Changelogs

A collection of every Ice Cube changelog since release, excluding betas.

2.1.1 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - February 23rd, 2026

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed issue when saving a character to the add menu when the Ice Cube collection was inside of another collection

2.1.0 - (Content Update)

Download - February 21st, 2026

- Additions

-- Added mouth toggle
-- Added eye toggle
-- Added emissive mask toggles to eye material
-- Added eyebags
-- Added character saving option (Saved characters can now appear in the add menu)
-- Added "Manage Library" button which will open the directory where character and skins
-- Added internal bone layer toggle

- Changes
-- Reworked some sections of the UI to be clearer and easier to find options
-- New icons can now be found in the UI
-- Texture deform will be forced off when either the mouth or eyes alone are disabled (Limitation)
-- Add menu has new menu
-- IK and FK bones now show and hide automatically based off the setting
-- Changed how headsquish works

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed issue with missing imghdr library
-- Fixed the twist controller on the 14px legs not being parented properly
-- Fixed double drivers on some properties on 14px rig
-- Fixed mismatched bone layers on 10px rig
-- Fixed mismatched bone on 14px rig
-- Fixed incorrectly scaled lower leg FK controls on 14px rig
-- Fixed IK/FK Switch causing legs to float during transition on 14px rig
-- Fixed missing shoulder 
-- Fixed incorrect rotation settings on footroll across all models

2.0.10 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - February 13th, 2026

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed bend smoothneses when converting a rig to 5.0

2.0.9 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - February 7th, 2026

- Additions
-- Added IK/FK Keyframe Button (Adds a keyframe on the current and previous frame when using IK to FK conversion buttons)
-- Characters made on versions 2.0.8 and below can now be converted to work with the new 5.0 compatible system

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed support with Blender 5.0
-- Fixed middle finger on 3x3 hands not following the horizontal rotation of the individal controller
-- Fixed right hand middle finger (3x3) following horziontal rotation of main controller

2.0.8 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - March 26th, 2025

- Additions
-- Added "Check for Updates" button, this will not actually update Ice Cube but provide a way to keep up to date for users outside of the Discord

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed SSS line when cartoon mouth was enabled, line still present normally
-- Fixed Eye highlight being misalinged

- Changes
-- Eyelashes hide method changed internally, now can be animated
-- Emotion Eyes hide method changed internally, now can be animated
-- Anger hide method changed internally, now can be animated
-- Cartoon Mouth hide method changed internally, now can be animated

2.0.7 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - March 23rd, 2025

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed UI issue with Minecraft Scale

2.0.6 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - March 21st, 2025

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed bottom eyelashes on all models not following deformations properly
-- Fixed bottom eyelashes not resetting when performing a full rig reset

2.0.5 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - March 21st, 2025

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed issue with tear rendering on the 10px model

2.0.4 - (Minor Update)

Download - March 10th, 2025

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed Wiki button going to an empty page
-- Fixed the lower arm and leg bends being hidden behind the hat layer

- Additions
-- Added Parenting Subpanel
-- Armor can now be selected by armor collection (Only supported collections will work!)

- Changes

2.0.4 - (Minor Update)

Download
 - March 10th, 2025
- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed Wiki button going to an empty page
-- Fixed the lower arm and leg bends being hidden behind the hat layer

- Additions
-- Added Parenting Subpanel
-- Armor can now be selected by armor collection (Only supported collections will work!)

- Changes
-- Update parenting button moved to the new parenting subpanel-- Update parenting button moved to the new parenting subpanel

2.0.3 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - February 25th, 2025

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed the 10px model not having the proper material setup for the lipstick

2.0.2 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - February 24th, 2025

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed an issue with the thin arms with fingers and thumbfill enabled

2.0.1 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - February 23rd, 2025

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed an issue with icons loading on certain projects

2.0.0 - (Remake)

Download - February 22nd, 2025

# Changelog

This will highlight nearly every change between versions 1.6.1 and 2.0.0


The rig was completely remade from the ground up and brand new features were added while also removing many.

