For a moment I was horrified when I couldn't see the old settings, but thanks to this video I'm very happy! Everything has become much easier, thank you Mr. CGDive ♥
Thanks, Todor, for the overview. As always, you're very thorough and concise! I've seen some of the fancier add-ons implement homebrewed "update" mechanisms. It's great that there's now a standard way to achieve this. Once there are other addon repositories we can register to and we've gone through a few rounds of addon updates, we'll forget how painful and rudimentary the old system was.
Thank you so much, it's much clearer now.I was confused at first and managed to do it.I wish that install from disk was bigger and has a button. As for updates for addons, most of them that I have work such as edgeflow addon but, clean panels pro, wait for the 4.2 update! It instantly crashes blender to the point I had to reinstall completely! 😵💫
I don't understand how some people are saying this overcomplicates things, to me it seems like you can do everything like you used to but with a new way of doing things faster and easier. I just don't get people sometimes
I also predict current developers stopping existing add-on updates when this becomes standard in Blender. I seen this happen before and greatly miss the RIP add-ons. I have zero faith in BF to execute a repository due to the failure of ASS browser.
I'll welcome Extension with open arms, in age where paid addons plagued blender, we need a platform to open source free add-ons, many people will hated it because they don't understand the long term benefits or they're paid addon developer lol
One of my biggest fears would be paid add-on developers implementing spyware DRM or online DRM into this extension platform. . We do need every Blender plugin to be as free as Blender itself - Its what's ethical and important. There's so many extensions I would support if donationware, but avoid due to paywalls.
@@WannabeMarysue I believe this has already been possible. The allow internet access thing is just the main devs being transparent. "There's so many extensions I would support if donationware, but avoid due to paywalls." Maybe that is you but not the average blender user. Our donationware addons are financially supported by less than 4% of people who download them :)
@@CGDive 4%? that's awesome. would the blendermarket sales metrics look much more beefy if you also factored in gfxfather downloads? paywalls only look beefier than donationware only because those metrics don't include those on the digital high seas. As for DRM, I mean videogame-like DRM. Like Steam or Denuvo. You can research what videogames do for yourself.
I'm glad, if this will allow automatic extension updates. Manual installation is a pain. I think splitting Extensions and Add-Ons is confusing, commjt to the rebrand, yanno?
Hi, I tried to install TexTools add on and after that the software isn’t opening. I uninstalled and reinstalled, deleted the add on from blender foundation > scripts But its not opening. Please someone help me out
To update the motion path you need to click the UPDATE button. There is no built-in ghost to view your previous poses during animation. On a weak computer, the rigify rig can slow down while ARP does not. NO BUILT-IN PICKER, either manually turn on the desired layer, or drown in the visual garbage of controllers and geometry. This is what I remember when I do animation in blender. And what do they do? They make two!!! buttons for addons. Well, this is a victory, I think. At this rate, blender will be able to replace SFM in the porn industry at most, something serious will appear only by accident
Any idea on how to import image onto plane? I know there are Videos on this previous version but I cant seem to make this work (BTW, I am new to Blender)
*Here's an idea for a video using AUTO RIG PRO* how to rig a character with different shoes with different height elevation from barefoot to boots to high heels like they do in video games where you can create a female character. So you don't have to make different animations for different shoes.
It says its only accepting .zip files! im very worried! i need a certain extension to help out with a project and blender just chews it up an spits it out!!! what do i do ive spent at least a week on this projecttt
@@CGDive my issue at the time was that i was trying to imprt a python file directly, without knowing that i could just shove the .py file into a zip file and the problem would be solved
It always appears the first time. You must have installed a beta or something before. There is 4.2 folder you can delete and it will be reset to default. It’s under AppData/blender foundation I remember correctly.
Python errors are a part of life with Blender and addons. You have to be specific where it happens. If it's in default Blender, you submit a bug report through the main Blender menu. If it has to do with a specific addon, then you ask the addon developer. Hope this helps.
I am so fed up with the blender design team telling us it's more simple than it was when it isn't. Seriously how simple was it in 4.1 or 4.0 to just click a box for your add on ? really, hands up all those that thought ticking a box was hard & this way is more simple ? FFS blender designers leave things alone.
My argument is blender constantly connected to the internet leaves it vulnerable to cyberattacks. They already suffered a major one.an a not for profit entity this is a major issue for the blender foundation. Given the number of cybersecurity issues and blender’s revenue base it’s a threat to all users long term. while everyone sees this as a benefit having a program tick to turn on network access or not. It’s not safe as anyone in cybersecurity arena knows this can be overridden in background with few lines of code. Not a good scheme for me.
Blender just lets you know that it will officially connect to the internet. It was vulnerable to attacks since before this version like every other software. Nothing much has changed.
