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For inter-process messaging, you can use the Python socket interface. What I don't know is whether the Python core in blender includes them, so you may need a full Python install. Big deal, it's free. The other alternative is more complicated. 1) You have to write very low-level code in Windows to a...

Not bad. There's a good number of things blender can boast, packing many fantastic tools right out of the box, thus becoming a true alternative to many commercial packages. -Raytraced shadows and reflections. Just to show them that Blender is serious about shading. Then comes the rad stuff. -Radiosi...

Seamless integration (a la yafray plugin) It would be ideal to just select the shader from the menu (oh please please please )

Well, it takes an intermediate step, but I'm relaying in Wings3D to import Illustrator legacy and then Blender to import Wings. Don't know if that helps.

Wow, I'm lucky. The feature I crave is actually an upcoming one I didn't know of. (And I did try the search tool )

Test update. I had posted previous specs about incompatibilities with my old RivaTNT2 card. I came in posession of another TNT2 and tested it. The same error I had reported with the previous TNT2 also ocurred this time: when a single-frame render finishes and the window that displays the rendering i...

Well, Illustrator has another key to unlock everything that was locked down just as ALT-H unhides everything, and it'd work even better here since it would be restricted to the current mesh.

Here's an idea I'd like to hear comments on. Perhaps it has been suggested before, I dunno. I tried searching and didn't find anything similar, but my approach to the search might've been a little naive. Those who've worked in Illustrator know that there's an option to lock down objects so they won'...

Particle features would go in as "sputter"

Hey all. I'm new around, but I've been blending for quite some time now. I can do without, but I prefer using my wacom to blend. I mapped the rear thumb switch to work as the middle button, and that makes a big difference. Just as in 2d, I get more precision with a pen-like instrument. Strange that ...

Old system OS : WinXP Pro SP1 CPU : Athlon XP+ 1800 (1533 MHz) Memory : 384MB 266MHz(PC2100) DDR Markvision unbuff unreg Video : 3DBlaster (Creative) Riva TNT2 (AGP2X, 32MB SDR) Drivers : nVidia 40.xx - 5x.xx Functionality and problems : Only one rather annoying bug. The machine would lock up at th...

Hey all. Long time blender-er but only yesterday decided to jump in. I've found that the rendering of backgrounds seems to disagree with displacement mapping. For some reason, when I map a cloud texture to the background AND add displacement mapping in a simple scene (just a displaced sphere, camera...