## Additions
- Added a performance toggle, this will switch the rig between a full quality render mode and a high performance animation mode
- Added a Blink Position slider, this will control where the eyes closed position is
- Added an "O" Mouth shape option
- Added a shoulder deform toggle
- Added a texture deform toggle
- Added a reset all button (Cannot undo mesh changes)
- The smoothness of the body bend may now be adjusted
- Added an arms/legs scale feature
- Added an eye bulge slider
- Added an eye bevel option
- Added Lipstick with a thickness slider
- Added more eyelash types
- Added Blush
- Added Tears
- Added Anger
- Added New Emotion Eyeshapes
- Added jaw shape setting to control the point of the jaw

## Changes
- Remade all boneshapes to be clearer and easier to select
- Remade the IK bone structure for smoother transitions between both.
- Rewrote the IK/FK Snapping system
- Completely remade face influence settings and merged them into one master setting called "Fluid Face"
- Head can now be bent, twisted, stretched, deformed, beveled, and more.
- Remade the cartoon mouth to be more flexible
- Remade the entire arm system (Thank you Archie) and the arms can now bend on multiple axies
- Rewrote the rest pose system to be much more efficient
- Rewrote the parenting system to be more efficient and easier to use
- The rig is now scaled down to fit into normal Minecraft scenes perfectly (Togglable)
- Rewrote the rig baking feature to be quicker and easier to use
- Updated to use bone collections now instead of bone layers
- Sharp/Smooth bends are now a slider instead of a toggle, this allows for control of how sharp or smooth you want it
- Remade the finger controls to be easier and more efficient to use
- Thumbfill is now disabled by default
- Taper and Bulge settings now work with fingers
- Eyebrow taper is now one slider and is more streamlined
- Remade jaw system
- Remade tongue controls
- Remade skin downloader and skin library manager
- Completely remade eyenode to be much easier to load, more flexible, and easily support modding

## Removals
- Removed rounded body top
- Removed breast shape option
- Removed mouth shape option, manual modification can be done instead
- Removed mouth rotate option (enabled by default now)
- Removed dynamic hair
- Removed teeth follow (enabled by default now)
- Removed anti-lag (did nothing, performance is just better now)
- Removed wireframe toggle (redundant)
- Removed control linking (enabled by default now)
- Removed toggles 1-4 (unused/unpopular)
- Removed Auto SSS (unused/unpopular)
- Removed DLC System (Blender Asset libraries should be used now instead)
- Removed auto updater (Caused issues and was unstable, user should manually check for updates)
- Removed backup manager (unused/unpopular)
- Removed settings manager (unused/unpopular)

1.6.1 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - January 3rd, 2024

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed Linux compatibility

1.6.0 - (Refreshed)

Download - January 1st, 2024

- Bug Fixes
-- Baking presets now properly runs in EEVEE
-- Fixed the drivers on the pinky fingers for the 3x3 arms
-- Fixed the right thumb on 3x3 having the wrong driver
-- Fixed bone layers not automatically updating with control linking on 4.0+
-- Fixed the broken text on the settings import from clipboard button
-- Fixed the thumbnail generator not running properly with certain solid mode settings
-- Fixed the text on the invalid thumbnail path message
-- Fixed the load backup button displaying "Append Emotion Line" instead of "Load Selected Backup"
-- Fixed control linking not working if you renamed the armature object
-- Fixed assets menu breaking when refreshing with no asset packs installed
-- Changed face controls to disable affect transform, this will fix default poses breaking with posed face rigs
-- Fixed ICPreset generation not registering properly if a temp folder still exists
-- Fixed 'Generate Thumbnail' and 'Baking Manager' not being affected by scale
-- Fixed eyelash normals being inverted on one side
-- Eyes no longer display as the Ice Cube texture in solid mode
-- Closing the eyes when you have them posed will now fully close them instead of leaving a gap
-- Reworked how the square generation worked internally for the eye node, fixes the sparkles scaling offcenter
-- Fixed failure to load when active language (other than english) is deleted
-- Fixed twist controls not being easily accessible on the legs

- Changes
-- Updated the default skin
-- Armor packs now automatically sort into their respective collections when appending to allow easier parenting
-- Changed internal development operator to have 4.0 support
-- 4.0 Update button will now disable the rest of the UI until activated, also has new appearance
-- You can now control the specular and roughness of the default skin node through the panel
-- Internal default appending system is now based on the settings.json file (more flexible)
-- Changed internal DLC thumbnails to be based off Imgur instead of Discord
-- The eyes will now change their solid mode color based off the average of your material mode colors
-- DLC menu will now default to "Presets" instead of "Assets"
-- Moved update parenting button out of subcollection
-- Completely reworked the text rendering system to be dynamically based on .ic_lang files, this allows support for multiple languages
-- Changed template system to be based off Dropbox instead of Discord
-- Changed IK to a slider based system

- Additions
-- You now have the ability to export presets to .icpreset files which automatically gets your current preset ready to be sent out and re-imported on another computer easily. (You can find the option to change it to an icpreset file when using the pack generation function under DLC)

