YafaRay plugin; update roadmap and change list

[povmaniac]

Sorry... the compatibility with old files is truncated in most cases.
Btw.. most parts of code are WIP.
I am learning more and more Erlang..

[oort]

povmaniac,
I realize that some things that have changed will not allow for compatibility since they are all new settings (Shader Type, etc.). Old settings that carry forward should still work. I understand that there is a lot to learn. I still only know a little.... I wish I had more time to look at the code. I will try to find some time...

You are making good progress and things are looking good. I will try to find time to post some .wings files on my website for testing new versions.

Thanks,
oort

[micheus]

povmaniac, I was playing with Blend material and I found that unused materials are not been exported. So, we always will get an error by using that material. As a workaround I created other objects to assign each material used.

It's probably that I'm not knowing how to use/configure the settings for blending materials, since even checking Blend Material and Blend mapping I was not able to get the expected result when mixing Shiny Diffuse (UV mapped) and Rough Glass materials:

So, Is it possible so mix these materials?

I was expecting for something like that:


obs: the scene file is here.

[povmaniac]

Sorry.. I am not review yet the 'blend material' export code.

[oort]

Micheus,
Yes, you have to assign both materials used in a blend material to an object. Simply hide the object and it still works. I didn't know how to fix this since I think it is part of Wings3D behavior and not specific to YafaRay. I may be wrong???

This requirement and some other tips are noted in the supported features doc on my website.... YafaRay Plugin Features

I have only played with blend materials a very little. The render times for scenes with blend materials are very long on my old PC so I avoid them...

oort

[micheus]

I was using an object with vertex color settings and I noticed that maybe it was not implemented too.
So, I decided to use the option Vertex Attributes -> Color to Materials that produced a lot of materials. Change the parameters for each one of these materials would be a hard task.

That said, it would be useful add the options to set the default parameters for the default material we can set on Edit->Plug-in Preferences.

[oort]

Micheus,
It is possible to set the default shader (shiny diffuse,glass,sss,etc) under Edit> plug-in preferences. I guess you are wanting to be able to define more than just the shader...

I had used the same method to create the following...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/o...arble8.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/o...Buddha.png

oort

[micheus]

I guess you are wanting to be able to define more than just the shader...

Just those we see after choose the material type on the Material Editor (ME) - we can leave the modulators out...
... or add a button "Set to default" on the ME.

[micheus]

povmaniac, does the 0.1.5 an "evolution" of the 0.1.3 version of yafaray?

[oort]

Micheus,
I think that 0.1.5 is an evolution of 0.1.2 and 0.1.3 (Experimental) is completely separate since it includes GSOC features like SSS.

oort