[Blender] New DTS plugin

[Trogtor]

speaking of errors, did you ever figure out a fix for this problem? (or just something in general I can change to prevent it)

spent like an hour making a really intricate running animation and



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[Jervan]

Wait wait wait, so using this I could potentially make the default minifig do animations and avoid animating 50+ weapons?

[Trogtor]

Wait wait wait, so using this I could potentially make the default minifig do animations and avoid animating 50+ weapons?

yes but too many extra threads cause problems apparently

so basically its not a good idea for a bunch of people to create their own

[Jervan]

I thought it was too many threads making the datablock too large? Surely if you made a custom datablock using the minifig files as well as the custom ones it'd be fine?

[Kyuande]

Adding animations increases the TSConstructor size, you can only go so far before it fails to load.

[portify]

Adding animations increases the TSConstructor size, you can only go so far before it fails to load.

You can have any number of animations in a single DSQ file, so you only need one entry in the TSShapeConstructor

[Kyuande]

Example? Or is it really simple?

[portify]

Example? Or is it really simple?

Export one or more animations to a dsq file. Add it to the TSShapeConstructor sequence list without a name.

[Trogtor]

but when multiple people start making their own add-ons with custom animations, wouldn't they eventually pile up and will cause problems as zeblote said?

[portify]

but when multiple people start making their own add-ons with custom animations, wouldn't they eventually pile up and will cause problems as zeblote said?

The main problem with public add-ons that use custom animations is that animations are model-specific. Your playertype can have custom animations, sure, but if you want your weapon to have custom animations on the player side then people would have to use that weapon with a specific playertype bundled with your weapon.

[Quartz]

Wait wait wait, so using this I could potentially make the default minifig do animations and avoid animating 50+ weapons?

Over, under, left right ... goodnight!

[Jervan]

Shameless bump but blender is the stupidest smart piece of software I've ever used, so unintuitive to me. You can select by hierarchy but you can't de-select by it. Ctrl z only works in a couple of situations AND the UI is feels all over the place. However, I'm managing to use this plugin without a hitch :D

[Dannu]

Shameless bump but blender is the stupidest smart piece of software I've ever used, so unintuitive to me. You can select by hierarchy but you can't de-select by it. Ctrl z only works in a couple of situations AND the UI is feels all over the place. However, I'm managing to use this plugin without a hitch :D

Blender is fantastic, just very difficult to get a hang of.

[Jervan]

Yeah I can see the potential, which is why it's so frustrating that it's not more intuitive. Stupid smart software

[portify]

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