2.8 Hurdles and Roadblocks

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July 3, 2019 at 6:48 am #47599
Omar Domenech
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@spikeyxxx Dangs I did not see Auto Run Python Scripts there. So why in 2.8 aren’t files at the beginning asking if I want to reload trusted? Maybe they are and I am missing that as well? those quick messages now appear at the bottom but it is not showing there either.

I skipped that step in the instructions for rendering the demo reel in 2.8, I hope that reload trusted isn’t appearing on other people when they open the file to be rendered. Now I’m a bit freaked out.
July 3, 2019 at 9:57 am #47600
spikeyxxx
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@dostovel I don’t know, but I tried to open an old file from the animation bootcamp and I got this:

I’m sure you couldn’t have missed that;)
July 3, 2019 at 10:16 am #47601
Omar Domenech
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@spikeyxxx I am not getting that no. That looks and reads so ominous. If that thing popped up on my screen I’d quickly unplugged the computer from the wall socket and ran to my mom.
July 3, 2019 at 7:20 pm #47602
Wayne Dixon
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@spikeyxxx

Just so you know Spikey, there are 2.8 animation bootcamp files available 😉

But I know you were just demonstrating the error message…not the fact that I created something this is now broken haha
July 7, 2019 at 9:25 am #47603
Matthew Fricker
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I’ve just come across something crazy in 2.8 and I’m really hoping it is a new feature and not a bug because it will be awesome – I accidentally switched to edit mode when I had two different objects selected in object mode, and was able to edit them both! This would be an amazing feature especially when aligning geometry up with other objects that are supposed to fit tightly together. The screenshots below show what I’m talking about :

Two seperate objects selected , one highlighted yellow and one orange :

Enter edit mode and both are editable :
July 7, 2019 at 10:17 am #47604
Omar Domenech
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@frikkr Yeah it’s one of the coolest new features of 2.8, it’s not a bug. Although can you imagine if that had been a product of a bug in your computer? dude your .blend would be worth billions, devs from all over the world would line up at your house to see the wonder, Shakira would throw a concert in celebration. That screenshot would have been famous.
July 7, 2019 at 10:37 am #47605
Matthew Fricker
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@dostovel Hahaha if only eh 😛
July 7, 2019 at 10:55 am #47606
Omar Domenech
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@frikkr Has 2.8 been locking your computer down, Matt? Windows keeps crashing for me, it freezes up and I have to force restart by holding the power button on the laptop. And more times than non it has been when exporting a video. There are a lot of errors and glitches and bugs and crashes and crazy and oh boy, and even then I can’t go back to 2.79 now.
July 7, 2019 at 2:43 pm #47607
Matthew Fricker
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@dostovel Ive been using it for a week now Omar and I haven’t had a single crash , glitch or bug . Im actually quite impressed at how smoothly it is considering it is still in Beta .
July 7, 2019 at 3:06 pm #47608
Matthew Fricker
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Anybody know how to scale a face loop on its normals in 2.8 ? Im sure it used to be ALT S , but now that shrinks/fattens……..

I want to scale the selected face loop in on itself so the diameter gets smaller without the faces getting shorter or the whole thing sinking down inside that nut :

Also , I’m sure when scaling an object on an axis , if you tapped that axis again it would switch from global . to normal , and then finally to whatever you had selected in the menu for the gizmo – for example Normal , but it seems in 2.8 it will only switch between global and local , meaning you have to activate the gizmo and use it to scale on an objects normal , gimbal , or view , which is a minor inconvenience but was much easier when you could just cycle through when scaling by hitting the axis you were scaling on – am I missing something here?

2.79 example of what I used to do :
July 7, 2019 at 3:42 pm #47609
smurfmier1985
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@dostovel Never crashes for me either Omar… even in Alpha I had very little crashes. Might be because you’re converting your 2.79 scene, or maybe because you do lots of advanced fancy stuff we mundane humans don’t do 😉
July 7, 2019 at 3:46 pm #47610
smurfmier1985
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@frikkr as far is I now it still alt+s.. but in this case, couldn’t you just do normal scale and then do shift-z to make sure it doesn’t scale on the z-axis?
July 7, 2019 at 5:11 pm #47611
Omar Domenech
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@smurfmier1985 I wish I’d be one of them fancy fellows that uses drivers, rigs, math nodes and python.

I don’t take coffee, I take tea, my dear
I like my models done all quad
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
I’m an average user in CG.
July 7, 2019 at 5:16 pm #47612
smurfmier1985
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@dostovel This brings hope to all of us still at the bottom of the CG mountain looking up an seeing you standing at the top
July 7, 2019 at 6:09 pm #47613
Omar Domenech
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@smurfmier1985 Take my hand…. behold the horizon!

This here is but the first peak, this was only base camp, look how many other elevations there are. That there is Mt. Rigging, is where everyone goes to die. I’ll try to summit Mt. Lighting next, is a short but treasonous path, watch out. Now climb back down, you’re not doing any favors taking shortcuts.
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