Support Blender 4.4, minor tweaks

- init functions to support Blender 4.4
- Set YX as default bone orientation mode
- Set user facing strings to be more game-agnostic

Author: AdelQue

Blender/FrontiersAnimationTools/FrontiersAnimDecompress/FrontiersAnimDecompress.dll goes here

@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
 
 
 bl_info = {
-    "name": "Sonic Frontiers Animation Tools",
+    "name": "Hedgehog Engine PXD Animation Tools",
     "author": "AdelQ, WistfulHopes, Turk645",
-    "version": (2, 1, 2),
+    "version": (2, 1, 3),
     "blender": (4, 1, 0),
     "location": "File > Import/Export",
     "description": "Animation and skeleton importer/exporter for Hedgehog Engine 2 games with compressed animations",
     # TODO: Update HedgeDocs for this tool
     # "doc_url": "https://hedgedocs.com/guides/hedgehog-engine/rangers/animation/import-export/",
-    "tracker_url": "https://github.com/WistfulHopes/FrontiersAnimDecompress/issues/",
+    "tracker_url": "https://github.com/WistfulHopes/PXDAnimationTools/issues/",
     "category": "Import-Export",
 }
 

Blender/FrontiersAnimationTools/__init__.py

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def anim_export(self_pass, filepath, arm_active, action_active, start_frame, end
 class FrontiersAnimExport(bpy.types.Operator, ExportHelper):
     bl_idname = "export_anim.frontiers_anim"
     bl_label = "Export"
-    bl_description = "Exports compressed Sonic Frontiers animation"
+    bl_description = "Exports compressed Hedgehog Engine 2 PXD animation"
     bl_options = {'PRESET', 'UNDO'}
     filename_ext = ".pxd"
     filter_glob: StringProperty(
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ class FrontiersAnimExport(bpy.types.Operator, ExportHelper):
 
     bool_yx_skel: BoolProperty(
         name="Use YX Bone Orientation",
-        description="Enable if your skeleton was reoriented for Blender's YX orientation instead of Frontiers' XZ",
-        default=False,
+        description="Enable if your skeleton was reoriented for Blender's YX orientation instead of HE2's XZ",
+        default=True,
     )
 
     bool_root_motion: BoolProperty(
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ def execute(self, context):
     def menu_func_export(self, context):
         self.layout.operator(
             FrontiersAnimExport.bl_idname,
-            text="Frontiers Compressed Animation (.anm.pxd)",
+            text="Hedgehog Engine 2 Animation (.anm.pxd)",
             icon='ACTION'
         )
 

Blender/FrontiersAnimationTools/animation/anim_export.py

@@ -205,20 +205,20 @@ def __init__(self, file):
 class FrontiersAnimImport(bpy.types.Operator, ImportHelper):
     bl_idname = "import_anim.frontiers_anim"
     bl_label = "Import"
-    bl_description = "Imports compressed Sonic Frontiers animation"
+    bl_description = "Imports compressed Hedgehog Engine 2 PXD animation"
     bl_options = {'PRESET', 'UNDO'}
-    filename_ext = ".pxd"
+    filename_ext = ".anm.pxd"
     filter_glob: StringProperty(
-        default="*.pxd",
+        default="*.anm.pxd",
         options={'HIDDEN'},
     )
     filepath: StringProperty(subtype='FILE_PATH', )
     files: CollectionProperty(type=bpy.types.PropertyGroup)
 
     bool_yx_skel: BoolProperty(
         name="Use YX Bone Orientation",
-        description="Enable if your skeleton was reoriented for Blender's YX orientation instead of Frontiers' XZ",
-        default=False,
+        description="Enable if your skeleton was reoriented for Blender's YX orientation instead of HE2's XZ",
+        default=True,
     )
 
     bool_root_motion: BoolProperty(
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ class FrontiersAnimImport(bpy.types.Operator, ImportHelper):
         default="loop_no",
     )
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.bool_skel_conv = False
         self.keyframe_rules = set()
         self.frame_count_loop = 0
@@ -608,6 +609,6 @@ def import_uncompressed(self, arm_active, anim_file, anim_data):
     def menu_func_import(self, context):
         self.layout.operator(
             FrontiersAnimImport.bl_idname,
-            text="Frontiers Compressed Animation (.anm.pxd)",
+            text="Hedgehog Engine 2 Animation (.anm.pxd)",
             icon='ACTION',
         )

Blender/FrontiersAnimationTools/animation/anim_import.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 class FrontiersAnimBatchExport(bpy.types.Operator, ExportHelper):
     bl_idname = "export_anim.frontiers_anim_batch"
     bl_label = "Export"
-    bl_description = "Batch exports compressed Sonic Frontiers animations"
+    bl_description = "Batch exports compressed Hedgehog Engine 2 animations"
     bl_options = {'PRESET', 'UNDO'}
     filename_ext = ""
 
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ class FrontiersAnimBatchExport(bpy.types.Operator, ExportHelper):
 
     bool_yx_skel:   BoolProperty(
         name="Use YX Bone Orientation",
-        description="Enable if your skeleton was reoriented for Blender's YX orientation instead of Frontiers' XZ",
-        default=False,
+        description="Enable if your skeleton was reoriented for Blender's YX orientation instead of HE2's XZ",
+        default=True,
     )
 
     bool_start_zero: BoolProperty(
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class FrontiersAnimBatchExport(bpy.types.Operator, ExportHelper):
         default=False,
     )
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.bool_root_motion = False
         self.bool_compress = True
         self.bool_additive = False

Blender/FrontiersAnimationTools/animation/batch_export.py

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class HedgehogSkeletonExport(bpy.types.Operator, ExportHelper):
     use_yx_orientation: BoolProperty(
         name="Convert from YX Bone Orientation",
         description="If your skeleton was imported from XZ to YX to function better in Blender, use this option to switch bones back from YX to XZ (important for in-game IK)",
-        default=False,
+        default=True,
     )
 
     def draw(self, context):

Blender/FrontiersAnimationTools/skeleton/skeleton_export.py

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ class HedgehogSkeletonImport(bpy.types.Operator, ImportHelper):
     bl_label = "Import"
     bl_description = "Imports PXD skeleton from Hedgehog Engine 2 games"
     bl_options = {'PRESET', 'UNDO'}
-    filename_ext = ".pxd"
+    filename_ext = ".skl.pxd"
     filter_glob: StringProperty(
-        default="*.pxd",
+        default="*.skl.pxd",
         options={'HIDDEN'},
     )
     filepath: StringProperty(subtype='FILE_PATH', )
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class HedgehogSkeletonImport(bpy.types.Operator, ImportHelper):
     use_yx_orientation: BoolProperty(
         name="Convert to YX Bone Orientation",
         description="Reorient bones from XZ to YX to make bones coincide with limbs and enable mirror support",
-        default=False,
+        default=True,
     )
 
     get_bone_lengths: BoolProperty(

Blender/FrontiersAnimationTools/skeleton/skeleton_import.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 
 class FrontiersAnimationPanel(bpy.types.Panel):
-    bl_label = "Frontiers Animation"
+    bl_label = "PXD Animation Tools"
     bl_idname = "OBJECT_PT_frontiers_tools"
     bl_space_type = 'VIEW_3D'
     bl_region_type = 'UI'