Custom LDD bricks and fixes

[Jaco]

Thanks! It just came back to me that 4.3.12 does not work! And I had that version :-(

I did a complete clean and reinstall of 4.3.11 and all is working now.

Including update version 20240504 and the file with those parts working good too.

Thanks again for all the work people put into this.

Edited September 17, 2024 by Jaco

[Jaco]

OK, so now that I am into doing some modelling with LDD again, I have a question about making a tile with custom print.

Is there a guide for this?

I have a PNG image file for the print on a 1x2 tile.

Thanks!

[suenkachun]

2 hours ago, Jaco said:

OK, so now that I am into doing some modelling with LDD again, I have a question about making a tile with custom print.

Is there a guide for this?

I have a PNG image file for the print on a 1x2 tile.

Thanks!

Do check out the comprehensive PDF Guide regarding LDD Decoration Sizes which I have created since a few LDD Updates ago and is still being constantly updated with each new LDD Update, which can be downloaded from Dropbox here. It helps everyone design the most accurate Decoration PNG images of common regular Bricks for use in LDD, simply use the relevant details when designing Decorations for any listed Brick and they will fit onto the relevant Brick surfaces perfectly. After designing custom Decorations, please locate the “DecorationMapping.xml” file under “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\LEGO Company\LEGO Digital Designer\db” and add more entries at the end, Decoration Numbers can be either five or six digits long please make sure they do not overlap with existing entries in the Decoration Folder which are all official LEGO Decorations.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The UV Mapping of Part 3023 Plate 1×2 Vertical Surfaces (only the front one was made decoratable but now all four can be in the new version) was changed in the latest LDD Update on May 4, 2024, but the new files have been missing even though the existing Decorations have already been adjusted (there is a PNG image of the UV Mapping supplied with the LDD Update, but since I now prefer to convert these into Vector Images/SVG for the best accuracy I cannot test the output without the updated files in LDD). As a result, I was going to publish the latest version of the PDF Guide only after these files were made available (perhaps only until the next LDD Update). However, given how the new version already includes many useful new entries and fixes a few crucial errors I had previously missed, I decided to publish a temporary version of the Guide today which is only missing the updated information on Part 3023 Plate 1×2 Vertical Surfaces (the original information is included and the situation explained). Therefore, do check back for the final version of the new Guide later.

EDIT: Just fixed several small typos and the new version is available right now at 4:00 A.M. Hong Kong time.

Edited September 17, 2024 by suenkachun

[Jaco]

Great! Thanks. This is more easy than I expected it to be. Especially adding my custom print to “DecorationMapping.xml” ;-)

[Stephan]

Related to the upcoming update: I wanted to publish it last Friday, but again was lost in adding more parts. I will make no promises, but hopefully this weekend. Though not all jester's parts will be there yet.

[suenkachun]

54 minutes ago, Stephan said:

Related to the upcoming update: I wanted to publish it last Friday, but again was lost in adding more parts. I will make no promises, but hopefully this weekend. Though not all jester's parts will be there yet.

Great news, please remember to include the missing updated files for Part 3023 and update Decoration 73784, there’s also the updated colour name files available. At least with the Part 3023 files the PDF Guide regarding LDD Decoration Sizes can finally be updated with the missing information, new entries may also be added once the LDD Update is out. Thanks.

[Funnysh]

1 hour ago, Stephan said:

Related to the upcoming update: I wanted to publish it last Friday, but again was lost in adding more parts. I will make no promises, but hopefully this weekend. Though not all jester's parts will be there yet.

Is it for patreon only?

[Jason C. Hand]

On 9/13/2024 at 9:21 AM, jester said:

New update soon....

Looks like the next LDD update is gonna be lit!! Good stuff 

[jester]

9 hours ago, Jason C. Hand said:

Looks like the next LDD update is gonna be lit!! Good stuff 

Thanks ! Preparing one more interesting pack 

with 1000+ decorations 😉

[Stephan]

On 9/18/2024 at 9:51 AM, Funnysh said:

Is it for patreon only?

Nope, this one will be directly available for everyone!

[Funnysh]

1 hour ago, Stephan said:

Nope, this one will be directly available for everyone!

Correction. Is it for everyone at once or for patreon first?

[Stephan]

Custom LDD update 240922 has been released!

Find more information here on Eurobricks, or on the CustomLDDUpdates.com dedicated blog post.

The update contains: 257 new parts, 83 updated original parts, 68 updated custom parts, and 234 pre-colored/pre-decorated parts including 33 complete sets of stickers (exceptions may occur).

[suenkachun]

1 hour ago, Stephan said:

Custom LDD update 240922 has been released!

Find more information here on Eurobricks, or on the CustomLDDUpdates.com dedicated blog post.

The update contains: 257 new parts, 83 updated original parts, 68 updated custom parts, and 234 pre-colored/pre-decorated parts including 33 complete sets of stickers (exceptions may occur).

