- add quick effects to object menu, these are too useful to hide in search menu.
- set/clear track/parent - expand the operators enums in submenus - no advantage in having a further popup after clicking on the menu item.
- move 'Join UVs' into Make links menu which is currently being abused to store some copy functions. Do this because the 'Object' menu is getting too big.
New "face marks" and "edge marks" have been introduced in mesh data
blocks. In the edit mode of a mesh object, face marks can be put
to selected faces by choosing Mesh >> Faces >> Mark Freestyle Face
from the menu of a 3D View window or Ctrl-F >> Mark Freestyle Face
from the context menu. Similarly, edge marks can be put to selected
edges by Mesh >> Edges >> Mark Freestyle Edge or Ctrl-E >> Mark
Freestyle Edge. These marks should work fine with the Subdivision
surface modifier.
Moreover, two new conditions for feature edge selection have been
added to the Parameter Editor mode as described below:
1. The Selection by Edge Types option has now the new Edge Mark type,
which can be used to (de)select feature edges having edge marks.
This option can be used to add to (or remove from) the view map
arbitrary edges of mesh objects.
2. Selection by Face Marks option has been newly introduced, in which
face marks are used for feature edge selection in two ways. One
option is called "One Face" which is to (de)select feature edges if
one of faces on the left and right of each feature edge has a face
mark. The other option is "Both Faces" to (de)select feature edges
if both faces on the left and right have a face mark.
update signal for this was missing. Problem is that the operator properties
RNA update callback doesn't know the associated keymap item, worked around it
with UI template now.
from Bastien Montagne (mont29)
Only applied Sequencer Select Grouped functionality - similar to the one in object mode, select strips based on type, time, data etc.
* Brush ui still had references to old "Non-Closed" property.
Note that old Dynamic Paint saves no longer work in carrot revisions 40411 and later due to new modifiers that were added into trunk. :(
New there are only two chaining types: plain and sketchy. Both chaining types
have the "same object" option. With this option enabled, only feature edges of
the same object are chained. The sketchy chaining also has the "rounds" option
to specify the number of rounds in a sketchy multiple touch.
Also removed a temporary workaround (implemented by means of a custom chaining
rule) for infinite straight lines, which has resulted in much cleaner strokes.
The default chaining option is now called "Natural", while the new chaining options
are "Sketchy: Topology Preserved" and "Sketchy: Topology broken". The latter two
options allow for generating chains of feature edges with a sketchy multiple touch.
The "Sketchy: Topology Preserved" option takes account of the topology of objects
in the view map, while the "Sketchy: Topology broken" ignores the edge topology.
The "rounds" option specifies the number of rounds in sketchy strokes.
Summary:
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The idea here is to move the texface options into the material panel.
For images with the change please visit:
http://code.blender.org/index.php/2011/09/bge-material-texface-changes
1 - Some of the legacy problems 2.49 and 2.5x has with the texface system:
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1.1) Shadow, Bilboard and Halo are mutual exclusive (in the code), yet you can
select a face to be more than one mode.
1.2) Sort only works for blend Alpha yet it's an option regardless of the
Transparency Blend you pick.
1.3) Shared doesn't affect anything in BGE.
1.4) ObColor only works for Text objects (old bitmap texts) when using Texture
Face Materials. (not address yet, I so far ignored obcolor)
2 - Notes:
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2.1) Now "Use Face Textures" in material Option panel will work in Multitexture
even if there is no texture channel.
2.2) In FaceTexture mode it will use TexFace all the time, even if you don't
check the "Use Texture Face" option in the UI. It's a matter of decision, since
the code for either way is there. I decided by the solution that makes the
creation of a material fast - in this mode the user doesn't need to mess with
textures or this "Use Texture Face" option at all. I'm not strong in my opinion
here. But I think if we don't have this then what is the point of the Texture
Face mode?
2.3) I kept references for tface only when we need the image, UV or the tiling
setting. It should help later when/if we split the Image and UV layers from the
tface struct (Campbell and Brecht proposal).
3 - Changes in a Nutshell:
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3.1) "Texture Face" panel (in the Mesh/Object Data panel) no longer exists. Those settings are all part of the material properties, visible when Game Render is set.
3.2) "Texture Face" Shading mode (in the Render panel) is now called “Single Texture”, it needs a material for special settings (e.g. Billboard, Alpha Sort, …).
3.3) New options in the Material Panel
* Shadeless option in the Material panel is now supported for all three Shading modes.
* Physics is now toggleable, this is the old Collision option.
* Two Side (on) is now called Back Culling (off).
* Alpha Sort is one of the Alpha options, together (and mutually exclusive) to Alpha Blend, Alpha Clip, Add and Opaque (i.e. solid).
* Shadow, Billboard and Halo are grouped in the “Face Orientation” property.
* "Face Textures" and "Face Textures Alpha" (under Options) can be used for all but GLSL shading mode (to be supported in GLSL eventually).
* The backend in the game engine is still the same as before. The only changes are in the interface and in the way you need to think your materials. The bottomline is: It’s no longer possible to share materials between faces that do not share the same game properties.
4 - Acknowledgment:
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Mike Pan for the design discussions, and testing along the whole development process.
Vitor Balbio for the first hands-on code with the interface changes. That helped me a lot to push me into work on that.
Benoit Bolsee and Brecht van Lommel for patch review (* no one reviewed the whole patch, or the latest iteractions, so I still hold liability for any problems).
Blender artists that gave feedback and helped testing the patch.
Patch review and original documentation can be found here:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Dfelinto/TexFacehttp://codereview.appspot.com/4289041/
