Sidekicks Changelog

What's changed or updated in Synty's Sidekick Modular Character tool.


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10 September, 2025
Blend Shapes Renamed on Combine

Sidekick_Character_Creator_Unity_2021_3_v1_0_8

  • Blend shapes now get renamed on combine to allow for animations to be use
  • Updated all character prefabs with new blend shape naming
  • Updated SQLite plugin with better support and latest bugfixes
  • Updated and changed database to have .db file extension for better support

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19 August, 2025
New Skeletons Blend Shapes Added

Sidekick_Character_Creator_Unity_2021_3_v1_0_7

  • Fantasy Skeletons jaw and mouth blend shapes added
  • Database updates

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8 July, 2025
Preset Filtering and Shader Updates

Sidekick_Character_Creator_Unity_2021_3_v1_0_6

  • Updated loading methods to improve speed and reliability
  • Updated Part filters functionality and UI
  • Added Preset filters for the Preset Part sections
  • Fixed Unity 6 bug with colour picker display
  • Replaced the previous shader to use Shader Graph (compatible with both URP and BIRP)

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11 June, 2025
Minor Updates

Sidekick_Character_Creator_Unity_2021_3_v1_0_5

  • Better error handling

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14 May, 2025
Minor Updates

Sidekick_Character_Creator_Unity_2021_3_v1_0_4

  • Updated part filters behaviour
  • Added Randomize buttons per part group (e.g. head, upper body and lower body)
  • Minor bug fixes

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9 Apr, 2025
Basic Part Filtering

Sidekick_Character_Creator_Unity_2021_3_v1_0_3

  • Added part filters to the tool to allow for basic filtering of parts via theme

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Mar 12 2025
Minor Updates

Sidekick_Character_Creator_Unity_2021_3_v1_0_2

  • Add preprocessors to Editor scripts to stop build errors in Unity 6
  • Updated SQLite build targets to allow Web build targets

Note: We have relocated the character meshes to the Resources folder, you will be required to delete the previous install of the Sidekick product before installation of this version (please ensure to backup your project before you do this!).

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Feb 13 2025
Tool Runtime Functionality

Sidekick_Character_Creator_Unity_2021_3_v1_0_1 

  • Animation field added into options, allowing you to automatically play animation on preview
  • Added stability to Sidekick part discovery to help stop picking up non-Sidekick FBX file
  • Added runtime “API-like class” to allow the full toolset to be available at runtime
  • Added runtime demos to explain how to interact with the API
  • Documentation on runtime functionality is included within the Sidekicks Character Creator file on download