Well, unless you count the turbidity parameter, yea, I guess it doesn’t do all that much yet. :rolleyes:
I read the part about the sun a little too fast, missed the bit at end about “not really usable yet.” Darn.
Still a big improvement over plain blender skies.
Ok the guy said something about cloud UI commited in hes branch… compiling…
Can you do Linux builds as well? 
Sorry I don’t build for linux :o
Windows build updated, same link
Edit: BUAHHHH I can’t find any clouds! 
I send an email to the author, he says for cloud :
Here is the simplest working sequence:
oopsa, posted the same 
Sionix, if you can post a sample file with clouds working, anyone can understand how it works.
Sorry, but I cant do it now, but can you describe what actually you do, and what do you receive?
I make all you says, can I use a Sphere to be a cloud, if yes, on render I have the sky but no clouds and no sphere.
I make a sphere go to effect, press new on clouds panel, press F12, I only view skies.
Lazareus:
here’s my src/render/Sconscript file:
#!/usr/bin/python
Import ('env')
cflags=''
sources = env.Glob('intern/source/*.c')
incs = 'intern/include #/intern/guardedalloc ../blenlib ../makesdna'
incs += ' extern/include ../blenkernel ../radiosity/extern/include ../imbuf'
incs += ' ../quicktime ../include ../../kernel/gen_messaging ../yafray'
incs += ' ../BSG_SkyGen'
incs += ' ' + env['BF_SDL_INC']
defs = []
if env['WITH_BF_QUICKTIME'] == 1:
defs.append('WITH_QUICKTIME')
incs += ' ' + env['BF_QUICKTIME_INC']
if env['WITH_BF_FFMPEG'] == 1:
defs.append('WITH_FFMPEG')
if env['WITH_BF_OPENEXR']:
defs.append('WITH_OPENEXR')
if env['OURPLATFORM']=='linux2':
cflags='-pthread'
env.BlenderLib ( libname = 'blender_render', sources = sources, includes = Split(incs), defines=defs, libtype='core', priority=45, compileflags=cflags )
and my src/BSG_SkyGen/Sconscript
#!/usr/bin/python
Import ('env')
sources = env.Glob('intern/*.cpp')
incs = '#/intern/guardedalloc ../blenlib ../makesdna ../blenkernel'
incs += ' ../imbuf ../include'
incs += ' ../render/extern/include'
incs += ' ../render/intern/include'
incs += ' /intern'
incs += ' ../BSG_SkyGen'
print Split(incs)
env.BlenderLib ( 'bf_bsg_skygen', sources, Split(incs), [], libtype=['blender','player'], priority=[5, 190] )
juste paste over the appropriate files, that should do it. I think I only modified those two.
Sionix:
I updated the build (same link, well it does the same as ZanQdo’s ^^), and by following your sequence for cloud rendering, nothing happens.
(BTW, to delete the cloud effect of an object you have to add a particle emitter to it and delete it: it will first delete the cloud effect, then click again on the delete button in the particle panel and it will then delete the particle effect. This is a secondary UI problem, so no worries, it’s just a side note!)
Dani
Well, its strange - I’ve checked it myself. I’ll try to correct the problem this evening.
this is known bug, thx 
Sorry guys, it was my fault.
I submitted corrected sources
Updating… 23:08
Compiling… 23:14
Zipping… 23:21
Uploading…23:23
uploaded wrong file… 23:34
rebuilding clean for the pleasure… 23:35
testing… 23:48
CLOUDS CLOUDS CLOUDS! 23:51: RenderLayer activate Halos!!! silly me! why did I turn it off???
zipping… 23:52
uploading… 23:57
00h09 finished:
http://dani1.chez.tiscali.fr/bbuild/blenderSkyGen.7z
Now test people! test!
Dani
Dani: sorry to be a pest, but something is not quite right.
Since I didn’t hear from you right away yesterday, just for grins, I completed the process of patching all the sources to find all the include files.
