[Bf-committers] Smart nodes aren't so smart

[Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com]

Yes, agree to all points; keep input links when duplicating should be
default even

Daniel Salazar
3Developer.com



On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Lukas Tönne
<lukas.toenne at googlemail.com> wrote:
> +1
>
> It would be much more helpful to have better tools to
> * insert nodes into existing links
> * replace nodes by others
> * keep input links when duplicating (optional)
> ...
>
> There are some possibilities to make noders life easier, but the
> crappy autoconnect is not one of them. Current autoconnect messes up
> mostly because it cannot chose sensible nodes to connect to, not just
> sockets. The above features don't have that problem, but they still
> might require better definition of socket "roles" (also relates to
> muting). I might implement it at some point, but wouldn't mind leaving
> it to another coder who wants to get down into the trenches with UI
> code. I would give advice when i can of course.
>
> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Diego B <bdiego at gmail.com> wrote:
>> +1
>>
>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:49 PM, pete larabell <xgl.asyliax at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> +1 on that.
>>>
>>> I find myself disconnecting the auto-connected nodes a vast majority
>>> of the time. I do think it's cool that Blender can do it, but I'd
>>> prefer it to be disabled by default for sure.
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
>>> <zanqdo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> This behavior of nodes making connections automatically, can we just
>>>> get rid of it pretty please? nice intention but it doesn't work :)
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>>
>>>> Daniel Salazar
>>>> 3Developer.com
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