[Bf-committers] Updated BMesh Merge Proposal

Knapp magick.crow at gmail.com
Fri Dec 2 13:25:53 CET 2011


One other idea just jumped up at me. Write a python add on for the old
software that would allow for loading of the new format. Then users of
2.4 or whatever can download it and add it to their old blender.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/12/2 Αντώνης Ρυακιωτάκης <kalast at gmail.com>:
>> Well, what about earlier versions of blender? They won't have the
>> newer version checking code. But I like the idea of exporting
>> function, or something close.
>
> Yes, that is true but the idea does fix the problem for the next time
> it comes up, as it will, in the future.
>
> And the export function should make it possible to give the old
> software the new blends but that leaves the old programs with the new
> files problem.
>
> Perhaps this is not ideal but could the new blends be made so that
> there is no chance that the old software can load them? That should
> block complaints other than it will not load, at which point we can
> just tell them to get the new software and export to the old format.
>
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