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CakeTools Hotfix:
Addressed crashes that might occur when initiating a bake session.
Added a corrupt or incorrect CAK key safety check to .cak loads
Addressed incorrect hashes generated with case sensitive paths.
CakeHook Hotfix:
Menu Hotkey - Changed to Back + RB + LB
CakeView:
Once you set your game exe, you can use "Open Game Directory" to open all cak's at once. Optionally, you can go to File>Open Directory to open up a folder.
The home page will have a list of all recently baked items for quick rebaking as well as a general list of all default CAK's for quick opening.
There's a new search feature to quickly find files/folders, you can use the CTRL+F shortcut to focus the search bar.
Baking has some new options including multithreading and custom compression ratios, you can use CTRL+B to focus the bake prompt. Bake settings are configurable in Settings>Configuration.
You can now export a full folder including subfolders and files by right clicking the folder in the tree panel and selecting "Export Folders (including subfolders)"
The bottom menu can display a text list or a visual thumbnail grid of all folder items. This is configurable in Settings>Configuration.
Discord rich presence has been implemented to display info of your CakeView session in your discord profile. Disabled by default, this is configurable in Settings>Configuration.
You can now have multiple asset tabs open simultenously. This is limited to save on CPU resources, but you can configure this cap in the settings.
Early backwards compatability support implemented beginning with 2K23.
CakeHook 2K24 v2.0.0:
Addressed issue when reading corrupt JSON settings file
Addressed hook initialization routine in game update p1.08
Added optional menu interface
Restructured dll hooks - all plugin (.dlp) files in the "/plugins/" will be read automatically
Added Debug/Utility Camera mod to menu
Added UI visibility toggle mod to menu (*detected by ac currently)
Added dynamic resolution override mod to menu - fixes game resolution to native screen resolution.
Added mod scanner and FPS toggle to menu
Menu Controls/Keybinds:
Menu Toggle: F11 or Gamepad Back/Option button
Menu Navigation: WASD , Keypad Up/Down/Left/Right , Controller D-Pad
Menu Select: Enter Key, Plus Key, Controller A Button
Known Issues:
Game still recieves inputs while menu is active
Changing the game resolution while game is running will break menu and visuals until session is restarted.
The game's anticheat detects UI toggle mod and possibly DRS mod, which triggers anticheat's crash measure.
VC | WWE MDL Plugin v1.0:
Restructured model reader/loader backend
Added support for loading 2k20-2k24 models
Added texture import option to loader (must include ".../TEXTURES/" path and ".mtls" file to load textures)
Added auto mtls generator to export
Improved shape key load times for imports/exports
MDL Tools addon is now built in
Added full MikkTSpace vertex tangent/binormal calculator for exports
Added calculate tangents toggle (disabling this uses "flat"/"uniform" tangents)
Material Editor:
Updated backend for loading multiple material buffers.
Added 2k24 templates sourced from 2k24 files.
Added retarget button for mass shader edits
Added support for loading 2k20-2k24 models
Updated GUI interface theme
Added file association support allowing user to double click any .mtls file to view/edit it's contents.
Installation Instructions:
Drag the contents of Cakehook directly into your WWE 2K24 Installation Folder
MDL Plugin: Go to Edit > Preferences > Add-Ons, Install Add-On and select the zip file (Ensure the plugin is enabled after Install) Similar layout to 2K23's tools
The Blender plugin supports 22-24 MDL Files natively without multiple options as far as import. Export, Currently only 2K24 is supported, 22-23 will be added later on.