🚀 Release Notes

The ArenaPro Creator project was officially launched on July 1, 2024. We are committed to providing Box3 creators with a professional, efficient, and modern local development workflow.

Here, you can see every step we've taken from public beta to the official release.

✨ Major Update Milestones

• Project Kick-off (2024-07-01): ArenaPro Creator was officially established to create a professional local development workflow.

• First Public Beta (V0.3.0, 2024-07-31): The extension began public testing on the VSCode Marketplace, taking the first step towards community involvement.

• Official Renaming (V0.4.0, 2024-08-12): The extension was renamed to ArenaPro Creator, establishing its brand identity.

• Development Experience Leap (V0.6.4 & V0.7.0):HMR was introduced on 2024-10-24, followed by a full Debugger feature on 2024-11-01, leading to a quantum leap in development efficiency and code quality.

• Resource Management Automation (V0.9.4, 2024-12-21): Achieved one-click synchronization of Box3 map resources to the project and automatic generation of type declarations, bridging the gap between the game engine and local code.

• Official Release (V1.0.0, 2025-01-10): After nearly six months of iteration and public testing, the first official version was released, marking the project's entry into a stable phase.

• ECS Architecture Support (V1.1.3, 2025-03-21): Added full support for the ECS (Entity-Component-System) architecture, guiding creators to adopt more modern game development patterns.

• AI Empowerment (V1.2.0, 2025-04-12): Introduced the MCP Tool for the first time, exploring the deep application of AI in the game development workflow and ushering in an era of intelligent assisted creation.

2025

July

V1.3.0 (2025-07-11)

• 🛠 Arena File Reading: Fixed an issue where the dao3.config.json file could not be read correctly in certain scenarios, causing functional abnormalities.
• 🚀 Project Guide System: Introduced an intuitive step navigation feature to help creators quickly locate their current operation progress.
• 🔐 Login Experience: Refactored the extension login interface with a more intuitive interactive design, significantly improving the creator authentication experience.

V1.2.8 (2025-07-10)

• 🌟 ArenaUI Resources: Added a UI path type to optimize client-side UI element queries and enhance resource retrieval functions.

June

V1.2.7 (2025-06-10)

• 🌟 Visual Script Dependency Graph: Added a feature to view the entry file script dependency graph for both client and server.

May

V1.2.6 (2025-05-12)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Added an AI feature to evaluate the quality of all scripts with one click.

April

V1.2.5 (2025-04-22)

• 🌟 Node.js: Optimized the detection of the Node.js environment, with support for one-click installation.
• 🚀 URI: Adapted URI to call extension commands.

V1.2.2 -> V1.2.4 (2025-04-15)

• 🚀 MCP Tool: Added a command to call the ChatGI-PT knowledge base.
• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Optimized the dialogue interface.

V1.2.1 (2025-04-13)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Added large models such as claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219 and GPT-4o, allowing creators to choose.
• 🚀 MCP Tool: Optimized some function callback messages.

V1.2.0 (2025-04-12)

• 🚀 MCP Tool: Some extension functions now support MCP calls, allowing AI to complete your work.

V1.1.8 -> V1.1.9 (2025-04-04)

• 📦 Build: Optimized webpack packaging configuration to support formats like tsx by default.
• 📦 Build: Unified the alias configuration for HMR and full compilation, using the HMR version configuration for both.

March

V1.1.7 (2025-03-26)

• 🔧 Optimized HMR Compilation: Optimized the HMR compilation process to ensure it can be stopped correctly on Mac and Linux systems.
• 🌟 Node.js: Added detection for the Node.js environment, providing a prompt if it is not installed.

V1.1.3 -> V1.1.6 (2025-03-23)

• 🌟 ECS Architecture: When the file.typescript.[side].ECS property is configured, creating a file will automatically write a component template.
• 🌟 ECS Architecture: When the file.typescript.[side].ECS property is configured, components will have real-time reference hints.

V1.0.1 -> V1.1.2 (2025-03-16)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Integrated Deepseek R1 for deeper thinking and higher quality answers.
• 📦 Box3 npm Package: When installing, it defaults to the latest package version.
• 🌟 Fixes: Fixed a series of bugs.

