Blockbuster 1.2.1

Patch 1.2.1 was mainly focused on improving the process of making machinimas. No new features were added, only enhancements and fixes. Half of fixes and enhancements were pointed out and suggested by NlL5.

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Change Log

• Added /entitydata skin client synchronization
• Added /action stop sub-command
• Added time formatting for argument <duration> (seconds s, minutes m, and hours h were added)
• Added feedback messages to /director command
• Added lots of camera shortcuts for better camera control
• Added colors for profile rendering
• Changed registering item behavior – now it ties to director block instead of actor which allows register actors without running here and there many times
• Changed playback button behavior – now it toggles playback instead of play only
• Changed playback button behavior on sneak and use – now you teleport to director block
• Changed path fixture behavior when you /camera edit it, instead of adding/removing, you pass it index of point, and edit the point's position
• Fixed director block GUIs – now scroll bar is draggable, and buttons are clickable
• Improved skin picker in actor GUI – now it supports tab completition and much easier to use when you have tons of skins

Pre-Release 1.2.1

Pre release version of 1.2.1. Lots of enhancements and fixes. Also, added more shortcuts for manipulating camera profiles.

See the issue page for 1.2.1.

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Blockbuster 1.2

Hey there, Blockbuster 1.2 is out! This update was mainly focused on improving camera (thus removing the old entity-like camera and replacing it with customizable camera system).

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Change log

• Added camera profile. Camera profile is a list of camera fixtures that can be
  imported/exported and played
• Added camera fixtures. Camera fixture is the definition of how camera should
  behave. Following fixtures were added:
  • Idle fixture – static camera shot
  • Path fixture – linear-interpolated camera path way
  • Follow fixture – camera follows given entity from specified angle
    (specified angle is determined when the fixture is being added)
  • Look fixture – camera looks at given entity from specified point of view
    (specified point of view is determined when the fixture is being added)
  • Circular fixture – camera circles around given point for specified amount
    of circles in degrees
• Added camera command which allows players to manage profiles and fixtures
• Added camera profile rendering
• Added camera key bindings for:
  • Removing last fixture
  • Adding idle, look or follow fixture to current camera profile
  • Toggle camera profile rendering
  • Start or stop camera profile
• Added lava and water support to place block action
• Added playback button GUI and lores
• Fixed actor's rotation when he is spawned with /action play command
• Merged play-director and stop-director into director command
• Merged record and play into action command
• Removed camera item, camera entity, camera jump key bindings, and camera
  entities support in director block

Pre-Release 1.2

Checkout this new mod banner I made, isn't it pretty? 😛

This is a pre-release for version 1.2. There's no much difference in terms of features in 1.2-pre in comparison to 1.2-dev, but it much nicer, because I've some fixes, including:

• Added /camera goto command
• Added lores to playback item (now it shows to which director block it's attached and
• Added more key bindings
• Added support of placing water and lava blocks to place block action with buckets
• Fixed multiple NPE's
• Fixed actor rotation issues when the actor is spawned with /action play
• And other things...

Anyway, you can see it by yourself by comparing this tag (1.2-pre) with previous tag (1.2-dev).

Tutorial for 1.2 is coming out soon (a week or less)!

P.S.: I need to organize my suffix namings, sometimes they're way too random.

Dev-1.2 Release

Dev release of Blockbuster mod!

This release is mostly focused on better cameras. The camera support was improved (compared to entity-like cameras). Now cameras are behaving similarly to PixelCam or BauerCam mods.

See CHANGELOG.md for change log of this version.

Enjoy!

Blockbuster 1.1

Hello there!

This is Blockbuster 1.1 update that is mostly focuses on enhancing user experience (better GUIs).

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Change log

• Update to Minecraft 1.9.4 and Forge 12.17.0.1976 (thanks to Lightwave, @Lightwave413 on github)
• Added GUIs for director and director map blocks
• Added HUD overlay while player recording (red circle with caption in top-left
  corner of the screen)
• Added arm pose while holding a bow
• Added stop-director command which allows you to stop playback of director at
  specified position
• Renamed skin manager device to actor manager device
• Changed actor behavior regarding name of the recording, now file name of the
  recording is not depends on the actor's name tag, but stored in separate
  field in actor's class. Use actor configuration device to change to which
  file actor is being recorded (see Recording ID field)
• Changed (improved) camera and actor configuration GUIs
• Changed camera's model and texture
• Fixed place block action, now actors can place any block (before, they couldn't place redstone wire)
• Fixed crash on dedicated server
• Removed "Name Tag" mechanism
• Reduced the amount of console messages
• Recording format was broken, so old recordings won't work

Blockbuster 1.0

In comparison to pre-release, there's few modifications that have been made.

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Change log

• Recording
  • Added elytra flying action
  • Placing block action is now align placed blocks properly
• Cameras doesn't despawn
• Fixed Jagging head movement
• Added invincibility flag to play command
• Added colorful messages
• Made 3/4 plays command arguments optional

Pre-Release 1.0 RC1

Hey there!

This is another pre-release. It breaks compatibility with previous pre-release, because of change in recording system. The adventure map is also invalid for this pre-release. The features are same and installation process is same.

Installation instruction

Install any Forge 1.9, download blockbuster-1.0.jar and put into .minecraft\mods\. Download Lumber-Jack.zip, unzip it, and place the Lumber Jack folder that was inside of the zip into .minecraft\saves\.

Enjoy!

Pre-Release 1.0

This is pre-release. First needed some testing, but hey, there's a compiled jar which is ready-to-use, and adventure map for testing purposes (cinematic part).

Instruction for installing Blokcbuster with adventure map:

• Install Minecraft Forge
• Download blockbuster-pre-1.0.jar file bellow and put it into folder mods which is should be located in minecraft's folder
• Download adventure-map.zip, extract zip, and move the extracted folder into saves folder in minecraft's folder

Enjoy!

P.S.: adventure map's theme is suspension/light horror