A Blockbench (BB) plugin that handles importing and exporting from and to the Vintage Story (VS) shape format to make it a viable alternative to Vintage Story Model Creator (VSMC). The VS shape format is similar to the BB format but still different in a few key aspects.

Open Blockbench and select "File->Plugins..." then drag-and-drop the vs_plugin.js  file into the window that opens and you are ready to go.

After the plugin is installed it should be possible to open VS shape files via "File->Open Model" or create new ones with "File->New->Vintage Story Base Format". There should also be new Actions in the Import and Export sections to import from and export to VS shape format.

For Blockbench to figure out texture paths from the base game on its own, I added a setting under "File->Preferences->Settings". Under "General" right at the bottom should be a folder icon called "Game Path". When clicking on it you should be able to select the path to your game folder.

• Animation export and import not implemented yet Should be pretty stable now
• Automatic BackDropShape handling not implemented yet Might still have a few bugs
• Attachment points not implemented yet Should now work
• Reexported file structure is more complicated than it needs to be

For other bugs or features that are not implemented yet, refer to the Issue section (https://github.com/Darkluke1111/BlockbenchPlugins/issues)

You can build the plugin with

npm install
npm run gen_schema
npm run build

This should build the plugin with webpack into .../dist/vs_plugin.js which can then be imported to BB. You only need to rerun gen_schema when vs_shape_defs.ts has changed, otherwise further builds only require running

npm run build

You can also use

npm run dev

instead for a development build that contains source maps for debugging.