Blender 4.2 LTS Moves Collada I/O to Legacy Status

[Tayln Osbourne]

https://devtalk.blender.org/t/moving-collada-i-o-to-legacy-status/34621

It's probably a good thing that LL is working on glTF scene support as Blender is no longer going to maintain (and will remove it entirely) Collada support.

I also saw Second Life was mentioned as the last core user of Collada so uh...yeah maybe it's time to move on from the old, janky format.

[Janet Voxel]

I was wondering when someone was going to bring this up!

[PheebyKatz]

As long as I can still upload stuff while learning to do everything on something other than 2.7 then I'm okay with this.

[Tayln Osbourne]

6 hours ago, PheebyKatz said:

As long as I can still upload stuff while learning to do everything on something other than 2.7 then I'm okay with this.

There is a nonzero chance that LL will disable collada import at some point once glTF scene upload matures, and some glTF features are only viewable on Blender 4.2 right now, such as Thin Film (Cycles Only, currently), and Thickness + Transmission (Eevee).

[Extrude Ragu]

Before someone goes all doom and gloom because glTF is a scary new word...

Hope that puts your mind to rest

[Love Zhaoying]

29 minutes ago, Extrude Ragu said:

Before someone goes all doom and gloom because glTF is a scary new word...

Hope that puts your mind to rest

Ohhhh! 
I thought it said, "Begone" and "Aster"! I'm such a dope!

[PheebyKatz]

Yeah, I might have to explore all of this soon, like how it all goes with rigging and everything, just to keep in the loop. Whether collada uploads are a feature doomed to obsolescence or not, I do feel I'm falling way behind by sticking with 2.7, and it's only because the newer (3.0 +) interface layout is so alien to me after finally getting everything the way I wanted it before, and I still don't trust myself to rig anything without Avastar (and I only have up to the 2.9 version of that).

[Charalyne Blackwood]

So I can still build in Blender and import into SL?

[ChinRey]

4 hours ago, PheebyKatz said:

Yeah, I might have to explore all of this soon, like how it all goes with rigging and everything, just to keep in the loop. Whether collada uploads are a feature doomed to obsolescence or not, I do feel I'm falling way behind by sticking with 2.7, and it's only because the newer (3.0 +) interface layout is so alien to me after finally getting everything the way I wanted it before, and I still don't trust myself to rig anything without Avastar (and I only have up to the 2.9 version of that).

Relatively simple solution: Install the latest Blender version but keep 2.7 too. Keep workin in 2.7 and when it's time to export, open file with the recent version and export as glTF.

[PheebyKatz]

22 minutes ago, ChinRey said:

Relatively simple solution: Install the latest Blender version but keep 2.7 too. Keep workin in 2.7 and when it's time to export, open file with the recent version and export as glTF.

Ah right, cos 4 can handle stuff from 2.7 even if 2.7 can't always handle stuff from 4. Thanks for reminding me about that.

[AmeliaJ08]

I don't think I've ever successfully exported a rigged model from anything after Blender 2.79 lol, I just gave up on newer versions and stuck to that old one that actually works.

I assume I'm missing something but suspect a lot of people probably just use older versions.

[Extrude Ragu]

5 minutes ago, AmeliaJ08 said:

I don't think I've ever successfully exported a rigged model from anything after Blender 2.79

Most of those issues stem from SL's weird skinning requirements, in theory glTF should mean you won't need third party plugins which tend to be finnicky/prone to bug out and other weird magic to get things to upload properly.

[AmeliaJ08]

3 hours ago, Extrude Ragu said:

Most of those issues stem from SL's weird skinning requirements, in theory glTF should mean you won't need third party plugins which tend to be finnicky/prone to bug out and other weird magic to get things to upload properly.

I hope so! I like more up to date Blender. I always figured there had to be something up with my export settings but never really committed the time to working out what was going on.

[Luna Bliss]

I'm happy 'smooth shading' is back in 4.2 the way it was prior to 4.1.

[PheebyKatz]

On 7/26/2024 at 4:27 AM, Luna Bliss said:

I'm happy 'smooth shading' is back in 4.2 the way it was prior to 4.1.

Good, because that woulda been a deal-breaker for me right there. Big-time.

[Luna Bliss]

7 hours ago, PheebyKatz said:

On 7/26/2024 at 4:27 AM, Luna Bliss said:

I'm happy 'smooth shading' is back in 4.2 the way it was prior to 4.1.

Good, because that woulda been a deal-breaker for me right there. Big-time.

yeah i goofed up some project with shading in 4.1...so happy it's back as it was in the Blender 4.2 version.