OSX-Blender2.5_complete pylux/luxblend/slg_apr-02_2011

[jensverwiebe]

Hi
-Build_of_apr_02_2011- uploaded again due xtras where missing @ 19:51 GMT

Blender_2.5x, OSX_Intel, 64bit

New:
- Blender @ r35957 ( api version 35764 )
- xtras: oceansim, dynpaint, masonary-script, sundirection-calculator
- Blender: customized for writing presets not into Blender.app but <userhome>/Library/Application Support/Blender/2.56/scripts/presets ( as it should be )
- Blender: own fix for addon install from blender working also with folderbased plugins

-LB25: lot of improvements again
- slg: does all meshexport as binary ply now
- various improvements in exporter, multimaterials, lights, volumes etc. - watch the exporter forum for newest information
- support for using smoke pointcache, now official part of LB25, see: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5375#p56286

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- the needed libs for decrompress pointcache are already attached !


- Pylux preinstalled
- LuxBlend 25 preinstalled - you must activate it in prefs now !
- SmallluxGPU exporter preinstalled - you must activate it in prefs now !
- SmalluxGPU 1.8.b1

- no more extra installs of Python needed !


- requirements: OSX 10.6 or higher(due openCL hybrid-mode ), 64bit CPU
- openCL enabled GPU for Smallux or hybridmode of LuxRender/Pylux


All components are matched to work with this Blender svn-version.


Link: http://www.jensverwiebe.de/LuxRender/Lu ... r35957.zip


Usage in short:
First choose your renderengine ( BI, slg , LuxRender, etc. )
See how UI changes to reflect the renderer-dependent settings.
For slg and Lux external don´t forget to set pathes to the executable ( == LuxRender Dir in Applications typically ).

needed setting for Lux/pylux - corrected

setting for slg

In rendertab of blender you have the choice to use LuxRender in external mode ( known from older Blender ) or internal, with the ability to pipe scenefiles directly to (py)lux or
also write them to disk. Use this weekly to be matched: viewtopic.php?f=30&t=3344#p29935
Be aware some features from Luxblend 0.8 are not yet implemented, Doug has an infothread for luxblend2.5.

Jens

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[richarre]

Bonjour Jens, for a unknown reason I got this message when I try to download your OSX-sgl link :

You are not authorized to download this attachment.

Got an idea ? Cannot wait to ply with this build !

[jensverwiebe]

Bonjour Jens, for a unknown reason I got this message when I try to download your OSX-sgl link :

You are not authorized to download this attachment.

Got an idea ? Cannot wait to ply with this build !

ah, yes, GPU-forum is for registered users, for slg is our test-ape

pls register to acces


Jens

[richarre]

Thanks for the quick answer Jens, pardon my ignorance : what do you mean by "registered users" ? Do you mean on this forum, this section of the forum or a king of license that can be found on the main Luxrender web site ? I am already registered [richarre] on this forum, can you give the informations to get access to those files please.

[jensverwiebe]

Thanks for the quick answer Jens, pardon my ignorance : what do you mean by "registered users" ? Do you mean on this forum, this section of the forum or a king of license that can be found on the main Luxrender web site ? I am already registered [richarre] on this forum, can you give the informations to get access to those files please.

Hihi

Registered to the forums is enough, maybe something other fails.
Nevermind, the link where i posted the latest slg is:

here>: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=4101&start=220#p43237

and here: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=4206#p43235

If it still fails for some reason, lemme know, i post it on my host the, thus an more recent version.

Btw: i will update this package when blender 2.5.3 is out.

Jens

[jensverwiebe]

Bump for update on 24th july

[Abel]

Nice! It's great fun to play with SLG on my laptop. Both the 9400m and the 9600m are being used and after setting up the paths both SLG and LuxRender show up nicely integrated in Blender. While the options in LuxRender are of course more expansive, it's nice to be able to use Blender's curves tool while rendering.

When opening older Blender files (made in 2.49) SLG does not start, but I wouldn't expect those files to work flawlessly anyway. More troubling is that SLG crashed once, the crash report is attached.

edit: added crash reports; both crashes happened after running the program for quite a while

[jensverwiebe]

Cannot verify any crashing, forward this to Dade pls.

Edit for ppl reading this thread:
From the used scene, seems problem solved , was in my my opinion due simultan usage of clGPU + clCpu, which is not recommended atm.
Find a balance of native threads and clGPU threads, often best is 2 clGPU(midrange GPU´s ) and the rest of available cores as native threads.

Jens

[SurfingAlien]

thank you so much, Jens
this is perfect for new OSX/Lux/Blender users, a friend of mine will be very happy...

[richarre]

Hi Jens, everything is fine now. Thanks for the help. It seems that the problem was due to a random deconnection from phpBB with the browser. Strange. Going to test that with the iMac ATi GPU and compare with my shinny MacBook Pro 17" Core i7 to see how scenes are interpreted.