Dev:WeeklyMeetingAgenda/2006-08-06th

soc project updates

modifier stack

• basic upgrade stuff working pretty well all the original modifiers work with it. docs haven't been updated very recently but is something to work on. added the Autosmooth modifier

• questions - main thing i need to know: is it possible to add a depgraph dependency from a Material to an Object? (Displace modifier currently stores a pointer to a material which is used as displacement input) I also need to know more about the material handling code

• todo i- Add features to Autosmooth modifier, finish Displace modifier, Add UV Projection modifier, do tidy-up of modifier stack code

mesh sculpting

• mesh painting of topology in progress
• after SoC would be good idea to see if the drawing code could be switched to vertex arrays and/or VBOs

plans for next release

(note that not all of these are garunteed for next release, we try to release every 3 months or so... so what is integrated, tested and debugged in that time frame - but these are all items that are on individuals 'plate')

• merge in SoC projects - see if zr can look at advising/merging in the sculpt subsurf with his fast subsurf
• generic renderer api (renderman integration with help) - ton
• GHOST refactor (pen tablet, international keyboards) - lukep
• renderer pipeline (bucketing, multipass) - ton
• script refactor for stable scripts - cambo, tom, willian
• tangent space normal maps - patch already - ton
• lightmap/texture baking - ton
• event system/tool api - ton

• Dependent on the above happening: Toolbar and radial menus - matt

• depsgraph 2.0 - add dependencies for materials, time dependencies and baking - ton and lukep
• Buttons window organisation & theme - matt
• verse integration?
• snapping framework?
• image browser?
• path code cleanup?
• ffmpeg as a plugin??
• BULLET Rigid Body Physics modifier/baking, Physics Buttons (outside game engine)
• GE: improved BULLET physics: swept collisions (CCD) and character control