[Bf-python] Questions about new API and particles in 2.46

[Campbell Barton]

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:17 PM, whiterabbit at dreamscapearts.com
<whiterabbit at dreamscapearts.com> wrote:
> Hey everybody,
>
>  I've just registered here so let me introduce myself, I'm Eric Back aka
>   >WHiTeRaBBiT< the
>  developer for the RibMosaic RenderMan exporter. Heres some places to
>  learn more about me :)
>
>  My project site is here: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ribmosaic
>  You can see test renders here:
>  http://picasaweb.google.com/dreamscapearts/MOSAICTestRenders
>  I'm also blogging for MOSAIC here:
>  http://www.blendertorenderman.blogspot.com
>
>  Up till learning about this mailing list I had no idea where to look to
>  find information about the
>  direction and progress of the Python API in Blender. After browsing
>  though this mailing list I'm
>  shocked to find out that the entire API is changing and that there seems
>  to be no interest in
>  porting the new particles system to Python! After a little over a year
>  of Very intense programming
>  MOSAIC is fully functional with over 6000 lines of code. I'm saying this
>  to ask two questions:
>
>  1) Is it possible to port the particles over even if it just uses the
>  existing effects API? If this doesn't
>     happen I will be forced to lock MOSAIC to Blender 2.45 or have no
>  particles at all! I think most
>     users will not even consider MOSAIC if it will not work on the
>  latest version of Blender because
>     of all the new features being added this year :(
>
>  2) When is the new API scheduled to be release and will it completely
>  break compatibility with the
>     current API? I really don't look forward to completely recoding 6000
>  lines of code all at once just
>     to get MOSAIC up and running again :( Is there somewhere I can go to
>  get more information on this?
>
>  Hopefully I sound somewhat polite, but after alot of work in a project
>  (that matters to me at least) I'm
>  trying not to be VERY upset!
>
>  Cheers
>   >WHiTeRaBBiT<

Hey WHiTeRaBBiT, can you mail the bf-python mailing list the functions
your using in the existing particles api?
Maybe a smaller subset can be added in for 2.46 that is enough to get
the strand info and export it.