This was we don't have re-compo or viewport re-rendering happening when changing
nodes which are not connected to the output at all (for example when adding new
nodes or changing settings for unconnected nodes).
Only basic operations are covered for now. checks could be added to more tools
when needed.
Currently it's not fully optimal implementation, but seems to work fast enough.
Don't see reliable alternative to that -- keeping tag in the node wouldn't work
because of the node groups (which are probably already broken, but should be
easy to solve with current approach). So guess it's more matter of optimizing
path search from a node to output.
Before processing forward let's check whether it's indeed something we want
and whether the approach is indeed not fully bad.
Reviewers: campbellbarton, mont29
Subscribers: sebastian_k
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D1765
We have callbacks for that, they also do some checks and help ensure things are done
correctly. Only place where this is assumed not true is blenloader (since here we
may affect refcount of library IDs as well...).
- Add blentranslation `BLT_*` module.
- moved & split `BLF_translation.h` into (`BLT_translation.h`, `BLT_lang.h`).
- moved `BLF_*_unifont` functions from `blf_translation.c` to new source file `blf_font_i18n.c`.
Also improved a bit behavior of adding new nodes, now they will not overlap that
badly. Still not ideal, but further improvements better not to happen at bcon4.
Make the UI API more consistent and reduce confusion with some naming.
mainly:
- API function calls
- enum values
some internal static functions have been left for now
The sanity check for copying socket default value was using the socket
idname for type compatibility checks, which is too strict. Subtypes
would not be recognized as copyable, but since only the plain data type
is needed below this is all that needs to be checked.
That alone would not cause crash (just missing default value copy),
but the tree view template was messing with the default_value DNA
directly by freeing it in advance, which is not necessary and should
be left to blenkernel when freeing the node. Otherwise this would
leave the node invalid without a default_value if the copy function
bails out.
Also tweaked a bit how nodes with more than one socket available are drawn:
* The node entry itself (a label) has no more any icon, so that it is aligned with the other single-socket nodes.
* The sub-entries (i.e. node's sockets) are more clearly indented (using a blank icon).
Details:
Another case of bad internal UI_HAS_ICON flag erasing by brutally assigning an uneeded value to but->flag.
Revealed by recent split of some button flags into but->drawflag.
Thanks to Thomas Dinge for noting the issue.
commit 6f97e194e58aab38d351c796bf7bb6abca33f5f9
Author: Bastien Montagne <montagne29@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Wed Nov 20 21:18:20 2013 +0100
Code cleanup: Move some uiBut->flag to uiBut->drawflag, make those flags anonymous enums.
Summary:
Make some room in but->flag (I did not add another flag, we already have drawflag, which was nearly not used up till now).
Note: I’m not sure whether REDALERT (and perhaps even DISABLED?) should not go to but->drawflag as well...
Related to D8
Reviewers: brecht
Differential Revision: http://developer.blender.org/D22
This aims to establish a common pattern for the various confusing draw callback function pointers in bNodeType:
draw_<purpose>_<nodetype>[_ex]
Currently there are 4 different types of draw callbacks:
* draw_nodetype, draw_nodetype_prepare: Main draw functions, allows specialized node drawing for things like frames and reroute nodes. Not exposed in the API.
* draw_buttons, draw_buttons_ex: Optional non-socket buttons, most commonly used callback. Extended version used in sidebar for verbose buttons that don't fit into a node.
* draw_backdrop: Draw elements in the backdrop (compositor only). Not exposed in the API.
* draw_input, draw_output: Specialized socket drawing for some nodes, only for OutputFile node. Should not be used any further and be removed at some point. Not exposed in the API.
Issue was caused by ntreeUpdateTree calling for a ntree
which is not in G.main.
This lead to issues in ntreeVerifyNodes (which is called
from ntreeUpdateTree).
Made is so ntreeUpdateTree now accepts main as an argument.
Will work for the release, later we could either solve the
TODO mentioned in ntreeUpdateTree which will eliminate need
in main there or make it so context's main is used from all
over where ntreeUpdateTree is called (currently there're
still some usages of G.main).
* Index was assigned after increment, leading to NULL pointer access later on when looking up socket from list
* Copying default_value requires a valid NULL pointer for clean check
* Was using default_values as parameters instead of sockets, void pointers just passed through without warning ...
To make the type-dependent socket linking in this template a bit more manageable, there are now separate functions that generate "items" for a particular node type consisting of the socket index, name and possibly additional properties required (currently only node groups vs. all other types). This is still nowhere near flexible enough to be used as a generic template all node systems, but works for now.