January

V1.0.0 - Official Release (2025-01-10)

• 🌟 Optimized Data Space Resources: Fixed an issue where non-string inputs were still written in string format.

2024

December

V0.9.9 (2024-12-30)

• 🌟 Optimized Data Space Resources: Merged view/modify value functions, supporting saving modifications in the file.
• 🌟 Optimized Data Space Resources: Optimized the data space list display to show a prompt when empty.
• 📦 Type Declaration Files: The Box3 API type declaration file now supports viewing update differences.
• 🚀 Link Map: Synchronize map resources at the same time as linking the map.

V0.9.8 (2024-12-28)

• 🌟 Optimized Data Space Resources: Fixed an error when viewing boolean/numeric type data.
• 🌟 Optimized Data Space Resources: Added a feature to view key-value pair data of the current data space.

V0.9.6 (2024-12-22)

• 🌟 Sync Map Resources: Added a client-side GameAssets.d.ts file, keeping it in sync with the server-side.
• 🌟 Sync Map Resources Shortcut: Press Alt+Y to sync map resources to local with one click.

V0.9.5 (2024-12-21)

• 🌟 Sync Map Resources: Fixed a type declaration error caused by empty resources.

V0.9.4 (2024-12-21)

• 🌟 Sync Map Resources: In dao3Cfg, you can now sync map resources to the project with one click, generating code snippets and type declaration files.

V0.9.3 (2024-12-20)

• 🚀 Extension Configuration: Optimized extension configuration to automatically filter non-plugin settings.
• 🌟 Optimized Resources: Reduced unnecessary large files to decrease the extension size.

V0.9.2 (2024-12-13)

• 🔧 Optimized HMR Compilation: Fixed an issue where modifying shared code resulted in multiple bundled files but only the first was uploaded to Box3.
• 🌟 User Menu: Optimized the display of the user center tool menu and fixed an issue where a success prompt did not appear upon successful login.
• 🌟 User Menu: Optimized the login order for Box3 accounts, allowing login in any order.

V0.9.1 (2024-12-10)

• 📦 Box3 npm Package: Optimized the Box3 NPM package list to be a searchable display.
• 🚀 Box3 npm Package Shortcut: Press Alt+N to view the Box3 NPM package list with one click.

V0.9.0 (2024-12-10)

• 🔧 Optimized HMR Compilation: Added a code splitting feature to support listening to multiple entry files simultaneously, bundling them into different files, and uploading them to the Arena script editor.
• 📦 Type Declaration Files: Silently update GameAPI.d.ts and ClientAPI.d.ts on extension startup, no longer showing a pop-up.

V0.8.9 (2024-12-08)

• 🔧 Optimized UI Interface: Optimized the type constraint issue when inserting paths into js files with one click.

V0.8.8 (2024-12-05)

• 🔧 Optimized Audio Resources: Added a feature to copy a direct URL link for audio.

V0.8.7 (2024-12-02)

• 🔧 Optimized UI Interface: Fixed an issue where inserting a path into a non-js file would insert ts-formatted code.

November

V0.8.6 (2024-11-29)

• 🔧 Optimized HMR Compilation: Fixed an issue where importing other ts files caused webpack to be unable to read the path.
• 🌟 New User Tutorial: Updated the content of the new user tutorial.

V0.8.5 (2024-11-27)

• 🔧 Box3 npm Package: When the file.npmPackage property is configured, the build on the other side will be stopped to speed things up.
• 📦 Color Visualization: Added a color visualization selection feature for Color in UiText rich text.

V0.8.4 (2024-11-26)

• 🔧 Box3 npm Package: Entry files can be quickly configured in the package.json file.
• 🔧 Optimized HMR Compilation: Force kill the process when the server ends to fix issues with cached compilation.

V0.8.3 (2024-11-25)

• 🌟 Icons: Differentiated icons for full compilation and HMR compilation.
• 🔧 Optimized HMR Compilation: Optimized the HMR service with real-time status bar reminders during HMR packaging + uploading.
• 🔧 Full Compilation: Optimized the experience; quick action buttons will pop up if map information is not configured or if the user is not logged in.
• 🌟 Arena Resource Icons: Adapted icon images for light-colored backgrounds.

