Sims 4 Studio for Mac 1.4.1.4 (Aurora) - Open Beta

1.4.1.4
[Buy/Build]
+ Fixed calculation for diagonal window cutouts.
+ Fixed a problem with the FNV hash code that caused values in the object definition to be stored incorrectly in some languages.

[CAS]
+ Fixed a bug with vertex color in newer Blender versions
+ Added a cheat code cas.mesh.info as a temporary way to summarize vertex color info.

[General]
+ Adjusted game file load order to fix issues with Studio not showing pack items that were deleted from a pack and re-added as base game by EA.
+ Fixed a bug that could sometimes happen while Studio is indexing the object list.

[Tuning]
+ Fixed a bug that caused the name of a tuning to show an error message when the first line is a comment.

[Warehouse]
+ Added an option to filter list items by text

1.4.1.3
[Blender]
+ Fixed a bug that caused importing blend files that have a vertex color channel with special characters in the name.
+ Studio should ignore export/import errors related to re-installing/re-enabling the S4S addon since it is giving false positives.

[CAS]
+ Added a name and support for the new CAS texture: ColorShiftMask. It is currently only used by EA to prevent the color shifts of different metals on custom jewelry from tinting the gem, but it does also work for excluding parts of the texture from being affected by color sliders.

[Buy/Build]
+ Fixed an issue that caused some objects to crash the program when exporting the mesh.
+ Fixed some performance issues (and crash on mac) when using studio.exportall on object packages.

1.4.1.2
[Game Packs]
+ Added support for all packs through Crystal Creations SP.

[Animation]
+ Fix glitch when exporting animations
+ Added better format for Effect Events (thanks to thepanckake1)

[Blender]
+ Fixed bug with 4.0.2 support.
+ Fixed another issue that could cause error messages to not show when an export or import fails.

[Buy/Build]
+ Fixed an issue that stopped shift-clicking to select all floor swatches from working.
+ When S4S runs into an issue importing a mesh, it will try to show more details instead of just saying that s4s.out.mlod could not be found.
+ Overrides no longer renumber string hashes if text is changed.
+ Fixed a bug that prevented editing of Model Flags in Cutout Info Table resource.
+ Lack of vertex color on a mesh group that needs it no longer halts the import with a vague error.
+ Fixed a bug that occurred when cloning objects in some OS languages.

[CAS]
+ Added experimental support for vertex IDs for head meshes are now exported in a vertex color channel named "BlendID" in order to preserve or data transfer them.
+ Fixed an issue with the headfixer cheat (with vertex ids preserved, it shouldn't be needed unless working with an old blend file).

[Content Management]
+ Fixed a performance issue that caused slow loading times when previewing objects with a large mods folder.
+ Fixed errors with loading some blueprint and room resources when using the "My Library" option.

[General]
+ Added basic support for "deleted" resources.

[Tuning]
+ Extract tuning now has an option to include class names in the comments (off by default)

[Warehouse/Cruiser]
+ Updated Household Description, World Color Timeline, Color List, and Color Timeline Data, CAS Part, and Sim Info resources to the latest version.
+ Improvements to the World File Header, Path resource handling.
+ Fixes to the handling of lot architecture bundle resources.
+ Many non-image resources with an associated thumbnail show the associated thumbnail in the resource list (helpful when there is no name)
+ Improvements to the handling of Blend Geometry and Age Gender Map Resource types.
+ Hide additional resource types that don't show any results if selected.
+ World File Header has default values when created from scratch.

[Mac]
+ Fixed a bug that caused the app to crash when clicking on the batch fix menu instead of clicking on a submenu option to run a batch fix.
+ Fixed a bug with editing slots on a Mac with language settings that use non-dot decimal separators.

1.4.1.1

[Game Packs]
+ Added support for the For Rent Expansion Pack

[General]
+ studio.exportall doesn't export shared textures not used by the package (like emission map on most items).
+ studio.exportall no longer fails when importing shared textures that are not found.
+ Fixed an issue that could cause Studio to crash when using studio.importall
+ Updated the shader list
+ Updated the tag list

[Blender]
+ Added support for Blender 4.1 (4.0 will be in the next update)

[Buy/Build]
+ Added a mesh group count filter when picking an object to clone.
+ Object overrides don't include strings by default unless you change it in the Studio tab (preventing accidental overrides in English for overrides that don't involve strings).
+ Importing build mode meshes with trim updates the trim resource to match the mesh.
+ Added support for columns, spandrels, and friezes.
+ Meshes with multiple vertex color channels export/import all channels.
+ AnimatedTree shader meshes are now exported with split named vertex color channels to better manage their animated properties.
+ Fixed a bug related to bones in some meshes including animals
+ Fixed a bug related to beach towel meshes (decal shader)

[CAS]
+ Meshes with multiple vertex color channels export/import all channels.
+ Added the SEA style tag from For Rent to the Studio tab

[Content Management]
+ Added another batch edit option to My CC Folder menu - "Change Display Index (sorted by package name)". This one sets the display index of the whole folder starting with the number you select, but also sorts within that display index alphabetically by package name.

