Official Power IK Change Log

Added: new features.
Changed: changes in existing functionality.
Deprecated: soon-to-be removed features.
Removed: now removed features.
Fixed: any bug fixes.

[1.54] - 2020-SEP-16

Fixed: Bug, bone scale values reset after going through any Power IK node
Added: Support for bone translation with new solver AllowBoneTranslation solver setting

[1.53] - 2020-AUG-30

Fixed: Ground Node, feet angles respect MaxGroundAngle
Fixed: Control Rig, crash when using more than 1 Control Rig in level
Fixed: Core Solver, memory leak.

[1.52] - 2020-AUG-02

Added: New Body Inertia setting in core solver (with Smooth and Spring modes)
Added: Body Inertia settings to Ground Node, Walk Node, Solver Node and Control Rig node
Added: Explicit control over final iteration count in solver (exposed on all nodes)
Added: Tuned sample 3rd person Mannequin ground node
Changed: Walk Node, does not continuously update target plant location (avoids jitter stepping on uneven terrain)
Changed: Ground Node, slope setting "Push Feet Outer" supports negative values
Changed: Walk Node, stepping parameters exposed as pins
Changed: Walk Node, removed clamp on walk parameters
Changed: Walk Node, limb struct can be made with blueprint and all properties modified at runtime
Changed: Walk Node, only prints teleport warning when "PrintTeleportWarning" is true for debugging

[1.51] - 2020-JUL-01

Added: New Anim Graph node! "Power IK Walk" node creates procedural locomotion
Added: New Core Solver upgrade efficiently produces more accurate and believable reaching
Fixed: Bug in Core Solver; sub-root weights incorrect when Character Root was max distance from Effector
Fixed: Bug in Core Solver; Bend Directions not respected when squash caused by sub-root rotation
Changed: Ground Node's Delta Smooth Speed property exposed as a pin
Removed: Power IK Rig Component (deprecated last release, use Control Rig now)
Removed: PowerIK_Funcs blueprint function library (only needed for Rig component)

[1.50] - 2020-JUN-08

Added: New Power IK Control Rig integration
Added: New Power IK Ground Node, dedicated node for simpler ground setup
Added: New Pole Vector support on Power IK Effectors
Added: New PowerIK_UnrealCore.h system to make building your own nodes easier
Added: New Debug drawing of ground raycast hit points and color coded rays
Removed: "IsGrounded" bool from Power IK Effector (use Ground node now)
Changed: Pos/Neg Pull Factor default on Ground node set to 0, 0, 1
Changed: All "grounded" examples now use Power IK Ground node
Changed: "JointLimits" renamed "BoneLimits" for consistency
Fixed: Massive refactor of SDK and Plugin code to support rapid development
Fixed: Bug in core solver, effectors on inner forks did not squash limbs correctly
Deprecated: The Power IK Interactive Rig component (use Control Rig now)

[1.48] - 2020-MAY-31

Added: SDK interface for adjusting skeleton before solve is run
Added: SDK sample of procedural skeleton adjustment
Added: SDK math functions MoveTowards, RotateTowards and PitchYawDecompose w/ comments
Fixed: Bug, static foot offset did not follow foot normal
Fixed: Bug, ground foot rotation was doubled up if RotateBone was off
Changed: Default slope adjustment speed from 75 to 150
Changed: Ground alignment code removed from core solver
Removed: IsGrounded flag from interactive rig component, didn't make sense & had bugs

[1.47] - 2020-MAY-24

Fixed: Bug in core solver, effectors not keeping bones 100% stable
Changed: Code cleanup in SDK

[1.46] - 2020-MAY-18

Added: Support for Linux platform (multiplayer Linux servers)
Added: Support for Unreal 4.25
Added: Separate position/rotation spaces on effectors
Added: Changelog in docs
Added: Docs better describe installation for Engine vs Project
Fixed: SDK compiles warning free on clang and MSVC compilers
Fixed: Packaging script removes potentially stale POWERIK.dll
Added: Packaging script adds Changelog to docs
Changed: Packaging script copies Changelog and License to top level folder
Removed: (SDK) IsAdditive option on SetEffectorTransform(), assumes Component Space now

