)
• Changed Face Expression tool @animate1978 (#240)
• Morph and Expression creators @animate1978 (#238)
• Hair Engine Update @animate1978 (#217)
• Merge dev to master @animate1978 (#214)
• Merge Hotfix @animate1978 (#212)
• Fix error while opening library in Assets @emiltoacs (#210)
• Dev @econundrum (#209)

Added

• Hair System added
• Human Rotation Limits added
• New option to fit in reverse direction to convert a character-specific mesh to a generic proxy.
• New options to do more precise fitting by turning off some normally useful smoothing passes.

Changed

• Blender 2.81.16 required for MB-Lab 1.7.7
• Afro Female now the default character on startup
• Updated GUI
• Removed Docs from project directory to it's own repository

Bug Fixes

• Certain bones have to be precisely aligned to the rotation of a specific other bone, which required new code.
• Stretch to has to be applied to the muscle bones while fitting.
• B-Bone handles and certain constraints have to be fixed in the library file via a script.
• Fixed fitting of meshes that are very close to the skin.
• Replaced obj.hide_select = False with obj.hide_set(False) fixing Age update bug.
• Minor GUI edits to fix drawing issues.
• Fixed Bump and Displacement issues in MBLab_Skin2
• Fixed IK and IK/Muscle bugs
• Eye Displacement bug fixed

Known Issues

• The Hair Engine does NOT apply a shader at this time
• Hair engine does not support shapekeys at this time

Changes (COMPLETE LIST)

• Dev 1.7.7 Merge @animate1978 (#208)

MB-Lab 1.7.6

Added

• New Skin Shader, MB-Lab Skin 2 added to the Realistic Humans
• New Tone maps based on character selection
• New Latino Model Type added to MB-Lab
• New South American Phenotype added
• New texture masks for skin shader
• New Nails shader added

Changed

• Material Engine updated for new skin shader
• Alphabetized the characters list
• Modified freckle masks
• Changed structure of humanoid_library.blend
• Added model license types in character selection menu

Bug Fixes

• Fixed MBLab_fur for EEVEE, renamed to MBLab_eyelash
• Fixed MBLab_human_eyes SSS rendering artifact in EEVEE

MB-Lab 1.7.5

Added

• Added icons and modified GUI
• Tongue shader added
• Improved Iris and Eyeball shaders
• Save/Load BVH Bone Config

Changed

• Changed descriptions for male and female elf and dwarf characters
• Changed Blender minimum version to 2.80.74
• Removed Buggy message from Muscle checkbox because the Blender bug has been fixed
• Changed CREATION TOOLS in GUI to CREATION OPTIONS at startup
• Documentation updates
• Changed characters_config.json for tongue shader
• Rebuilt humanoid_library.blend file for Blender 2.80.74
• Reduced SSS value for EEVEE in human skin shader
• Edited bump maps
• Changed "Body Measures" in "Body Measures" to "Measurements" to fix confusion
• Eyes UV remapped

Bug Fixes

• Fixed API change 'bpy.context.scene.update()' to 'bpy.context.view_layer.update()' in animationengine.py fixing BVH import bug
• Gloss fix for EEVEE in human skin shader
• Muscle FK and IK, Skeleton FK and IK roll fixes for various bones in armatures
• Registration bug that caused errors during unregistering classes
• Fix 'Bones rot. offset' in after-creation tools
• Fixed Skin complexion function related to SSS
• Toes_R connected bug fixed
• SSS scale fixed in Teeth shader

• Fixed Skin complexion function related to SSS
• Updated Iris shader to use Generated input

#117 (comment)

Added

• New Procedural Eye shaders
• New Texture Mask for freckles

Changed

• Deleted Principled BSDF shader networks for custom surface shaders
• Minor GUI edits
• Edited Bump and Albedo texture maps (NOT YET)
• Changed scaling of sub dermal map
• Updated Material Engine code for texture masks
• Added bug warning to Muscle checkbox
• When transferring weights for proxying, check the vertex is in the group
• Changed lighting setup using Area lights

Bug Fixes

• Set lighting setup default to False, fixing a minor startup bug