Comments on: Blender 2.5 Short Notes from the IRC Session

By: Lucas da Costa Dantas

Lucas da Costa Dantas — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:51:05 +0000

The issues can be solved ,
by add a collection of variables ID and a action manager (all pure code)
well i am a Delphi programmer therefore not so sure how Phyton works .

By: nbchtu

nbchtu — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:06:56 +0000

RNS: there is a difference between plain vanilla development builds and beta version. For one, an official subset of supposedly working features to file bugs against.

Keep up the great work, devs :)

By: Mr Mowgli

Mr Mowgli — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:18:24 +0000

Network render set-up should definitely be available as command line options to get things started up automatically in a cluster.

By: txrx

txrx — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:09:39 +0000

@Vasilyj – pfftt, yea, like that’s not got bugs either! lol. made me giggle this thread. I’ve been playing with the 2.5 builds and yes, you can definately see it’s work in progress but when it’s launched, either as beta and such, it’s worth remembering that its always evolving. That for me gives it the edge over tools like Max and Maya (sidefx also do daily builds).

BF could just sit and say it’ll be ready when it’s ready but no, these meeting minutes are a [cool] glimpse into the discussions and ideas that help keep Blender evolving on a continual basis.

Look forward to playing with the newest merges :D

TxRx

By: Vasilyj

Vasilyj — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:18:34 +0000

@RNS – Maybe you should use 3DS Max instead?

By: Eutrot

Eutrot — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:31:35 +0000

Tom Musgrove’s idea is great! Too many tutorials are longer than necessary because they have to explain, e.g. how to get a mesh with only one vertex from a plane, or an octogon from a circle. I also feel very angry about myself when I remember that some day, I have already made some re-usable mesh and realize that I have not saved it in a handy place…

This “standard library” could be expanded with some material and lighting settings. Very standard things like a glass shader, or a steel shader, or a 3-point lighting, could be obtained in one or two clicks. New options like SSS shading or cloth simulation have presets, and such an optional .blend file would keep Blender a small download while making it more fun to learn and easier to use.

By: psy-fi

psy-fi — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:31:24 +0000

There are not that many differences in the GUI, you may start now. You don’t know what you’re missing and 12 months of productivity and experimentation on a program is a lot of time.

By: filip

filip — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:11:38 +0000

Now I know about Blender for 12 months, but I haven’t learned it. I don’t need it yet for work or pleasure. For me it doesn’t make sense any more to learn the 2.4 user interface. I think I have a bit of time around Christmas to start learning 2.5, so I can use it in 12 months from now.

By: Jeromew

Jeromew — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:42:44 +0000

@RNS instead of looking at it as “I don’t want to see it until it is stable” you should be looking at it as “this is my opertunity to help with the development(via bug reports) of one of the premeire open source apps available.” Community is what makes open source work, and as part of that community i will gladly work with a buggy program to help progress towards a stable and a** kicking 2.6 release.

By: tyrant monkey

tyrant monkey — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:44:16 +0000

@RNS at times it’s best to shut up when you have no clue what you are talking about mate. Three or two weeks ago there was Blender 2.50 road map published along with the minutes of the Sunday meeting. You will find it on this site if you go several pages back. I suggest you take a look at that and clue yourself in with what is the offical road map of Blender 2.50.

The whole of 2.5+ series of releases will be a nothing but beta releases until around july/august 2010 when a more stable 2.60 release emerges. So when 2.60 comes out you will have a Blender that is feature complete, tested extensively and hopefully with some level of documentation behind it.

But all this was arleadt stated several meetings back so I suggest you look for those notes and readup. Last time I checked no-one had a monopoly on the word beta. So if the Blender foundation wants to call Blender 2.50 Beta that is the progrative