Merge materials no longer works

[Lee John]

Merge materials option doesn’t work, throw an error, or leave any code in the console. I think the last time it worked was blender 2.9.3 (currently using 3.3.1). Older versions of the add-on (1.5.1) don’t work either.

[Alessandro Padovani]

Just tried G8F and Victoria 8.1 and seems to work fine here. If it’s a specific asset that doesn’t work please provide exacts steps and your specs.

[Alessandro Padovani]

If you can’t provide details I’ll close as invalid since we can't reproduce the issue, so it is probably an error on your side and not a bug.

[Lee John]

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9400F CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Windows 10

That’s the issue, I just tried with the default G8F and I don’t get an error or any log in the console. Import Daz: Base G8F >>> Mesh Fitting: DBZ >>> Material Method: Principled (<-- Works Fine) >>> Merge Materials >>> Nothing no errors, or logs in console I can post here. But if it’s working for you I’ll keep looking into it. I got it to work on the default cube, but that’s it.

[Alessandro Padovani]

Yes with your steps works fine here. Of course only identical materials are merged so for example legs and arms will not merge but ear will merge with face. This is the expected behavior. If it doesn’t work for you be sure to be up to date and clean install. If there’s nothing to add I’ll mark as invalid.

https://diffeomorphic.blogspot.com/2022/11/safely-installing-new-version.html

As for your specs I mean the blender and plugin versions, not what cpu you have that’s irrelevant.

steps:

1. import G8F and merge rigs
2. merge materials

alternate steps:

1. easy import G8F with merge rigs and materials

note. Blender 3.4 changed the mix nodes, so if you’re mixing 3.4 and 3.3 files it may cause issues, but this is a blender limitation not a plugin bug.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4GAHxtDAsk

[Thomas Larsson]

The plugin should handle the different mix nodes correctly, and if it doesn’t it is a bug. You can only use 3.3 files in 3.4 of course, not the other way around.

[Lee John]

Yeah, I’m not sure what the issue is, but it must be on my end. Marking the issue as resolved.

[Alessandro Padovani]

we can't reproduce the issue, works fine here