feat(auto_export): more work on correct parameter change detection from gltf & auto export

* forcing depsgraph update when applying changes to gltf export settings
 * lots of additional boilerplate for params change detection
 * further updates to get information about changed parameters & objects in tracker
 * a lot of related tweaks & changes
chore(bevy_components): removed annoying verbose info messages

tools/bevy_components/components/metadata.py

@@ -248,18 +248,15 @@ def apply_propertyGroup_values_to_object_customProperties(object):
 # apply component value(s) to custom property of a single component
 def apply_propertyGroup_values_to_object_customProperties_for_component(object, component_name):
     registry = bpy.context.window_manager.components_registry
-    print("yallah", component_name)
     (_, propertyGroup) =  upsert_component_in_object(object, component_name, registry)
     component_definition = find_component_definition_from_short_name(component_name)
     if component_definition != None:
-        print("merde")
         value = property_group_value_to_custom_property_value(propertyGroup, component_definition, registry, None)
         object[component_name] = value
     
     components_metadata = object.components_meta.components
     componentMeta = next(filter(lambda component: component["name"] == component_name, components_metadata), None)
     if componentMeta:
-        print("here")
         componentMeta.invalid = False
         componentMeta.invalid_details = ""
 

tools/bevy_components/registry/registry.py

@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ class MissingBevyType(bpy.types.PropertyGroup):
 
 # helper function to deal with timer
 def toggle_watcher(self, context):
-    print("toggling watcher", self.watcher_enabled, watch_schema, self, bpy.app.timers)
+    #print("toggling watcher", self.watcher_enabled, watch_schema, self, bpy.app.timers)
     if not self.watcher_enabled:
         try:
             bpy.app.timers.unregister(watch_schema)
         except Exception as error:
-            print("failed to unregister", error)
             pass
     else:
         self.watcher_active = True
@@ -236,7 +235,6 @@ class ComponentsRegistry(PropertyGroup):
         try:
             bpy.app.timers.unregister(watch_schema)
         except Exception as error:
-            print("failed to unregister", error)
             pass
 
         del bpy.types.WindowManager.components_registry

tools/gltf_auto_export/__init__.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from bpy.types import Context
 from bpy.props import (StringProperty, BoolProperty, IntProperty, PointerProperty)
 import rna_prop_ui
 
+
 # from .extension import ExampleExtensionProperties, GLTF_PT_UserExtensionPanel, unregister_panel
 
 from .auto_export.operators import AutoExportGLTF
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ from .ui.main import (GLTF_PT_auto_export_changes_list, GLTF_PT_auto_export_main
                       GLTF_PT_auto_export_SidePanel
                       )
 from .ui.operators import (SCENES_LIST_OT_actions)
+from .helpers.ping_depsgraph_update import ping_depsgraph_update
+from .helpers.generate_complete_preferences_dict import generate_complete_preferences_dict_gltf
 
 
 ######################################################
@@ -149,12 +152,18 @@ def glTF2_post_export_callback(data):
 
         # get the parameters
         scene = bpy.context.scene
+        print(dict(scene))
         if "glTF2ExportSettings" in scene:
+            print("write gltf settings")
             settings = scene["glTF2ExportSettings"]
             export_settings = bpy.data.texts[".gltf_auto_export_gltf_settings"] if ".gltf_auto_export_gltf_settings" in bpy.data.texts else bpy.data.texts.new(".gltf_auto_export_gltf_settings")
             # now write new settings
             export_settings.clear()
-            export_settings.write(json.dumps(dict(settings)))
+
+            current_gltf_settings = generate_complete_preferences_dict_gltf(dict(settings))
+            print("current_gltf_settings", current_gltf_settings)
+            export_settings.write(json.dumps(current_gltf_settings))
+            print("done writing")
         # now reset the original gltf_settings
         if gltf_settings_backup != "":
             scene["glTF2ExportSettings"] = json.loads(gltf_settings_backup)
@@ -168,6 +177,10 @@ def glTF2_post_export_callback(data):
         last_operator.filepath = ""
         last_operator.gltf_export_id = ""
 
+        # AGAIN, something that does not work withouth a timer
+        bpy.app.timers.register(ping_depsgraph_update, first_interval=0.1)
+       
+
 
 def menu_func_import(self, context):
     self.layout.operator(AutoExportGLTF.bl_idname, text="glTF auto Export (.glb/gltf)")

tools/gltf_auto_export/auto_export/auto_export.py

@@ -48,12 +48,11 @@ def auto_export(changes_per_scene, changed_export_parameters, addon_prefs):
         # here we do a bit of workaround by creating an override # TODO: do this at the "UI" level
         export_blueprints_path = os.path.join(folder_path, export_output_folder, getattr(addon_prefs,"export_blueprints_path")) if getattr(addon_prefs,"export_blueprints_path") != '' else folder_path
         #print('addon_prefs', AutoExportGltfAddonPreferences.__annotations__)#)addon_prefs.__annotations__)
-        
         if hasattr(addon_prefs, "__annotations__") :
             tmp = {}
             for k in AutoExportGltfAddonPreferences.__annotations__:
                 item = AutoExportGltfAddonPreferences.__annotations__[k]
-                print("tutu",k, item.keywords.get('default', None) )
+                #print("tutu",k, item.keywords.get('default', None) )
                 default = item.keywords.get('default', None)
                 tmp[k] = default
             