Thanks for another LDD Update it looks like some files are missing again, specifically the “Assemblies” folder under the “20240922-2.rar” folder is currently empty, which is what I believe caused 40 Bricks to be removed from the latest “240922.lxf” file on my end. Other than this, everything else is working fine so far.

EDIT: None of the existing Decorations for Brick 1×2 except for one Minecraft TNT Block have been adjusted according to the updated UV Mapping, so these 17 PNG Images will need to be fixed.

Edited September 22, 2024 by suenkachun

[leonema]

1 hour ago, Stephan said:

Custom LDD update 240922 has been released!

Find more information here on Eurobricks, or on the CustomLDDUpdates.com dedicated blog post.

The update contains: 257 new parts, 83 updated original parts, 68 updated custom parts, and 234 pre-colored/pre-decorated parts including 33 complete sets of stickers (exceptions may occur).

thank you very very much for the update!!!

unfortunately encountered some issues:

[marcuslfalk]

2 hours ago, Stephan said:

Custom LDD update 240922 has been released!

Find more information here on Eurobricks, or on the CustomLDDUpdates.com dedicated blog post.

The update contains: 257 new parts, 83 updated original parts, 68 updated custom parts, and 234 pre-colored/pre-decorated parts including 33 complete sets of stickers (exceptions may occur).

part 5660 makes ldd crash when reaching it in the sidebar, and the new wands are missing their lodo file afaik

Edited September 22, 2024 by marcuslfalk

[Stephan]

Found the mistake. Some parts were copied in the wrong folder. Please delete all g files from the db folder (not the LOD0 folder of course!).

 

All should be fixed now! Please make the edit above and try again.

1 hour ago, suenkachun said:

Thanks for another LDD Update it looks like some files are missing again, specifically the “Assemblies” folder under the “20240922-2.rar” folder is currently empty, which is what I believe caused 40 Bricks to be removed from the latest “240922.lxf” file on my end. Other than this, everything else is working fine so far.

EDIT: None of the existing Decorations for Brick 1×2 except for one Minecraft TNT Block have been adjusted according to the updated UV Mapping, so these 17 PNG Images will need to be fixed.

Due to file size limits something went wrong there... Everything is now fixed.

Edited September 22, 2024 by Stephan

[Funnysh]

Is the other decorations will be in another update?

 

 

[leonema]

20 minutes ago, Stephan said:

Found the mistake. Some parts were copied in the wrong folder. Please delete all g files from the db folder (not the LOD0 folder of course!).

 

All should be fixed now! Please make the edit above and try again.

Due to file size limits something went wrong there... Everything is now fixed.

instead delete the g files i copied into lod0 folder and solved the missing parts issues...

but the minifigure head group parts still crashes... :(

[Stephan]

12 minutes ago, leonema said:

instead delete the g files i copied into lod0 folder and solved the missing parts issues...

but the minifigure head group parts still crashes... :(

Can you open the 240922.lxf and share a screenshot of the new parts section? Then I can check which parts is missing and causing your problem.

16 minutes ago, Funnysh said:

Is the other decorations will be in another update?

 

 

Yes, in the next one. Otherwise this update would be delayed by months.

[suenkachun]

43 minutes ago, Stephan said:

Due to file size limits something went wrong there... Everything is now fixed.

The latest “240922.lxf” file is still missing up to 30 Decorations, below is a screenshot of the Decorations Section on my end please compare and locate all missing ones as I could not manually do so, thanks. Just a quick analysis and I at least spotted: missing minifig heads, blue Minifig legs missing prints, 6180 missing Star Wars print, 21599 and 65474 missing prints, two 3069 missing prints, one 98138 missing print, 57999 missing print just to name a few.

 

 

Edited September 22, 2024 by suenkachun

[leonema]

10 minutes ago, Stephan said:

Can you open the 240922.lxf and share a screenshot of the new parts section? Then I can check which parts is missing and causing your problem.

Yes, in the next one. Otherwise this update would be delayed by months.

i can't
ldd crashes when i try to open that file...

 

[suenkachun]

2 minutes ago, leonema said:

i can't
ldd crashes when i try to open that file...

 

Try what I did: delete the g files, download the update again then copy and paste all files from fixed update into original location, should slove all issues except for the missing Decorations.

Edited September 22, 2024 by suenkachun

[leonema]

17 minutes ago, suenkachun said:

Try what I did: delete the g files, download the update again then copy and paste all files from fixed update into original location, should slove all issues except for the missing Decorations.

so, at least now won't crash again...

 

but still errors/issues

Edited September 22, 2024 by leonema

[suenkachun]

1 minute ago, leonema said:

but still errors/issues

That is the 30 missing Decorations I just mentioned earlier, Brickwise the update should be all fine now simply install the update again once the missing PNG Images are added back.

[leonema]

1 minute ago, suenkachun said:

That is the 30 missing Decorations I just mentioned earlier, Brickwise the update should be all fine now simply install the update again once the missing PNG Images are added back.

ok
thank you very much!!