Main Feature:
* It is now possible to choose which AnimData block is the 'active' one for editing, and/or select them too. AnimData blocks are generally the dark blue and lighter-blue expanders (i.e. Scene, Object, Camera, Lamp, Curve, Armature, etc.)
* Objects are no longer selected/deselected when AKEY is used to toggle selection of channels. This was getting a bit annoying.
* Following on from selection of AnimData blocks, it is now possible to select/make active an AnimData block in the animation editors, and change the active action for that block via the 'Animation Data' panel in NLA Editor's properties region.
--> Be aware that user-counts are not totally handled correctly there yet, so some funky behaviour might be seen...
--> It is possible to assign a new action, or to assign an existing one, allowing to switch between actions as in the past with Actions/IPO Editors...
Other tweaks:
* Some code tweaks towards making the 'Euler Filter' feature for Graph Editor working sometime soon
* Added some backend code for snapping the values of keyframes to a single value. Still need to work out some UI for it though.
* Shuffled the code for ACT_OT_new() around, and removed the poll() callback so that it worked in NLA too.
* Fixed some more notifier bugs with deleting bones and a few other editmode operations for Armatures.
* Threading buxfix letting MSVC Debug builds crash because of corrupted std::lists
* Adopted two property ranges
* Changed the mixdown volume to set the device volume instead of the volume of every sound.
I also removed the private redefinition of m_logicmgr in SCA_BasicEventManager, which was already defined protected in the parent class SCA_EventManager and thus caused a bug letting GE crash here because of an uninitialized pointer.
Drivers can now be copied/pasted for single properties, allowing drivers set up on one property to be added to a few other properties relatively easily.
Also, added description strings for the other driver-button operators.
- BLF_lang_init used confusing IFDEF's, unlikely this was well tested. Split this into 3 functions for Apple/Win32/Unix, Unix uses BLI_gethome_folder(), cant test others, ideally they should use BLI_gethome_folder too but needs testing.
Possibly each os cant be made to use BLI_gethome_folder and the separate func's can be removed (please test).
- units, hectometers were displayed wrong.
* Loading old (2.4x) files with keyframes now inits them properly so that keyframes are tagged as normal keyframes not breakdowns
* TrackTo consraint was flagged wrongly for adding it with a target. This meant that the target didn't get set when using the Ctrl-Shift-C hotkey.
* copied I/O scripts
* copied, modified rna_*_api.c and rna_*.c
I/O scripts not working yet due to slight BPY differences and RNA changes. Will fix them later.
Not merged changes:
* C unit testing integration, because it is clumsy
* scons cross-compiling, can be merged easily later
- Commands from the history wont get modified in-place when you cycle back and re-use them.
- Ctrl Left/Right skip words.
- Autocompletion on a variable that has no alternatives adds a '.'
'bpy' -> 'bpy.', generally more useful since autocomp again will give the members of bpy
also moved text_check_* functions into BKE_text.h for the console to access.
* delta-transforms for objects should work again. These were basically extra transforms that could get added on top of the values calculated from animation values.
* Added some skeleton code for fixing paths when some data needs to be renamed.
- rename WM_OT_ten_timer to WM_OT_redraw_timer
- added iterations argument to run more then 10 times (10 is default still)
- use report api rather then always calling a popup directly.
- added a new test that draws every region without swapping.
- dont show the info popup when operators are called from python.
- operators called from python now print reports, useful with the interactive console.
eg.
>>> bpy.ops.wm.redraw_timer(type='DRAW_WIN', iterations=300)
Info: 300 x Draw Window: 4168.56 ms, average: 13.8952
% sign for percentage assuming it is between 0-100, while factor is
for values 0-1.
Move collision setting absorption from modifier to collision settings,
was inconsistent to have it there as the only one, and made it have
range 0.0-1.0 instead of 0-100.
* Path Constraint option (i.e. this creates a follow-path constraint but doesn't actually parent the object to the curve) works now. Fixed a crash here too.
* Follow Path option (i.e. parent the object to the curve, and follow it), is not working correctly yet. Some matrix seems to get set wrongly.
* Fixed mixdown volume being int instead of float
* Fixed audio muting for sequencer not working
* Added 3D listener settings with RNA (not working in GE yet)
* Copy Rotation constraint "should" work ok for custom rotation orders now. It now converts both rotations to the form used by the owner. So far, this doesn't seem to have broken any of the test rigs in my test-suite, though new specimens for the hall of flakiness are always welcome.
* Fixed many RNA wrapping bugs for Armature data.
- Fixed a few wrong tooltips
- Made proper refreshes for restpose/posed, etc.
* Started converting special quaternion interpolation for Pose Sliding tools (push/relax/breakdown), though this doesn't seem to be working correctly yet.
-->> Help to get these working right is welcome :)
* #19419: PoseLib rename/remove tools could crash when an invalid
(However, now care is needed when touching that index field, since the warnings can keep piling up)
* Added Browse Poses for PoseLib to the toolbar
* Removing constraints from bones now properly updates. A DAG rebuild is now forced, and the constraint flags are cleared.
* Attempting to improve the situation with Copy Rotation constraint and rotation orders other than xyz. Unforunately, it looks like a different method is required...
* Updating Preview Range settings results in correct updates for Animation Editors
* Compositing nodes now correctly animate when the values were set by IKEY/RMB on suitable node parameters. Beware that these nodes are not relinkable node-trees, hence the standard code not working.
