Here are my notes on things to look out for as potential problem
spots:
source/blender/blenkernel/intern/displist.c:
+ is initfastshade(void) supposed to be empty? I had
to make it empty to get the merged tree to compile.
source/blender/python/api2_2x/Armature.c:
+ went with the version that had Armature_getLayers()
source/blender/python/api2_2x/Object.c
+ went with the version of Object_getPose() from bf-blender.
(#ifdef 0-ed the other version)
source/blender/python/api2_2x/Pose.[ch]
+ had problems linking due to no Pose_Init() ... copied these
two files straight from bf-blender.
source/blender/src/drawview.c:
+ view3d_panel_properties() had things shifted a few things shifted
a few pixels, otherwise, things were painless
source/blender/src/splash.jpg.c:
+ went with bf-blender version (orange is dead)
source/gameengine:
+ went with bf-blender version -- does not compile due to IMB_rect* stuff,
Ton should look into this.
A full detailed description of this will be done later... is several days
of work. Here's a summary:
Render:
- Full cleanup of render code, removing *all* globals and bad level calls
all over blender. Render module is now not called abusive anymore
- API-fied calls to rendering
- Full recode of internal render pipeline. Is now rendering tiles by
default, prepared for much smarter 'bucket' render later.
- Each thread now can render a full part
- Renders were tested with 4 threads, goes fine, apart from some lookup
tables in softshadow and AO still
- Rendering is prepared to do multiple layers and passes
- No single 32 bits trick in render code anymore, all 100% floats now.
Writing images/movies
- moved writing images to blender kernel (bye bye 'schrijfplaatje'!)
- made a new Movie handle system, also in kernel. This will enable much
easier use of movies in Blender
PreviewRender:
- Using new render API, previewrender (in buttons) now uses regular render
code to generate images.
- new datafile 'preview.blend.c' has the preview scenes in it
- previews get rendered in exact displayed size (1 pixel = 1 pixel)
3D Preview render
- new; press Pkey in 3d window, for a panel that continuously renders
(pkey is for games, i know... but we dont do that in orange now!)
- this render works nearly identical to buttons-preview render, so it stops
rendering on any event (mouse, keyboard, etc)
- on moving/scaling the panel, the render code doesn't recreate all geometry
- same for shifting/panning view
- all other operations (now) regenerate the full render database still.
- this is WIP... but big fun, especially for simple scenes!
Compositor
- Using same node system as now in use for shaders, you can composit images
- works pretty straightforward... needs much more options/tools and integration
with rendering still
- is not threaded yet, nor is so smart to only recalculate changes... will be
done soon!
- the "Render Result" node will get all layers/passes as output sockets
- The "Output" node renders to a builtin image, which you can view in the Image
window. (yes, output nodes to render-result, and to files, is on the list!)
The Bad News
- "Unified Render" is removed. It might come back in some stage, but this
system should be built from scratch. I can't really understand this code...
I expect it is not much needed, especially with advanced layer/passes
control
- Panorama render, Field render, Motion blur, is not coded yet... (I had to
recode every single feature in render, so...!)
- Lens Flare is also not back... needs total revision, might become composit
effect though (using zbuffer for visibility)
- Part render is gone! (well, thats obvious, its default now).
- The render window is only restored with limited functionality... I am going
to check first the option to render to a Image window, so Blender can become
a true single-window application. :)
For example, the 'Spare render buffer' (jkey) doesnt work.
- Render with border, now default creates a smaller image
- No zbuffers are written yet... on the todo!
- Scons files and MSVC will need work to get compiling again
OK... thats what I can quickly recall. Now go compiling!
Bugfix #3660: NMesh.getVertexInfluences() was broken following the changes
to the armature system. Tron Thomas (kudos) came up with a fix that seems
to perform identically to the old method. I'm also adding it to the Mesh
module for compatibility.
patch from jean-michel soler (jms) - .insertShapeKey()
Python API, a function to insert a shape key in an object . It works on Mesh, Lattice curve ans surface .
Example of use :
import Blender
OBJECT=Blender.Object.GetSelected()[0]
OBJECT.insertShapeKey()
a docstring to follow soon
Added Mesh.Modes() function, which allows scripts to get/set the selection
mode settings for meshes. This was necessary in order for the mesh tools
such as triangulate, remove doubles, etc., to work properly.
to get the current value of the IPO shape key. There are still some issues
to discuss as to whether methods/attributes should be used and what they
should be named, but this will (or should) be addressed in the upcoming API
rewrite.
- minor: added missing theme options (bone_solid, bone_pose, strip,
strip_select) to Blender.Window.Theme and also updated accordingly
(version info) the script that saves themes as scripts and the module's
doc.
in the BPy API for the "end point". It was a minunderstanding of what
happens with cyclic Ipos, but we updated the documentation to make this
clearer in the future.
Vector.resize4D() didn't put 1 in the 4th component (the scale factor), as it did in 2.37.
While this is more "correct", it is much less usefull. Also, matrix.resize4x4 puts a 1 there too,
so might as well revert and be consistent.
- adds object.getPose
- ability to manipulate poses /posebones
- fixes a overflow bug in matrix sequence accessor
- adds code to get vec/roll from mat3
- few internal fixes to NLA
- ability to set bone matrices
* edge and face extend() methods now add edges and faces in the order given
by their parameters. Note that if duplicate edges or faces are specified,
the order is preserved but the dups are removed, so indices won't match.
* allow extend(), findEdges() and faces.uv to accept lists or tuples
* fix bug in mesh.verts.extend() which didn't correctly check argument types
PupBlock method. This wraps the "clevernumbut" code to allow scripters to use popup blocks for user input instead of a sequence of multiple different popups.
See the blend file for a comprehensive test and example file.
TypeError for pythonCoder error.
RuntimeError for blender not being able to be joined. (Sorry stivs, no BadJuJu yet)
Documented this in the epydocs also.