[Tuning Editor]
+ S4S can now read TDescs from LZMA compressed zip files (as the last one EA posted was).
+ Increased performance when loading the list of all tunings when adding a new blank tuning file.
+ Increased performance loading large tuning descriptions with lots of variants.
+ Added caching to reduce loading time of a tuning type after it has been loaded once.
+ Fixed sorting bug to make sure Studio defaults to the latest TDesc

[Tuning]
+ Fixed some performance issues with the tuning documenter (auto-generated comments)
+ Tuning reference comments should consistently show the type of the referenced tuning instance.

[Tools]
+ "Generate List > Animations" now show a loading screen so you can tell it's doing something.

[Warehouse/Cruiser]
+ Fixed a bug that caused Deformer Map resource to save incorrectly.
+ Updated Lot Description resource for the latest patch.
+ Added support for some more world data.

[Mac]
+ Fixed an issue that caused the text view to show the word "placeholder" briefly before loading the details from the selected resource.
+ Added a dropdown to select the file type when picking where to save a file (like the Windows version).
+ Studio will now be able to find the executable of Blender if the app is not named blender (for alternate forks of Blender with different names). Note: You may still have issues because we only test things for the official Blender.
+ Fixed the filter option in the Tuning Editor tab.
+ Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to view walls in My CC.

1.4.1.0
[Game Packs]
+ Added support for Poolside Splash and Modern Luxe Kits
+ Added support for Home Kitchen Hustle Stuff Pack

[General]
+ studio.importall cheat code will now import non-diffuse images
+ Updated the tag list for the latest patch

[Content Management]
+ Added a batch fix for the Alien tag that was renumbered in the September 5th patch.

[CAS]
+ Back attachments will be cloned with group id 0 since they do not work with the default 0x80000000.

[Blender]
+ Fixed a bug that caused Blender 3.6 integration with S4S to fail if Blender was set to use a language other than English.

[Buy/Build]
+ Added support for Stairs, Railings, and Ladders
+ Fixed an issue where certain tooltip tags cannot be removed on the Studio tab after being added
+ Fixed a bug when adding a swatch (mostly affected fences, but could have affected other things) that could cause duplicate variant data in the material set (causing studio to freeze when adding swatches, applying color palettes, and importing textures).
+ Adding a swatch to an object that uses Color Blended Terrain for the diffuse texture (i.e. the debug butte items from Horse Ranch EP) should no longer crash Studio.

[My Library]
+ Studio logs the full path of the folder it is trying to use for the Tray folder in order to troubleshoot wrong path issues

[Warehouse]
+ Filter option allows filtering by the summary (last column) text
+ Fixed with some less commonly used resources that prevented them from being imported into a package

[Game File Cruiser]
+ Fixed issues in Windows and Mac involving the thumbnail view
+ Removed checkboxes for some resource types that will always show 0 results
+ Include world packages in the search results
+ Locomotion Builder name shows in the summary column in the warehouse/cruiser
Renamed resources:
RNDP => Modular Piece
Misc Resource 1 => Path
Sculpt Set List => Age Gender Map
Clip Data List => Sync Point Schema
Clip Extra Data => Timeline Events
Added support for resources:
Record Bundle
Magalog
World Lot Parameter Info

[Animation]
+ Add support for more clip events
+ Fix issue with exported clips that caused them to distort after the last keyframe

[Tuning]
+ Added support for custom tags in the Warehouse/Tuning Editor (add a json file to the S4S Custom Tags folder like: { "MyTag":12345 }
+ Document tuning includes strings from the current package and tuning instances from S4S Mods folder
+ Updated the enum list for the latest patch
+ Fix an error with CAS Part references in the Tuning Editor.

1.4.0.9
[CAS]
+ Fixed an issue that caused swatches with swatch thumbnail images with the same instance id as the diffuse from being stretched all over the entire sim in the model viewer instead of the actual diffuse texture.
+ Added support for body freckles

[Tuning]
+ Fixed an issue with the Tuning Editor failing to load module tuning when it should and ignore it when it can't (custom modules without tdesc)
+ EnumItem elements from the tdesc should show (read-only)
+ Street tuning should use the correct type id now.
+ Fixed a bug that caused tuning comments to not work right when extracting one at a time.

