# v0.16.0 2026-01-15
  - Delete Single Keyframe Actions: Blender 5.0 compatible (action layers/strips/channelbags); skip actions from linked libraries
  - Find Material Users: removed (issue #14; use Atomic or DBU)
  - White World: new operator in Scene General (#13)—white background world, film transparent, orphans purge

# v0.15.1 2026-01-12
  - Fixed AutoMatExtractor MSMNAO Pack texture handling: preserve texture type suffixes (MSMNAO Pack, SSTM Pack, etc.) when sanitizing filenames
  - Fixed issue #12: corrected duplicated prefix in RBST_ViewDisp_MaterialStatus enum definition
  - Added Props subcollection under Char in SpawnSceneStructure operator

# v0.15.0 2026-01-07
  - Refactored all class, function, and constant names to use consistent RBST_ prefix system with module-specific sub-prefixes
  - Added Data-Block Utils integration: Merge Duplicates button in Bulk Data Remap panel that automates finding and merging duplicates across Node Groups, Materials, Lights, Images, and Meshes

# v0.14.1
  - Fixed crash in Blender 5.0 when refreshing material previews (#11)
    - Removed problematic batch preview operators and unsafe icon_id access that caused crashes
    - Added version-specific optimizations for 4.2/4.5 vs 5.0+ compatibility
    - Improved cleanup and reduced CPU usage

# v0.14.0
  - Added operator to select all images with absolute paths (#3)
  - Added search functionality to filter datablocks in PathMan and Data Remapper panels (#4)

# v0.13.1
  - Fix github workflow to include new utils folder

# v0.13.0
  - Set up compat for #9, still needs bugchecking, but the main setup is complete.
  - Fixed #10

# v0.12.0
  - Integrate Rainy's Extension Repo bootstrapper
  - Set minimum Blender version to 4.2 for #9

# v0.11.0
  - Ported to blender extension type
  - Removed CGCookie autoupdater

# v 0.10.0
- **AutoMat Extractor**
  - Added UDIM/tiled image detection so multi-tile textures are organized alongside standard images without errors. #8
    - Path builder now emits UDIM filename templates (e.g., `name.[UDIM].png`) plus per-tile targets (e.g., `name.1001.png`), preventing collisions during relocation.
  - Remapping helper sets tile-level `filepath` values and ensures directories exist before saving.
  - Saving routine attempts whole-image writes first, then falls back to per-tile saves via the Image Editor context, with summary logs noting UDIM sets processed.
- **Viewport Colors**
  - Added a Refresh Material Previews button that clears thumbnails, assigns each material to a temporary preview mesh, and forces `preview_ensure()` so stubborn viewport colors now reliably pick up thumbnail data. #7

# v 0.9.1
- **Convert Relations to Constraint**
  - Bugfix: Now converts bone parenting as intended

# v 0.9.0
- **Convert Relations to Constraint**: Operator in Animation Data section that converts regular parenting relationships to Child Of constraints for selected objects, maintaining world position and transform hierarchy
  - Bugfix: Adapted old operator that wasn't drawing due to using the wrong icon string name.

# v 0.8.1
- Delete Single Keyframe Actions: fixed bug caused by not ignoring linked files

# v 0.8.0

## New Features
- **Delete Single Keyframe Actions**: New operator to remove unwanted animation actions (no keyframes, single keyframe, or all keyframes on same frame)
- **Find Material Users**: New operator with native material selector interface that displays detailed material usage analysis in a popup dialog, showing:
  - Object users with material slots
  - Node tree references  
  - Material node tree usage
  - Blender's internal user count and fake user status
- **Remove Unused Material Slots**: New operator to clean up unused material slots from all mesh objects in the scene
- **Enhanced Bulk Scene General Panel**: Reorganized panel with new sections:
  - Materials section containing material analysis and cleanup tools
  - Animation Data section for keyframe/action management
  - All new operators integrated with consistent UI and project formatting standards

## Fixes
- PathMan
  - Automat summary no longer gives invoke error
  - Fixed timing/cancellation error when cancelling Rename Flat Colors operation
  - Pack files operator no longer throws AttributeError for is_generated (now uses img.source != 'GENERATED')
  - Pack files operator now properly skips special Blender images like "Render Result" and "Viewer Node" that can't be packed
- General
  - Removed debug print statement that was showing "Subdivision Surface modifiers removed from all objects" on every addon load 

# v 0.7.1

## Ghost Buster Enhancements

### Added
- **Low Priority Ghost Detection**: New option to delete objects not in scenes with no legitimate use and users < 2
- **Smart Instance Collection Detection**: Ghost Buster now properly detects when objects are used by instance collections in scenes
- **Enhanced Legitimacy Checks**: Improved detection of objects with valid uses outside scenes (constraints, modifiers, particle systems only count if the using object is in a scene)

