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The Roast of Nature Clicker

29th May 2020

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Sybren A. Stüvel

The Roast of Nature Clicker. In this episode of Scripting for Artists, Sybren roasts another add-on. The focus is on simplifying code without altering what it does (too much), in order to avoid frying your brain while reading it.

The add-on can be found at https://github.com/OliverJPost/NatureClicker with its video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OmCKu4YLDw

  • 01:08 To the Code
  • 02:40 Panels & Mix-in Classes
  • 05:45 Functions & Context usage
  • 09:18 Accessing data by name (TL;DR: don't)
  • 12:50 Randomization
  • 14:54 The Operator & splitting up code
  • 16:13 Selecting a Random Object (but not that one)
  • 17:15 Grow Code in One Direction
  • 19:51 Conclusion

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Anže Orehek

25th June 2020 - 19:05

Did you import the Blender library in VSC or how come you don't get any error reports when using for example the "import bpy"

Edit: I made it work for me too. I followed this guide: https://b3d.interplanety.org/en/using-microsoft-visual-studio-code-as-external-ide-for-writing-blender-scripts-add-ons/

Sybren A. Stüvel

26th June 2020 - 12:28

*@Anže Orehek* I got no error reports because I didn't install anything smart. It's just showing syntax highlighting, nothing more.