-- Added the ability to change the default rest pose, you can access this under the "Controls > Workflow Settings" menu!
-- You can now set a default rig to be appended when using the shift+a menu (Advanced > System > Settings Data)
-- Added 2 new controls for pupil scale on top of the eyes, this will make it easier to animate with

- Removed
-- Removed pupil scale setting from eye material menu

1.5.6 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - November 15th, 2023

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed Baking manager not working due to an override error (3.4+)
-- Fixed Baking not working due to a context error (4.0+)

1.5.5 - (4.0 Support)

Download - November 13th, 2023

- Bug Fixes
-- Changed bone layers system to bone collections
-- Fixed Emotion line not appending properly with new bone collections
-- Fixed search system not registering new bone collections properly
-- Fixed context issue with 4.0 API

- Changes
-- There are now two copies of the "Ice Cube.blend" and "emotion_line.blend" files, one for 3.4, and another for 4.0+, the rig will automatically choose one to use when importing.

1.5.4 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - July 31st, 2023

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed issue with DLC Download menu not rendering properly
-- Fixed issue with Backups menu not rendering properly

1.5.3 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - July 29th, 2023

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixes critical issue with Misc Material menu not loading properly
-- Disables extra console logging

- Additions
-- Added debug logging button, currently does nothing

1.5.2 - (UI Update)

Download - July 27th, 2023

- UI Revamp

Completely revamped how the UI is organized on the rig and moved everything into more straight forward categories. There are four major categories and I will cover a quick version of what you can expect in each of them below

-- Style | This category contains two sub-categories; Rig Style and Mesh Style.
    -- Rig Style | This holds all of the basic settings for the rig and general appearance such as the arm type, bend style, fingers, teeth, eyelashes, and other similar settings.

    -- Mesh Style | In here you can find settings related to the actual mesh deforms of the rig, such as the bulge/rounded settings, squash and stretch toggles, and deforms such as hips or eyebrow things.

-- Controls | In here you'll find all the basic settings related to your workflow while using the rig such as IK, Anti-Lag, Global Head Rotation, Influence Settings, Bone Layers, and more.

-- Materials | This panel stayed mostly the same across the revision but has some slight ordering updates which makes things more clear and should hopefully speed up your workflow.

-- Advanced | The final main category of the rig, in here you can find DLC stuff, parenting, updates, and more. While again mostly the same it has also been updated just slightly to be a little more user friendly


- Changes
-- Updated UI Internals
-- Adjusted how some of the eye shader works
-- Adjusted Thumbfill button size
-- UI will now skip rendering a material if it has been modified to an unusable state or is missing
-- Changed how Ice Cube detects for materials relating to the rig.
-- Completely changed how the parenting system works, its now based upon which collection an object is in instead of a naming tag system
-- Renamed meshes to be more concise
-- Improved tooltips on most settings
-- Face Rig layers are now affected by control linking
-- UI now disables certain features when baked
-- DLC Generator now has option to automatically bake rig
-- DLC Generator will now automatically rename the collection of the rig you're baking to the correct name
-- UI will warn the user if you're running an outdated version of the rig/script
-- Remastered tongue mesh
-- Boneshapes for tongue added
-- Stopped more broken materials from being accessable in classic ui, *WILL* break if UI is modified due to classic system
-- Disabled generate asset in dlc menu because it only works in the toolbar

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed UI Breaking when re-ordering materials on the Ice Cube mesh
-- Fixed UI Breaking when modifying the default materials
-- Fixed Ankles staying enabled when IK was disabled
-- Fixed leg FK named IK
-- Fixed issue with Blender Launcher/Steam version of Blender not installing properly (MAYBE??)
-- Fixed search bar scaling weirdly
-- Fixed being able to partially bake rig
-- Fixed clipping with teeth when mouth is moved forward and bevel is on
-- Fixed issue with Lower Arm Taper and Fingers
-- Fixed lower arm controls becoming unusuable when lower arm taper was on full
-- Fixed fingers on Alex/Thin arms not mirroring properly
-- Fixed issue with Right Alex arm modifier
-- Cartoon Mouth not following exact shape of normal mouth
-- Fixed finger rotation control for right hand being on wrong bone layer
-- Fixed old chest position control button not rendering
-- Fixed arms not updating after applying/downloading a skin right away



