CakeView Release Edition

You will need to enter the Official PWMods Discord and link your patreon account to access further updates. The link is here https://discord.gg/pwmods

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.