Currently the iteration over a PBVH node's vertices retrieves mutable
access to the mask custom data layer. This isn't threadsafe, but it is
done in the multithreaded loops over all nodes.
In general, we need to be more careful and conservative about storage
of non-const pointers to mesh data. Ideally we would only have one
mutable reference to a resource at a time. And we should avoid doing
work like looking up custom data layers more than we need to.
To that end, make the pointer to the custom data layer used everywhere
const, and retrieve mutable access before parallel node iteration with
a specific function, and write to the mask data with that in mind.
This pushes us in the direction of sharing less code per PBVH type.
In my opinion that's a good thing, because we can actually optimize for
each type. For example, `write_mask_data` gives a picture of
how each of these hot loops could become much simpler.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112690
Currently vertices are mapped to B-Bone segments without taking the
rest pose curve into account. This is very simple and fast, but causes
poor deformations in some cases where the rest curvature is significant,
e.g. mouth corners in the new Rigify face rig.
This patch implements a new mapping mode that addresses this problem.
The general idea is to do an orthogonal projection on the curve. However,
since there is no analytical solution for bezier curves, it uses the
segment approximation:
* First, boundaries between segments are used for a binary space
partitioning search to narrow down the mapping to one segment.
* Then, a position on the segment is chosen via linear
interpolation between the BSP planes.
* Finally, to remove the sharp discontinuity at the evolute surface
a smoothing pass is applied to the chosen position by blending to
reduce the slope around the planes previously used in the BSP search.
In order to make per-vertex processing faster, a new array with the
necessary vectors converted to the pose space, as well as some
precomputed coefficients, is built.
The new mode is implemented as a per-bone option in order to ensure
backward compatibility, and also because the new mode may not be
optimal for all cases due to the difference in performance, and
complications like the smoothed but still present mapping
discontinuities around the evolute surface.
Wiki: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Source/Animation/B-Bone_Vertex_Mapping
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/110758
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/110758
Show mesh data tab while using EEVEE Next.
EEVEE Next was omitted from the list of compatible
engines to show mesh data panels, resulting a totally
empty area.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112868
Remove duplicate `object.make_override_library` entry in Object menu.
It was in both the "Relations" and the "Library Override" menu.
Remove it from "Relations".
Also add separator and move it up since it is now the intended way
of handling relations.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112685
When using menu search, each search item has multiple segments. In the UI,
we only highlight last section, which is the actual node/operator name. The
menu path is grayed out. It seems reasonable to give greater weight to the
words in the search item that are highlighted.
See #112839 for an example of what effect this can have.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112839
This avoid confusion outside of the shader node GLSL code.
The issue also is that Metal allow float to cast to bool
implicitly but this create a compilation error on
OpenGL.
Scenes that only uses a world probe would didn't work. Raytracing
would look for the closest light probe, didn't find any and shader
would use undefined behavior to sample in the reflectionProbes texture.
In some cases this resulted in correct results when the world was
located on layer 0 with subdivision 0. In any other case this would
sample incorrect incoming light what lead to black reflections.
This PR fixes this by returning the world probe when no nearest light
probe cound be found.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112893
This adds a new entry to the split sum LUT to isolate
the effect of the F82 tint.
The application of the tint part is similar to cycles
and uses the same way for precomputing the `b` factor.
Results matches almost perfectly to the extent of the
split sum approximation.
Note that this removes the unused LTC MAG LUT for
EEVEE next to make space for the new table. It can still
be added back if needed.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112881
Since the menus are defined in the header region, but the keymap is part
of the 3D view window region, we need to specify that when creating the
operator buttons.
This PR fixes T39823, the sole failing unit test when running with MetalRT. It does so by implementing and binding a missing intersection handler (`__anyhit__cycles_metalrt_volume_test_tri`) which is required for `scene_intersect_volume` (as used by `integrator_volume_stack_update_for_subsurface`) to work as intended. This scene exposed the error as it uses subsurface scattering on a sphere which is intersected by volume.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112876
Texture Atomics have been added in Metal 3.1
and enable the original implementations of
shadow update and irradiance cache baking.
However, a fallback solution will be
required for versions under macOS 14.0 utilising
buffer-backed textures instead.
This patch also includes a stub implementation if
building/running on older macOS versions which
provides locally-synchronized texture access in
place of atomics. This enables some effects to be
partially tested, and ensures non-guarded use
of imageAtomic functions does not result
in compilation failure.
Authored by Apple: Michael Parkin-White
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112866
This patch adds `BVHMetalBuildThrottler` which limits the amount of Metal BVH building work that runs concurrently on the GPU. Previously we submitted BVH build requests to the GPU as fast as possible, but in extreme cases this could fail when the device's working set size passes safe limits.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112821
Don't export color if strength is 0, and on import set strength to 1 when
there is a color. This is more important now that the default is color white
and strength 0 in the Principled BSDF.
Ref #99447
Ref #112848
This keeps the behavior similar to the Disney BRDF, where 0.5
is neutral and lower/higher values respectively decrease/increase
the dielectric specular. But it's more correct in that it's not
an arbitrary scale on Fresnel, but rather adjusting the IOR.
Ref #99447
Ref #112848
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112552
Following f7af45ccfd, rename link labels:
* Release Notes -> What's New
* Development Fund -> Donate
The description are left as is since they
are still correct, just the labels to be more
in line with language used in blender.org
* Rename "Development Fund" to "Donate", more in line with
the language used in blender.org
* Rename "Release Notes" to "What's New". A bit more inviting
to click and sounds less technical.
* In "Getting Started", remove "Credits" since it it nos related
to getting started, and add relevant links already present
in the Help menu.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112741
Previously it was possible to use drivers to manipulate armature layer
visibility, and now it's also possible to animate & drive bone collection
visibility.
The order of collections in the light linking collection is important
as it is used for tie-breaking when the same object is reachable from
multiple linked collections with different light linking state.
This commit utilizes the generic tree view reordering operations to
allow insertion of elements to a specific location and to re-order
existing objects and collections in the light linking collection.
It is possible to re-order both collections and objects, even tough
re-ordering objects does not really make a difference for the light
linking behavior. It is not possible to place an object before
collections.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112849
The color returned by `ANIM_bonecolor_posebone_get()` is not supposed
to be edited, so just return it as `const` and take a `const bPoseChannel`
as argument.
This makes the function usable in a wider range of situations, for example
the drawing code (which shouldn't alter any of these colors).
