can we get the current eevee shader string? compile a shader to get drawn in the main loop?
with this I can override the drawing of a object for sure. On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 1:07 AM Hadrien Brissaud via Bf-committers < bf-committers@blender.org> wrote: > Fair enough, I just wanted to make sure we were talking about the same > thing. I haven't tested drivers in linked materials since a few months, so > if it does work I'm a happy man. I'm glad I can make use of those in > upcoming projects. Thanks for all the clarification, have a good day, > > Hadrien > > On Thu, 23 Sept 2021 at 09:53, Bastien Montagne via Bf-committers < > bf-committers@blender.org> wrote: > > > Hmmm, assigning a local copy of the material to an overridde object is > > same issue basically (being complicated to get working), you either have > > to override also the obdata, since by default materials are assigned to > > obdata (meshes and the like), or change that later setting to assign > > materials to objects (in your library file)... But this is tricky to get > > working, order in which things get evaluated in RNA code also matters > > etc. Mine field. > > > > The drivers on material properties should work though, since a few weeks? > > > > Cheers, > > Bastien > > > > On 9/22/21 7:20 PM, Hadrien Brissaud wrote: > > > Alright, good to see this is known already. For clarity's sake, by > > > "overriding material" I didn't mean changing individual node > > > properties and connections and such, but linking a completely > > > different material on the object (usually a copy of the linked one). I > > > didn't actually expect overrides to the node tree topology/properties > > > to be supported, that sounds awfully complex. It is probably simpler > > > to approach "material variations on linked assets" through drivers > > > between the object's custom properties and its material, which so far > > > doesn't work either -this is something that I tried during production > > > and eventually resorted to local materials because those drivers would > > > fail upon linking the character. > > > > > > Thanks for your reply, have a good evening > > > > > > Hadrien > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 10:43, Bastien Montagne via Bf-committers > > > <bf-committers@blender.org <mailto:bf-committers@blender.org>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Hadrien, > > > > > > Thanks for the feedback. Yes overrides of materials are still very > > > unreliable, this is due to how materials are weirdly related to > both > > > Object and ObData IDs... not to mention that there is currently > > > almost > > > nothing overridable in materials anyway, so you would need to rely > on > > > tricks (drivers and custom properties) to get some properties > > > editable etc. > > > > > > Time was lacking to address this issue for 3.0, it is a known TODO > > > for > > > the near future, together with some other annoying limitations. > > > > > > All development on liboverrides happens in master currently, no > > > branch > > > to try out. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Bastien > > > > > > On 9/21/21 7:15 PM, Hadrien Brissaud wrote: > > > > Hi Bastien, > > > > > > > > as a user I am generally happy with overrides (thanks!!), except > > > when > > > > I need to override a material. Last I tested the behaviour was > > > rather > > > > unpredictable : an override was -seemingly- created, but on file > > > > reload it would revert to the linked material instead, and the > > > > override button was inoperative (greyed out). I will give this a > > > round > > > > of testing with latest master tonight, unless there is a specific > > > > branch I should check out ? I'm a bit out of the loop. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Hadrien > > > > > > > > On Tue, 21 Sept 2021 at 16:32, Bastien Montagne via Bf-committers > > > > <bf-committers@blender.org <mailto:bf-committers@blender.org> > > > <mailto:bf-committers@blender.org > > > <mailto:bf-committers@blender.org>>> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi fellow users & developers > > > > > > > > Now that library overrides gained maturity and are production > > > > ready in > > > > the 'character animation' case (where they replace the old > > > 'proxy' > > > > system), it is time to think about removing those proxies. > > > > > > > > Plan is to commit in the coming days the following changes: > > > > - Add auto-conversion of proxies into library overrides on > > > file > > > > load; > > > > - Remove the 'make proxy' operator. > > > > > > > > For the time being, an option (OFF by default) will be added > > > to the > > > > 'Experimental' part of the User Preferences to skip > converting > > > > existing > > > > proxies on file load. That way it is still possible to force > > > keeping > > > > proxies if absolutely necessary, and/or for test purposes. > > > > > > > > If everything goes well this option will be removed towards > the > > > > end of > > > > BCon2 (end of October 2021). Full cleanup of internal proxy > > > > evaluation > > > > and management code can then happen during BCon1 of Blender > > 3.1. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bastien > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Bf-committers mailing list > > > > Bf-committers@blender.org <mailto:Bf-committers@blender.org> > > > <mailto:Bf-committers@blender.org <mailto: > Bf-committers@blender.org > > >> > > > > List details, subscription details or unsubscribe: > > > > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > <https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers> > > > > <https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > <https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers>> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bf-committers mailing list > > > Bf-committers@blender.org <mailto:Bf-committers@blender.org> > > > List details, subscription details or unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > <https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > Bf-committers@blender.org > > List details, subscription details or unsubscribe: > > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > List details, subscription details or unsubscribe: > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org List details, subscription details or unsubscribe: https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
