About MiBlend
Detailed information about MiBlend, its releases, versioning system, and compatibility.
๐ Release Plan
The current plan for upcoming hard updates and current progress is available in the GitHub Projects. If you're interested in changes planned for soft updates or more distant versions, check the milestones.
๐ฌ Experimental Builds
All commits from the experimental branch of MiBlend are automatically published on GitHub as ready-to-use add-ons.
Important! These versions may contain critical bugs and can potentially cause serious damage to your project. They are recommended only for testing and research purposes. You can learn how to install experimental builds in the guide.
The add-on information always shows a warning about its experimental status and the build date.
๐ Milestones
Development of updates is divided into milestones. A Milestone is a more stable version of an experimental build. It may still contain bugs and imperfections, but there are significantly fewer of them than in experimental builds.
Milestones can have letter indices, for example: Milestone 3A (M3A), Milestone 3B (M3B) and so on. These intermediate updates do not include anything major other than bug fixes and minor improvements.
๐ข Version Numbering and Naming
๐ Version Name Formation
Hard updates are named after animals depending on their main theme or key functionality. Soft updates are named after the species of the animal from the corresponding hard update.
๐ Numbering System
MiBlend versions are numbered according to the standard scheme x.y.z, where:
xโ global update number.yโ hard update number that breaks compatibility with previous versions of MiBlend.zโ soft update number with changes that are fully compatible with previous versions of MiBlend.
๐ Version Indices
Additionally, letter indices may appear in the version name, indicating the type of changes:
- F (Fix) โ Bug fixes.
- S โ Minor changes.
๐ Compatibility
๐ Supported Blender Versions
MiBlend works with all Blender versions, starting from the oldest updatable LTS (currently Blender 3.6 LTS). However, some functions and assets may be missing in older versions due to Blender limitations.
Supported Versions:
- 3.6 LTS
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.2 LTS
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.5 LTS
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.2
โน๏ธ Legend: โ Full support, โ Supported but with limitations.
๐ World Exporter Support
jmc2obj shows the best compatibility because it minimally changes textures and their names, and also provides more information for more correct operation. MiEx does not require MiBlend or Mcprep as it uses .usd format.