Animation of BVTKNodes properties does not work in Blender 2.80

[tkeskita]

FYI: Currently it is not possible to use Blender 2.80 animation system to animate BVTKNodes properties. This is due to bug in Blender, and it has been previously reported at https://developer.blender.org/T66392

[tsloan1377]

I am wondering if any users have found a workaround for animating the node properties as a function of the animation time (i.e. keyframing or drivers)?

I read the thread on blender developer forum, and see that it is a known limitation. I know that when I use Animation Nodes, I can't keyframe the nodes directly, but instead need to use a 'frame' input node.

If I understand well, the "Time Selector" node does this kind of thing, except at the data input level.

For an test animation, I am trying to animate the streamlines from the kitchen flow example, by changing the maximum number of steps of the integration using the frame number.

Any advice or workarounds are appreciated!

[tkeskita]

Hi,

@thomgrand has worked on a Global Time Keeper node (among other improvements), which may help. Here's link to his dev repository. I haven't yet checked it out (on my TODO list), but will once I have time.