V0.8.2 (2024-11-21)

• 🌟 Arena Model Resources: Added a pagination option for models.
• 🌟 Arena Model Resources: Added three sorting methods for models: by creation time descending, by name, and by modification time descending.
• 🌟 Arena Resources: Synced icons with Box3's images for a more intuitive and clear look.

V0.8.1 (2024-11-20)

• 🔧 webpack Configuration: Fixed an error where the file could not be read if the file.typescript.[side].webpack property was not configured.

V0.8.0 (2024-11-20)

• 🔧 Full Compilation: Optimized full compilation prompts, allowing one-click opening of dual-end ts, wp configuration, entry files, and map ID configuration.
• 🔄 Optimized dao3Cfg Configuration Prompts: The file.typescript.[side].base and file.typescript.[side].webpack properties have been deprecated.

V0.7.9 (2024-11-19)

• 🚀 Voxel Cheatsheet Shortcut: Press Alt+B to query the voxel cheatsheet with one click.
• 🔧 Optimized HMR Compilation: Optimized HMR server status prompts with the addition of a process PID for a more intuitive view of the HMR server status.
• 🔧 Full Compilation: Optimized full compilation prompts, allowing one-click configuration of compilation information.

V0.7.8 (2024-11-17)

• 🌟 Arena Store Resources: Added map store resources to quickly insert product IDs into the editor.
• 🌟 Arena Player Skin Resources: Added map player skin resources, allowing one-click insertion of skin names or partial skins.
• 🌟 Arena Voxel Cheatsheet Resources: Added a map voxel cheatsheet resource for one-click searching of voxels and insertion of voxel IDs or names.

V0.7.7 (2024-11-15)

• 🌟 Code Snippets: Optimized the storage method for code snippet files for easier hot-updating of snippets. Located at .vscode/dao3-ap.code-snippets in the project.

V0.7.6 (2024-11-14)

• 🔧 Single File Debugger Mode: Added native Node.js debugging for typescript files.
• 🌟 Code Snippets: Added an engine API code snippet feature for quick code configuration.

V0.7.5 (2024-11-11)

• 🌟 Arena Image Resources: Fixed an issue where image resources were not in sync with the map.
• 🌟 Arena Audio Resources: Fixed an issue where audio resource sizes could not be displayed.

V0.7.4 (2024-11-08)

• 🔧 Optimized HMR Compilation: Added a pop-up reminder for Ts script errors during HMR runtime and a logging configuration.

V0.7.3 (2024-11-05)

• 🔧 Optimized HMR Compilation: Optimized HMR compilation errors to automatically write to a log and provide a persistent pop-up reminder.

V0.7.2 (2024-11-04)

• 🌟 New dao3Cfg Configuration: Added a developmentAll field to the configuration architecture to set the global development mode.

V0.7.1 (2024-11-01)

• 🌟 Instant Upload of js Files: Hardcoded the file suffix to .js to reduce the chance of editor crashes.
• 🔧 Single File Debugger Mode: .cjs,.mjs before uploading, check if it is a legal runtime module.

V0.7.0 (2024-11-01)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Fixed the issue where the code carried by quick questions was incomplete, and the quick fix display method.
• 🔧 Remote Debugger Mode: [Engine to be connected] Added Arena script remote debugging function.
• 🔧 Bundled File Debugger Mode: Added Arena bundled script debugging function, currently does not support debugging of Arena API related code.
• 🔧 Single File Debugger Mode: Added Arena single script debugging function, currently does not support debugging of Arena API related code.
• 🚀 Single File Debugger Mode Shortcut: Press Alt+D to debug the current js file with one click.
• 🌟 New Module Support: Default support for debugging, complete/HMR compilation.ts, .js, .mjs (ECMAScript), .cjs (CommonJS) module files.
• 🔄 Compile Upload: Supports configuring whether scripts are automatically uploaded to the map after compilation. Default to allowed.

