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Blender Bridge panel: auto-detect the addon and report the real install state - #1422
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…ll state - Probe the BlenderMCP addon socket automatically (in the background) when the panel is built, each time the Generative tab is shown, and after a host/port change. One probe at a time; a request during a probe re-runs it so the shown result always belongs to the current endpoint. Test Connection is a manual re-check and no longer disables the action buttons. - Detect Microsoft Store Blender (per-user %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\ BlenderFoundation.Blender* folder; the WindowsApps install dir is unreadable), Steam's default library on Windows/macOS/Linux, and Linux per-user flatpak. A Store-only machine was reported as "Blender app not found". - The addons line now says when the resolved folder does not exist yet and whether addon.py is installed, and is green only when the addon is installed (and matches the checkout when one is set). It used to show a nonexistent folder in green. - Replace the yellow "pick your checkout" banner with a neutral note: the checkout is optional and only for addon developers (Sync Addon / Check Updates). Rename the import button to "Import Blender Selection (GLB)" and explain what it needs in its tooltip.
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 🧰 Additional context used📚 Code guidelines (1)📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughBlender detection now checks additional executable locations and Windows Store package directories. The Blender Bridge panel performs automatic socket probes, updates addon status, and clarifies checkout and import requirements. New edit-mode tests cover detection and panel behavior. ChangesBlender Bridge
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant UnityEditor
participant McpBlenderBridgePanel
participant BlenderAddon
participant ConnectionStatusLabel
UnityEditor->>McpBlenderBridgePanel: Construct, refresh, or request a probe
McpBlenderBridgePanel->>BlenderAddon: Probe configured socket
BlenderAddon-->>McpBlenderBridgePanel: Scene-info response or socket error
McpBlenderBridgePanel->>ConnectionStatusLabel: Display connection status and tooltip
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to On machines with slow filesystem paths, a failed connection check can briefly freeze the Unity editor. This is a bounded merge risk, but moving detection off the editor thread would address it. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to Exposure remains limited to the user's configured Blender connection, with localhost as the default. However, opening or refreshing the panel now processes responses automatically, and the existing response reader has no size limit. Retained concerns
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🟡 Changes recommended
A timing-dependent test assertion can reject a successful connection probe and cause intermittent test failures.
Review effort: Balanced
Findings: 1
What changed in this PR
Improves the Blender Bridge panel so users can see connection and addon installation status without manual setup checks.
Changes:
- Adds automatic socket checks and clearer addon status.
- Expands Blender detection to Store, Steam, and per-user Flatpak installs.
- Clarifies optional checkout controls and adds regression tests.
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| TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/EditMode/Blender/McpBlenderBridgePanelTests.cs.meta | Registers the new Unity test asset. |
| TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/EditMode/Blender/McpBlenderBridgePanelTests.cs | Tests panel status, controls, and automatic probes. |
| TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/EditMode/AssetGen/BlenderDetectionTests.cs | Tests additional installation locations. |
| MCPForUnity/Editor/Windows/Components/AssetGen/McpBlenderBridgePanel.cs | Adds automatic checks and accurate addon status. |
| MCPForUnity/Editor/Windows/Components/AssetGen/McpAssetGenSection.uxml | Clarifies checkout and import labels. |
| MCPForUnity/Editor/Helpers/BlenderDetection.cs | Expands platform-specific Blender detection. |
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| StringAssert.StartsWith($"Checking Blender at 127.0.0.1:{port}", status.text); |
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Review comments at @MCPForUnity/Editor/Helpers/BlenderDetection.cs:
- Around line 29-35: Update ProbeConnection to capture Application.platform on
the editor thread, run BlenderDetection.IsInstalled(platform) via a worker task,
and check probeQueued before updating connection status. Add the
platform-accepting IsInstalled overload and pass the captured platform through
CandidatePaths and StorePackagesRoot so filesystem detection does not read
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Move Blender filesystem detection off the editor thread.
