[Bf-committers] splitting (off) hair

[pete larabell]

phony I can say I and others I know would also donate if you can write it up.

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Jonathan Williamson
<jonathan at montagestudio.org> wrote:
> If a system such as the ones Fancois T. just posted and has posted before were to be implemented I would absolutely donate. I can also make sure the campaign is heavily featured on Blender Artists and give it an ad spot on Blender Cookie.
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> On Friday, July 1, 2011 at 5:23 AM, François T. wrote:
>
>> and I'll drop those links one more time, since I would donate for this, and
>> I bet would not be the only one
>>
>>
>> *Super-Helices for Predicting the Dynamics of Natural Hair*
>>
>>  - video :
>> http://www.lmm.jussieu.fr/~audoly/research/hair06/HairDVDVideoQT.html
>>  - paper :
>> http://www.lmm.jussieu.fr/~audoly/research/hair06/BA_hair_siggraph06.pdf
>>
>>
>> *Predicting Natural Hair Shapes by Solving the Statics of Flexible Rods*
>>
>>  - paper :
>> http://www-evasion.imag.fr/Publications/2005/BAQLLC05/BertailsElectronicFinalEG.pdf
>>  - publication : http://www-evasion.imag.fr/Publications/2005/BAQLLC05/
>>  - video 1 :
>> http://www-evasion.imag.fr/Publications/2005/BAQLLC05/astaticStrandEG05.mpg
>>  - video 2 :
>> http://www-evasion.imag.fr/Publications/2005/BAQLLC05/fullModellingEG05.mpg
>>
>>
>>  - Basile’s Website : http://www.lmm.jussieu.fr/~audoly/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2011/7/1 Christopher Cherrett <ccherrett at openoctave.org (mailto:ccherrett at openoctave.org)>
>>
>> > -------- Original Message --------
>> > Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] splitting (off) hair
>> > From: Lukas Tönne <lukas.toenne at googlemail.com (mailto:lukas.toenne at googlemail.com)>
>> > To: bf-blender developers <bf-committers at blender.org (mailto:bf-committers at blender.org)>
>> > Date: 07/01/2011 01:54 AM
>> > > I'm sorry people, i have given up on hair systems :(
>> > > My primary intention was to get the hair code out of the way of
>> > > particle development, so i can finish paged buffer implementation and
>> > > then continue working on nodes. As it turns out, separating hair code
>> > > from particle code is just as much work, if not more, than writing it
>> > > from scratch. After all i'm a volunteer like most other coders here,
>> > > so as long as nobody pays me for this, i'm not going to waste my time
>> > > on it.
>> > >
>> > > This means that hair will be either broken or completely missing from
>> > > paged particles. Whether or not the new dynamic buffers will make it
>> > > into trunk will therefore depend on
>> > >
>> > > a) dropping hair support officially (unlikely)
>> > > b) finding somebody to voluntarily "fix" the hair systems (i.e. make
>> > > it work somehow) or code a new hair system (the latter would be much
>> > > preferred, but takes time)
>> > > c) raising enough money to get b) done
>> > >
>> > > Again, i'm sorry, but it looks like you will have to live with crappy
>> > > particles - or use my branch and accept that there is no (more or
>> > > less) working hair system.
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>> > Why not write up a proposal with some objectives and clearly defined
>> > prices to implement it yourself.
>> >
>> > Then the community can start to fund raise for it.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
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