[Robotics] iTaSC branch available for test at graphicall.org

[Benoit Bolsee]

Hi Ruben,

Thanks for the file. Makefile is not the best way to compile Blender.
Can you try with scons?

Move to the directory where you checked out itasc (directory with
Sconstruct file). You may want to tune first some scons parameter by
copying ./config/linux2-config.py to ./user-config.py and change some
parameters there. I usually disable the gameplayer: 
WITH_BF_PLAYER = False

Then run 'python scons/scons.py'
This will build blender in ../install directory

I didn't try to compile in Linux since I ported the code to 2.5 but I
did compile for Linux when the code was still in the 2.4 branch. I will
try on my side to compile in Ubuntu.

Regards,
Benoit

> -----Original Message-----
> From: robotics-bounces at blender.org 
> [mailto:robotics-bounces at blender.org] On Behalf Of Ruben Smits
> Sent: jeudi 30 juillet 2009 15:57
> To: Blender and Robotics
> Subject: Re: [Robotics] iTaSC branch available for test at 
> graphicall.org
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Ruben 
> Smits<ruben.smits at mech.kuleuven.be> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Benoit 
> > Bolsee<benoit.bolsee at online.be> wrote:
> >> Hi Florian,
> >>
> >> I saw the group, very good idea thanks.
> >> Yes building the iTaSC branch in Ubuntu should be straightforward 
> >> although I never did it. The scons building system is up 
> the date and 
> >> should work in Linux. Here is the address of the branch:
> >>
> >> https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/branches/itasc
> >
> > I get the following error while building the itasc branch 
> on my ubuntu 
> > jaunty system:
> >
> > ====> make all in intern/itasc
> > make[2]: sdl-config: Command not found
> > make[2]: sdl-config: Command not found
> > make[2]: sdl-config: Command not found
> > mkdir: cannot create directory
> > 
> `/home/rsmits/workspace/blender-itasc/obj/linux-glibc2.9-x86_64/intern
> > /intern/itasc':
> > No such file or directory
> >
> > I guess the problem is the double intern listing in the 
> path, probably 
> > something wrong in some makefile, i looked around a bit but did not 
> > found out yet where the error comes from
> 
> I already got a little further, but i had to apply the 
> changes from the attached patch file.
> 
> Now i'm stuck at the following;
> make all in source/gameengine/GamePlayer/ghost
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target 
> `/home/rsmits/workspace/blender-itasc/obj/linux-glibc2.9-x86_6
4/gameengine/blphys/fuzzics/libfuzzics.a',
> needed by 
> `/home/rsmits/workspace/blender-itasc/obj/linux-glibc2.9-x86_6
> 4/bin/blender'.
>  Stop.
> make: *** [all] Error 1
> 
> I don't find anything in the source tree that comes even 
> close to something being called fuzzics :(
> 
> Ruben
> 
> >> It is parallel to the blender directory of the official blender2.5 
> >> branch.
> >>
> >> If you can make a Ubuntu branch and test it with the demo 
> file, I can 
> >> upload it to graphicall.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Benoit
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: robotics-bounces at blender.org 
> >> [mailto:robotics-bounces at blender.org] On Behalf Of Florian Lier
> >> Sent: lundi 27 juillet 2009 20:36
> >> To: Blender and Robotics
> >> Subject: Re: [Robotics] iTaSC branch available for test at 
> >> graphicall.org
> >>
> >> Hey,
> >>
> >> ok - this excludes 2.5 for me - FOR NOW.
> >> I was just thinking about switching to the iTaSC
> >> branch and using the BGE for my master thesis, but
> >> there are, as u said, too many limitations. So I will continue my 
> >> work on 2.49, which is still thrilling :)
> >>
> >> My 2 cent:
> >> I think your work will extremly push the process of
> >> using blender in robotics, because building models, 
> environments and 
> >> interactivly control those entities will be extremly "easy" in 
> >> comparison to other solutions.
> >>
> >> I created a Blender and Robotics group on Vimeo, so adding 
> videos in 
> >> this group will aggregate the knowledge...
> >>
> >> Here's the link: http://www.vimeo.com/groups/blenderandrobotics
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers, Florian
> >>
> >> P.S.:
> >> If u don't have the time for a build u can send me the url of the 
> >> sources. I guess building the iTaSC branch isn't extremly 
> different 
> >> from building the "normal" 2.5...
> >>
> >>
> >> Benoit Bolsee wrote:
> >>
> >> OK, I'll make a Ubuntu build as soon as I can.
> >> The BGE has a different Python API than Blender and unfortunately, 
> >> there is no API yet to get the pose matrix or the joint angle. The 
> >> 'old' blender API is available, however it would be of any use in 
> >> this case because the pose data is stored on the BGE side 
> and would 
> >> need a special API to get it. This is something I will 
> work on in the 
> >> near future.
> >>
> >> 2.5 is indeed strongly limited but improving everyday day. It is 
> >> quite possible to build a model in 2.49 and just open it 
> in 2.5 and 
> >> use the new features. This is how I did the robot model in 
> this demo. 
> >> Editing in 2.5 is possible but very limited and still 
> buggy. Linking 
> >> data between files is not yet possible unfortunately but the ogic 
> >> editor and the BGE is functional in 2.5.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Benoit
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: robotics-bounces at blender.org 
> >> [mailto:robotics-bounces at blender.org] On Behalf Of Florian Lier
> >> Sent: lundi 27 juillet 2009 19:04
> >> To: Blender and Robotics
> >> Subject: Re: [Robotics] iTaSC branch available for test at 
> >> graphicall.org
> >>
> >>
> >> Wow, this outstanding !!
> >>
> >> I really want to test the build on Ubuntu!
> >>
> >> A few questions:
> >>
> >> 1) 2.5 is strongly limited at the moment, is it possible to create 
> >> own models?
> >> 2) Is the python API the same? Is is possible to use "old" python
> >> scripts in the BGE?
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers, and again - nice work!
> >>
> >> Florian
> >>
> >>
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