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Release Log

2026/08/28: botaniq 7.3.0

  • Added branch masking feature to 974 assets
  • Added leaves masking feature to 679 assets
  • Added option to weight paint scale on curve scatter asset
  • Moved curve grasses folder to unify with pps and models
  • Allow 0 width on the curve assets
  • Randomized rotation on leaves in pps scatters
  • Fixed animation looping and broken palm wind presets
  • Fixed white outlines issue on some textures
  • Fixed animation weights on bq_Tree_Robinia-pseudoacacia_C_summer
  • Fixed tiling on bark bq_Tree_Betula-pendula_D

2026/01/14: botaniq 7.2.0

  • Added 67 new assets (51 models, 16 curve scatters), focusing mostly on decorative grasses
  • Renamed automatically assigned "Auto Smooth" node group to "Smooth by Angle", to match Blender's expectation
  • Improved removing empties in curve scatter
  • Rotated some Ivy assets in the preview image
  • Various small fixes on scatters

2025/07/23: botaniq 7.1.1

  • Added 2 curve assets and 1 maze to botaniq starter

2025/07/21: botaniq 7.1.0

  • Added 405 new assets (209 models, 90 curves, 106 scatters)
  • All assets tagged with location for geographical filtering in engon
  • Added better preview images of particle systems
  • Improved base material tiling on particle systems objects
  • Seeds of particle systems are now unique
  • Minor fixes on assets

2024/01/11: botaniq 7.0.0

  • Converted botaniq from a standalone addon to an asset pack that can be used with engon and/or blender native asset browser
  • Ported vine system to geometry nodes, improved functionality
  • Added 111 assets (including variants) and 4 scatter presets
  • Added bq_ prefix to all blends, datablocks and textures to avoid name collisions
  • Unified naming to always use botaniq latin names
  • Renamed pots incorrectly classified as vases
  • Fixed scale of corals Aplysina fistularis and the tree Robina pseudoaccacia E
  • Fixed origin of various models
  • Fixed branch geometry of Populus Tremuloises
  • Fixed wrong material assigned to leaves of Larix Decidua C winter
  • Fixed material of Fern A
  • Fixed incorrect UV map in wind animation data

2023/11/23: botaniq 6.8.1

  • Support for Blender 4.0
  • Bug fixes

2023/06/07: botaniq 6.8.0

  • High & Dry update: Added 53 assets (17 grass, 9 succulents, 11 shrubs, 5 plants, 11 deciduous)
  • Cleaned up and unified material library
  • Instead of object color custom properties are used to adjust materials meaning assets are now compatible with Geo-Scatter
  • Added new adjustment option "Hue per Leaf"
  • Added support of adjustments for assets using grass materials
  • Autumn colors in Season Offset are now bent in more realistic way
  • Fixed Integrate into Asset browser operator incorrectly reporting failed integration
  • Minor asset fixes

2023/03/24: botaniq 6.7.1

  • Coriander no longer flies above ground
  • Modified Fern-single to avoid duplicate variants
  • Thickened stems of Corylus avellana
  • Improved animation of hedges
  • Added new logging system for better customer support
  • The "free" variant is now called "starter"

2023/01/23: botaniq 6.7.0

  • Reworked animations
  • Added animations to all vegetation assets and particle systems
  • Tagged best animation type for each asset
  • Improved animation performance
  • Changed naming of animation data
  • Added one more uv map and vertex group. Add animation muting, randomize animation, animation baking, operator to change frame looping interval. Added official support for Blender 3.4. Lower display settings in scatter to prevent freezes. Correct scale of Tilia-europaeas trees, albedo fixes. Remove duplicated faces in Pinaster trees (thanks to our Discord user Salvador), fix shader values of roses (thanks to our Discord user HandBanana)

2022/10/21: botaniq 6.6.1

  • Added a section about custom animation looping to documentation, described usage of object color
  • Fixed bugs

2022/07/28: botaniq 6.6.0

  • Added Asset Browser support for Blender 3.2 or newer
  • Corrected albedo and scale of basil, tomato, white nettle and coriander

2022/06/13: botaniq 6.5.0

  • Added 17 assets with 103 variations
  • Added 20 scatter presets
  • Added hue per branch and season adjustment sliders
  • Animation type is now displayed correctly for looping animation
  • Number frames to loop is now shown in the GUI
  • botaniq panel is not hidden in edit mode anymore
  • preserve density fixed

2022/04/12: botaniq 6.4.4

  • Added official support for Blender 3.1
  • Fixed an error when using the draw vine feature
  • Snap to Ground feature out of Beta
  • Auto Keyframe is turned off after generating ivy
  • botaniq collections are now colored green
  • Deleting Particle Systems does not cause deletion of Vertex Group

