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Essentials v7: PowerHandles
🕑 Added 2021-01-17 11:53:00 +0000 UTCYour most essential MacGruber tools in a convenient single VAR package. Version 7 introduces the PowerHandles plugin that was teased a week ago and is intended for heavy users of the VaM Desktop mode. I was annoyed by often accidentally rotating instead of moving and vice versa. Check the video here. See the changelog below for all nice improvements you get from PowerHandles as well as some minor fixes/additions to other plugins in the Essentials collection.
Changelog
- PowerHandles: Position handle only enabled when holding LeftCTRL.
- PowerHandles: Rotation handle only enabled when holding LeftALT.
- PowerHandles: Prevent accidental movement by disabling "MouseGrab" of unselected control nodes.
- PowerHandles: Use global coordinate system when holding LeftSHIFT.
- PowerHandles: Align objects by global position/rotation grid when holding SPACE.
- PowerHandles: Option to scale VaM's control node UI, like the green icons. Also disabling rendering of sphere collider for "Empty" atoms, if the collision is disabled. Great for better overview in scenes with lots of clustered atoms!
- FrameRateControl: Added 1/3 and 1/4 VSync options. Could be helpful when recording video of a complex scene and your machine is too slow. E.g. record at stable 15fps at 50% time scale and speed up the recording to 30fps later. (Note: Using VaM's time scale setting will break audio.)
- FrameRateControl: Removed "keep settings over scene change" option as we have proper SessionPlugins now.
- SuperShot: Added some 32:9 and 36:9 resolutions. The latter is the recommended aspect ratio of Patreon cover images.
- EditMode: Fixed issues when being added as a SessionPlugin.
Download
- This is an EarlyAccess release! Download will be available for free under CC BY-SA license after 2021-02-01. You are allowed to reference this package in your own VAR packages, even if they are paid or use a different license. Links to my Patreon are always appreciated.
- Beware of some browsers mistakenly renaming .var files to .zip when downloading from Patreon. More details on how to install VaM content and missing dependencies here.
