06-26-2024, 03:31 PM
Personally I don't see why an optional blend file of a rip is any more of an issue than an optional blend file of a custom which is allowed (and I'm assuming is subjected to the same checking a rip submission would be).
Speaking as someone who barely knew my way around 3D when I first discovered the site, I really just wanted to make renders and struggled a lot with the amount of things that weren't set up by default and had to be manually set up. I think a rip that provides the user with the model with as many of its in-game features intact is a valid thing that most users downloading models would appreciate having. Not as a requirement obviously but considering Blender is free, and it wouldn't replace the .dae/.obj that's already required in a submission, I think it would only be a positive thing to have should the submitter choose to include it. I get the checking thing, and I think maybe adding a caveat of not allowing blend files with images embedded (so they just use the textures already included in every submission) might make it easier.
I already know that I'd have preferred to set up the materials and include ready-to-go blend files in most of my rips, a huge pet peeve of mine is the textures not being transparent when loading a dae into Blender. I had to scour the web to find a script that would automate fixing that with one click since some of them have many different materials. I think the more convenient a model is to download and use, the better. If it ever does become allowed I will definitely try to go back through my rips and add one. I personally would want people who download my rips to be able to open them up and have them look like they do in the preview render.
Speaking as someone who barely knew my way around 3D when I first discovered the site, I really just wanted to make renders and struggled a lot with the amount of things that weren't set up by default and had to be manually set up. I think a rip that provides the user with the model with as many of its in-game features intact is a valid thing that most users downloading models would appreciate having. Not as a requirement obviously but considering Blender is free, and it wouldn't replace the .dae/.obj that's already required in a submission, I think it would only be a positive thing to have should the submitter choose to include it. I get the checking thing, and I think maybe adding a caveat of not allowing blend files with images embedded (so they just use the textures already included in every submission) might make it easier.
I already know that I'd have preferred to set up the materials and include ready-to-go blend files in most of my rips, a huge pet peeve of mine is the textures not being transparent when loading a dae into Blender. I had to scour the web to find a script that would automate fixing that with one click since some of them have many different materials. I think the more convenient a model is to download and use, the better. If it ever does become allowed I will definitely try to go back through my rips and add one. I personally would want people who download my rips to be able to open them up and have them look like they do in the preview render.
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