2022/01/24: botaniq 6.4.3

  • Added variations of Dracaena trifasciata
  • Fixed the 'Randomize variant'
  • Fixed apple distribution and rotation on apple trees
  • Fixed unconnected nodes in multiple assets
  • Set diffuse and normal maps to repeat instead of clip

2021/12/24: botaniq 6.4.2

  • Added official support for Blender 3.0
  • Fixed texture mapping on leaves
  • Tree_Ficus-carica_C_summer no longer has locked Z scale
  • Adjusted brightness of twigs
  • Added scale slider for each object in the botaniq scatter list
  • Fixed Populus-tremuloides to be green in summer so it can be yellow in autumn
  • Fixed texture mapping on leaves
  • Added info message when trying to use 'Randomize variant' on an Editable asset
  • Removed unused materials fixed bugs

2021/10/12: botaniq 6.4

  • Added Length vertex group
  • Added support for multiple particle systems in pps files
  • Added operator to add selected objects to an active particle system
  • Exposed seed value in botaniq UI
  • Added vines functionality to make the stem thicker or thinner
  • Added operator to change Display Type for all selected botaniq particle systems
  • Added operator to spawn base material with the particle system
  • Added loopable animations
  • Added operator to control the brightness of linked assets
  • Added 55 new assets (Cortaderia-Selloana (6), Mushrooms (9), Aplysina fistularis (4), Corylus shrub (6), Hibiscus (3), Pinecones (5), Rosebush (6), Rose (3), Branches and twigs (7), Leaves (6)) 10 new scatter presets (Autumn leaves, Cut grass, Desert, Coniferous forest debris, Deciduous forest debris, Mixed forest debris, Mushrooms, Coast rocks)
  • Improved botaniq scatter search bar
  • Improved albedo values
  • Fixed bugs

2021/06/01: botaniq 6.3

  • Added animations for entire deciduous and coniferous categories
  • Fixed & improved Convert to Editable operator
  • Added 21 new assets - trees (3), shrubs (9), saplings (9)

2021/03/15: botaniq 6.2

  • Added new feature freehand vine draw
  • Added 83 new assets (photoscanned rocks - granite (6), sandstone (6), pebbles (6), garden assets - pergola (4), trellises (14), ferns (8), ivy (33), lilypads (6) and grass presets (4))

2020/12/31: botaniq 6.1

  • Improved Scatter Assets feature to easily scatter all types of assets
  • Added 20 new models (tree Carpinus-betulus(3), tree Aesculus-hippocastanum(3), plant Monstera-variegata(1), shrub Carpinus-betulus(2), shrub Rhododendron(3), new subtype hedge Carpinus-betulus(2), flower Sunflower(6))
  • Added duplicate materials of the Flower material so that the viewport colors better represent different flowers, bugfixes

2020/09/23: botaniq 6.0

  • Added Scatter Assets feature and initial models of grass, weeds and flowers (24 particle presets, 6 grass types, 5 weed types, 9 flowers)
  • Added randomize variant feature
  • Added option to spawn asset into botaniq collection

2020/07/01: botaniq 5.4

  • Added 18 new assets (2 coniferous, 15 deciduous, 1 plant)
  • Added new feature snap to ground
  • Deciduous material translucency fix
  • Search bar fix
  • Better installation on MacOSX

2020/05/22: botaniq 5.3

  • Fixed a crash bug on OSX when no IP address is available
  • Fixed incorrect usage of gamma correction for normal maps
  • Fixed a name clash related to random transform operator

2020/04/20: botaniq 5.2

  • Added new succulents category with 9 models of cacti, 16 new coniferous tree models
  • Added a search bar
  • Fixed "Convert to Editable" to work correctly with 2.82+
  • Fixed automatic install path issues on Mac
  • Fixed the empty square to always be filled with first tree of given category
  • Improved the UI with added icons
  • Fixed some minor issues mostly relating to some material settings

2020/02/08: botaniq 5.1

  • Added seasonal versions of deciduous and coniferous trees, new shrub and pine variations
  • Installer is now one big .zip file
  • Fixed issues with missing textures and altered some materials
  • Added "Find Missing Files" for botaniq when textures/models are missing
  • Reworked most of the naming system to be more consistent for the future

2019/10/19: botaniq 4.0

  • Added 23 plants, 24 various pots
  • Fixed some albedos and a couple of small issues like missing alpha
  • Improved documentation and button labels + descriptions

2019/08/14: botaniq 3.0

  • Added 26 tropical trees, 3 shrubs
  • Fixed some textures alphas and couple of alpha clip settings

2019/07/16: botaniq 2.0

  • Added 15 trees, 6 shrubs and improved previews with common English name of given species

2019/07/08: botaniq 1.0

  • First release with 63 trees