Add a preference to "Work Offline" system preference as well as command
line options `--offline-mode` & `--online-mode`
(which overrides the preference).
This option is displayed in the initial setup screen too.
This is currently respected by:
- Check for updates on startup
- Disables running an update when enabling extensions.
When Blender is launched with `--offline-mode` the option cannot be
enabled in the preferences. This is intended for environments
where internet access is intentionally disallowed.
Background: with Blender supporting access to online-repositories
as well as 3rd party extensions themselves potentially accessing the
internet. This setting provides a way for users to disable online
functionality.
This prevents error messages when online access fails in environments
without internet access as well as the ability for users who prefer
Blender doesn't access the internet to have one place to turn this off.
While it does not enforce limitations on add-ons, 3rd party scripts
are expected to respect this setting using `bpy.app.internet_offline`.
The details for this will be handled along with other policies scripts
are expected to follow.
Ref !121994
Split single keymap definition into timeline and preview as well as LCS
and RCS definitions.
This improves readability of keymap code.
Tweak and Box Select tools will now use "Sequencer Timeline Tool",
or "Sequencer Preview Tool" entries instead of "Sequencer Tool", so
custom keymaps or scripts have to be updated.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/121846
This introduce a new "secret" per-repository property of type password
as described by #121856.
A token or secret may be used by some non blender.org repositories.
This only shows for remote repositories and is shown in the
"Add Remote Repository" popup.
This commit doesn't implement sending to token to the server which will
be implemented separately.
Ref !121886
Co-authored-by: Dalai Felinto <dalai@blender.org>
- Replace f-string with str.format
- Comment type annotations.
- Use double-quote for non-enum strings.
- Use single instead of double-underscores for private functions.
Add an optional `[build]` table, only used for the "build" sub-command.
Supported entries.
- `paths = [..]` list of strings.
Explicitly list all paths to include.
Python "wheels" and the manifest are automatically included.
- `paths_exclude_pattern = [..]` list of strings.
A `.gitignore` compatible list of patterns.
By default "paths_exclude_pattern" is set to:
[".*", "__pycache__"] when the `[build]` table entry isn't found.
Only one of these options is supported at once since it makes to sense
to exclude paths when they're manually listed.
This pull request adds an "Active Element" node that exposes the active
vertex, edge, or face index to the geometry node tool context. The
presence of an active element is available as a boolean.
This node enables the creation of "active-to-selected" style operators.
Co-authored-by: Hans Goudey <hans@blender.org>
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/121333
No functional changes.
- Remove unnecessary variable declarations.
- Declare wm & prefs at the function beginning
to prevent noisy patches in case they're used elsewhere in the future.
- Correct invalid comment.
Jittered Soft Shadows support.
Improves soft shadow quality at the cost of re-rendering shadow maps every sample.
Disabled by default in the viewport unless enabled in the Scene settings.
| Tracing-only | Jitter-only | Jitter+Over-blur |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |
Tracing-only is the method used by default in EEVEE-Next.
Jitter-only is the method used by EEVEE-Legacy Soft Shadows.
Jitter+Over-blur combines both.
Co-authored by Miguel Pozo @pragma37 (initial patch #119753)
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/121836
Add-ons which were enabled but not found warn on startup
and were shown under "Missing scripts", where they can be ignored
(the user can choose to restore the paths) or disabled them to suppress
the warnings in future.
This is now available again, with a minor refactor.
Add new ID_IS_EDITABLE macro that checks if the ID can be edited in the
user interface. Replace usage of ID_IS_LINKED where it is used with this
meaning.
Also add a corresponding ID.is_editable property for Python.
This prepares for the ability to edit some linked datablocks for brush
assets.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/121838
Use the name "index.json" instead of "bl_ext_repo.json".
This makes more sense as the name is automatically added to the end
of file:// URL's a little like index.html for web-sites.
Manually deleting the extensions directory caused checking for
updates on startup to fail.
It attempted to create a directory without the parent existing
which raised an error.
Previously regular paths were supported however supporting both
URL's and file paths isn't very common & complicated internal logic.
Also fixed an error where the server-generate sub-command created the
"archive_url" from the file-name without URL encoding.
Without this the experience was:
* Launch Blender
* Go to Preferences > Extensions
* Click on Enable Repository
Nothing happens...
