Python Scripting for AS
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:58 pm
I noticed you upgraded your Python for Poser. It would be nice if you integrated Python scripting for AS so you have a common language across all your product line. 
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Re: Python Scripting for AS
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:07 am
Python is used in LightWave 3d now, as well as Maya, and it's even what Papagayo is written in, so perhaps Python should be a next step!
Re: Python Scripting for AS
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:43 pm
+1
dont forget blender 3d.
I'd go as far as to say its by far the simplest language for a none-programmer to pick up and its a synch to expose c/c++ code to an interpreter from a techie point of view...
dont forget blender 3d.
I'd go as far as to say its by far the simplest language for a none-programmer to pick up and its a synch to expose c/c++ code to an interpreter from a techie point of view...
Re: Python Scripting for AS
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:52 pm
I thought LUA was used because it was much faster than the other scripting languages? Its used in games for that reason.
Therefore wouldn't Python scripts make AS run slower? I wouldn't want that.
It's not like we'd all of a sudden be able to use Blender or Lightwave scripts in Anime Studio, would we? I don't know much about scripting (I don't even like typing in passwords, let alone scripts), but I didn't think scripts were compatible across different programs.
And as for encouraging non-programmers to write more scripts - I prefer my scripts to be written by programmers!
Therefore wouldn't Python scripts make AS run slower? I wouldn't want that.
It's not like we'd all of a sudden be able to use Blender or Lightwave scripts in Anime Studio, would we? I don't know much about scripting (I don't even like typing in passwords, let alone scripts), but I didn't think scripts were compatible across different programs.
And as for encouraging non-programmers to write more scripts - I prefer my scripts to be written by programmers!
Re: Python Scripting for AS
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:03 pm
There are some very intensive maths applications and scientists using python so performance is not an issue. scripts by their nature glue things together and the performance bottleneck would be ASP 
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That said I'm not suggesting that everyone should script but if they wanted python would be easy
The industry is waking up to python and if all leading graphics apps are using it, asp would benefit from cross skills.
. That said I'm not suggesting that everyone should script but if they wanted python would be easy
The industry is waking up to python and if all leading graphics apps are using it, asp would benefit from cross skills.
Re: Python Scripting for AS
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:16 pm
you might like to take a look at http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=16031 for a discussion on python vs LUA.
Given that all the AS-provided tools are in LUA it might take a while to change those over - not to mention the user-generated scripts...
... but maybe there's a way to provide an API to support user-written python scripts as well as (rather than instead of) LUA ones?
Given that all the AS-provided tools are in LUA it might take a while to change those over - not to mention the user-generated scripts...
... but maybe there's a way to provide an API to support user-written python scripts as well as (rather than instead of) LUA ones?
Re: Python Scripting for AS
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:19 pm
I give a big thumbs up to that! We should have Python support by now if nothing else to have a common language across all SM graphic products. I've noticed in other 3D software they have been able to include Python into their product. So if it can be done in very complicated 3D code it should be a lot easier in ASP.InfoCentral wrote:I noticed you upgraded your Python for Poser. It would be nice if you integrated Python scripting for AS so you have a common language across all your product line.