* Ctrl-P to parent objects to bones now works in Pose Mode too. I needed to add a special keymap entry for this, though I thought this would have been better to be automatically inherited/present from Object keymap already?
* Ctrl-P -> Parent to Bone option now works correctly again. 1.5 lines of code missing here...
* Breakdowns tool now shows custom cursor during 'modal' phase so that it's not that confusing what's going on.
This commit restores the 'Relax Pose' tool, and also introduces two others: 'Push Pose' and 'Pose Breakdowner'.
Be aware that this commit is just the initial starting point, with some parts yet to be done.
A short description of these tools follows:
* Relax Pose (Alt-E) - makes the current pose more like the poses on either side of it
* Push Pose (Ctrl-E) - exaggerates the current pose
* Breakdowner (Shift-E)[not working yet] - when this works, it will allow for interactive selection of a good in-between pose to act as a breakdown.
Todo's:
* Connect up the 'percentage' slider in the operator settings to allow these effects to be dialed in/out, exaggerating/relaxing/moveing-between-keyframes by varying degrees until the desired effect is reached.
* Allow these effects to be interactively dialed in/out. The idea is to use the mouse to interactively set the percentage slider value initially, then use the percentage slider to tweak later.
* Figure out why breakdown breaks down
* VecLerp3f and Vec2Lerp3f - interpolate 3 2d/3d vectors from 3 weights
* AngleToLength(angle) - useful for making even width shell/walls based on the angles of the surrounding geometry from each point. (same method used in 2.4x python solidify script).
also quiet some warnings.
- remove falloff setting now the curve is used.
- bugfix for airbrush & tablet, with no movement it would assume 1.0 pressure.
- rna, use the use_* prefix for brush options.
* Changed the non-projection paint code to use the brush falloff curve, rather than a predefined falloff. This makes non-projection painting in the 3d view, and image editor painting much more consistent with other brush usage.
New stuff
- Bending springs for hair dynamics.
Code cleanup & optimization
- Disabled reactor particles temporarily for cleanup, it's a clumsy system that will be replaced with something better.
- Removed child seams, something better will come here too :)
- Normal particle drawing data is now saved between redraws if the particles don't move between redraws.
* For example rotating the 3d view is now realtime even with 1M particles.
- Many random values for particles now come from a lookup table making things much faster.
- Most accessed small point cache functions are now much faster as macros.
- Lot's of general code cleanup.
- Nothing big should have changed so if something doesn't work like it used to it's probably just a typo somewhere :)
Note sure what to do with this one, and personally think
we should avoid using macros for this kind of thing:
V_GROW(edges);
source/blender/editors/mesh/loopcut.c:232: warning: value computed is not used
Added a utility function to check which transforms for an object or bone are animated, returning these as bitflags and/or optionally retrieving the relevant F-Curves too. Beware that this method may not be working correctly yet, but it shouldn't hurt anyone in the meantime :)
Also, split RNA-path building function up into a version which only creates the path up to the given struct, with the other parts being added later.
* The image panels in the image editor and texture buttons
should be more complete now, with working new/open,
refreshes, and using the layout engine.
* Paint panels in image editor are now consistent with the
ones in the 3d view toolbar.
* Curves panel also uses layout engine, and doesn't look
squashed anymore.
* Node buttons can now use the layout engine. a few simple
ones are converted. We'll keep this code in C for now,
python wouldn't help much here.
* For node buttons not using the layout engine, manually
computing the button height is not longer needed.
* Node inputs are still not RNA wrapped, would be good to
have these available as well for keying, but makesrna does
not have access to the bNodeTypes.
writes all operators (including PyOperators) and their default values into a textblock.
Useful for an overview and checking consistancy.
eg. http://www.pasteall.org/7918/python
added rna functions text.clear() and text.write(str)
#19345: can't get out of grayed out pointer field.
#19342: item_pointerR fields can't be cleared with one item.
#19341: fix hanging tooltips when manipulating regions.
#19339: context panel still allowed tabbing, but it has no header.
#19334: editing SSS settings crashed previewrender.
#19330: object mode could not be switched on from the header menu.
* Added separate menu items for Link and Append.
* Change some OPERATOR_FINISHED to OPERATOR_CANCELLED.
* Remove some IPO specific hacks, these are no longer ID blocks,
so not necessary to take into account.
* Some comment and code formatting tweaks.
* Move function to compute visible screen layers to BKE.
* Use this now in the depsgraph, was still using this all layers
to flush. Still missing a way to get the current scene in
background mode..
* Also two more function to not require a scene pointer anymore:
* DAG_object_update_flags is now DAG_id_update_flags.
* DAG_ids_flush_update is now available next to DAG_scene_flush_update.
* Totally new try to get cache running
* Didn't try "bake" and such things yet
Hint
* Very verbose yet
* Please do only test new blend files, not old ones!
Please give me feedback on my blog about the old crashers.
Appending and Linking
* Linking Operator, invokes filebrowser for Append/Link
* Separated the append/link function into three parts:
** BLO_library_append_begin finds main for appending
** BLO_library_append_named_part appends one Object,Group, Material, ...
** BLO_library_append_end actually reads and expands the libraries
NOTE 1:
I also changed the returned properties for the filebrowser operators to the following convention:
"path" - the full path to a file or directory, means what is in directory + filename buttons in filebrowser
"directory" - the content of the directory button in filebrowser
"filename" - the content of the filename button in filebrowser
Usually only path should be required, but in some cases it might be more convenient to retrieve the parts separately.
Ton, Brecht: If you have time to take a look, let me know if anything needs to be fixed.