Changes in the ASToFra tools in the last 90 days

MR [ 541 ] - 2025-03-21 09:27:58.913000

Fixed deployment to NuGet feed

MR [ 540 ] - 2025-03-21 08:53:16.141000

Deploy script issues
Fixed two issues in deploy script

MR [ 539 ] - 2025-03-21 07:54:13.679000

Fixed typo in pipeline dependency for deploy

MR [ 538 ] - 2025-03-20 20:49:08.111000

Build NuGet packages
Generate NuGet packages from the ASToFra libraries so that other developers can use them in their applications as well. For more information see this project with examples: https://gitlab.com/scenerydesign.org/astofra-developer-examples

MR [ 531 ] - 2025-03-15 14:34:00.021000

Resolve "Translate tool snap to ground"
In the move dialog added a button that will calculate the Z value so that the bottom of the object is snapped to ground level. Closes #6747
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, editor

MR [ 535 ] - 2025-03-15 12:02:48.503000

Resolve "System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. (Parameter 'index')"
Made reading of conditions from SCASM and FS2004 MDL/BGL files more robust. Closes #6752
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::bug, reader

MR [ 533 ] - 2025-03-15 11:18:10.438000

Use optimized EmguCV package
Use the optimized EmguCV package to improve performance of image processing functions.
Affected tools/features: scenProc

MR [ 534 ] - 2025-03-15 10:59:26.389000

Resolve "System.ArgumentException: Caract�res non conformes dans le chemin d'acc�s."
When reading textures from GLB files ensure that the name does not contain illegal characters on Windows. Closes #6751
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::bug, reader

MR [ 530 ] - 2025-03-15 10:30:20.561000

Resolve "Give objects in MSFS package more clear names"
When exporting a MSFS scenery package, the names of the object folders in the modelib folder are now derived from the object name, instead of using the package name with an index number. When the scenery contains multiple objects with the same name, they get a index number suffix to ensure the names are unique. Closes #6750
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, writer

MR [ 532 ] - 2025-03-15 09:21:29.061000

Resolve "Scale transform show bounding box size"
In the scale dialog not only show the minimum and maximum bounding box values after scaling, but also show the bounding box size after scaling. This makes it easier to determine the right scale for a desired object size. Closes #6748
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, editor

MR [ 529 ] - 2025-03-14 13:19:31.820000

Resolve "FS2004 style GUID in MSFS XML output"
Made sure the MSFS XML output uses the GUID style with curly brackets. Closes #6749
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::bug, writer

MR [ 527 ] - 2025-03-14 08:32:32.905000

Resolve "Support EXT_meshopt_compression"
Reading glTF objects that use the EXT_meshopt_compression extension is now supported by ModelConverterX. This extension is supported in standard and in MSFS2024 glTF files. Closes #6731
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, reader

MR [ 528 ] - 2025-03-08 09:02:21.409000

Upgrade to .NET 8.0
Upgraded all tools to use .NET 8.0 instead of .NET Framework 4.8. Closes #6744
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, scenProc

MR [ 525 ] - 2025-02-14 16:38:39.102000

Fixed issues reading MSFS 2024 MDL files
Fixed a number of issues in reading MSFS 2024 MDL file.
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::bug, reader

MR [ 524 ] - 2025-02-13 20:19:59.695000

Resolve "Read MSFS 2024 MDL file"
Made sure that MSFS 2024 MDL files, which contain compressed glTF binary data are also read correctly. Closes #6708 Closes #6710
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, reader

MR [ 523 ] - 2025-02-12 05:39:25.486000

Resolve "Light simmetry vs symmetry"
Made sure that glTF files write the has_symmetry attribute correctly for lights. When reading the has_simmetry attribute is still supported for backwards compatibility. Closes #6742
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::bug, reader, writer

MR [ 521 ] - 2025-02-11 09:18:34.582000

Resolve "System.ArgumentException: Requested value 'Always' was not found."
Made X reader more robust for invalid enuneration values, when encountered the default value of that attribute is used instead. Closes #6741
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::crash, reader

MR [ 522 ] - 2025-02-11 07:47:14.984000

Quadratic error LOD Creator improvements
Improvements to the quadratic error LOD creator algotihm. Not only consider the average vertex for collapsing edges, but also the start, end and optimal vertex. The one with the smallest error is selected for the collapse. Added additional weight factors for open edges and texture mapping discontinuities to take these aspects into account in the simplification as well. Closes #416
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, editor

MR [ 520 ] - 2025-02-04 07:22:27.257000

Scenery Object Editor merge action
Renamed "Add object" to "Merge scenery" in the Scenery Object Editor to make clear that this function can be used to merge two sceneries.
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, editor

MR [ 518 ] - 2025-01-31 05:03:52.990000

Performance optimization reading X file
Improved performance while reading (large) X files by improving the vertex optimization of the mesh.
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, reader

MR [ 519 ] - 2025-01-30 21:01:04.969000

Resolve "System.IndexOutOfRangeException: L'index se trouve en dehors des limites du tableau."
Made sure that glTF reader can read color information from both 3 and 4 component vectors. Closes #6738
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::crash, reader