What a cluster f**k. Obviously this will become the integrated blendermarket at some point. The token integration will soon only work with an online connection. I already know what they are doing. However I have never seen anything more poorly implemented as the "get extension". Nothing is consistent here. Buggy as hell! Even some of Blender native add-ons functionality is broken. It doesn't even display the installed add-ons properly. Why would you display "installed add-ons" in the "get extensions" section!? It basically eight balled the legacy add-ons section as it is now.
@@CGDive I'm totally relaxed. Just pointing out the obvious. To call this 4.2 LTS is funny tho. That is sub alpha. Changes of this size should be reserved for 5.0. This breaks almost every community add-on. For the first time ever I won't upgrade to Blender 4.2. ;)
Blender has been very clear that internet connection will not be necessary. I don’t have a reason to doubt them about that. Feel free to tell me I told you so if I’m wrong. I’ll do the same :)
For a moment I was horrified when I couldn't see the old settings, but thanks to this video I'm very happy! Everything has become much easier, thank you Mr. CGDive ♥
Glad I could help!
Great video, thanks!
Thank you, Ryan. I always enjoy watching your videos too!
I love you Ryan! You're best!
Thanks, Todor, for the overview. As always, you're very thorough and concise! I've seen some of the fancier add-ons implement homebrewed "update" mechanisms. It's great that there's now a standard way to achieve this. Once there are other addon repositories we can register to and we've gone through a few rounds of addon updates, we'll forget how painful and rudimentary the old system was.
Thanks for this video. To me, the previous add-ons system was far more intuitive.
Hope it is helpful!
Extensions for Addon update is a good idea but they have to be certified compatables and don't cause another issues, in my humble opinion
Thank you so much, it's much clearer now.I was confused at first and managed to do it.I wish that install from disk was bigger and has a button. As for updates for addons, most of them that I have work such as edgeflow addon but, clean panels pro, wait for the 4.2 update! It instantly crashes blender to the point I had to reinstall completely! 😵💫
Thanks so much...very helpful (as always).
Happy to help!
Good stuff T.
I don't understand how some people are saying this overcomplicates things, to me it seems like you can do everything like you used to but with a new way of doing things faster and easier. I just don't get people sometimes
I also predict current developers stopping existing add-on updates when this becomes standard in Blender. I seen this happen before and greatly miss the RIP add-ons. I have zero faith in BF to execute a repository due to the failure of ASS browser.
What is ASS browser? :)
@@CGDive Interesting name for Asset browser? But in my opinion after Asset browser implementation blender became 200% better and faster to use.
@@ganzalez89 ahahaha, the asset browser. They should totally rename it :D
The Ass Browser?
Check out Source Filmmaker.
😮😮 it's a very complicated to enable add-on but 4.1 is also good
I'll welcome Extension with open arms, in age where paid addons plagued blender, we need a platform to open source free add-ons, many people will hated it because they don't understand the long term benefits or they're paid addon developer lol
Enlighten us. How do paid addons "plague" Blender?
One of my biggest fears would be paid add-on developers implementing spyware DRM or online DRM into this extension platform.
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We do need every Blender plugin to be as free as Blender itself - Its what's ethical and important. There's so many extensions I would support if donationware, but avoid due to paywalls.
@@WannabeMarysue I believe this has already been possible. The allow internet access thing is just the main devs being transparent.
"There's so many extensions I would support if donationware, but avoid due to paywalls."
Maybe that is you but not the average blender user. Our donationware addons are financially supported by less than 4% of people who download them :)
@@WannabeMarysue Actually I don't think I understand what "spyware DRM or online DRM" means. Please elaborate.
@@CGDive 4%? that's awesome.
would the blendermarket sales metrics look much more beefy if you also factored in gfxfather downloads? paywalls only look beefier than donationware only because those metrics don't include those on the digital high seas.
As for DRM, I mean videogame-like DRM. Like Steam or Denuvo. You can research what videogames do for yourself.
I'm glad, if this will allow automatic extension updates. Manual installation is a pain. I think splitting Extensions and Add-Ons is confusing, commjt to the rebrand, yanno?
Hi can you please make a video on rigging robots/mechs using autorigpro
Hi, I tried to install TexTools add on and after that the software isn’t opening. I uninstalled and reinstalled, deleted the add on from blender foundation > scripts
But its not opening.
Please someone help me out
To update the motion path you need to click the UPDATE button. There is no built-in ghost to view your previous poses during animation. On a weak computer, the rigify rig can slow down while ARP does not. NO BUILT-IN PICKER, either manually turn on the desired layer, or drown in the visual garbage of controllers and geometry. This is what I remember when I do animation in blender. And what do they do? They make two!!! buttons for addons. Well, this is a victory, I think. At this rate, blender will be able to replace SFM in the porn industry at most, something serious will appear only by accident
haha kind of true :)
Thanks for a clear exposé. You should be paid to write the official Blender manual - which I think is very poor.
