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

[Lukas Tönne]

+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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