Finally! At long last, I've gotten this working! This ended up being far trickier
to get right than anticipated; the normal remapping API's cannot be used as-is
as they will just clobber over subtleties whenever datablock changes are involved.
So, for now, we have to duplicate the logic a bit.
Currently, when joining two armatures, the drivers of the armatures being merged
in are lost. This commit introduces a new AnimData API function for merging
animation data into another AnimData block.
NOTE:
* For now, this only copies the drivers over. As a result, manual effort will
still be needed to go through and fix the drivers.
I am working on automating that process, but it's more important that the
drivers don't have to be created from scratch for now (since this is needed
for the Goosberry rigging work).
A development addon can be used now to enable the debug drawing, without
the need to add UI code for this in the release files.
The SimDebug feature should also get an overall build flag and use
function stubs unless enabled. That way any possibility of overhead in
releases is eliminated.
This way it doesn't have to be stored as DNA runtime pointers or passed
down as a function argument. Currently there is now no property or
button to enable debugging, this will be added again later.
Code in ccgdm_draw_attrib_vertex() was entirely the same as the top
portion of the code in cddm_draw_attrib_vertex(). Moved this code to a
new function, DM_draw_attrib_vertex().
ccgdm_draw_attrib_vertex() was removed in favor of calling
DM_draw_attrib_vertex(). cddm_draw_attrib_vertex() still does a couple
extra things, so it still exists but calls DM_draw_attrib_vertex().
In the interest of easy code review, no changes made to the code in
DM_draw_attrib_vertex() other than the new name and an added comment.
Reviewers: campbellbarton
Reviewed By: campbellbarton
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D1010
The paths for parents and children are generated using the same function
with a rather obscure test to distinguish them. Modifiers (clump, kink,
roughness) should not be applied to parents though.
mode.
This was caused by variation of the number of keys on child hairs due
to shortening of hair curves based on euclidian distances. The other
kink modes also shorten hairs, but use the parametric distance instead,
which does not vary with deformation of hairs.
another, including edit data (grooming).
This uses basically the same method as the existing connect/disconnect
feature. The main difference is that it allows working with multiple
objects and transferring the //particle/hair data// instead of the
//mesh// data (which is what connect/disconnect expects). This is a much
more realistic workflow when rigging, topology etc. changes and
groomed hair has to be transferred to the changed model.
This is BAD code, but the particle kinking does not make it easy to
write a non-local modifier that requires neighboring positions,
curvature, etc. The feature is needed for Gooseberry.
This adds another level of clumping on child hairs. When enabled, child
hairs chose a secondary clumping target using a Voronoi pattern. This
adds visual detail on a smaller scale, which is useful particularly when
the number of parents is relatively small.
Natural fibres behave in a similar way when they become sticky and
intertwined. Hairs close to each other form a first twisted strand, then
combine into larger strands. Similar features can be found in ropes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_twistshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope
Conflicts:
source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_270.c
This is an alternative method to the current fixed function with a
clump factor and "shape" parameter. This function is quite limited and
does not give the desired result in many cases (e.g. long, parallel
rasta strands are problematic). So rather than trying to add more
parameters there is now a fully user-defined optional curve for setting
the tapering shape.
This contains a few pieces of code for a future "modifier" system that
would allow more flexible combination of effects. Eventually a node
system is the way to go, but the current code makes that impossible.
to prevent double-freeing/invalid mem access.
This can happen with the "virtual parents" feature, which generates both
parent and child paths. Each task free function also freed the shared
context, leading to double freeing.
Cloth data is used both for hair and actual cloth, which makes things
really difficult. The face number was used for distinguishing the two
types (no faces == hair mesh), but the extra hair data necessary for
hair sim is generated by particles and not available for edge-only cloth
meshes. This really needs to be sanitized ...
Conflicts:
source/blender/physics/intern/BPH_mass_spring.cpp
The previous calculation was modulated with the angle between the wind
direction and the segments, which leads to very oscillating behavior.
Now the formula includes an estimate for the geometric cross section
of a hair segment based on the incident angle and the hair thickness
(currently just the particle size). This gives a more stable behavior
and more realistic response to wind.
Conflicts:
source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle_system.c
source/blender/physics/intern/BPH_mass_spring.cpp
A stupid hack is needed here, changing the way the factor is applied to
angular bending springs. In cloth sim the bending factor of individual
springs is applied as a mix value between the bending stiffness and a
max value, but this max value isn't even used in hair sim so that
approach becomes useless.
Conflicts:
source/blender/physics/intern/BPH_mass_spring.cpp
This helps to create some variation in a hair system, which can
otherwise become very uniform and boring. It's yet another confusing
setting in a system that should have been nodified, but only option for
now (broken windows ...)
Conflicts:
source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle_system.c
source/blender/physics/intern/BPH_mass_spring.cpp
to support multiple hash identifiers.
Using explicit hashing functions for every sim debug call defeats the
purpose of having a quick feedback system. Now this can be done simply
by passing an arbitrary number of hash inputs (integers) at the end of
the function calls, which are then combined by a system of variadic
macros (based on the ELEM feature). Up to 8 identifiers are supported
currently, but more could be added easily if needed.
Conflicts:
source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle_system.c
source/blender/physics/intern/BPH_mass_spring.cpp
This is a bit more awkward for artists to use, but necessary for
a stable solution of the hair continuum calculation. The grid size is
defined by the user, the extent of the grid is then calculated based on
the hair geometry. A hard upper limit prevents bad memory allocation
in case too small values are entered.
Conflicts:
source/blender/physics/intern/BPH_mass_spring.cpp
This is based on the paper
"Detail Preserving Continuum Simulation of Straight Hair"
(McAdams, Selle, Ward, 2009)
The main difference is that hair line segments are used rather than only
rasterizing velocity at the vertices. This gives a much better coverage
of the hair volume grid, otherwise gaps can be produced at smaller grid
cell sizes and the distribution is uneven along the hair curve.
The algorithm for rasterizing is a variation of Bresenham's algorithm
extended onto 3D grids.
Conflicts:
source/blender/physics/intern/BPH_mass_spring.cpp
easier.
This code is badly broken and needs to be replaced, but at least having
a workable code structure might help with quick hacks to fix the worst
cases.
shape instead of a brush tool.
The brush cutting tool for hair, while useful, is not very accurate and
often requires rotating the model constantly to get the right trimming
on every side. This makes adjustments to a hair shape a very tedious
process.
On the other hand, making proxy meshes for hair shapes is a common
workflow. The new operator allows using such rough meshes as boundaries
for hair. All hairs that are outside the shape mesh are removed, while
those cutting it at some length are shortened accordingly.
The operator can be accessed in the particle edit mode toolbar via the
"Shape Cut" button. The "Shape Object" must be set first and stays
selected as a tool setting for repeatedly applying the shape.
one solver anyway), and split some particle cloth functions for clarity.
Conflicts:
source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_particle.h
source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle_system.c
source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_270.c
source/blender/makesdna/DNA_particle_types.h
source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_particle.c
distribution and path caching for child particles.
This gives a significant improvement of viewport playback performance
with higher child particle counts. Particles previously used their own
threads and had a rather high limit for threading. Also threading
apparently was disabled because only 1 thread was being used ...