October

V0.6.6 (2024-10-29)

• 🌟 Request Resources: Added a request resource prompt for easier viewing of requesters.
• 📦 Type Declaration Files: When manually modifying GameAPI.d.ts and ClientAPI.d.ts files, a prompt will pop up asking not to modify.

V0.6.5 (2024-10-27)

• 🚀 Optimized HMR Compilation: Added restart and stop HMR server functions.
• 🌟 Instant Upload of js Files: After opening a js file, click the upload button in the top right corner to synchronize to the Arena map.
• 🚀 Upload js Files Shortcut: Press Alt+X to upload the current file with one click.

V0.6.4 (2024-10-24)

• 📦 Build Prompts: Updated build-related features and UI prompts.
• 🚀 Optimized HMR Compilation: Added HMR (module hot replacement) functionality, which can build and upload modified files in real-time to the Arena script editor.

V0.6.3 (2024-10-17)

• 📦 Color Visualization: Optimized selection method.

V0.6.2 (2024-10-16)

• 📦 Color Visualization: Added a color visualization selection for Vec3 class.

V0.6.1 (2024-10-15)

• 📦 Color Visualization: Added a color visualization selection for GameRGB(A)Color class.

V0.6.0 (2024-10-04)

• 📦 Optimized dao3Cfg Configuration Prompts: Optimized outputAndUpdate configuration, supporting string and object configurations.
• 🌟 Arena Data Space: Added data space key display and pagination optimization, fixing data storage list display issues.

September

V0.5.9 (2024-09-30)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Fixed some functions still having dialog failure issues.
• 🌟 Arena Data Space: When the data space is empty, you can add data prompts.

V0.5.8 (2024-09-29)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Fixed the issue where the account was still logged in and dialog failed.

V0.5.7 (2024-09-28)

• 🌟 Arena Audio: Supports viewing audio data and synchronizing it to the map project in shared mode.

V0.5.6 (2024-09-27)

• 🌟 Arena Data Space: Supports visualizing and modifying key-value pair data of the data space.

V0.5.5 (2024-09-17)

• 🔄 Type Declaration Files: Detected dts replaced with Gitee platform, synchronizing repositories while improving access speed.

V0.5.4 (2024-09-14)

• 🌟 ArenaUi Interface: Fixed an issue where the path insertion in the UI interface caused an error.

V0.5.3 (2024-09-14)

• 🌟 ArenaUi Interface: Supports synchronizing shared UI interfaces in the current map project, obtaining relevant elements more quickly and reducing manual input steps.
• ❓ Plugin Welcome Interface: Improved the tutorial content of the plugin welcome interface.
• 🌟 Other Optimizations: Optimized some issues.

V0.5.2 (2024-09-06)

• 🌟 Extend Map: Optimized visual communication after selecting a map.
• 🌟 Compile Upload: Optimized the logic of compiling configuration reading, showing faster.

V0.5.1 (2024-09-06)

• 🌟 Arena Resource Manager: Fixed the issue where the Arena Resource Manager started under a non-Arena project.

V0.5.0 (2024-09-06)

• 📦 Extend Map List: Optimized the auto-refresh list when logging in/out, and moved it under the Resource Manager.
• 📦 Extend Map List: Display map release status, do not display the reason if not passed.
• 🚀 Compile Shortcut: Press Alt+Q to compile the entire project with one click and upload it to the Arena script editor.
• 🚀 Resource Shortcut: Press Alt+A to display the Arena Resource Manager with one click.
• 🌟 Arena Resource Manager: Supports synchronizing shared models/images in the current map project, which will be supported later for audio resources.
• 🌟 Arena Image Upload: Supports batch uploading images, synchronizing them to the map project in shared mode.
• 🌟 Arena Temporary Channel Preview: Supports viewing existing temporary channels, clicking on the channel can view the player IDs.
• 📦 Build Project Reminder: Added a build project reminder, when the entire project is built, the icon will show as a processing style, and the log will pop up automatically when an error occurs.
• ❓ Plugin Welcome Interface: Improved the tutorial content of the plugin welcome interface.

