bf-blender / Windows (2004/07/02)

gabio · Post by **gabio** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:50 pm

Here is a nice build to try. it got:
-Leon's particle
-Ramp shader.
-Blender player
-Yafray plugin for windows.

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A new build is available

GFA-MAD · Post by **GFA-MAD** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:13 pm

Waou ! A lots of thing ! Thanks for this build. The new particles effects is great.

GFA-MAD

birras · Post by **birras** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 6:29 pm

thanks gabio
your effort is well apreciated!!
I wish I could invite you for a cold beer!!

just one thing...leon did have a little tut/man for the particle system here:

http://reblended.com/www/leon/particle

broken link as for today..... is there some info somewhere else?

SamAdam · Post by **SamAdam** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:32 pm

isn't it about time someone updated the readme?
nice build, but it doesn't have the yafray folder.

GFA-MAD · Post by **GFA-MAD** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:31 pm

Problem: Yafray doesn't start, even by unchecking XML... Blender hangs and nothing happen. (Windows XP). Of course, Yafray is installed...

thoro · Post by **thoro** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:31 pm

You have to use a newer version of YafRay - unfortunately, it is not included in this ZIP-File (SamAdam mentioned this before), but it was included in the last version.

You'll find it here: http://www.blender.org/modules.php?op=m ... pic&t=3953

JA-forreal · Post by **JA-forreal** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 1:33 am

I think that the new Ramp shader make a big difference with a skin shader in Blender. I did a test with it on one of my new 3d characters.-

http://www.solarflarestudios.com/forum/ ... ?p=968#968

Thanks for this build gabio!

thoro · Post by **thoro** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:19 am

...I think it looks very promising.

arangel · Post by **arangel** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:27 am

Ramp give such a sense os depth!
I couldn´t find the Ramp shader on this build... ?
I liked very much the new light toggles in the preview tab!
And cool new effects icon, too

thoro · Post by **thoro** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:05 pm

arangel wrote:I couldn´t find the Ramp shader on this build... ?
I liked very much the new light toggles in the preview tab!

So you got very close to the Ramp shader - it's a seperate folder sharing the panel with the 'Material' settings (called 'Ramps').

It's been a while since I looked into the particle system - I never really liked it. But with the new features it seems to be much more usable - and useful. I've seen Aner's demo movie and... Wow, I must use this!

And the new Ramp shader is a major feature for me - I will need some time to understand it but it already shows it's huge potential.

@ndy · Post by **@ndy** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:44 pm

the ramp shader is one of the most powerful shading options out there.
a HUUUUUUUGE tank you goes to ton who coded this lil thing for me!

.andy

arangel · Post by **arangel** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 4:15 pm

Found it, Thoro. Thanks!
Really broadens the possibilities of shaders creation!

solmax · Post by **solmax** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:12 pm

yay - great!! especially the ramp-shader - much better toon-shading is easy now! any chance to see that as a texture? this would enable us to use ramps on any texture attribute and improve blender's shading capabilities a lot! just as an extended blend-texture?

however great build, let me forget my hangover

best regards

marin

theeth · Post by **theeth** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:00 pm

solmax wrote:any chance to see that as a texture? this would enable us to use ramps on any texture attribute and improve blender's shading capabilities a lot! just as an extended blend-texture?

I'm probably missing something, but you can already do colorband (ramps) for textures. I'm pretty sure you knew that already though, so that must not be what you meant.

Martin

solmax · Post by **solmax** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:19 pm

i wasn't precise - i thought of the "input" feature that the new ramps use.