I know there arnt a huge number of Blender heads here, but on the off chance someone is interested... Blender 2.48 has been released. This version is largely the result of the Apricot Project to increase Blenders viability as video game asset creation tool. It includes new features such as realtime GLSL shaders, Grease…
see.. i already did that the previous time i threw my brain at blender. and forgot. its just too much hassle trying to remember how the damn thing worked.
2.48a is out with a number of bug fixes from 2.48. http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/ Development of new features for trunk has been frozen so that existing functions can be ported over to the new core. Next stop, 2.5!
we're tempted to incorporate blender at work. being able to use Vray is a huge plus and i think the animator has his eye on some cool rigs. the shader creation and fluid dynamics are pretty fun too..... i just dread having to model with it >: (
Unfortunately that's because everyone in Source-land only cares about XSI mod tool and other commercial apps. No one's really stepped up to the plate to write working SMD import/export plugins. Ever. And anyone on the Blender dev side of things would say 'code it yourself'. Meh
on the mac, i just switched the viewport options to turntable and rotate around selection, spun the view a couple of times... aaaaaand... the default cube in view exploded into rainbow colors and blender vanished. :D think i'll give it another try in a couple of releases. if it's that easy to get the thing to crash, i'd…
I use it. The Grease Pencil is cool but doesn't add much to game character modeling with the exception of helping to story board animation. The realtime shaders are cool but most major apps max, maya, xsi have all had this for a while. I do like the fact that that you can texture paint on top of the normal map in the view…
For those who want to try Blender but give up because of the aggravating (I'm not a fan) trackball rotation (ala Modo), take your cursor up to the edge underneath file/edit/etc... (and drag down, you'll reveal a hidden preferences-pane (I know what you're thinking. Yes, it's a stupid system). 'wow!' you must think to…