PNG only for now. Will support other formats when I get around to it.
No real bells or whistles yet, but it should be able to do all that the default UI does while being more comfortable to use.
Images get saved into the specified folder. Make sure each pass has a unique suffix or the previous image will be overwritten. Also, nothing happens in the UI to confirm the bake was successful and this is normal (for now). Just look in the output folder.
If you add multiple lowpoly/hipoly pairs, they will all be baked in sequence to the same image. This is intentional. If you wish to bake more textures, add more bake jobs
In some places the scene is hardcoded, so don’t change or rename your scene from “Scene”. I’ll clean this up eventually, but there’s stuff I need to add first.
There are no sanity checks in place yet. Make sure your hipolys are on visible layers, your cages have the same topology as your lowpolys and they’re unwrapped, your cage is not blocking AO rays, etc. You don’t need a material on the lowpoly though
Report bugs to the issue tracker on github. Or here. But I’d prefer there. If you post there, I’ll be emailed, and maybe I’ll fix it faster
I don’t think there’s much there that could break anything, but it’s probably a good idea to back up your production files before using this addon with them anyway.
Very good ! But, it’s break with my version. I don’t understand why. No shader on my object. It’s a simple test with a suzanne. Installed with your archive.
Like I wrote in the notes, the issue is probably that you have renamed your scene, or the scene index isn’t 0. This is currently hardcoded because it was much simpler that way. I’ll be messing a lot with scenes later to reduce memory consumption with large numbers of hipoly objects and get features like antialiasing and material overrides to work, so I’ll fix this then.
Edit: I’ve bandaided the issue a bit - addon will still work only on the first scene, but the scene can now be named anything. More comprehensive fix forthcoming later.
very good))
I bake at once diffuse, normal, AO, Combined.
But during baking progresbar not working, Blender does not responding to the end of baking.
sorry for my english
For the same reason, you can’t. As much as I’d like to, there’s just no way for me to set up callbacks. I recommend using low sample values/resolution as a test and then ramping the samples up once you know it’s ok.
Really? Nice job copying, name, UI and everything… you’re really good on it. :yes:
But i think it’s part of the Open Source spirit too. Good luck in it development, i think it will help a lot of users!
Pardon me? I haven’t copied anything from you. You haven’t actually released anything to copy from!
The UI grew from a little snippet Monio pasted (a pity he hadn’t posted more) and inspired by an xnormal integration addon by Felix Schlitter.
The name is a natural continuation of my previous addon, Sculpt Tools, and I’ve started on it before you announced yours. Moreover, it’s simply descriptive - that’s like naming your painting ‘Self-portrait’, or ‘Still life’, and then holding it against someone that did so too.
I’m sorry if i’m wrong about it and caused this misunderstand. I didn’t knew any of your references and you don’t posted before. And since your Name and pass UI is exactly as my ( as i posted in two videos, so there’s some to copy from indeed ) it was a natural conclusion. Since it’s not, looks like good UI designs go to the same way… Don’t give-me wrong, even if you’re copying something (what now i don’t believe anymore) i’m not pissed off about it. I really think it’s a great thing and will help a lot of people since Blender Bake UI is so bad, your Sculpt Tools had already helped a lot of people too. If there’s room for my Add-on it will be released, if not i will just keep using it as a in house solution as planned
This addon is long dead. Please use something else. 
