Although my graphics card supports OpenGL 3.3, Blender 2.8 BETA crashes often, esp. – Why not grow and develop things in a slow, incremental and feedback driven fashion? Why do you introduce SO MANY totally new features at the same time? – Like the new Workbench Render? That’s totally fringe and clutters the program even more. – To setup an emission shader in the nodes editor to make something that basic is cumbersome. – Sometimes a simple textures on flat shaded or even non-shaded polygon is enough.

Now, as it seems (please correct me) there’s not a single viewport mode anymore, where you can see simple OpenGL materials. – Blender Render (maybe even BGE) was good and quick for doing that. To see the raw polygons and texture with some simple shading is enough. – When I model and animate 3D content for realtime use, I normally do not require expensive and “image-altering” shading methods. – The focus on fancy viewport rendering might be nice for people who do rendering in the first place. Humble and at the same time superbly powerful. Blender used to be the accessible, very light-weight and fast alternative to other monsters out there. – The new hardware requirements exclude many people. As usual, please carefully follow the bug reporting instructions to make the process as efficient as possible.Īt first I was excited as many others, but after trying the current Blender 2.8 BETA, and I’m quite concerned. We expect there will be many reports, so it may take a while for a developer to get to yours. The bug tracker is open for any bug reports.

However in general we will try to keep breaking changes limited.

There may still be some smaller API changes, particularly if user feedback requires use to adjust new features. The exact release data for Blender 2.80 final is unknown at this point, but we estimate at least 4 months before things are fully stable.Īdd-on authors can now start updating their code for Blender 2.8. We do not recommend using Beta versions in production, there are still many bugs and data loss is possible. For users this means there will be fewer disruptive changes.īlender 2.80 Beta is available for download as a continuously updating build, getting more stable and day by day. That means all the major features are in place, and the Blender core developers start focusing on bug fixes and polishing features based on user feedback. We’ve now officially entered the Beta phase of development for Blender 2.8.

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