changelog

What’s new.

Every release, in order. The add-on shows these notes in-app before you update.

1.0.16betaAug 2026
  • New: the panel now tells you whether your scene matches the room. If an object ever fails to arrive, you will see which one, with a Resync button that pulls it in — no more guessing whether everyone is looking at the same thing.
  • New: works on networks that block the add-on's usual port. Studio, school and VPN firewalls often block it; Blend Buddies now falls back to the standard HTTPS port automatically, so it connects where it previously could not.
  • Improved: Help > Test Connection now checks each route separately and tells you plainly if your network is blocking one — and that you do not need to fix it.
1.0.15betaAug 2026
  • Fixed: pressing Ctrl+Z could delete other people's objects for the whole room, and could push objects from before you joined into everyone's scene. Undo is now checked before any of it is shared.
  • Fixed: pressing Ctrl+Z no longer shows you as disconnected while you are still in the room.
  • Faster: undo on heavy scenes no longer stalls Blender while the add-on re-checks your scene.
  • New: we may occasionally ask one short, optional question inside Blender. Answering is entirely up to you, and the same question is never asked more than twice.
1.0.14betaAug 2026
  • Improved: asset thumbnails now load a few at a time in the background instead of all at once when you join, so a room with a lot of assets no longer stalls while it opens.
  • Improved: the Assets panel is now a two-column grid, with the file name above each preview and compact icon-only Import, Download and Delete buttons.
  • Fixed: the thumbnail loader kept running in the background after you disabled the add-on.
1.0.13betaJul 2026
  • New: every model or file you upload to the room Assets panel now gets a thumbnail preview, generated automatically on upload.
  • Fixed: generating a thumbnail could briefly leak a temporary camera and light — or the objects of an imported model — into every other person's scene.
1.0.12betaJul 2026
  • Fixed: creating a room could fail outright when your scene contained images, with no useful error shown.
  • Fixed: the same failure when saving a full scene update, or creating a named scene with images loaded.
  • New: an info button on the update panel — see what changed before you install.