That got me all the way up to linking blender, where it failed like so:
Linking program ==> 'blender'
/home/tonyag/bf-Sky-Gen/build/linux2/lib/libbf_soundsystem.a(SND_OpenALDevice.o)(.text+0x4d5): In function `SND_OpenALDevice::LoadSample(STR_String const&, void*, int)':
: undefined reference to `alutLoadWAVMemory'
/home/tonyag/bf-Sky-Gen/build/linux2/lib/libbf_soundsystem.a(SND_OpenALDevice.o)(.text+0x570): In function `SND_OpenALDevice::LoadSample(STR_String const&, void*, int)':
: undefined reference to `alutUnloadWAV'
/home/tonyag/bf-Sky-Gen/build/linux2/lib/libbf_soundsystem.a(SND_OpenALDevice.o)(.text+0x615): In function `SND_OpenALDevice::LoadSample(STR_String const&, void*, int)':
: undefined reference to `alutLoadWAVFile'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
scons: *** [/home/tonyag/bf-Sky-Gen/build/linux2/bin/blender] Error 1
scons: building terminated because of errors.
I know this is a common error if you don’t have all your deps squared away, but I do, and none of my other builds do that. I only mention that because of what happened next…
So, rather than go back and restore all the files I changed, and since sionix has commited updates, I deleted my repository, did a fresh pull from CVS, and put in your SConscript files. While doing that, I thought that line 10 of your BSG_SkyGen/Sconscript looked strange, beginning with a slash. (isn’t it going to look in the root directory for ‘intern’?) but I tried it anyway, and it failed the same way!! changing that line just gives me various other problems, for example ’ ./intern’ just causes a long spew of errors compiling math.cpp. Changing it another way, causes buttons_{shading,object}.c to not find BSG_SkyGen.h again! I’m doing my best not to start hating scons, but I confess, I’m confused.
If you can think of any other pointer to offer, I’d be very glad to hear it.
Thanks for your time and efforts.
EDIT: DOH! never mind. it was as simple as “BF_OPENAL_LIB = ‘openal alut’”
Now for some CLOUDS!!!
Sky- Cloud Generation works Great so far with the Latest Exe!
Thanks for this Exe. Dani!(for Experiment and Testing!)
here is also a Blend file for Download (with Sky and Clouds)
its not the best but only my first Test with this!
Download from here:
http://www.savefile.com/files.php?fid=3803323
Problem:
:eek:HEY! I canot open this Blend file…Blender Crash!
Also i canot Append the Scene or Objects from this Blend file…Blender Crash!
maybe for someone works…Anyway!if you like you can Download to try!
In the Official 2.42a new Blender Build i can open this …but not Usefull!!
seeYA
Vassilios Boucer
Hey, those clouds arent too bad. Any chance in future we will be able to make the cell size less than .100?
I also notice that when ya start changing the shape of an object (moving verticies around to make a custom shape) the cloud gets smaller, and eventually dissapears!
MicWit
Can’t download it.
sounds interesting! how about some screenshots with clouds?
I also agree with MicWit!
here a Screenshot with Clouds (not the best) first Try!
http://www.zoo-logique.org/3D.Blender/galeries_automatiques/galeries/images_blender/2006/Sky-Cloud_Test.jpg
seeYa
Vassilios
deathblood:
I just tested the link and it should download fine. The server was prabably busy!
Check again, if it doesn’t work, try to copy/paste the link in you address bar, and if nothing helps, I’ll try to upload it somewhere else.
I’ll be updating the build soon I think
EDIT from cvs maillist:
(sionix)
Sat Jul 29 01:38:35 CEST 2006
Some improvement to sky render: Hor color is used; Under horizon angle parameter added.
http://dani1.chez.tiscali.fr/bbuild/blenderSkyGen.7z
UI bug : the input button activated by “One” in World Buttons is misplaced (the new “Add angle” moved everything down excepted for the input box which is overwritten)
Dani