[1.45] - 2020-MAY-02

Added: "Exclude Bones" list on solver to remove bones from skeleton
Fixed: packaging error when plugin installed in engine folder saying "PrecompileForTargets"
Added: Error reporting in all SDK function return values
Changed: SDK solver code modularized further

[1.44] - 2020-MAY-01

Fixed: plugin now works in precompiled mode (outside project)
Fixed: compile errors in plugin when not using precompiled headers
Fixed: critical bug with string handling exposed on skeleton with many bones

[1.43] - 2020-APR-25

Added: Static foot offset parameter to fix minor foot penetration
Removed: Ground Plane Bone no longer used or needed (removed)
Fixed: incorrect warning of missing counter lean bone when not using counter lean
Added: mention of "translucent mode" to interactive rig docs
Fixed: PowerIK now works in Standalone mode
Fixed: Incorrect warnings about "Missing effector bones called 'None'"
Fixed: Warnings, uninitialized GroundSlope variables
Fixed: Procedural walking demo initializes foot locations correctly

[1.42] - 2020-APR-23

Fixed: Crash when connecting PowerIK to layered blend per bone (and likely some other nodes too)

[1.41] - 2020-APR-21

Added: Ground normal smoothed with max angular speed (degrees/sec)
Added: Delta smoothing to grounded effectors
Changed: Unreal, removed separate Ground struct on Effectors
Fixed: Bug, FName to string conversion was using stack memory

[1.4] - 2020-APR-20

Added: Ground alignment stride scaling
Added: Ground alignment leaning (spine) and counter leaning (head)
Added: Ground alignment adjustable foot rotation
Changed: Ground alignment documentation includes all new features
Added: SDK now fully documented online and commented in code
Changed: SDK, all structs passed by const reference
Changed: SDK, all settings broken out into structs with sensible default values
Fixed: Solver bug causing PullWeight of zero to not be respected on hips.
Fixed: General solver bug causing intermediate effectors to stretch skeleton

[1.3] - 2020-APR-10

Added: Directional pull weight vectors.
Added: "NormalizePulling" option on effectors for adding more power to body
Added: "PullBodyAmount" to COG constraint to smooth out spine
Added: "RootRotationMultiplier" to adjust amount of rotation on root
Added: Ability to remove intermediate bones by setting Stiffness to 1.0
Added: Global multiplier on solver node to adjust effector smoothing
Added: "Prone" biped ground align demo
Added: 3-point VR tracker demo
Changed: SDK SetEffectorTransform() split into 3 separate functions
Changed: SDK no longer requires local transform in SetBones()
Changed: UNREAL Ground settings in separate struct (shareable amongst effectors)
Changed: UNREAL Smooth settings in separated struct (shareable amongst effectors)
Added: UNREAL, bool toggle on PowerIKRig to disable component without having to remove it
Added: Data for ground alignment control (new experimental feature)
Fixed: SDK Bug causing elbows to flip in extreme poses
Fixed: Unreal Bug causing names to get mangled in debug builds

[1.22] - 2020-APR-04

Added: Optional, Pos/Rot temporal smoothing on effectors
Added: Global solver alpha to blend everything on/off
Added: "RotateLimb" bool on effector rotates whole limb smoothly
Changed: "IgnoreRotation" now called "RotateBone"
Changed: All solver data private / routed through API
Changed: COG constraint now tunable
Changed: changelog.txt and license.txt packaged in SDK
Fixed: Crash if all PullWeights set to 0
Fixed: IsGrounded effectors now inherit ground angle

[1.21] - 2020-MAR-30

Added: Support for 3-point VR tracking! (demo soon)
Added: Stiffness constraint (experimental)
Added: Center of Gravity constraint (needed for VR)
Changed: much improved squash and stretch overall
Fixed: Unreal project warnings

[0.9] - 2020-MAR-26

Added: support for custom bending directions
Added: plumbing to support joint limits (coming soon)
Changed: improved fork joint rotation (smoother)
Changed: effector PullWeights now behave much better
Changed: Unreal Rig component effectors smaller and transparent
Fixed: bug, crashed on skeletons with fork joints next to each other

[0.8] - 2020-FEB-28

Fixed: packaging for Windows and Linux

[0.7] - 2020-FEB-28

Added: Power IK Windows build available on Unreal Marketplace