[Bf-committers] Proposal to Remove Features

[Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com]

my two cents:

- Particle instance modifier saved my arse a few times when needing to
export particle duplicated objects as OBJ/MDD for transferring to other
apps, this is not covered by regular exporters, the beauty of the particle
instancer is that as long as the particle count doesnt change over the
exporter frame range it wont mess up the vertex count or order so point
cache works.

Of course the exporters could be made to work like they should without the
need of the particle instance modifier

- Blend Sky: I use this all the time for environment lighting effects so
using the compositor does not cover all the common use cases

- Animatable object layers: just the question of "then what?", what replaces
this functionality?

This are the features that would represent a problem for me if they get
removed just like that without offering a better alternative :)

good day

Daniel Salazar
www.3developer.com


On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com>wrote:

> +1 for all non-controversial suggestions.
>
> Others....
>    *  3D view lock to object
> ***ok by me***
>
>    * All edges option for meshes
> ***ok by me***
>
>    * Animateable object layers
> ***ok by me, could we animate restricted flag instead???***
>
>    * Blend Sky (no horizon/zenith, just one color)
> ***ok by me***
>
>    * Bounds draw types for objects
> ***used this before for meshes which are not that visible, dont think
> its a problem to keep, but not fussed either***
>
>    * Cubic interpolation material option
> ***no opinion***
>
>    * Curves in the image editor: replace by exposure slider.
> ***agree***
>
>    * Dupliframes
> ***ok by me. users will cry though, would consider some alternative,
> dupli along curve for instance***
>
>    * Environment Map texture
> ***ok by me***
>
>    * Fresnel diffuse shader
> ***ok by me***
>
>    * Grid mesh primitive
> ***dont see need to remove, can be useful at times but also not fussed***
>
>    * Invert Z Depth material option.
> ***ok by me***
>
>    * Irregular Shadow Buffer
> ***ok by me***
>
>    * Particle grid emission distribution
>    * Particle Instance Modifier
>    * Particle jittered Particle/Face option and Jittering amount options.
>    * Particle Line/Path/Billboard rendering
> ***no opinion***
>
>    * Particle "Parent" option for rendering offset.
> ***ok by me***
>
>    * Sequencer Glow effect
> ***ok by me***
>
>    * Shadow Render Pass
> ***ok by me***
>
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Mike Belanger
> <mikejamesbelanger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I pretty much agree with the Removal List.
> >
> > As far as the Controversial list goes, I think that "Blend Sky" thing
> could
> > easily be replaced with compositor stuff.  I find 'horizon' and 'zenith'
> far
> > too esoteric, compared to just using a gradient node in the compositor.
> >  That's just my artist-brain though.
> >
> > Although I like the idea of animating object layers, I find the current
> > system confusing, so it might be better to just remove it.
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Brecht Van Lommel <brecht at blender.org
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Here's a proposal to remove a number of features before 2.6. I've been
> >> gathering items on this list for the last few months as I came across
> >> them. If there is enough agreement I can make the changes quickly. If
> >> you agree or disagree with items on the list, please read the
> >> explanation at the top and comment on the wiki page.
> >>
> >> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.5/RemoveFeaturesProposal
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Brecht.
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