MR [ 517 ] - 2025-01-30 20:05:57.676000

Resolve "System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.Parameter name: index"
Fixed crash when reading X-Plane OBJ file that only specifies one value for ATTR_LOD. In this case a near value of 0 is now assumed. Closes #6737
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::crash, reader

MR [ 515 ] - 2025-01-30 06:27:53.719000

Resolve "Add option to export glTF file without model XML file"
Changed option to specify if model XML file should be written so that 3 possible values can be configured now: Yes, No, WhenNotExists. Closes #6735
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, writer

MR [ 516 ] - 2025-01-30 06:27:31.991000

Resolve "Add batch operator to change attached light parameters"
Added new batch operator "Emissivity multiplication" to allow batch multiplication of material emissive factor and attached light strength parameters. This is useful when converting models between MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024. Closes #6736
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, editor

MR [ 514 ] - 2025-01-24 22:07:01.578000

LOD Creator performance optimizations
Performance optimalizations to let the vertex clustering and quadratic based error LOD creators work much faster. Closes #236
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::bug, editor

MR [ 513 ] - 2025-01-14 20:20:21.783000

Resolve: "Colors in MSFS 2020 darker"
Fixed bug after recent MSFS 2024 changes that resulted in textures not showing correctly in MSFS anymore. The UV tiling options had a wrong default value. Closes #6733
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::bug, writer

MR [ 511 ] - 2025-01-07 20:39:04.242000

Resolve "MSFS light not shown in MCX"
Support MSFS 2024 ASOBO_street_light extenion while reading and writing glTF files. Closes #6703
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, reader

MR [ 512 ] - 2025-01-07 20:31:13.071000

Code cleanup Utils
Code cleanup of Utils assembly.

MR [ 510 ] - 2025-01-05 09:29:34.538000

Resolve "X file MeshVertexColors"
Made sure that the X reader can process both the P3D and the Standard MeshVertexColors template. Closes #6732
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::crash, reader

MR [ 509 ] - 2025-01-04 21:13:48.692000

Restructure test cases
Restructured test cases and added code coverage to more tests. Also show coverage results in Gitlab now.

MR [ 508 ] - 2024-12-31 09:35:58.154000

Removed code smells
Removed code smells based on code quality analysis.

MR [ 507 ] - 2024-12-31 06:41:05.031000

Code cleanup
Performed code cleanup to reduce dependencies and to remove old code that was no longer relevant. Also renamed some DLL files to have more consistent names.

MR [ 506 ] - 2024-12-29 21:25:54.717000

Deployment script typo
Fixed another type in deployment script

MR [ 505 ] - 2024-12-29 20:53:13.692000

Fixed deployment script
Fixed another type on the deployment script

MR [ 504 ] - 2024-12-29 20:31:36.335000

Fixed mistake in deployment script
Fixed mistake in deployment script

MR [ 503 ] - 2024-12-29 09:55:12.653000

Replace Ionic.Zip
Replaced 3rd party library used to handle ZIP files by build in .NET functionality
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, scenProc

MR [ 502 ] - 2024-12-29 09:10:49.469000

Error reporting model.cfg
Include the model.cfg file in error reports that are uploaded when it exists. Some reported issues happen while parsing this file and can't be reproduced now.
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX

MR [ 501 ] - 2024-12-29 08:20:04.636000

Test dependencies
Modified the test cases so that they depend on less projects to speed up building and testing.
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, scenProc

MR [ 500 ] - 2024-12-29 07:51:12.066000

Resolve "Write texture XML from material editor"
Added option to the material editor to write the MSFS 2024 texture XML files when saving textures. Closes #6725
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, editor

MR [ 499 ] - 2024-12-28 13:59:05.355000

.NET SDK projects
Updated the projects to the .NET SDK format and get more 3rd party libraries using NuGet. This change does not any new functionality, but it allows the usage of more recent .NET/C# code in the future.
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, scenProc

MR [ 498 ] - 2024-12-23 07:36:27.336000

Resolve "Crash DetectFsFolder"
Fixed crash when generating footprint from special tools menu. Closes #6730
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::crash

MR [ 497 ] - 2024-12-22 07:58:02.441000

Resolve "Problem with MCX reading some BGL file contains Gltf and Bin files"
Do not show warning about null buffer anymore for a MSFS MDL file that only contains glTF JSON data. Closes #6727
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, reader

MR [ 488 ] - 2024-12-22 07:32:34.355000

Resolve "Check MSFS 2024 material options"
Added new MSFS 2024 material options to the data model and to the glTF reader and writer. You can now select to export as a MSFS 2020 glTF file or a MSFS 2024 glTF file. Closes #6717
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, editor, reader, writer

MR [ 495 ] - 2024-12-22 06:43:52.659000

Resolve "Use last version of Assimp.dll (5.4.3.0)"
Updated assimp version that is used for reading and writing formats like COLLADA and FBX to the latest version 5.4.3. Also changed the .NET framework version that the tool target from 4.7.2 to 4.8. Closes #6729
Affected tools/features: ModelConverterX, Severity::feature-request, reader