[Buy/Build]
+ Fixed an error when removing roof swatches.
+ Mirrors should show a gray texture instead of the selected diffuse in the model viewer.
+ Fixed a bug that caused string table entries to be added with each keystroke when changing the name/description of a terrain paint in the Studio tab.
+ Added the missing "Build" category to the object clone list (with doors, windows, plants, rocks, etc.)
+ Object clones include dirt overlay image
+ Added support for trims (pool, fountain, roof, exterior, half wall, and deco). Note: Deco trims are debug mode items that only exist in certain packs.
+ Added corner tab to the wall editor.

[Warehouse]
+ Characters (e.g., &) will no longer show as unicode codes in the text preview.
+ Fixed bug that caused Studio to freeze the instant an xml file syntax was broken.
+ Fixed an issue when editing a byte array (base 64 string) in the warehouse.

[My Library]
+ My Library option uses the Sims 4 Documents path from settings (with Tray sub folder).
+ Fixed an error that occurred when exporting SimInfo for for horses

[Content Management]
+ Rename "Disallow CC shoes while wearing a towel" to "Disallow CC shoes for barefoot" and remove additional tag.
+ CAS allow/disallow batch fixes organized into submenu
+ Added batch fix to disallow/allow for all occults
+ Added batch fixes to allow/disallow for werewolves
+ Updated disallow for random to remove occult types (including human) to prevent sims aging up from using them despite being disallowed for random.
+ Updated allow for random to add occult tags back (based on whether they are configured to show in CAS for that occult type).

[Tools]
+ Added "Browse Game Content" option to the tools menu (formerly "object-preview" and "cas-preview" cheat codes on Windows), and added a new "Build" option to the new menu for Build Mode items.

[UI]
+ Fixed bug with creator name text box in light mode.
+ Added a rounded box around the app icon.

1.4.0.8
[Buy/Build]
+ Fixed a crash when exporting objects that have no rig
+ Added initial support for objects that use Color Terrain Blend diffuse textures (i.e. matteEP14_butte_02)
+ Fixed a crash when adding swatches

[CAS]
+ Adult preview shows by default instead of child for Human and Horses on items that can be worn by all ages
+ Fixed some style tags that landed in the wrong place

1.4.0.7
[CAS]
+ Fixed an error when importing Horse meshes.

[Warehouse]
+ Fixed an error when editing some lists.

1.4.0.6
[General]
+ Added a thumbnail underlay option to the tools menu.
+ Fixed a bug that prevented resources from being deleted from a merged package.
+ Updated the tag list for all patches through the Horse Ranch EP patch.
+ Updated Tray/Save game resources
+ Moved a few cheat codes to the tools menu

[Game Packs]
+ Added support for Greenhouse Haven, Basement Treasures, Grunge Revival, and Book Nook Kits
+ Added support for Horse Ranch Expansion Pack

[Build/Buy]
+ Added options to filter the clone list by Buy Mode categories.
+ Added Style/Tooltip Tags/Mesh/Rig/Slot editing to build items when applicable.
+ Added support for Fences.
+ Fixed some issues with studio.exportall/studio.importall cheat codes handling of multi-model objects.
+ Model viewer no longer drops the alpha channel in the preview when an alpha map is not found.
+ Importing meshes should normalize the weights to prevent under/overweight problems on non-rigid objects.

[CAS]
+ Added options to filter the clone list by number of mesh groups
+ Exporting a mesh with a missing texture works now instead of just causing an error.
+ Items with DST textures (infant carriers) now supported.
+ Fixed a bug that caused hair growth level changes in the Studio tab to assign the wrong category to the tags.
+ Added Style tags to Studio tab.
+ Added an option to copy custom thumbnails to the opposite gender if there is only a thumbnail for one gender.
+ Fixed a bug that caused LRLE images to remain in the package after the associated swatch has been removed.
+ Added an option to the Tools>Modding menu to remove unreferenced textures from a CAS package.
+ Added Native American archetype and style tags to Studio tab.

[Content Management]
+ Deleting a package in My CC sends the package to the Recycle Bin/Trash in Windows/Mac.
+ Added a warning when running the hair color slider batch fix since it can significantly increase file size.
+ Added a batch edit menu to folders in My CC
+ Added a batch edit option to set the CAS Display Index of all packages in a folder.