### Improved
- **More Accurate Ghost Detection**: Eliminated false positives by checking if instance collection targets are actually being used by scene objects
- **Better Classification**: Objects are now classified as "Legitimate", "Ghosts (users >= 2)", or "Low Priority (users < 2)" with clearer reasoning
- Cleaned UI

### Technical Changes
- Added `is_object_used_by_scene_instance_collections()` function for precise instance collection detection
- Enhanced `is_object_legitimate_outside_scene()` with scene-aware checks for modifiers, constraints, and particle systems
- Updated ghost analysis and removal logic to use more precise categorization
- Added scene property `ghost_buster_delete_low_priority` for user preference storage

# v 0.7.0

## New: Ghost Detection System
- **Universal Object Analysis**: Expanded ghost detection from CC-objects only to all object types (meshes, empties, curves, etc.)
- **Enhanced Safety Framework**: Added comprehensive protection for legitimate objects outside scenes:
  - WGT rig widgets (`WGT-*` objects)
  - Modifier targets (curve modifiers, constraints)
  - Constraint targets and references
  - Particle system objects
  - Collection instance objects (linked collection references)
- **Smart Classification**: Objects not in scenes now categorized as:
  - `LEGITIMATE`: Has valid use outside scenes (protected)
  - `LOW PRIORITY`: Only collection reference (preserved)
  - `GHOST`: Multiple users but not in scenes (removed)
- **Conservative Cleanup Logic**: Only removes objects with 2+ users that have no legitimate purpose
- **Updated UI**: Ghost Detector popup now shows "Ghost Objects Analysis" with enhanced categorization and object type details
- **Improved Safety**: All linked/library content automatically protected from ghost detection

# v 0.6.1

## Bug Fixes
- **Fixed flat color detection**: Redesigned algorithm with exact pixel matching and smart sampling
- **Fixed AutoMat Extractor**: Now properly organizes images by material instead of dumping everything to common folder
- **Fixed viewport color setting**: Resolved context restriction errors with deferred color application
- **Fixed timer performance**: Reduced timer frequency and improved cancellation reliability
- **Enhanced debugging**: Added comprehensive console reporting for all bulk operations

## Improvements
- Better performance with optimized sampling
- More reliable cancellation system
- Context-safe operations that don't interfere with Blender's drawing state

# v 0.6.0

- **Enhancement: Progress Reporting & Cancellation**
  - Some of the PathMan's operators are pretty resource-intense. Due to Python's GIL, I haven't been able to figure out how to run some of these more efficiently. Without the console window, you're flying blind, so I've integrated a loading bar with progress reporting for the following operators:
    - Flat Color Texture Renamer
    - Remove Extensions
    - Save All to image Paths
    - Remap Selected
    - Rename by Material
    - AutoMat Extractor

# v 0.5.1

- **Enhanced AutoMat Extractor:**
  - Added a crucial safety check to prevent textures from overwriting each other if they resolve to the same filename (e.g., `Image.001.png` and `Image.002.png` both becoming `Image.png`).
  - The operator now correctly sanitizes names with numerical suffixes before saving.
  - A new summary dialog now appears after the operation, reporting how many files were extracted successfully and listing any files that were skipped due to naming conflicts.
  - Added a user preference to control the location of the `common` folder, allowing it to be placed either inside or outside the blend file's specific texture folder. A checkbox for this setting was added to the UI.
- **Improved Suffix Handling:**
  - The "Rename by Material" tool now correctly preserves spaces in packed texture names (e.g., `Flow Pack` instead of `FlowPack`).
  - Added support for underscore-separated packed texture names (e.g., `flow_pack`).
- **Bug Fixes:**
  - Resolved multiple `AttributeError` and `TypeError` exceptions that occurred due to incorrect addon name lookups and invalid icon names, making the UI and addon registration more robust.

# v 0.5.0

- **Integrated Scene General: Free GPU VRAM**
- **Integrated PathMan: Automatic Material Extractor**
- **Integrated PathMan: Rename Image Textures by Material**: Added comprehensive texture suffix recognition
  - Recognizes many Character Creator suffixes
  - Recognizes most standard material suffixes
  - Images with unrecognized suffixes are skipped instead of renamed, preventing unintended modifications
  - Enhanced logging: Unrecognized suffix images are listed separately for easy identification
- **UI Improvements**:
  - Rearranged workflow layout: Make Paths Relative/Absolute moved to main workflow section
  - Remap Selected moved under path preview for better workflow progression
  - Rename by Material and AutoMat Extractor repositioned after Remap Selected
  - Added Autopack toggle at beginning of workflow sections (both Node Editor and 3D Viewport)
  - Consolidated draw functions: Node Editor panel now serves as master template for both panels

# v 0.4.1

- Fixed traceback error causing remap to fail to draw buttons

# v 0.4.0

Overhaul! Added new Scene General panel, major enhancements to all panels and functions.

# v0.3.0

- Added image path remapping for unpacked images, keeping them organized.