Where can I find 2.9x alpha versions
I use sculpt vertex color a lot and I have big performance issue with the 3.1 alpha build. For instance, I have hard lags in solid view while I have flawless performances in material preview mode.
So I would like to know if there is a place where I could download old 2.9x alpha build in order to use sculpt vertex color without performance issues.
Thank you for your time.
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Here you can download all the previous Blender versions: download.blender.org/release/ However, all the Blender 2.9x is stable and not in alpha anymore. I hope I helped you.
Well, that's not helping me but thank you for the answer. Now I know that I will need to save my own "good alpha version" until sculpt vertex color is integrated in stable version. Up to 2034 I guess. :D
Oh, I think understand. You mean that the sculpt vertex color was integrated in blender 2.9x alpha, but they removed it before the release, and now it is in blender 3.1 alpha, but there it is very slow. Ok, sadly I don’t think I can help you then. I compile Blender myself, and then you can choose from 1187 different branches/releases, and there is a sculpt-colors branch. I tried to compile it, but sadly it crashed during the compile proces. So yes, I think that you will have to save your own good alpha versions in the future.
Actually it could be possible I think, when you know the exact date that 2.9.x with sculpt vertex colour was in master. Then I think you could try to checkout that specific date. However, you would have to compile Blender for the OS that you are using. I’m using Linux so I could try to compile it for you, but then you get a Linux build that only runs on Linux (there is a way to compile Windows build on Linux, but that’s not very easy), and I think you are using Windows or MacOS. However, if your using Linux, I could try it for you if you want (I can’t promise that it works, never tried to checkout a specific date). Otherwise you would have to compile Blender on your own for your operating system: wiki.blender.org/wiki/Building_Blender .
Unfortunately I don't have Linux so I will see if I can compile it for Windows. Thank you very much for all these informations.
Your welcome! It is very nice to compile Blender yourself, because you get much control on witch version you use, and you can change the source code for yourself. A downside is that you have to download all the needed libraries, (for me this is 3.5 gigabyte). On linux you can compile Blender quit easy, and on Windows it is also not that hard I think, but I think you also have to install Visual Studio Code. As I told you I never tried myself to checkout a specific date, but I found this on Stackoverflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/6990484/how-to-checkout-in-git-by-date use the “Checkout out by date using rev-list” command, also I think you can remove the –first-parent in the command. (I can’t promise it works, I don’t tried it myself, also because Blender use SVN and Git this command might not work, because I gues you only update the Git branch with this command). You can replace 2009-07-27 13:37 wih your own date. Also I don’t know if you compiled something before, but Blender is quit a big package and when you compile it for the first time it may take 45 min or longer (of course it really depends on how fast your pc/laptop is). I hope that this method works for you.