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Xocoatl — v0.1.4 (major)

One-line summary — UI particle emitters on the timeline: author particles like other tracks, tune emission and motion, and preview them in the dock — plus a few quality-of-life fixes around menus, tooltips, and presets.

Particles are experimental — behaviour and save details may still change; try them on non-critical UI first and send feedback.

If you use the in-game runtime, update / reinstall after installing this plugin build so particle playback matches the editor.

Particles (new)

Design particles on GuiObject hosts straight from the Timeline Animator: dedicated tracks, keyframes, and a sequence flow for the properties you care about.

  • Particle frame workflow — Pick or designate a host, add particle tracks, and edit without leaving the timeline mindset you already use for UI motion.
  • Emission & motion — Control where particles spawn (including edge directions like Top / Bottom / Left / Right) and how they inherit the frame’s movement — including scale and resize, not only sliding the whole frame.
  • Locked to frame & velocity inheritance — Optional behaviours so particles stay visually tied to the UI or pick up motion in a predictable way while you animate.
  • Preview — See particles while you scrub and preview in the plugin, so iteration stays tight.
  • Future particle updates — The particle system will keep getting more options after this release, including more ways to control movement such as paths and other motion tools.

(GIF demos were posted on the DevForum release thread.)

UI polish

Dock & menus

  • Dropdown placement — Context and dropdown menus open upward when you’re in the lower half of the plugin widget, so lists aren’t clipped off-screen.

Tooltips

  • Contextual keybinds — Hover tips can surface the shortcut that matches your keybind settings, so discoverability stays accurate after you rebind.

Multi-select

  • Animation explorer multi-select — Ctrl-click animations to pick several, Shift-click to select a visible range, then drag the group into or out of folders.
  • Property track multi-select — Ctrl-click compatible property tracks, like Size and Position, to edit matching value fields together.
  • Keyframe multi-select polish — Multi-selected keyframes and related explorer-style selection now behave more consistently across the timeline tools.

Thanks for trying Xocoatl — feedback and bug reports are welcome.

Plugin: Xocoatl on Creator Store

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