From 52a10f302a2fbc583c0b9e4ebffa5596aa709d53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: BOBWORKS-XR Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 23:44:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document Creator Plugins retirement on 20 October --- README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- RETIREMENT.md | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 RETIREMENT.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 46a8d1e..77b9be8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ # SideQuest Creator Community +## Creator Plugins Retirement: 20 October 2026 + +Creator Plugins is being retired from Creator Hub, Creator Works MCP and Project +Setup. The retirement notice in updated Creator apps links to +[creatorplugins.store](https://creatorplugins.store/) until **20 October 2026, +00:00 UTC**. From that time it shows a retired notice without a store link, +including while offline. New in-app catalogue downloads, Unity-menu installation +and package imports are disabled in the retirement update. + +**Your existing assets and Unity projects are not deleted.** Existing downloads, +package licences and historical repository files remain their own records. +This does not retire MCP's scene, prefab, component or Visual Scripting tools. +See [the retirement details](RETIREMENT.md), including older app versions. + A community collection of recipes, prefabs, Visual Scripting graphs, plugins and reusable tools for SideQuest creators. @@ -20,12 +34,13 @@ No Git, terminal or pull request experience needed. Sign in to GitHub to submit; a maintainer will help with the listing and PR. Not sure about versions or a licence? Say so in the form. Submissions and uploaded files are public. -**Development status:** this branch prepares the catalogue for the shared +**Historical integration:** this repository prepared the catalogue for the shared Creator Plugins page in Creator Hub, Creator Project Setup and Creator Works MCP. It is not a separate app. Start Location by Mr. E / egon.gb is the first maintainer-approved listing. See its licence and testing notes before importing. App features depend on the version installed; catalogue publication does not -install or update an app. +install or update an app. The retirement notice above supersedes the historical +app-integration instructions below. ## Browse diff --git a/RETIREMENT.md b/RETIREMENT.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..68a97ce --- /dev/null +++ b/RETIREMENT.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +# Creator Plugins Retirement + +The Creator Plugins integration in the Creator apps is ending on **20 October +2026 at 00:00 UTC**. This refers to the in-app catalogue, not to deleting +community creations or ending the rest of Creator Hub. + +## What Changes + +- Updated Creator Hub, Creator Works MCP and Project Setup show a retirement + notice instead of the catalogue. New catalogue fetches, package downloads, + import requests and installation of the optional Unity catalogue menu are + disabled in that update. +- Before the cutoff, the notice offers + [creatorplugins.store](https://creatorplugins.store/). +- At and after the cutoff, the updated app shows the retired notice without + that link. The date check is built into the app, works offline and also applies + to a notice that was already open. It uses the computer's current clock. + +## What Stays + +Existing imported assets, Unity project files, downloaded packages and import +receipts are not removed by this retirement. Each package retains its own licence. +MCP's scene, prefab, component and Visual Scripting operations are not retired. +The repository remains a historical record; published package bytes and links +are not being rewritten as part of this documentation change. + +The store is separate from the retired in-app catalogue. This notice does not +promise its availability, package compatibility or support. + +## Older Versions + +Install the Creator app update containing the retirement notice to get this +behaviour. The change cannot remotely rewrite older app binaries or an existing +Unity catalogue window that has not been updated. Historical import and +catalogue instructions in this repository describe the older integration and +are not a promise of continued app support. + +## Problems With Existing Assets + +Keep a backup before changing a Unity project. Report the exact package, Unity +and SDK versions, the action attempted, the actual result and relevant errors +to its maintainer. Remove credentials and private project information before +sharing logs. Existing licences and maintainer support terms still apply.