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• Juan Mendoza

  over 7 years ago

  Good in theory but i tried it and still lost, i will love better documentation or a step by step tutorial because i can't figure out how it works

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  Joshua Knauber

  over 7 years ago

  I've been really busy in the last months, but I will definitely do a lot more tutorial content with the future updates!
• axyo

  over 3 years ago

  Assuming this paid version is newer because the version numbers are higher than the one on github. Trying it out in Blender 3.3.1. Using it results in cluttering some material-related dropdowns into every tab of the Properties window (Scene Properties, World Properties, etc). Aside from that, the UI and workflow aren't what I was expecting. Say you just want a system of layers for Base Color. The immediate option seems to be a button that adds material nodes for every PBR channel imaginable, which is a lot of complexity IMO. But at that point, no textures have been created and as far as I can tell, you wouldn't want to go into the node groups to create and select images, so I guess you create them from the Image Editor window and then assign them in slots within the layer properties. Maybe there's a simpler workflow but I've decided to abandon poking into it, as I would prefer more focus and simplicity

• Sascha

  over 5 years ago

  Well I agree with all saying no updates and buggy!

  It's sad to tell it cause this addon has big potential and would be greate to use the promised workflow within blender insteat to switch to Quixel Mixer or Substance Painter, etc. And there are a lot of nice ideas to bake materials etc.

  I bought it and quickly figured out its not rdy to use for me. But I didn't refund it cause I wanted to support the developer and thought there will be updates and bugfixes.

  Selling an addon without maintaing is quite not acceptable even if it's not that expensive.

  At minimum it would be interesting why there are no updates. Or will it ever be updated???

  Sadly I can just give 2 Stars and do not recommend it atm. I will change it if the developer start maintaining it.

• Maged

  almost 6 years ago

  it would be a great addon, nice concept but no bug fix,that could be add but no dev updates, waste of time !!

• delazouch

  about 7 years ago

  I like this, it works.
  But one key thing that is missing a Guide on how to use it!!! 90% of the time We want a toy that is useable from out the box, The Timelapse Video is useless to many that then have you reading an Ikea manual. I did ask for a non-timelapse video and guide. but now feel I wasted 3 days of reading instructions for where to put the batteries.

  would have been 5 stars had I not wasted time reading manuals

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  Joshua Knauber

  about 7 years ago

  Ok, I understand your point, here's how I thought about it when making the documentation: I assumed that the core functionality, meaning adding layers and changing their settings could be figured out just by installing the add-on. Then you could watch the timelapse to get an understanding of how a normal workflow with LayerPainter would look. From then on you could look at the documentation to understand specific features in more detail.
  This way, I thought, it'd be relatively easy to pick up the add-on.
  I'm sorry if that wasn't the case for you, I'm looking into more detailed tutorials and of course you can always ask me if you have questions.
• bournejr

  over 7 years ago

  I am in agreement with other comments - great in concept, less so in really working. I finally got the addon installed. I understand the author is working on a better installation method. I have problems with the layers - "Couldn't load assets" - even though I have put the BATS_asset_file.blend in another directory and specified that location in the preferences in the addon. I'm willing to wait for improvements - so good luck in getting the addon working - I can see the promise - however, clearly not a 1.0 release - I'd say alpha, perhaps beta.

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  Joshua Knauber

  over 7 years ago

  Youre problem seems to be solved now, and also that's what this version of the add-on is: a beta, just like blender 2.8 is.
  With the next update it will move out of that phase and things will get a lot more stable and smooth to work with.
• Grady

  over 7 years ago

  UI is a mess and it seems buggy.

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  Joshua Knauber

  over 7 years ago

  Hey, can you please give some more detailed feedback on how you think the UI could be improved and what bugs you encountered?
  Otherwise I can't really do anything about your problems with the add-on!
• garfield5mm

  about 5 years ago

  Just like most add-ons ， showing the demo is one thing, how to use it is another thing. Please let me know how is it work next time.

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  Joshua Knauber

  about 5 years ago

  Could you reach out in a message or on the discord? This addon is open source now so if you ask someone to create a tutorial, I'm sure you'll find someone
• tumira

  over 5 years ago

  The developer mentions this at the front page "THIS ADDON WILL NOT BE UPDATED FOR MUCH LONGER" . Product still felt incomplete and buggy and lags. Does not have any update in few months already. Safe to say that this product is not supported or actively developed anymore. Stop wasting your time.

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