This page regroups all the changes that happened to Substance launcher, from new features to bug fixes.

Version 1

(Released: February 12, 2021)

Added:

• [Source] Send to for integrations

Fixed:

• [Integrations] Download action for Substance in 3dsMax plugin incorrectly downloads the Substance in Maya plugin

(Released: April 27, 2020)
Summary: Release of the Decals category and some minor improvements

Added:

• [Source] Support of the new Decals category
• [Performance] The launcher should now consume less CPU when minimized
• [Integrations] Adding the Substance Player to the integration tab
• [Integrations] Improve UX navigation experience

Fixed:

• [Source] Some materials image did not appear
• [Source] A "default" type appeared next to the SBS and SBSAR format
• [News] Articles does not update correctly
• [Login] Auto-reconnection failed

(Released: March 16, 2020)
Summary: Some after release minor fix

Fixed:

• Articles are duplicated articles when a release post is the most recent article on the product pages
• The version is not displayed as initially intended

Known Issues:

• Log off may happen when exiting sleep mode of the computer

(Released: March 11, 2020)
Summary: In this release we have improved the user's experience by adding a new important integration tab

Added:

• New Integrations tab
• The Substance launcher now properly works with MacOS Catalina
• The launcher can now minimize at restart
• Adding the collections support in Source tab
• Adding the bullet points to navigate through the previews of materials in Source tab
• Modifications in the settings are now automatically saved when closing them
• Improvement is made in the display of versions

Fixed:

• Installing all three softwares at once makes one of the installations freeze
• Launch fail if both a release and beta version are installed (now it focuses on released version)
• In the Source tab, when scrolling down, some top down materials may load the wrong previews when clicked

Known Issues:

• Log off may happen when exiting sleep mode of the computer

(Released: December 20, 2019)
Summary: Bugfix with addition of atlasses in Source tab

Added:

• [Source] Addition of atlasses
• [3D content] Switch account easily in Sketchfab
• Update Tabs content

Fixed:

• Various spelling mistakes
• "F" shortcut to focus on sketchfab viewer opens a pop up window

(Released: December 12, 2019)
Summary: Major release with new 3D Content tab with Sketchfab integration and send glTF files to Substance Painter

Added:

• New tab for Sketchfab
• [3D Content tab][Title Bar] Add download progress bar to the 3d content
• [3D Content tab] New left panel
• [3D Content tab] New section Browse
• [3D Content tab] New section My uploads
• [3D Content tab] Add local files button
• [3D Content tab][Categories panel] New panel
• [3D Content tab] Banner Login Sketchfab
• [3D Content tab] Banner Logout Sketchfab
• [3D Content tab] Authentification with Sketchfab account
• [3D Content tab][Header UI] Header bar
• [3D Content tab][Header Bar] Add all filter + search functionality
• [3D Content tab][Header Bar] New drop down Features with check boxes
• [3D Content tab] Content panel
• [3D Content tab][Content Panel] Create infinite scroll behavior for the main content panel when the user scrolls
• [3D Content tab] Preview panel - basic Preview
• [3D Content tab][Preview Panel] Display a SketchFab frame for asset preview
• [3D Content tab][Preview panel] Add dynamic links and asset information
• [3D Content tab][Preview panel] Add download and license....
• [3D Content tab][Preview Panel] Add send to Painter
• [Settings] Add a path selector setting for download path of 3d content
• [Settings] Add option to run Launcher at startup
• [Product tab] New Technical Requirements link-section per product

Fixed:

• [MacOS] Quit does not work from Dock
• [MacOS] Cannot restart while Launcher active
• Launcher update cancels other updates
• Launcher requires update every time it is launched
• Release notes URL of launcher does not send to the correct page
• Minor issues

(Released: November 14, 2019)
Summary: Bug fix

Added:

