Questions tagged [versions]
Questions about using and managing different versions of Blender, past present and future. Use this tag for upgrade questions, installation questions, etc.
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4.2.0 - Both my Add-Ons menu and my Extensions menu are blank upon updating
I updated my version of Blender, loaded my settings from the previous version, and now my Add-ons menu, and the new Extensions menu are both completely and utterly blank.
I've looked in the console ...
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How to install previous version of the blender preference to the new blender 4.2 version?
How can I install the previous version's preferences like add-ons, themes and settings into the new version? The problem is that I've already uninstalled the earlier version of Blender(which I had ...
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Why does blender check for a ton of non-existen directories?
I opened a file on the command line on Linux and Blender started checking a ton of non-existing directories. Here's a part of the log:
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Principled BSDF Changes between 3.3 and 4.2
At work, we've been using Blender 3.3 LTS and since this LTS has come to an end, we are testing the next LTS (4.2).
Is it normal that a file saved in 3.3 looks very different when rendered in 4.2 (...
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Hair particles not appearing in cycles mode
I have some hair that I've created in one of my projects. At some point, somewhere, I must have pressed a hotkey by accident, because now none of the hair is rendering in Cycles. It fails to appear in ...
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Old user interface ( object data properties ) for Blender 4.0?
Is it possible to get the older interface of the tab Object data properties for Blender 4.0? It's the main reason i never use newest blenders , i'm mostly intestred by the older Skeleton layers system ...
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Can't Move the Gizmo - Just Draws a Select Box
In previous versions of Blender, I was able to click on the different points of a 3D gizmo to manipulate it.
However, after the 3.4 update this no longer works. It just draws a select box. I wondered ...
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Transferring Addons Across Blender Upgrades
What is the easiest way to store and transfer (and keep track of) your add-ons whenever upgrading Blender? Is it as easy as transferring a folder over to your newest version of Blender? How do YOU ...
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Issue with building a version of Blender 4.1.1 (GooEngine)
I've been trying to build a version of Blender from its github. It kinda works i can open it fine and work on it. But in the cmd prompt, i get this message:
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What is the proper way to update a portable Blender installation while keeping user settings?
The Windows portable installation has (or can have) the user settings folder (named '2.77' for instance, containing all the user preferences) next to all of it's files - which is perfect for me, since ...
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Blender 3.5 not working on my system
I have been using blender on my PC. (Intel i5 processor, 4G ram, internal Intel graphics card, CPU rendering only) Currently, I am using 3.41, but if I try to use 3.5 as a look-see, Bender mainly ...
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My Blender 4.1 whit error AttributeError: 'bpy.app' object has no attribute 'version_char' [closed]
is this :
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.1\4.1\scripts\modules\addon_utils.py", line 376, in enable
mod = importlib.import_module(...
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How to run an Alpha Build?
This would seem to be a dumb question since I can't find anyone asking it before....
I thought I would install an Alpha build for the first time (2.93 - on a Windows PC). I unzipped all files to a ...
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How can I tell what a particular key combination will do in Blender 2.92
I'm very new to Blender and I've installed the latest version (2.92). The learning process is extremely hard because all the tutorials I can find seem to have been created under a version that has a ...
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How to transfer shape keys from blender 3.6+ to version 2.79b?
Object has equal count of vertices. When i copy (ctrl + c, ctrl + v) from 3.6 to 2.79 - error. When i append this object from blender 3.6, then object loses it shape keys. Maybe some addon? Help pls, ...
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