Releases:120a4 - Revision history

Joepal at 15:05, 16 December 2019

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Joepal at 10:12, 16 December 2019

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Joepal: /* Changes since alpha 3 */

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‎Changes since alpha 3

Joepal at 15:57, 15 December 2019

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Joepal at 08:49, 2 December 2019

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Joepal: /* Known issues */

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‎Known issues

Joepal: /* Changes since alpha 3 */

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Joepal at 08:30, 2 December 2019

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−	MakeHuman Community 1.2.0 alpha 4 was released 2019-12-15. The following are the release notes.	+	MakeHuman Community 1.2.0 alpha 4 was released 2019-12-16. The following are the release notes.

	Alpha 4 is the last planned alpha. Next release will be a beta. All in all, most of the code should now be almost as it is supposed to look for a release, but the latest changes to adress graphics card problems is extensive enough that we think an extra alpha release is merited (instead of the originally planned beta 1).		Alpha 4 is the last planned alpha. Next release will be a beta. All in all, most of the code should now be almost as it is supposed to look for a release, but the latest changes to adress graphics card problems is extensive enough that we think an extra alpha release is merited (instead of the originally planned beta 1).

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-MakeHuman Community 1.2.0 alpha 4 has not yet been released. The following are work in progress release notes.
+MakeHuman Community 1.2.0 alpha 4 was released 2019-12-15. The following are the release notes.
 Alpha 4 is the last planned alpha. Next release will be a beta. All in all, most of the code should now be almost as it is supposed to look for a release, but the latest changes to adress graphics card problems is extensive enough that we think an extra alpha release is merited (instead of the originally planned beta 1).
-These notes are under construction and may be incomplete. Further, the notes describe, as of now, an alpha version of a coming release. The final release might be different from what is described below.
+The notes describe, as of now, an alpha version of a coming release. The final release might be different from what is described below.
 == General ==
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 * WINDOWS: A shortcut will now be added to the desktop during installation
-Due to the rapid evolution of the blender plugins (MPFB, MakeTarget, MakeClothes...) we're not listing these changes here. See the commit log in the respective git repositories instead.
+Due to the rapid evolution of the blender plugins (MPFB, MakeTarget, MakeClothes...) we're not listing these changes here. See the commit log in the respective git repositories instead:
 == Highlights ==
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 == Known issues ==
 * FBX skeleton will still misbehave
 * While most of the graphics card incompatibilities should now be fixed, there may still be still parts of the program that cause problems with some integrated graphics cards.

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 ** MHX2 (blender side): Not bundled
 * ASSET DOWNLOADER: Downloaded materials for third-part assets will now be placed correctly in the target asset's directory, and will show up in the material chooser for that asset.
 Due to the rapid evolution of the blender plugins (MPFB, MakeTarget, MakeClothes...) we're not listing these changes here. See the commit log in the respective git repositories instead.

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 == Changes since alpha 3 ==
-* CORE: Multiple sources of graphics card errors were corrected
+* CORE: Additional sources of graphics card errors were corrected
 * CORE: There is now a fallback layer to adress some graphics card compatibility issues, primarily related to rendering
 * CORE: Expressions are now found even when placed in subdirectories
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 == Where to download ==
-The following are links to where you can download alpha 4. They will be updated once beta 1 is released.
+The following are links to where you can download alpha 4.
 You can [http://download.tuxfamily.org/makehuman/nightly/makehuman-community-1.2.0-alpha4-win32.zip download the windows build here].

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 == A new windows installer ==
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 === MHX2 ===
-MHX2 is now enabled per default in MakeHuman. The blender side of MHX2 is bundled as a zip file which can
+MHX2 is now enabled per default in MakeHuman. The blender side of MHX2 can be downloaded from http://www.makehumancommunity.org/content/plugins.html
-be added to blender via the user preferences.
 === MHAPI ===

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 * FBX skeleton will still misbehave
-* While most of the graphics card incompatibilities should now be fixed, there are still some (seldomly used) parts of the program that may cause problems with some intel cards.
+* While most of the graphics card incompatibilities should now be fixed, there may still be still parts of the program that cause problems with some integrated graphics cards.
 * There is no build for OSX
 * The user data folder is still makehuman/v1py3 rather than makehuman/v1, in order to guarrantee that the development version does not interfere with the stable version. This will probably be changed for the final release.

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 * CORE: Multiple sources of graphics card errors were corrected
 * CORE: There is now a fallback layer to adress some graphics card compatibility issues, primarily related to rendering
 * PLUGINS: Many plugins are ''not'' bundled with this release, as they are changing rapidly and we think it is better that users pick the latest versions from http://www.makehumancommunity.org/content/plugins.html
 ** MHAPI: Is bundled and preinstalled

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-MakeHuman Community 1.2.0 beta1 has not yet been released. The following are work in progress release notes.
+MakeHuman Community 1.2.0 alpha 4 has not yet been released. The following are work in progress release notes.
-Beta 1 is intended to be as stable as a stable release can be, but it will not be as tested as a formal stable release will be. Thus, in most cases things should work as intended, but there might be the occasional glitch.
+Alpha 4 is the last planned alpha. Next release will be a beta. All in all, most of the code should now be almost as it is supposed to look for a release, but the latest changes to adress graphics card problems is extensive enough that we think an extra alpha release is merited (instead of the originally planned beta 1).
-These notes are under construction and may be incomplete. Further, the notes describe, as of now, a beta version of a coming release. The final release might be different from what is described below.
+These notes are under construction and may be incomplete. Further, the notes describe, as of now, an alpha version of a coming release. The final release might be different from what is described below.
 == General ==
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 == Changes since alpha 3 ==
 * ASSET DOWNLOADER: Downloaded materials for third-part assets will now be placed correctly in the target asset's directory, and will show up in the material chooser for that asset.
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 * There is no build for OSX
 * The user data folder is still makehuman/v1py3 rather than makehuman/v1, in order to guarrantee that the development version does not interfere with the stable version. This will probably be changed for the final release.
 == Upgrading ==
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 The main focus of this release has been to modernize the code. In the prior version, large parts were written more than eight years ago, and relied on libraries and code structures which are no longer functional in a modern context. More in detail:
-* The system was written for python 2.6 and then upgraded when needed to python 2.7. The expected end of life for python 2.7 is in less than two years.
+* The system was written for python 2.6 and then upgraded when needed to python 2.7. The expected end of life for python 2.7 is in a few months
 * The user interface was implemented in Qt4, via PyQt4. Both Qt4 and PyQt4 got deprecated years ago, and Riverside (the authors of PyQt) removed all PyQt4 windows binaries, meaning we could no longer provide windows builds.
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 == Where to download ==
-The following are links to where you can download alpha 3. They will be updated once beta 1 is released.
+The following are links to where you can download alpha 4. They will be updated once beta 1 is released.
-You can [http://download.tuxfamily.org/makehuman/nightly/makehuman-community-1.2.0-alpha3-win32.zip download the windows build here].
+You can [http://download.tuxfamily.org/makehuman/nightly/makehuman-community-1.2.0-alpha4-win32.zip download the windows build here].
 For linux, [https://launchpad.net/~makehuman-official/+archive/ubuntu/makehuman-community there is a new PPA].