RKane_1 opened this issue on Aug 26, 2005 ยท 74 posts
svdl posted Fri, 26 August 2005 at 11:48 PM
My wish list (nothing new here, same as the wish list for P6): Full Python access to ALL Poser features. Right now I'm missing access to - full/partial body morphs (slaving information and setting) - setting number of frames - displayed dial settings Drop to object below Per file category history. If I want to save a scene, I certainly don't want to save it in the same folder where I last loaded a pose/texture/hand/whatever from. And when I'm loading a morph, I'll probably load the next morph from the same folder as the previous one, not from the Poser runtime root! Hierarchy windows collapsed by default Grouping figures, props and lights in layers, being able to hide, show and delete entire groups at once. Configurable collision detection (precision vs performance) Textboxes/dials/shortcuts that conform to standard OS behaviors. (Ctrl-A is SELECT ALL, not DESTROY ALL!) Dockable tool windows, more screen real estate for the previews. Get rid of that teletubbie interface! Configurable menus (I'd love to incorporate my favorite Python script in the menus!) Cloth room; - drape from zero morphs in additin to drape from zero pose - pre-stretched cloth groups (e.g. elastic waistbands) Setup room & joint parameters: - higher precision inputs, 3 digits is NOT enough - spherical falloff zones centered on the joint they belong to by default - fix that bone naming problem by FIRST asking a internal name for the bone BEFORE creating it. Cleaning up the CR2 mess is an unnecessary bear right now. Rendering: - Batched tile renders for large scenes - Render settings, animation render settings and render dimension as tabs in ONE dialog. - DISTRIBUTED RENDERING! Both stills (tiling) and animations. CR2 structure: include the keywords "thisFigure" and "conformingFigure" for FBM/PBM controls. "thisFigure" would make certain that a FBM/PBM only affects the figure it is dialed on, and always works. "conformingFigure" would make certain the dials of a conforming clothing item are slaved to the dials of the character is conformed to. Please, please turn crosstalk into a full fledged feature, don't let it remain the half-fixed bug it is now! Poses: - option to include BODY position/rotation and FBM while saving - option to save only morph setting (MOR file creation) - better gimbal lock handling when using IK Props: - option to save a prop set with a parent - option to save with external geometry OS: - A 64bit version (Mac G5/OSX is 64 bit, WinXP is available in 64bit) - 32bit Windows version compiled with the /G switch (3 GB address space instead of 2 GB) That's it for now. I'll probably think of more. Many of these wishes are easy to implement, and should be done as a service pack for P6, not as a new release. Other things (revised CR2 structure) are new and suitable for a P7.
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