August

V0.4.7 (2024-08-28)

• 📦 Extend Map List: Added an extended map list tree for easy access to different sub-maps.
• �� Creation Icon: Optimized the default issue of opening the creation side vsc built-in browser icon.

V0.4.6 (2024-08-25)

• 📦 Compile Prompts: Optimized the output style of compilation, added color output for better visibility.
• 🚀 Compile Prompts: Fixed the issue of appearing 2 prompt words during compilation.

V0.4.5 (2024-08-25)

• 📦 Extend Map: Fixed the BUG where sub-maps could not be selected.
• 🚀 Login Token: Paste JSON formatted user data, the program will automatically extract the Token.
• 🌟 System Browser: Added an option to open the creation side using the system browser.
• 🌟 Upload Error Prompt: Fixed the BUG where the error reason could not be displayed when uploading failed.

V0.4.4 (2024-08-19)

• 🌟 Unimportant Optimizations: Optimized some issues.

V0.4.3 (2024-08-18)

• 📦 Optimized dao3Cfg Configuration Prompts: Optimized prompt file access speed, added a brief description of the field.
• 🌟 New User Tutorial: Automatically jumps to the tutorial interface when the plugin is first installed, guiding creators to view the plugin usage documentation.

V0.4.2 (2024-08-17)

• 📦 Custom Compilation Files: Fixed a code coverage BUG caused by upload.

V0.4.1 (2024-08-16)

• 📦 Custom Compilation Files: Supports creators to define the names of files compiled and uploaded, meeting the needs of multiple scripts.

V0.3.9 -> V0.4.0 (2024-08-12)

• The extension was renamed to ArenaPro Creator

V0.3.8 (2024-08-12)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Optimized the dialogue interface not to be displayed when calling related functions in an unlogged-in account.

V0.3.7 (2024-08-12)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Added a custom configuration for the shortcut code icon to meet different user needs.
• 📦 webpack: Supports creators to customize webpackCfg.
• 🚀 Plugin Settings: Plugin settings are categorized for easier finding of corresponding settings.

V0.3.6 (2024-08-12)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Optimized the display of the shortcut code icon, more beautiful.
• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Optimized the display rules, the icon will not be displayed in the ts type declaration file.
• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: In the plugin settings, you can customize whether to display the shortcut code icon, click the account to enter the settings.
• 🌟 Multiple Project References: Solved the compilation failure issue caused by multiple projects referencing each other.

V0.3.5 (2024-08-12)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Optimized the quick selection mechanism, displaying buttons above functions/classes/methods/interfaces, clicking which can trigger with one click.
• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Optimized the issue where manual activation is required for the first time, now it can be automatically activated and automatically queried.
• 📕 Quick API Documentation: Select the code you want to search for, right-click or press Alt+Q to query the API documentation with one click.
• 📦 Quick Map Configuration: In the dao3.config.json file, an auxiliary button will appear above the map property, allowing for faster map configuration.
• 🌟 Request Feedback: Added a loading bar when requesting a network, informing the current program action.

V0.3.4 (2024-08-12)

• 🔄 Type Declaration Files: Every time VSCode editor ArenaPro-Ts project is opened, the background will trigger .dts automatic update without awareness, ensuring that the development environment is always in sync with the latest code prompt file.
• 🌟 Custom Commands: Provided a convenient deployment Ts scaffolding command, while adding custom commands to allow every creator to freely craft their own development tool.

V0.3.3 (2024-08-12)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Optimized the quick selection shortcut to Alt+Q, making it more convenient to operate, and no longer triggered after losing focus, improving user experience.

V0.3.2 (2024-08-12)

• 🚀 ChatGI-PT: Optimized the click function trigger mechanism, changed to non-intrusive trigger, enhancing user experience, and supporting symbol additions, making it more functional.

V0.3.1 (2024-08-12)

• 📦 npm: Now temporarily configures each npm command to a domestic Tencent source, effectively reducing the timeout issue caused by network problems and speeding up development efficiency.

July

V0.3.0 - Public Beta (2024-07-31)

• Accompanied by this version, the extension officially began public testing on the VSCode Marketplace.