Development

Development policies, status, and known limitations.

Development Status

• Current Version: 1.0.0
• Supported Blender: 4.0+
• Last Updated: 2025-12-15

Currently supports Blender 4.5+.

Policies

• Focus on stability; prioritize Blender LTS versions.
• Minimize breaking changes in major updates.
• Bug fixes and minor features regularly; plan large features carefully.

Known Limitations

Performance

• Adding many materials to drop slots can be slow or freeze depending on PC specs.
• Heavy use of high-resolution textures may increase memory consumption.

UI constraints

• Some panels may change position depending on the Blender workspace.
• Very small screen resolutions may cause UI issues.

Environment-specific

• On some macOS environments, paths containing Japanese characters may not work.
• Old graphics drivers can cause display issues.

Roadmap

Considering

• More presets for screen tone materials
• Enhanced features needed for manga production
• UI/UX improvements

Planned

• Support the latest Blender versions
• Bug fixes and stability

TBD

• New features based on user feedback

Feedback

• Email: arstchi.multidesigner@gmail.com
• Forum/Community: https://github.com/Adacchi-MultiCreator/3D-Manga-Studios-Issues
• SUPERHIVE Market (formerly Blender Market): https://superhivemarket.com/products/3d-manga-studios

For support, see the Help page.