[Warehouse]
+ Updated the World Data, Lot Description, and Region Description resources.
+ Added basic support for the Household Description resource.
+ Updated Sculpt Set List resource to v3.
+ World Unknown 3 resource updated to allow editing color timeline list.
+ Lots of changes to how the "Text" preview is generated.

[Blender]
+ Added support for Blender 3.6
+ Fixed some warning messages in the log files.
+ Fixed an issue that caused Studio to not show known import problems (like bones that aren't on the original mesh) for Windows and added this functionality to the Mac version.

[Mac]
+ Fixed the size of the swatch color picker box.
+ Filter options in the clone list wrap/scroll with the size of the window.
+ App is now code signed (should hopefully fix some issues on Silicon Macs).
+ My CC should once again remove items from the list as they are deleted.

1.4.0.5
[Animation]
+ Fixed a bug that caused the infant rig to get stretched to adult size.

[Blender]
+ Cleaned up some of the log messages when S4S interacts with Blender

[CAS]
+ Added the new body types from infants patch.
+ Fixed an issue that caused mesh exports to fail if the diffuse texture could not be found.
+ Fixed an issue that caused Studio to not set the image type in some cases, causing a crash in the game (usually shadow images).

[Tuning]
+ Add the developmental milestone tuning.

[Warehouse]
+ Updated the World Data resource for the infants patch.

1.4.0.4
[CAS]
+ Fixed a bug that caused infant arms to become distorted when importing a new mesh.

1.4.0.3
[Game Packs]
+ Added support for Growing Together EP
+ Added support for First Fits, Desert Luxe, Pastel Pop,Everyday Clutter, Simtimates Collection, and Bathroom Clutter Kits.

[Content Management]
+ Added a batch fix to update old eye recolors/replacements to work with infants.

[Animation]
+ Added infant as an option when exporting an animation or blank blend.

[Buy/Build]
+ Add rig/slot rotation/scale to Studio tab.
+ Rig/slot matrices show in the "Text" tab of the warehouse as one line as the did in the previous community tested version of Studio.

[CAS]
+ Generate blank option for specular images is now available even if there is no existing linked specular.
+ Added filters and tags for infants.
+ Updated the format of the Skin Tone resource for the latest patch.

[My CC]
+ Fixed a major performance issue with custom content using custom swatch variant thumbnails.

[General]
+ Fixed a bug with studio.(im/ex)portall cheat codes that caused the first swatch thumbnail to be used with all swatches.
+ Updated the tag list.

[Tuning Editor]
+ Fixed a bug that caused upper-case search terms to return no results when searching for tuning references.
+ Improved filtering of tuning elements so that all sub-elements matched by the filter will be included in the results.
+ Customizing or duplicating tuning will include a renamed copy of the SimData.
+ Fixed a bug with exported sim data that would cause the wrong data type to be used in some cases.

[Warehouse]
+ Added names to GeometryStateEvent fields provided by sigma1202.
+ Updated the formats of save game resources for the latest patch.

1.4.0.2
[Blender]
+ All 3.3.* versions should be accepted by Studio now.
+ Fixed issue that caused Studio to not export due to logs from other Blender addons.
+ Added a more helpful error message when an incompatible version of Blender is used with Studio.

[Buy/Build]
+ Improved the warning text on the Object Tooltip Tags.
+ Added an option to pick styles.

[Mac]
+ Fixed bug that caused PNG import to have the wrong colors.

1.4.0.1
[Mac]
+ Hotfix for 1.4.0.0 that fixes the crash on startup.

1.4.0.0
[Mac]
+ Recompiled with the smaller .NET modern framework and AOT(should provide performance improvements especially at startup)
+ Compiled for both x64 and ARM64 for Apple Silicon and Intel compatibility

[Blender]
+ Added support for version 3.3.0.

[Buy/Build]
+ Added a tuning tab to easily add/remove/customize object tuning.
+ Added object tooltip tags (in-game catalog info about things like motive gain from objects) to the Studio tab.
+ Added Platforms as an option in the build menu.

[CAS]
+ Added a tuning tab to easily add/remove/customize CAS buff tuning.
+ Added beard growth tags to the Studio tab.
+ Fixed shadow image .PNG import glitches.
+ studio.exportall includes mask images.
+ Make Blank on specular images uses the diffuse texture to generate the mask image.

[Content Management]
+ Added a batch fix to automatically add beard growth tags to custom content.

[Tuning]
+ Added a tuning editor tab with a UI generated from the official tuning description files. To access it, drop the Tuning Descriptions from EA in your "Documents/Sims 4 Studio/Tuning Descriptions" folder. Sim Data resources will be automatically generated and updated as needed while you edit the tuning documents in the new UI.