Ira Krakow's Blender 2.50 Python Part 1 (Environment)

[TrinityGamer]

you know, with all do respect, i just love how you start off by saying that this tutorial will help people who have no programing knowledge what so ever, then turn around and tell us to go somewhere else to learn the python coding, and then started to use terms that those of us that have no idea what we are doing couldn't possibly understand.

this didn't help me at all, just confused me more.

[mar109us]

@TrinityGamer learnpythonthehardway (dot) org/book/ex1.html this is the best dude

[TrinityGamer]

@mar109us thanks, i found it a while ago, and have to agree, it is pretty good :)

[mar109us]

@TrinityGamer nice, i've been doing it on and off for over a month now, im pretty near excercise 40 i guess. starting to get very interesting :) some day i wish to be a good game programmer.

[chaib115]

thank you for this tutorial it was really helpfull

[Wireheadking]

Wow, so I could:

Make a script that will set up a ready made smoke simulation (unbaked).

Upload it to Mediaifre

Have people download it and put into Blender and have a ready made smoke simulation ready?

[bobsonenzo]

wow... "index 3 out of range" - in c++ you usually modify random memory without the compiler saying anything, and if you're lucky, you get a slap from the compiler called seg fault, which doesn't really help.

[irakrakow]

@bobsonenzo It's nice to find a polite interpreter with clear error messages.

[LiteGamerz]

@bobsonenzo Maybe 20 years ago?

[bobsonenzo]

@LiteGamerz g++/gcc does. Is that not used any more?

[Krondorman]

This is not what I have. This looks a lot nicer. How do I get this? I have 2.51A.

[theadamgaskins]

Epic tutorial. Really helps.

Why is there HTML in the description?

[irakrakow]

@theadamgaskins This is a link to the post in my Blender 3D Forum where you can discuss my tutorial.

[theadamgaskins]

@irakrakow I figured out that much, but apparently html only works in descriptions on the channel pages... wierd...

[Soksimaniyasuka]

how different is blender 2.5 to 2.49b?

[irakrakow]

@Soksimaniyasuka The user interface is totally different. So is the version of Python. Most of the things you can do in 2.49b are there, but in a different place with possibly different keystrokes.

[mikh3x4]

there is no fancy black window on a mac. the consol or terminal wont work could anyone help?

[pacobecker]

Nice, Ira thanks again for your valuable help with this tutorials.

[irakrakow]

You're quite welcome. By the way, I just published Part 2 today. I show where the scripts are, how windows are constructed out of panels, and how to create a panel and add it to the Blender materials window. Check it out!

[pacobecker]

Nice, thanks again for your valuable help with this tutorials.

[carnyzack]

AWESOMENESS! Thanks for the info. Please continue!

[irakrakow]

Great! There are even more useful techniques which you can see at f o r u m d o t i r a k r a k o w d o t c o m Please join in the fun and introduce yourself to other Blender friends.

[aglopser]

@carnyzack Awsomeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ira! yeeeaaaah beeeeee!

[SavageDogg38]

Very nice! More ! More ! More ! Great tutorial as usual!

[irakrakow]

Thank you very much! I'm especially honored because the praise is coming from you. You have done much to make Blender the success that it is. More, More to you as well!

[MGNSMG]

Very interesting. I'm not sure what I'd use it for in 3D mode, but maybe if I ever got far enough, Python would be great for game coding. I'm still learning to model basic things though, haaa... ah well. Very cool that you can grab data from any object like that though, if you know what you're looking for..

[irakrakow]

There are many uses for Python in 3D mode...PyConstraints, PyDrivers, PyNodes, space handlers, and so on. I'll be doing tutorials on these. Right now, these work only in 2.4x, not 2.5.

[MGNSMG]

Ooh, that sounds interesting, looking forward to it!  I'll probably wait for a beta release before I try 2.5 anyway, so 2.4x will be fine for me..

[irakrakow]

Try in a few minutes. It takes about a half hour for Youtube to process the video. Youtube should upgrade it to HD quality, at which time I hope the video will look much better.

[SavageDogg38]

is their a way I can turn up the quality of this video, it is hard to see the syntax?

[irakrakow]

The quality is much better, now that Youtube has processed it as HD quality.