Some parts of that manual are OK, some not that great :)
Any idea on how to import image onto plane? I know there are Videos on this previous version but I cant seem to make this work (BTW, I am new to Blender)
Import images as planes is now a native Blender feature in 4.2. You don't need an addon. I think it is under Shift+a > Image > Mesh Plane
*Here's an idea for a video using AUTO RIG PRO*
how to rig a character with different shoes with different height elevation from barefoot to boots to high heels like they do in video games where you can create a female character.
So you don't have to make different animations for different shoes.
Wow nice exsaplas❤
Thanks a lot 😊
in my device of blender 4.2 lts ko extension not working. i have many time reinstalled but same problme. what should i do ?
Try reporting a bug.
nice
Thanks, I'm still pinned on 3.6 because the Blender team is making too many workflow breaking changes.
It says its only accepting .zip files! im very worried! i need a certain extension to help out with a project and blender just chews it up an spits it out!!! what do i do ive spent at least a week on this projecttt
What says it is only accepting zip files? And why is that a problem?
@@CGDive my issue at the time was that i was trying to imprt a python file directly, without knowing that i could just shove the .py file into a zip file and the problem would be solved
@@88Cows ah, so Py files are no longer supported in 4.2? I wasn't aware...
What if your addon does not have an uninstall button?
I am not sure but think it means it is an extension so look for its options in the Extensions tab.
Extensions are even more confusing for newcomers to the blender community, keep blender simple and accessible like it's suppose to be
Totally agree!
lol 3D Software aren't simple in any way.
You're on the wrong field if you want simplicity, no offense.
After installing version 4.2, the button to import settings from 4.1 did not appear. Sad.
It always appears the first time. You must have installed a beta or something before. There is 4.2 folder you can delete and it will be reset to default. It’s under AppData/blender foundation I remember correctly.
But I have some it a problem ( python trackback error something like that problem)
Python errors are a part of life with Blender and addons. You have to be specific where it happens. If it's in default Blender, you submit a bug report through the main Blender menu. If it has to do with a specific addon, then you ask the addon developer. Hope this helps.
font size is still tool low. very hard to see. please make ur font size even bigger.
What kind of screen are you watching on?
@@CGDive 1920 x 1080 screen
I am so fed up with the blender design team telling us it's more simple than it was when it isn't.
Seriously how simple was it in 4.1 or 4.0 to just click a box for your add on ? really, hands up all those that thought ticking a box was hard & this way is more simple ?
FFS blender designers leave things alone.
Where is edge flow ?
What do you mean?
what is up with opensource and adding many useless extra steps on every update?
They also took out the bloom feature in the render panel
@@BloxPixel It's in the Compositor now as the Glare node, and is so much better now because of it.
I'll stick with 4.1 for now
My argument is blender constantly connected to the internet leaves it vulnerable to cyberattacks. They already suffered a major one.an a not for profit entity this is a major issue for the blender foundation. Given the number of cybersecurity issues and blender’s revenue base it’s a threat to all users long term. while everyone sees this as a benefit having a program tick to turn on network access or not. It’s not safe as anyone in cybersecurity arena knows this can be overridden in background with few lines of code. Not a good scheme for me.
Blender just lets you know that it will officially connect to the internet. It was vulnerable to attacks since before this version like every other software. Nothing much has changed.
SO they just completely removed community/paid addons well time to go to maya
WHAT? How the heck did you infer that from the video?
Good luck with Maya though. 😀
@@CGDive cause there was no mention of custom add-ons and and searching it up found no people that could get custom addons to work
:@@baconman6048 You mean except for me who showed installing a custom addon around 7:23? :D Don't succumb to the panic. It's all fine.
@@CGDive it completely crashes when i use any non blender approved add on despite being 4.2ones
That should be reported as a bug. I just haven’t seen anything line that.
What a cluster f**k. Obviously this will become the integrated blendermarket at some point. The token integration will soon only work with an online connection. I already know what they are doing. However I have never seen anything more poorly implemented as the "get extension". Nothing is consistent here. Buggy as hell! Even some of Blender native add-ons functionality is broken. It doesn't even display the installed add-ons properly. Why would you display "installed add-ons" in the "get extensions" section!? It basically eight balled the legacy add-ons section as it is now.
Relax. 🧘
It’s going to be fine!
@@CGDive I'm totally relaxed. Just pointing out the obvious. To call this 4.2 LTS is funny tho. That is sub alpha. Changes of this size should be reserved for 5.0. This breaks almost every community add-on. For the first time ever I won't upgrade to Blender 4.2. ;)
Blender has been very clear that internet connection will not be necessary. I don’t have a reason to doubt them about that. Feel free to tell me I told you so if I’m wrong. I’ll do the same :)
TBH, I don't like it. Sigh :-/
so annoying🤮 ill be staying on blender 4.1
NO NO NO!! Realy don't agree with this new concept the previous add-ons system was far more intuitive.