Season 2021 Release

What's New:

• Added FRC 2021 Infinite Recharge Field
• Included Standalone Field Exporter
• Updated Emulator For WPILib 2020 C++ Support
• Fixed Fusion Exporter Install Problem
• Implemented New OSX Installer

Season 2020 Release

What's New:

• Included New 2020 Infinite Recharge Field
• Fixed bug that added bots and messed up controls
• Modded to replace existing robot instead of deleting and re-adding
• Made the change button for MaM enter change mode for MaM

Fall 2019 Release

Engine:

• Made a sticky gamepiece feature for goals
• Added a scroll ability when using GodMode to adjust the objects distance from you
• Fixed global controls not displaying
• Fixed ruler only displaying the measurement along the x-axis
• Removed default plane button when on the default plane
• Grayed out unusable tabs

Fusion Exporter:

• Included fix for Fusion window sizing

Summer 2019 Hotfix

Engine:

• Fixed bug which prevented camera and controls freezing

Fusion Exporter:

• Fixed the preview icons not loading correctly in the Fusion Joint Editor

Emulator:

• Made the robot print console more stable
• Added user program file type and size constraints

Summer 2019 Update

Engine:

• Implemented a global settings menu
• Separated robot driving controls from global controls
• Fixed control saving bugs
• Updated UI structure with logo and UI button
• Migrated Main Menu features to scene (can now load replays)

Emulator:

• Added status indicators to the Driver Station
• Add emulated RoboRIO I/O Panel
• Auto-launch the Driver Station
• Bug fixes

Inventor Exporter:

• Fixed usage analytics
• Added "unsupported components" dialog for unsupported joint types
• Joints which aren't set up in the joint editor will now be highlighted orange
• Added improved robot export guide

Fusion Exporter:

• Updated UI to be compatible with the Fusion 360 tab layout
• Updated drivetrain type icons
• Added usage analytics and option to disable analytics
• Added a notification on the first launch with directions to find the robot export tools
• Fixed a bug where the export button would freeze after canceling the robot export
• Adjusted the height of the form palettes
• Joints which aren't set up in the joint editor will now be highlighted orange
• Fixed the guide toggle setting to be persistent between Fusion 360 restarts
• Added improved robot export guide

Summer 2019 Release

Engine:

• Use pre-configured control profiles for quick setup
• Reworked controls backend to reduce bugs and control management
• Fixed disappearing gamepiece controls
• Reduced lag
• Reduce load time with asynchronous backend management
• Fixed bugs
• Incorporated backend threading system for Google Analytics
• Added event tracking (with users' permission)
• Provided empty, flat grid for robot testing and practice on first launch
• Practice with minimal distractions in the flat grid (now added as a environment option)
• Evaluate custom applied forces to robots with the Impulse feature
• Bypassed the Main Menu on startup
• Added user updates with loading panels and user messages
• Animated loading screens when loading the emulation component

Inventor Exporter:

• Replaced the robot setup wizard with a new left-to-right export workflow
• Added new drivetrain type selection menu
• Added a simple joint editor with joint preview icons
• Fixed joint highlighting when editing joints in the simple and advanced joint editor
• Added prompt to show first-time users where to access the robot exporting environment
• Added "Robot Export Guide" with tips for new users and links to YouTube tutorials
• Added "Degrees of Freedom" viewer to view joint status at a glance
• Added with Google analytics and user survey
• Fixed bug where inventor would crash when cancelling the robot export
• Added dialog after exporting with robot output path
• Added dialog when opening the joint editor with unsupported joint types

Fusion Exporter:

• Replaced the robot setup wizard with a new left-to-right export workflow
• Added new drivetrain type selection menu
• Added new drivetrain weight selection menu
• Added a simple joint editor with joint preview icons
• Added "Robot Export Guide" with tips for new users and links to YouTube tutorials
• Added settings form
• Customizable collision mesh quality including VHACD
• Fixed loading bar only appearing once during export

Emulator:

• Updated to latest WPILib version
• Add Java emulation
• Add Spark MAX support
• Updated emulation toolbar GUI
• Change network stack to gRPC to allow more flexibility
• Add gRPC reverse proxy into QEMU VMs
• Rework control profiles
• Added and updated unit tests
• Update package versions
• Removed ASIO
• Update CMake system
• Fixed numerous engine-emulation communication bugs
• Switched to Protobuf for serialization
• Add emulation warnings to engine
• Enable GDB support
• Added Dockerfile to build and test HEL

Summer 2019 Snapshot

Engine:

• Reduced load time by directly loading into simulator (removed Main Menu)
• Created a default flat plane for first launch
• Uniformed plane beneath all fields
• Incorporated Google Analytics
• Provided more user validation with animated loading panels in the emulation tab
• Implemented cross platform support
• Depreciated LAN Multiplayer For Rework

Emulator:

• Updated network stack to use gRPC for improved portability and stability with the protocol
• QEMU now installs with main application
• Added Spark MAX support
• Miscellaneous bug fixes
• Stability improvements
• UI workflow update

Inventor Exporter:

• Replace robot setup wizard with a new export workflow
• New drive train type selection menu
• New card layout in the joint driver editor with preview icons
• Added prompt to show first-time users where to access the robot exporting environment
• New "Robot Export Guide" with tips for new users and links to YouTube tutorials
• New "Degrees of Freedom" viewer to view all robot joints at a glance
• Integration with Google Analytics and new user survey

Season 2019 Release

Fixes in this release:

• Updated C++ support for WPILib v2019.2.1 and NI Libraries v2019-12 (Java WPILib support coming soon)
• Rework how user programs are run to vastly reduce lag
• Fix issue where user code input and output packets were dropped
• Add virtual machine connection status indicator to emulation toolbar
• Allow uploads of user program files with any name
• Start Code and Stop Code buttons now actually stop and start the running user program
• Added 2019 Destination Deep Space field to library

Fall 2018 Hotfix

Fixes in this release:

• Fixed Synthesis Launcher For Exporter Plugin (it launches correctly now)
• Fixed Exporter Not Loading (it loads now)
• Fixed Fusion Plugin Export Directory Location
• Fixed Inventor Exporter Plugin DLL Dependency Reference Locations
• Added Outdated Synthesis (x86) Removal To Installer

Fall 2018 Release

Fixes in this release:

• Fixed joystick control issues so default settings do not override player preferences
• Corrected slow moving rotational joints in simulator
• Fixed code emulator issue with automatically starting robot code
• Enabled code emulator robot code to restart
• Added support for a Fusion 360 robot exporter
• Added support for Local Area Network Multiplayer