• [Notification center] Add new messages and make them consistent
• [Source][UI] Scale up Send to Spinner
• [Source] Add Downloading State
• [Source][Quick Menu] Add Open Substance Source tab in quick menu
• [Source] Some Assets not available as SBS to be sent to Substance Designer are now marked as not available
• [Source] Queue 'send to' events until products are launched
• Updated various links to match the new format

Fixed:

• Broken article images
• [Linux] Linux version can not be used on >=1.3.X-beta versions
• Additional minor bug fixes

(Released: August 19, 2019)
Summary: Improvement of the tab Source with major new functionality: downloading and sending materials to Substance Designer, Painter and Alchemist

Added:

• [Source] New top toolbar
• [Source][New top toolbar] Addition of a search bar
• [Source][New top toolbar] Addition of a filtering asset dropdown
• [Source][New top toolbar] Display of the points
• [Source] Add a tab Browse Left column in Source tab
• [Source] Add a My Assets Tab Left column in Source tab
• [Source] Add Local File left column in Source tab
• [Source] Thumbnail hover scrolls through presets images
• [Source] Improve Source loading performance
• [Source] Send to new functionalities: send materials to Substance ecosystem
• [Source][Send to] Download and send to materials to Substance Designer
• [Source][Send to] Download and send to materials to Substance Painter
• [Source][Send to] Download and send to materials to Project Alchemist
• [Source][UI] Ring feedback for send to
• [Source][Send to] Icons are colored, if the asset has already been sent to that app
• [Alchemist] Access to free trial Alchemist for users without license
• [Notification] Inform users they need to install a new build of Launcher
• [UI] Update with new font

Fixed:

• If no internet launcher does not open
• Launcher installs on disk C after an update
• [Log In][UI] UI issue when relogin with another account
• [UI] Empty space glitch when using Tab
• [Source] the first time you click on "My Assets", there is no category selected. So it's all empty
• [Source] Filtering asset dropdown rolls back up when closing asset preview
• [Source] Cannot download some materials

Known Issues:

• [Linux] Linux users not updated from version >=1.3-beta due to instability issues

(Released: July 01, 2019)

Added:

• [Log] Improve information in the log
• Homogenize Launcher's login page with website conventions

(Released: June 05, 2019)
Summary: Bug fix with new features

Added:

• [Log] Improve information in the log
• Homogenize Launcher's login page with website conventions

Fixed:

• [Notification Center] Black screen when clicking "Log in again"

(Released: May 05, 2019)

Added:

• Product tabs update

(Released: April 19, 2019)
Summary: Bug fix with new features

Added:

• [Notification Center] Filter the number of occurrence of login error messages
• [Notification Center] Reverse date order to list most recent notifications at the top of the stack
• [Log] Improve information in the log and its filename

Fixed:

• EULA window should not have interactive background

(Released: April 05, 2019)
Summary: Bug fix with new features

Added:

• [Log in] Improved remembering user's credentials with a selection menu and easier ways to clear saved credentials
• [Log in] Added feedback to the login and home pages when a login attempt is pending
• [Notification center] Added a scroll bar that appears when there are many notifications
• [Notification center] Added additional feedback to the notification center when there are no notifications
• [Notification center] Text alignment
• [Konami Code :-] Surprise!
• [General] Improved feedback for when services are down for maintenance or are unavailable
• [About window] Add launcher release notes link in About window
• [Source] Added visual feedback when clicking on My Assets category
• [Data analytics] Option to enable and disable sending usage statistics

Fixed:

• [Product Pages] "Launch" does not change to "Install" when selecting another version
• [Source] The message when attempting to download from a Source preview window when not logged out is the same as the main page download
• [Source] Closing the preview window no longer resets the scroll position

(Released: March 21, 2019)
Summary: Hotfix

Fixed:

• [Windows] Downloads to appear frozen after the download/install completed
• [Source] Preview panel for certain assets does not open

(Released: March 19, 2019)
Summary: Open beta release

Added:

• Download, install, launch Substance Software suite
• Source integration with preview
• Notification center
• About window
• Launcher settings window
• User settings
• Export log

Fixed:

• Flickering issue on Windows