We realized that the system would soon not be possible to run or develop on several platforms. Thus, the need to bring the code up to modern times became critical. Both Qt4 and PyQt4 got deprecated years ago, and Riverside (the authors of PyQt) removed all PyQt4 windows binaries, meaning we could no longer provide windows builds. The user interface was implemented in Qt4, via PyQt4.The final end of life for python 2.7 was january 1, 2020. The system was written for python 2.6 and then upgraded when needed to python 2.7.In the prior version, large parts were written more than ten years ago, and relied on libraries and code structures which are no longer functional in a modern context. The main focus of this release has been to modernize the code. Using Jupyter for the shell utility, if available on the system (currently not working for MakeHuman windows builds).Save thumbnails directly from the internal render engine.MHX2 is bundled in the default installation.Configurable location for the home folder.Show Name Tags instead of file names in the file loader.Tags for models (with configurable tag count).Improved tag sorting capabilities (Hotkey: ALT-F), including sticky tag provisions.Improved internationalization support for non-ASCII characters (backported).There is a new Mass production functionality for generating large sets of randomized characters.Third party assets can be downloaded from within MakeHuman with a simple point and click procedure.There is a new tool “MakeSkin” for creating materials.The toolset for creating assets (MakeClothes and MakeTarget) has been rewritten from scratch.The license has changed to (hopefully) be more clear and permissive.There is a completely new Blender integration, MPFB, with support for socket transfers, IK and Kinect.The codebase has received a major overhaul to bring it up to date with modern versions of Python and Qt.These are the main themes of the changes since 1.1.1. “MakeHuman Community 1.2.0” is a major update of the underlying code, where the focus has been to replace outdated dependencies and modernize the system.įurther, a shift in focus has been made to position MakeHuman as a shared tool serving the larger community through integrated access to third party assets and extended functionality. You can find download links for 1.2.0 at the bottom of this page. They will not interfere with each other’s files. In most cases, there should be no problem running versions 1.1.1 and 1.2.0 on the same system. If you are already using a recent nightly build however, there is no particular need to switch to the stable release, as there have only been minor bug fixes lately. It is what we now recommend everyone to use. These are the release notes for 1.2.0, which was released.
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