In order to make this usable as a generic tool we will have to devise a way of storing, comparing, applying node settings *outside of actual node instances*. Then each node needs to tell how sockets are generated based on these properties. For the current nodes this would be far too complicated ...
When nodes are loaded from a .blend file they can potentially have undefined types. This can happen if a type has been deprecated and removed, or if node types were defined in a python script that has not been loaded correctly. Previously all such nodes would automatically be removed from a node tree, assuming that their types were deprecated and no longer in use (more commonly caused by loading new nodes in an older Blender version). Due to the possibility of dynamic registration it is no longer feasible to simply delete such nodes.
Display and handling of node trees was simply disabled before this patch, so that a node tree where any node or socket type was undefined would not be displayed at all. To give more information and avoid problems caused by necessary checks for the typeinfo pointer, there is now a 'Undefined' fallback type for trees, nodes and sockets. These types are used as placeholders in case the real type is not registered and can provide useful visual feedback on undefined nodes.
PyNodes opens up the node system in Blender to scripters and adds a number of UI-level improvements.
=== Dynamic node type registration ===
Node types can now be added at runtime, using the RNA registration mechanism from python. This enables addons such as render engines to create a complete user interface with nodes.
Examples of how such nodes can be defined can be found in my personal wiki docs atm [1] and as a script template in release/scripts/templates_py/custom_nodes.py [2].
=== Node group improvements ===
Each node editor now has a tree history of edited node groups, which allows opening and editing nested node groups. The node editor also supports pinning now, so that different spaces can be used to edit different node groups simultaneously. For more ramblings and rationale see (really old) blog post on code.blender.org [3].
The interface of node groups has been overhauled. Sockets of a node group are no longer displayed in columns on either side, but instead special input/output nodes are used to mirror group sockets inside a node tree. This solves the problem of long node lines in groups and allows more adaptable node layout. Internal sockets can be exposed from a group by either connecting to the extension sockets in input/output nodes (shown as empty circle) or by adding sockets from the node property bar in the "Interface" panel. Further details such as the socket name can also be changed there.
[1] http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Phonybone/Python_Nodes
[2] http://projects.blender.org/scm/viewvc.php/trunk/blender/release/scripts/templates_py/custom_nodes.py?view=markup&root=bf-blender
[3] http://code.blender.org/index.php/2012/01/improving-node-group-interface-editing/
Nice formatted version (pictures soon):
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.66/Usability
Short list of main changes:
- Transparent region option (over main region), added code to blend in/out such panels.
- Min size window now 640 x 480
- Fixed DPI for ui - lots of cleanup and changes everywhere. Icon image need correct size still, layer-in-use icon needs remake.
- Macbook retina support, use command line --no-native-pixels to disable it
- Timeline Marker label was drawing wrong
- Trackpad and magic mouse: supports zoom (hold ctrl)
- Fix for splash position: removed ghost function and made window size update after creation immediate
- Fast undo buffer save now adds UI as well. Could be checked for regular file save even...
Quit.blend and temp file saving use this now.
- Dixed filename in window on reading quit.blend or temp saves, and they now add a warning in window title: "(Recovered)"
- New Userpref option "Keep Session" - this always saves quit.blend, and loads on start.
This allows keeping UI and data without actual saves, until you actually save.
When you load startup.blend and quit, it recognises the quit.blend as a startup (no file name in header)
- Added 3D view copy/paste buffers (selected objects). Shortcuts ctrl-c, ctrl-v (OSX, cmd-c, cmd-v).
Coded partial file saving for it. Could be used for other purposes. Todo: use OS clipboards.
- User preferences (themes, keymaps, user settings) now can be saved as a separate file.
Old option is called "Save Startup File" the new one "Save User Settings".
To visualise this difference, the 'save startup file' button has been removed from user preferences window. That option is available as CTRL+U and in File menu still.
- OSX: fixed bug that stopped giving mouse events outside window.
This also fixes "Continuous Grab" for OSX. (error since 2009)
* Shader script node added, which stores either a link to a text datablock or
file on disk, and has functions to add and remove sockets.
* Callback RenderEngine.update_script_node(self, node) added for render engines
to compile the shader and update the node with new sockets.
Thanks to Thomas, Lukas and Dalai for the implementation.
Note that I had to script-tag all sokets' names, as they are currently completely unknown from bpy.types (and hence unreachable for our po generating scripts).
Note: the problem of sockets translation remains (for all node types), currently they are unavailable from RNA, hence not detected by i18n tools, so only solution is to add N_() in all node sockets templates… yuck! Really have to fix this.