- Additions
-- Added a Full Reset button to the 'Advanced > System' panel which will reset the entire rig to default settings, pose, and UI layout.
-- Added UI Version Toggle, you can swap between the New UI and the Classic UI here.
-- Added a UI Scale option for the New UI preset, this will scale the UI up and down to help with different sized monitors, it *only* works on the New UI however.
-- Added Search Bar
  --- You can type either the names of the settings exactly or related terms to them and they'll show up, there are also shortcut buttons in there with titles like "Jump to PANEL" that'll take you to a panel related to the one you searched when applicable
-- Added Lower Arm Taper
-- Added Eye Texture support (No built in textures, you will need to supply your own)
-- Added Control Linking (Enabled by default)
-- Added Update Parenting button to parenting menu
-- Added Baking Category to Advanced > System (Allows the user to increase the performance of the rig)
-- Added internal operator to update the built in rig version
-- Added button to toggle Ice Cube checking for updates in the addon menu
-- Added 🦴

- Removals
-- Removed old parenting system, therefor rendering the Classic UI Parenting tab obsolete and has been retired

1.5.1 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - June 24th, 2023

- Changes
-- Fixes the version name 💀

1.5.0 - (General Update)

Download - June 24th, 2023

- Changes
-- Renamed "Append Preset" menu to "Append Asset/Preset"
-- Allowed assets to be appended without needing the base rig
-- Added asset generator from Ice Cube menu to new menu in toolbar under "Tool"
-- Updated asset generator to support the new customizable JSON fields

1.4.9 - (Content Update)

Download - June 21st, 2023

-Bug Fixes
    -- Fixed the register class issue (addon should enable properly now)
    -- Fixed issue with side eyes breaking
    -- Fixed driver issue with influence sliders
    -- Fixed controls getting "stuck" after being moved beyond their limit
    -- Fixed eyes breaking when opened higher than 2px
    -- Fixed emission not glowing properly when pupil is disabled
    -- Fixed selective emission not working properly in Cycles
    -- Fixed Finger UVs (Steve, Alex, Thin)
    -- Fixed Arm UVs (Steve, Alex, Thin)
    -- Fixed dependency loop with drivers
    -- Cleaned up extra drivers throughout the rig
    -- Fixed influence breaking with left blink control
    -- Fixed face control boneshape extending farther than needed
    -- Fixed weld being disabled on alex/thin arms
    -- Fixed netherite armor not using the darker color pallete with armor trims
    -- Fixed finger arms on thin/alex not being on basis
    -- Fixed objects parented to the body through the custom menu not working with body stretch
    -- Fixed left arm stretching farther than right arm
    -- Fixed Ghost DLC in download menu
    -- Fixed multiple settings not resetting with the reset settings button (Around 40 Settings)

-Changes
    -- Fixed misspelled name in the addon menu
    -- Squish toggles changed into sliders
    -- Made face control panel lower poly
    -- Locked lower arm/leg rotation when stretch and IK are enabled

-Additions
    -- Teeth Curve Slider
    -- Certain inventory assets will now have a "customize" button with a paintbrush icon
    -- Added support for asset entries (sub-entries of assets)
    -- Armor Trim system added into base rig, supports all textures and colors, can be modded to support more. (Not Easy)
    -- Added cartoon mouth bone layer
    -- Added Complete Reset Operator

-DLC

    --3D Armor DLC
        ---- Updated all armor to version 2.0.0
        ---- Changed material system to reduce lag
        ---- Added Turtle Shell
        ---- Support for the new Armor Trims system added

    --Beta Tester DLC
        ---- Updated Blue's preset

1.4.8 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - April 25th, 2023

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed Broken UVs
-- Fixed eye emotions activating when eyes were opened farther than default using blink

1.4.7 - (Quality of Life 2.0)

Download - April 21st, 2023

-Additions
    -- IK/FK Snapping Menu
    -- Certain menus now have visibility toggles
    -- Add Mouth, Eye, and Eyebrow influence sliders
    -- Added Eye Tracker
    -- Mouth Follow Toggle

-Removed
    -- Cleaned up icons folder
    -- Beta 3 changelog left on rig

-Changes
    -- Stopped displaying changelogs when bringing up update message. (Causes issues with large updates)
    -- Automatically checks for updates once every day, won't check multiple times in a day.
    -- Renamed some facial bones to support mirroring
    -- Updated steve icon file
    -- Streamlined appending through the add menu
    -- Changed add menu icon
    -- Changed main icon in python panel to the Ice Cube logo
    -- Renamed "Downloads" tab to "Updates"
    -- Completely remastered the backup manager
    -- Changed UI layout to look cleaner
    -- Reorganized buttons to be clearer and out of the way
    -- Streamlined backup creation system
    -- Added search support
    -- Completely remastered the DLC downloading menu
    -- Changed UI layout to look cleaner
    -- Reorganized buttons
    -- Changed dropdown to a select menu
    -- Added thumbnail support to DLCs
    -- Thumbnail will be of the currently selected DLC
    -- Moved outer hat layer down to normal head position
    -- Resized outer layers to be more accurate

