by jujube » Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:09 pm
My worry, the last time I tried 2.8, was the removal of basic features like not having to have a rendered viewport all the time, and being confused if it's really gone or I'm too dumb to find it. And I read the threads about it recently on blender artists but I found them lacking. Either they were like "accept change! It's the way of the future" and I'm thinking, sorry dude but I think wireframe mode^ is a pretty darn basic feature for a 3D modeling package to have!! Either that, or they're telling people "don't be so hard on the mods, it's a work in progress of course things are broken!!" Which felt equally tone deaf esp the first group of people are implying that old features will be removed and no forward-thinking person would miss them.... But I just want to know if the plain viewport is coming back!!
I have a powerful laptop and the real time cycles was great, at least for an hdri + a single sphere. No idea how it would perform on large scenes, or with posing/animation. And the "way of the future" mindset also assumes everyone is getting the latest and greatest technology bc why wouldn't you lol /s.
(It's like when people say that touchscreens can/will/should totally replace mouse and keyboard, which would be ridiculous given the things that touchscreen can't to. Or unfair, in the event that such a change is forced on us.)
...seriously though, imagine trying to comb hair particles or whatever in the awful mandatory rendering thing! Does anyone know if the normal view is coming or had come back in 2.8, or was always there in a secret location? Because I want to use the faster cycles rendering in 2.8 but the thought of losing the must fundamental feature of not having to have it on all the time infuriates me!!! Until find the answer, I'm sticking with 2.79
As for blender internal, won't miss it for the most part; for me it's advantage was faster rendering, but 2.8 will have that anyway. But I like how you can preview lighting in the unrendered view when BI is on. Wait actually that was annoying most of the time bc the models would be dark. But BI had outlines which I never figured out how to do in cycles. And I believe BI's toon shader looked better too.
*which I remember 2.8 not having when I tried it months ago