After a failed socket probe, ProbeConnection calls BlenderDetection.IsInstalled() on the editor context. The lookup checks PATH candidates with synchronous File.Exists calls and, on Windows, enumerates the Store Packages directory. A slow network path or large directory can stall the editor. Capture Application.platform on the editor thread, run the lookup on a worker, then check probeQueued before updating the status.
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--- a/MCPForUnity/Editor/Helpers/BlenderDetection.cs
+++ b/MCPForUnity/Editor/Helpers/BlenderDetection.cs
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public static bool IsInstalled()
{
try
{
- return DetectIn(CandidatePaths(), File.Exists)
- || HasStorePackage(StorePackagesRoot(), root => Directory.EnumerateDirectories(root, StorePackagePrefix + "*"));
+ return IsInstalled(Application.platform);
}
catch { return false; }
}
+ internal static bool IsInstalled(RuntimePlatform platform)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ return DetectIn(CandidatePaths(platform), File.Exists)
+ || HasStorePackage(StorePackagesRoot(platform), root => Directory.EnumerateDirectories(root, StorePackagePrefix + "*"));
+ }
+ catch { return false; }
+ }
+
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internal static string StorePackagesRoot()
{
- if (Application.platform != RuntimePlatform.WindowsEditor) return null;
+ return StorePackagesRoot(Application.platform);
+ }
+
+ internal static string StorePackagesRoot(RuntimePlatform platform)
+ {
+ if (platform != RuntimePlatform.WindowsEditor) return null;
@@
internal static IEnumerable<string> CandidatePaths()
{
+ return CandidatePaths(Application.platform);
+ }
+
+ internal static IEnumerable<string> CandidatePaths(RuntimePlatform platform)
+ {
var list = new List<string>();
- bool win = Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.WindowsEditor;
+ bool win = platform == RuntimePlatform.WindowsEditor;
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- switch (Application.platform)
+ switch (platform)
--- a/MCPForUnity/Editor/Windows/Components/AssetGen/McpBlenderBridgePanel.cs
+++ b/MCPForUnity/Editor/Windows/Components/AssetGen/McpBlenderBridgePanel.cs
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- else SetConnectionStatus(false, BlenderDetection.IsInstalled() ? error : error + " (Blender app not detected on this machine.)");
+ else
+ {
+ RuntimePlatform platform = Application.platform;
+ bool installed = await System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Run(() => BlenderDetection.IsInstalled(platform));
+ if (probeQueued) continue;
+ SetConnectionStatus(false, installed ? error : error + " (Blender app not detected on this machine.)");
+ }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Review comment at @MCPForUnity/Editor/Helpers/BlenderDetection.cs around lines
29 - 35:
Update ProbeConnection to capture Application.platform on the editor thread, run
BlenderDetection.IsInstalled(platform) via a worker task, and check probeQueued
before updating connection status. Add the platform-accepting IsInstalled
overload and pass the captured platform through CandidatePaths and
StorePackagesRoot so filesystem detection does not read editor context from the
worker.
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Follow-up to #1375 (Blender Bridge). The panel left users guessing: the status stayed on "Unknown — press Test Connection", a Store-installed Blender was reported as "not found", a nonexistent addons folder was shown in green, and a yellow banner made the optional checkout look required.
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BlenderDetection): Microsoft Store installs (per-user%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\BlenderFoundation.Blender*; theWindowsAppsinstall folder is not readable), Steam's default library on Windows/macOS/Linux, and Linux per-user flatpak. If the socket check fails and no Blender app is detected, the error keeps its instructions first and adds "(Blender app not detected on this machine.)".Testing
McpBlenderBridgePanelTests(7 tests): addon status for missing folder / folder without addon.py / installed / checkout in sync or different; neutral checkout note and button text; automatic probe reaching a fake addon on a localTcpListenerwithout disabling actions; closed port reports unreachable.BlenderDetectionTests: Store package prefix match, other packages ignored, missing/unreadable root, Steam path per platform.tools/compile-check.shpasses on 2021.3.45f2 and 2022.3.62f2 (win/osx/linux).Summary by CodeRabbit
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