LU Toolbox v2.1.0

After installing and enabling the addon, in addon preferences, set the filepath to a local unpacked LEGO Universe client. End filepath in \res.

• Fixed transparent bricks being opaque in icon renders
• Various fixes to transparent colors across the board

LU Toolbox v2.0-Alpha.3

LU Toolbox v2.0 Alpha 3

This alpha version is a non-feature-complete release of v2.0.

After installing and enabling the addon, in addon preferences, set a filepath to a local unpacked LEGO Universe client. End filepath in \res.

General
-Added semi-automated icon renderer for LXF/LXFML models.
-General bugfixes and improvements.

Hidden Surface Removal
-Retriangulate faces after HSR.
-Various HSR improvements.

Bake Lighting
-Reorganized UI.
-Added "Selected Only" option.

LEGO Exchange Format (LXF/LXFML) Import
-Faster importing.
-Updated some color RGB and variation values.

LU Toolbox v2.0-Alpha.2

LU Toolbox v2.0 Alpha 2

This alpha version is a non-feature-complete release of v2.0.

After installing and enabling the addon, in addon preferences, set a filepath to a local unpacked LEGO Universe client. End filepath in \res.

General
-Update minimum version to Blender 3.1.
-Made many workflow improvements.
-Many processing speed improvements from both Toolbox and Blender 3.1 optimizations.

Brick Model Processing
-Added Force to White option that remaps all brick colors to pure white and disables Color Variation. Disabled by default.

Hidden Surface Removal
-Added vertex pre-pass to reduce HSR artifacts and improve HSR processing speed.

Bake Lighting
-Reworked AO Only baking. AO Only is now enabled by default.
-Increased AO radius to better match LU.

LEGO Exchange Format (LXF/LXFML) Import
-Added import of vertex normals.
-Added Overwrite Scene import toggle. Enabled by default.

LU Toolbox v2.0-Alpha.1

LU Toolbox v2.0 Alpha 1

This alpha version is a non-feature-complete release of v2.0.

After installing and enabling the addon, in addon preferences, set a filepath to a local unpacked LEGO Universe client. End filepath in \res.

General
-Update minimum version to Blender 2.93.
-Materials now auto-append from included .blend file, manual appending is no longer required.
-Orientation now auto-corrects without manually applying rotation.
-LXFML Import, Process Model, and Bake Lighting processing durations are now printed to console.

Brick Model Processing
-Support for transparent bricks.
-Support for large models above the NIF per-mesh vertex limit.

Hidden Surface Removal
-Added option to add ground plane during Hidden Surface Removal to remove underside of model.

Bake Lighting
-Added AO Only option to Bake Lighting.
-Setup Bake Environment has been replaced by White Ambient checkbox and is now under Bake Lighting.
-Glow colors in LDD will automatically be added to glow mask and will be rendered as emissive during Bake Lighting.
-Added Material Override option to Bake Lighting.

LEGO Exchange Format (LXF/LXFML) Import
-LXF/LXFML import is now natively supported in LU Toolbox via the File>Import menu.
-LXF/LXFML models exported from LEGO Digital Designer and Studio are supported. UGC LXFML files from LEGO Universe are supported as well.
-Support for native LODs from LU brick library. In Blender's User Preferences, set your Brick Library Filepath to your LEGO Universe client, ending in \res.

LU Toolbox v1.7

LU Toolbox v1.7.

Documentation

Known bugs and limitations:

-Blender 2.92 is required (2.93 vertex color baking results in crash).
-VertexColor material must be appended to your Blender project from LU_Bake_Essentials.blend before using LU Toolbox.
-No brick transparency support.
-Models above 64,000 vertices will not export with niftools.