Blender is finished.Lets face it Blender in 3.1 was getting better then the retarded devs basically ruined it and made it worse and worse.1) They literally removed the superior way to pick a modifier with muscle memory it is 1 click and a swipe to get what you want. Instead we got the retarded search bar where you need to type in the name of the modifier. >Ah yes 2 clicks or 1 click 2 letter on the keyboard and ENTER>Now picking a modifier is 400% slower!Classic blender!This was so controversial that people messaged the devs about all of this.The bullshit fandom reason was that blender will add so many hecking modifiers that this needs to exist.This started in version 3 We are on version 5 now and we did not even get 1 extra modifier and this shit stayed.One guy made a plugin to to revert it to the old style. It was free then he made it a payed plugin.2) In version 5 they literally removed the cloth filter. Back in the day you can use the cloth filter and set it to smooth to make a entire object more smooth. Yes it is a trick however a cheep trick to get OK looking smooth objects. Now the cloth filter has no smooth option only inflate and other useless garbage.Congratulations now blender 5 is literally worse and there is no need to use it over previous versions! 3) The plugins are getting moved to a web store!!!!!!!!!!!!!In version 3 there are basically essential plugins like the 3D print toolbox who have a make water tight or make manifold buttons to quick fix broken models fast.This was build in not needing a internet connection....Now this got removed and you need to connect to their retarded plugin store to download this.WTF blender is basically a broken launcher for web store plugins now!The onl shit they where doing was their retarded node shit>Ah yes play around with nodes for 30 minutes to get what you can do in 2 minutes if we added 1 button in the options!What shit show.
True, true.
>>1028686What else did they ruin in the new version?I literally check it out and after some testing realize that essential features got removed or fucked!remember the retarded>Oh fuck around by connecting these nodes for 10 minutesVS>Click a button and add a picture in 2 minutesFor HDRIs?Nodes are so cancer.>We changed how nodes work!In like ever version! Who wants to even learn this trash????
>>1028681You can just continue to use 3.1, it's pretty good. Or is there some killer freature you need from 5?
>>1028687I love nodes. You are just a smooth brain that doesn't understand how visual scripting works and how to handle data. It's your loss, anon.
>>1028692Many new features were introduced since 3.1, but whether it is worth installing depends on the type of content you are creating and the environment you're working in.Just a couple examples from the top of my head.- Khronos Color management for better colors in neutral lighting (important for product visualization)- support for many additional color spaces- Vulkan, makes Blender run 10x faster- many new geometry nodes, allows to create complex systems and simulations- better asset handling- shader nodes have new additions- better UV unwrapping- EEVEE supports ray tracing to, can be enabled in render settings, if you so desire.I'd say it's definitely worth upgrading Even if you don't use the new functions, Vulkan alone will make blender run faster once enabled, so this is already worth it
You're shortsighted, the changes they're making are better for the future.A single monolithic menu isn't scalable for adding new modifiers, and the new one with the categories works better for custom user-made modifiers using the geometry nodes.Essential features should not be plugins. Plugins should be specicific features downloaded separately so the bloat the application of people who would never use them. Removing the built-in plugins but also making it easier to download them and every other plugin is a step in this direction.Dunno about the Cloth filter though, never used that. Are you sure it's removed? It's still in the manual for version 5.1. I can't be arsed to open blender and go test it though.
>>1028716>so the bloat the application of people*so they don't bloat the application
>>1028712Genuinely, there arent even any raytraced games worth installing. Why would i need raytracing in blender? Yes i know it should have it in principle of "this software should do everything", but... more than it needs some brushes?
>>1028712I swear someone at Blender dev team is here. Those are the exact features i said that Blender lacks (except Vulkan). Also for context, the color management is from Photoshop because Maya and other paid don't offer the best colors just basic. Node is from Cinema 4D, Blender is clearly copying that without understanding why such nodes exist. Lastly, UV unwrapped was me saying Wings3D had better options for beginners to understand while Blender requires videos.Someone is clearly reading our comments.
>>1028711>I love nodes. Because you are a idiotic hipster.>I love nodes. What pert of nodes taking longer did you fail to understand?Like there is no debate here. in blender there is 1 button that ads the needed thing in 1 click or the slower way of you fucking around with 4 nodes. Before you molest the first 2 nodes into connecting the right way I already finished. NO DEBATE!
>>1028681literally too retarded of a post for me to get mad at
>>1028721Raytracing is for renders, idiot
>>1028681blender has slowly but surely been redesigned to cater to tutorial youtubers and people who only do post-modeling work, if thatI predict in 5 years it will be 100% focused on AI workflowsluckily, old versions can still be downloaded and they work as well as they did the day you learned to use them :)
>>1028711>nodesIt's retarded. I never used them in my many years and never will. I can get shit done quicker.
>>1029561blender turned into a mainstream app for shitskin amateurs who need a constant flow of how to do x in 60 SECONDS! on youtube shorts I like 3ds max more for its more robust features.
their biggest blunder was not letting you use old eevee. i fucking hate new eevee but i want the new sculpting tools aaaaaaaaaaa
>>1028687it takes you 2 minutes to add a hdri? it takes you 10 minutes when you have to add an environment texture node then plug it into the world node..?
>>1029579You know you can use multiple versions of blender on the same machine, right?
>>1029678yeah and like i said i want the new better sculpting tools, faster texture painting and geonode improvements while still using old eeveedon't say save in 5.0+ then open in 4.1 because it crashes if you try thatyou can save it in 4.5 then in 4.1 but then your materials probably get fucked and it's annoying
>>1029769Based the shills and their cope gets destroyed.If we only run old versions we never get the good improvements
