/Blender-Exporter28

ARCHIVED, do not use. Continue work for Blender 2.8x in https://github.com/YafaRay/YafaRay-Blender/tree/blender2.8

Primary LanguagePython

DESCRIPTION
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YafaRay is a free open-source montecarlo raytracing engine released under the LGPL 2.1 license. Raytracing is a rendering technique for generating realistic images by tracing the path of light through a 3D scene. 

Make sure that YafaRay is correctly installed in the appropiate place. See file "INSTALL" for installation details

For more information, see: http://www.yafaray.org


SOURCE CODE
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YafaRay source code is hosted in GitHub.

* YafaRay Core source code is available in: https://github.com/YafaRay/Core
* YafaRay Blender-Exporter (for Blender v2.82) source code is available in: https://github.com/YafaRay/Blender28-Exporter


RELEASES
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There are two different types of YafaRay Releases:

* Releases for Blender: they include the Blender-Exporter code and the YafaRay Core files, in a package ready to be installed in Blender.
* Standalone Core Releases: they are intended to be used by 3rd party software and *not* to be used with Blender. 

For the latest YafaRay Releases check for builds here:
* YafaRay Core: releases/binary files available in https://github.com/YafaRay/Core/releases
* YafaRay Blender-Exporter (for Blender v2.82): releases/binary files available in https://github.com/YafaRay/Blender28-Exporter/releases


BUG REPORTS / FEATURE REQUESTS
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Please post your bug reports and feature requests in the "Issues" tab of the corresponding GitHub Project

NOTE: The old bugtracker in www.yafaray.org will *no longer* be used for bug tracking / feature requests.


CURRENT LIMITATIONS
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* This Blender Exporter only works with Blender v2.82
* This is a VERY EXPERIMENTAL and pre-ALPHA, not valid for any real Production work. Many features don't work correctly or at all.

* YafaRay only supports *one* scene in the .blend file. If you have more than one scene, it could cause unexpected results and problems in the new Material Preview Controls.

* YafaRay v3 has only limited support for multiple YafaRay versions and forks installed at the same time

If you have several YafaRay versions together, *make sure* that you enable in Blender *first* the old and *later* the new v3 in that order. If you have problems, disable both, restart Blender and enable them in that order.

Having several versions could cause in some cases:
    - Black renders
    - Random crashes
    - Inability to enable the YafaRay v3 plugin or all kinds of strange problems

If you have any of these problems, remove any other yafaray folders (or derived forks) from the Blender addons folder and try again. This typically solves most of the problems stated above.


Thank you.