SACR 7.2.0

Released: 2025-06-05

Blender 4.4 (stated)

This release addresses issues in 7.1.1 while improving performance, reducing file size, correcting drivers, and standardizing names.

Added

• Added a 3x3x12 arm mesh option.
• Restored eye-sparkle objects.
• Added a driver to the extruded head.
• Added drivers that hide arm IK locators and pointers when they are inactive.
• Added a separate Wrist IK Auto-Rotation control.

Changed

• Renamed the scene to match the major version.
• Set the default view transform to AgX and Look to Base Contrast.
• Cleared the default keying set.
• Changed playback sync from Play Every Frame to Frame Dropping.
• Organized armature drivers by type.
• Standardized names for eyelashes, arms, armor, bones, objects, and shape-key groups.
• Renamed Steve arms to Arm.4x4.(side) and Alex arms to Arm.3x4.(side).
• Moved eyelashes into the Accessories collection.
• Made arm IK and stretch blend smoothly instead of snapping between states.
• Improved the arm and leg IK systems.
  • Adjusted the leg and arm armatures.
  • Removed IK constraints from upper-arm and upper-leg bones.
  • Updated IK constraints on forearm and shin bones.
• Allowed shaped controllers to switch between solid and wireframe display.
• Recolored arm IK pointer bones to match their limbs.
• Replaced driver-controlled ankle restrictions with transform constraints.
• Converted integer custom properties to booleans where applicable.
• Combined the square and round mouth into one face mesh and bone setup.
• Increased rendered subdivision levels to 4 for face objects and 2 for torso and arms.
• Consolidated Smooth by Angle geometry node groups.
• Updated the Base shader to R4.1.
• Updated the iris and sclera shaders to R9 with a substantially simplified setup.
• Updated the eye-sparkle shader so emission is visible only to the camera.

Fixed

• Fixed the right leg IK locator name.
• Fixed Alex-arm Transform Fix constraints on the shoulder bones.
• Hid the right arm IK pointer when right arm IK is inactive.
• Fixed the eyebrow driver, which used Armor Toggle instead of No Face.
• Fixed UVs on the bottom of the head.

Removed

• Removed the Armor prefix from armor object names.
• Unmarked the Master collection as an asset.
• Removed the half-pixel downward adjustment from slim-arm transforms.
• Removed 16 redundant angular ankle bones.
• Removed duplicate drivers, bone shapes, and add-on custom properties.
• Removed double-layer emission from the Base shader.
• Removed shader sparkles because of their performance cost.

Lite Rig

• Removed the Accessories collection, hair-rig support bones, eye sparkles, lattices, and all bevel and subdivision modifiers.
• Simplified mesh geometry and the iris and sclera shaders.
• Removed pupils from the iris shader.
• Removed properties and materials associated with removed meshes.