* Restart Blender
* Go to Preferences > Extensions
You would see an error: Repository ... must sync with the remote
repository.
In theory users had to click on "Check for Updates" for this to go away.
This commit does it automatically for them.
The extensions system allows to extend Blender with connectivity to the internet. Right now it means Blender can
discover and install add-ons and themes directly from the internet, and notify users about their updates.
By default this is disabled (opt-in), and users can enable it the first time they try to install an extension or visit
the Prefences > Extensions tab. If this is enabled, Blender will automatically check for updates for
extensions.blender.org upon startup.
When will Blender access the remote repositories:
* Every time you open the Preferences → Extensions: ALL the enabled repositories get checked for the latest info (json)
* Every time you try to install by dragging: ALL the enabled repositories get checked for the latest info (json).
* Every time you start Blender: selected repositories get checked for the latest info (json).
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From the Blender code point of view, this means that most of the add-ons and themes originally bundled with Blender
will now be available from the online platform, instead of bundled with Blender. The exception are add-ons which are
deemed core functionality which just happened to be written as Python add-ons.
Links:
* Original Extenesions Platform Announcement: https://code.blender.org/2022/10/blender-extensions-platform/
* Extensions website: https://extensions.blender.org/
* User Manual: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/4.2/extensions/index.html#extensions-index
* Technical specifications: https://developer.blender.org/docs/features/extensions/
* Changes on add-ons bundling: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/changes-to-add-on-bundling-4-2-onwards/34593
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This PR does the following:
* Move extensions out of experimental.
* No longer install `scripts/addons` & `scripts/addons_contrib`.
* Add `scripts/addons_core` to blender's repository.
These add-ons will still be bundled with Blender and will be always enabled in the future, with their preferences
moved to be more closely integrated with the rest of Blender. This will happen during the remaining bcon2 period.
For more details, see #121830
From scripts/addons:
* copy_global_transform.py
* hydra_storm
* io_anim_bvh
* io_curve_svg
* io_mesh_uv_layout
* io_scene_fbx
* io_scene_gltf2
* pose_library
* ui_translate
* viewport_vr_preview
Extra: bl_pkg (scripts/addons_contrib)
Note: The STL (legacy) add-on is going to be moved to the extensions platform. There is already a C++ version on core
which is enabled by default.
All the other add-ons are already available at extensions.blender.org. To use them you need to:
* Go to User Preferences > Extensions
* You will be greated with an "Online Extensions" message, click on "Enable Repository".
* Search the add-on you are looking for (e.g, Import Images as Planes).
* Click on Install
Over time their maintaince will be transferred over to the community so their development can carry on. If you used to
help maintain a bundled add-on please read: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/changes-to-add-on-bundling-4-2-onwards/34593
Ref: !121825
The algorithm to merge points based on distance thresholdhas been
implemented in 8b7d5f8587. This patch moves the function to
`blender::ed::greasepencil` namespace and use it to implement
merge by distance operator.
There are two parameters for the operator:
`threshold`: Distance threshold used for merging.
`use_unselected`: Use whole stroke or only selected points
Resolves: #113917
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/120385
Implementation of the GPv2 Fill tool in Grease Pencil 3.
This tool creates new strokes where the user clicks, by rendering
strokes into an image and then performing flood-fill and boundary
search operations.
This is a minimal first part, several features of the GPv2 tool are
still missing (gap filling methods, smoothing, dilate/erode).
Co-authored-by: Falk David <falk@blender.org>
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/120693
Sculpt: Add customizable increment for line tool snapping
This PR exposes the snap increments introduced in #118760 to the base
`WM_gesture_straightline` operators and exposes the increment menu to
allow users to change this value in both Sculpt and Weight Paint mode.
## Details
The full list of operators this affects:
* IMAGE_OT_sample_line
* PAINT_OT_weight_gradient
* MESH_OT_bisect
* PAINT_OT_mask_line_gesture
* SCULPT_OT_trim_line_gesture
* SCULPT_OT_project_line_gesture
* PAINT_OT_hide_show_line_gesture
## Compatibility
Previously, the hardcoded value for this snap increment was 15 degrees,
by using the toolsetting value, this changes the default to 5 degrees.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/121547