-Bug Fixes
    -- Fixed Mine-Imator mouth corners breaking when rotating
    -- Fixed mouth bone names being flipped
    -- Fixed Round Mouth controls behaving weirdly
    -- Fixed arm/leg stretch breaking when moving the top FK bone
    -- Fixed eyebrows moving wrongly when using blink controls
    -- Fixed influence settings breaking eyelids when closed
    -- Fixed specific bones not hiding with cartoon mouth enabled
    -- Partially fixed stretch breaking with fingers (unavoidable)
    -- Fixed stretch breaking when using FK to IK snapping
    -- Fixed IK stretching not starting immediately
    -- Moved a boneshape mesh to proper collection
    -- Teeth follow mouth properly on the Y axis
    -- Teeth rotation issue
    -- Fixed issue with arm taper and fingers on alex or thin arms
    -- Fixed DLC breaking when a .blend1 file was in the DLC folder

1.4.6 - (Quality of Life)

Download - December 21st, 2022

- Removed
-- Breath Slider
-- Some Stray Bones on the Eyelids
-- Removed Old To-Do List Built Into the Rig

- Additions
-- Breath Control Bone
-- Added Secondary pupil color
-- Added Emission Eye Option
-- Added the Ability to Rotate the Entire Hand
-- Added Button Under General Settings to Completely Disable Thumb Fill
-- Added Subcollections to "Boneshapes" for Organization
-- Added Dynamic Boneshapes
-- Added Boneshapes to Dynamic Hair
-- Added Square Mouth
-- Added Eyebrow Length Setting

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed Driver Error With Teeth
-- Fixed Mine-imator Mouth
-- Fixed Round Mouth Controls
-- Fixed Clipping With Eyelid Controls Going Past the Halfway Point
-- Fixed Thumbfill not Working Properly on Alex or Thin Arms
-- Fixed Eyelashes not Working Properly
-- Fixed Some Boneshapes Breaking When Transforming the Rig in Object Mode
-- Locked Chest Location Bone's Transforms
-- Leg Limbs now Keep Their Deformations When Closing the "Limb Deforms" Menu
-- Fixed Mouth Deforming Weirdly When Rotating on Square Mouth


- Changes
-- Renamed "Flip Bone" Layer to "Extras"
-- Tweaked Bone Colors
-- Side Eyelid Bones Now Have Limits and Dynamically Adjust According to Eyes
-- Remade Easy Finger Controls, They Act Slightly Differently Now
-- Fixed Eyebrow Bone Names
-- Renamed Side Eyelid Bones (Mirror Supported)
-- Moved "Boneshapes" Collection to "Important"
-- Colored the Collections
-- Changed Some Assorted Boneshapes
-- Locked Rotation on Hand Rotation Controls
-- Changed Default Shape Key for Eyebrows
-- Eyebrow Deforms now Keep Their Deformations When Closing the Eyebrow Deform Menu
-- Changed Mine-imator Mouth Into an Enum
-- Flipped the Thinner and Thicker Body Deforms to be More Intuitive
-- Rig Will now Warn you When There are blend1 Files in the Preset Directory

1.4.5 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - August 31st, 2022

- Bug Fixes
-- Fixed eyes disappearing in EEVEE render mode
-- Fixed 2 mouth controls not updating correctly

1.4.4 - (General Update)

Download - August 30th, 2022

- Changes
-- Changed popup message after downloading DLC
-- Linked version number in panel to the one stored in __init__.py
-- Auto Thumbnail Generation now jumps you into solid mode for the screenshot
-- Updated Eye Material UI
-- Updated Version number on rig

- Additions
-- Added 4 new main mouth controllers

- Bug Fixes
-- During pack generation the "Base Rig Version" now saves version data properly
-- Fixed panel saying "Ice Cube Beta"

- DLC Updates
-- Added Caramellious to Beta Testers DLC
-- Added Elytra to 3D Armor DLC
-- Added Elytra Base to 3D Armor DLC

1.4.3 - (Bug Fixes)

Download - August 30th, 2022

- Bug Fixes
--Fixed github download not working.

- Additions
--Added 3D Armor download back to DLC menu

1.4.2 - (Hotfix)

Download - July 21st, 2022

- Fixed an installation bug

1.4.1 - (Initial Release)

Download - July 21st, 2022

- Initial Release!