This release adds all the necessary functionality for the upcoming Unity and Unreal Engine plugins currently in beta. Performance improvements have also been made to handle a large number of file locks.

Improvements

• Added an import option when joining a Git repository to import files that are already on your computer (e.g. from another version control system or a shared folder such as Google Drive) to save download bandwidth. Anchorpoint will then reconcile the project files. Read more about importing files.
• Make file locking explicit when using the Unreal Engine
• Allow control of automatic file locking on a per-project level (not a global application level).
• File locking is better managed using an internal database
• Catch a push error coming from GitLab
• Catch permission denied messages from Azure DevOps when using locked and protected branches and display a meaningful message
• Handle illegal file paths in Git repositories (containing a "." or special character)
• Add "Visit" button to integrations

Fixes

• Fixed validator problem when connecting to Gitea integration without https
• Fixed UI bug in context menus for shortcuts
• Updated typing extensions Python module
• Fixed crash due to file locks
• Fix get_projects in Python API
• Fix start anchorpoint in background
• Fix actions are not displayed on MacOS
• Support Unreal 5.5 actor thumbnails
• Fix unlock reverted files
• Fix connection issues when Anchorpoint wakes from hibernation
• Fix clipping in list view

See who is locking and currently working on a file on one page to get a better overview. Larger lists can be also sorted and filtered.

Furthermore, this release is supporting a new set of thumbnails for formats such as

• ZBrush (.ztl, .zbr)
• Clip Studio Paint (.clip)
• Substance archives
• Figma (.fig)
• Sketch
• Corel Draw
• Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher
• Orbx
• Adobe XD (.xd)

Improvements

• Added a “Re-Initialize” Git repository command to fix corrupt repositories, which can happen due to a computer crash or by other cases
• Added information when the application is launched from the tray
• Added a .gitignore preset for DCC tools such as Blender, Cinema 4D or Houdini
• The image sequence to video conversion allows to add an audio track
• Python scripts can be triggered now from the Anchorpoint CLI, when building plugins to DCCs

Fixes

• Show a proper state for outdated and locked files, even for text files
• Fixed an issue with submodules, that prevent pulling
• Fixed an issue of pulling an initial commit
• Fixed an issue of not updating the progress sometimes
• Fixed an issue with Azure DevOps and IP6 connections
• Check missing URL for GitLab and Gitea asynchronously
• Handle Windows Credential Manager out of memory error
• Fixed server overload with too many locked files
• Catch error on push when server declines it
• Auto locking is not triggered when renaming folders and resetting projects

Improvements

• Create referenced file allows more cases such as character001, character_v001 etc.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with file locks not being evaluated properly on application start
• Fixed an issue with fps settings in the image sequence to video conversion
• Fixed an issue with thumbnail generation of TIFF files larger than 250 MB

Fixes

• Fixed accidentally generation of multiple hard links which look like files on 3D file formats
• Fixed an issue of unloading selectively checked out folders
• Fixed an issue with file locks not being loaded properly on Anchorpoint startup

We replaced the thumbnail generation module that now supports thumbnails for USD, Alembic and some CAD formats such as STEP. The thumbnail generation of OBJ, FBX and GLTF file formats is also faster. Furthermore, the favorites area supports not web links and files.

Improvements

• Favorites section supports now files and web links, so that you can launch an application directly from the favorites
• Switching a branch in Git shows a proper progress
• Link Attributes show the favicon of a web link
• Added an option to reset the view settings in the changed files if the performance goes down when having many files
• Comments on video can also display the time code instead of only the frames

Fixes

• Uppercase file extensions work for FBX thumbnails
• Fixed an issue with the progress indicator when switching a branch
• Don’t show the conflict marker check when files are displayed in a commit
• Show a message when codecs are missing when playing back .ogg files
• Fix authentication issues on Bitbucket
• Fixed an issue with branch switches
• Fixed an issue with Attribute reordering
• Fixed an issue with broken Git locks
• Fixed several glitches in the text field for comments such as handling links
• Fixed issue of projects not showing up on other members