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I stopped posting here ages ago, but never announced my departure. What better time than with a new UDON release!? 🍜 So... This is the last update I post here. Find the new release and some personal notes linked below (and follow there for updates) @lunarood/113318470880061994" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mastodon.gamedev.place/@lunarood/1133…

@The3DCustomizer Of course! You can always send a message through BlenderMarket, or you can find a contact email on this page: #getting-support" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">udon.lucarood.com/FAQ-support/#g…

It's finally here! UDON Custom Node Builder 🍜 Make your #b3d node groups more powerful than ever, by turning them into real nodes! Get UDON at 30% off over the launch weekend. Available on: Blender Market: blendermarket.com/products/udon Gumroad: gumroad.com/l/udon

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I've been unable to update UDON in time for the Blender 4.0 release, so if you rely on UDON, you'll have to stick with 3.6 for a bit longer. I'll release a compatibility update as soon as possible. I apologise for the inconvenience. #UDON #b3d

@i_kastenka @damjanmx It's mostly up to you, based on your skills and how much you want to push yourself. But there are suggested guidelines. You can find all the info on the website: nodevember.io

@damjanmx Fist time hearing about #Nodevember Are there any rules ?

This year for #nodevember and #nodevember2023 I wanna do loopable videos. #1 Gorgeous Garden // made with #houdini

@ChristophSchadl Heck yeah! You're the second person I see mention Bifrost this year. Looking forward to seeing how far it goes! Maya tends to be hugely underrepresented during Nodevember. Over all previous Nodevember editions combined, there have been fewer than 10 entries tagged Maya in total.

Bifrost Discord is on board this year! #maya3d #vfx

@DeathKing922 @Nodevember Good to hear. Have fun! 😁

@LucaRood @Nodevember oh yeah yeah yeah, last year I didn't participate, so I didn't remember, but it where 2021, last years where also incredible

It's #Nodevember time, and the prompts are here! 🎉 No matter your skill level or which procedural software you use, enjoy this month to hone your skills and show off your art 😍 Check out nodevember.io for more info. #Nodevember2023

@DeathKing922 @Nodevember Glad to hear! Though you're probably thinking of the prompts from 2021, which were very unpopular (but if you really meant last year, that's also fine, everyone has their preferences 🙂). I'd say last year's prompts were also pretty fun and well received: nodevember.io/prompts/2022

@Nodevember INCREDIBLE IMPROVE OF PROMPTS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR!

@JiriProkop @Nodevember Unfortunately not. It became impractical to gather data from Twitter since they closed the API, login-walled everything, and generally became more unreliable at finding relevant posts.

@Nodevember Will there be stats for 2022? 😁 nodevember.io/stats/

Some updates on our social media presence: - We changed our account handle here to @Nodevember (from NodevemberIO). - We launched an official presence on Mastodon: @Nodevember" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">graphics.social/@Nodevember And as always, you can find our official channels on our website: nodevember.io

@romboutv @SinnersSAW It doesn't lift the restriction. A dependency cycle doesn't only happen with direct relationships. As long as you get back to the same bone at some point while following dependencies, there's a cycle. In your example the cycle would just be a bit longer.

@SinnersSAW @LucaRood O was thinking that b cause we use an extra bone it would lift that restriction

Don't do this! There is a dependency cycle, causing the armature state to never resolve. This will result in non-deterministic animations, which change as you skip around the timeline. It will cause you a *lot* of headaches. Use a stable method, such as a sim or geonodes. #b3d

@TheFcknUnicorn @josu12639 Definitely! It's still worth pointing out that it is possible to create the textures procedurally with shader nodes, but you'll still need painting to distribute the different skin textures over the model. It's also way more complex than using scanned or painted textures.

@josu12639 @LucaRood Also as Luca said, skin has a lot of properties. The shader only does the *shading* part. Self explanatory. But the shader needs textures to tell it what and how to shade. You can find pre-made textures online, for free and for sale.

New UDON Custom Node Builder release 🍜 v0.2.0 is out now and includes the much requested support for image properties, and more! Get it on: Blender Market: blendermarket.com/products/udon Gumroad: gumroad.com/l/udon See the full list of improvements here: udon.lucarood.com/releases

@josu12639 @TheFcknUnicorn You can look for tutorials on YouTube. There are lots of videos there on skin texturing. And if it's in your price range, it might be worth checking out @khtrammell's Human course, as it's highly regarded in the community (though I've not followed the course myself).

@josu12639 @TheFcknUnicorn I wouldn't treat shader nodes as a Substance Painter alternative, it's more like Substance Designer. If you want something like Substance Painter, look into texture painting in Blender. As for skin, I wouldn't do it entirely procedurally, but rather combine it with painting.

@openvisualfx Yes, currently UDON is required for the nodes to work. Though I do have plans to implement ways for the custom nodes to work without UDON, to make it easier to use on render farms, as well as sharing nodes with people who don't have UDON. But that will come in a future release.

@LucaRood Did I read correctly in the notes that the nodes only work on machines that also have UDON installed as an add-on?

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@TheFcknUnicorn You don't have to remove the old version. Just make sure to restart Blender after installing the new one (#updating-process" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">udon.lucarood.com/installation#u…). Removing UDON does not remove your nodes, unless you changed your library path to be inside the UDON addon directory (#library-directory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">udon.lucarood.com/appendix/prefe…).

@LucaRood Do I need to remove old version before installing this one? Will the saved nodes get nuked if I remove the old version?

Since I don't think it was clear, I just want to clarify that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Damped Track constraint. The issue here is using *any* constraint to constrain a bone to one of its children.