tools/gltf_auto_export/auto_export/did_export_settings_change.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import json
+import bpy
+
+"""
+This should ONLY be run when actually doing exports/aka calling auto_export function, because we only care about the difference in settings between EXPORTS
+"""
+def did_export_settings_change():
+    # compare both the auto export settings & the gltf settings
+    previous_auto_settings = bpy.data.texts[".gltf_auto_export_settings_previous"] if ".gltf_auto_export_settings_previous" in bpy.data.texts else None
+    previous_gltf_settings = bpy.data.texts[".gltf_auto_export_gltf_settings_previous"] if ".gltf_auto_export_gltf_settings_previous" in bpy.data.texts else None
+
+    current_auto_settings = bpy.data.texts[".gltf_auto_export_settings"] if ".gltf_auto_export_settings" in bpy.data.texts else None
+    current_gltf_settings = bpy.data.texts[".gltf_auto_export_gltf_settings"] if ".gltf_auto_export_gltf_settings" in bpy.data.texts else None
+
+    #check if params have changed
+    
+    # if there were no setting before, it is new, we need export
+    changed = False
+    if previous_auto_settings == None:
+        print("previous settings missing, exporting")
+        changed = True
+    elif previous_gltf_settings == None:
+        print("previous gltf settings missing, exporting")
+        changed = True
+    else:
+        auto_settings_changed = sorted(json.loads(previous_auto_settings.as_string()).items()) != sorted(json.loads(current_auto_settings.as_string()).items()) if current_auto_settings != None else False
+        gltf_settings_changed = sorted(json.loads(previous_gltf_settings.as_string()).items()) != sorted(json.loads(current_gltf_settings.as_string()).items()) if current_gltf_settings != None else False
+        
+        """print("auto settings previous", sorted(json.loads(previous_auto_settings.as_string()).items()))
+        print("auto settings current", sorted(json.loads(current_auto_settings.as_string()).items()))"""
+        print("auto_settings_changed", auto_settings_changed)
+
+        """print("gltf settings previous", sorted(json.loads(previous_gltf_settings.as_string()).items()))
+        print("gltf settings current", sorted(json.loads(current_gltf_settings.as_string()).items()))"""
+        print("gltf_settings_changed", gltf_settings_changed)
+
+        changed = auto_settings_changed or gltf_settings_changed
+
+    return changed

tools/gltf_auto_export/auto_export/export_gltf.py

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def generate_gltf_export_preferences(addon_prefs):
 
 
     standard_gltf_exporter_settings = get_standard_exporter_settings()
-    #print("standard settings", standard_gltf_exporter_settings)
     
     constant_keys = [
         'use_selection',

tools/gltf_auto_export/auto_export/get_collections_to_export.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_collections_to_export(changes_per_scene, changed_export_parameters, addo
     (collections, blueprint_hierarchy) = get_exportable_collections(level_scenes, library_scenes, addon_prefs)
     collections_to_export = collections # just for clarity
 
-    print("export_change_detection", export_change_detection, export_gltf_extension, export_blueprints_path)
+    print("export_change_detection", export_change_detection, export_gltf_extension, export_blueprints_path, changed_export_parameters, changes_per_scene)
     
     # if the export parameters have changed, bail out early
     # we need to re_export everything if the export parameters have been changed

tools/gltf_auto_export/auto_export/tracker.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import bpy
 from bpy.types import (PropertyGroup)
 from bpy.props import (PointerProperty, IntProperty, StringProperty)
 
+from .did_export_settings_change import did_export_settings_change
 from .get_collections_to_export import get_collections_to_export
 
 from ..constants import TEMPSCENE_PREFIX
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ class AutoExportTracker(PropertyGroup):
                     if isinstance(obj.id, bpy.types.Object):
                         # get the actual object
                         object = bpy.data.objects[obj.id.name]
-                        # print("  changed object", obj.id.name,"transforms", obj.is_updated_transform, "geometry", obj.is_updated_geometry)
+                        print("  changed object", obj.id.name, "changes", obj, "transforms", obj.is_updated_transform, "geometry", obj.is_updated_geometry)
                         cls.changed_objects_per_scene[scene.name][obj.id.name] = object
                     elif isinstance(obj.id, bpy.types.Material): # or isinstance(obj.id, bpy.types.ShaderNodeTree):
                         # print("  changed material", obj.id, "scene", scene.name,)
@@ -140,16 +141,16 @@ class AutoExportTracker(PropertyGroup):
 
         # get a list of exportable collections for display
         # keep it simple, just use Simplenamespace for compatibility with the rest of our code
+        # TODO: debounce
 
+        export_settings_changed = did_export_settings_change()
         tmp = {}
         for k in AutoExportGltfAddonPreferences.__annotations__:
             item = AutoExportGltfAddonPreferences.__annotations__[k]
-            print("tutu",k, item.keywords.get('default', None) )
             default = item.keywords.get('default', None)
             tmp[k] = default
         auto_settings = get_auto_exporter_settings()
         for k in auto_settings:
-            print("k", k, auto_settings[k])
             tmp[k] = auto_settings[k]
         tmp['__annotations__'] = tmp
 
@@ -164,14 +165,7 @@ class AutoExportTracker(PropertyGroup):
         tmp["export_models_path"] = export_models_path
         addon_prefs = SimpleNamespace(**tmp)
 
-        #
+        (collections, collections_to_export, library_collections, collections_per_scene) = get_collections_to_export(cls.changed_objects_per_scene, export_settings_changed, addon_prefs)
-
-        #addon_prefs.export_blueprints_path = export_blueprints_path
-        #addon_prefs.export_gltf_extension = gltf_extension
-        #addon_prefs.export_models_path = export_models_path
-
-
-        (collections, collections_to_export, library_collections, collections_per_scene) = get_collections_to_export(cls.changed_objects_per_scene, False, addon_prefs)
         print("collections to export", collections_to_export)
         try:
             # we save this list of collections in the context

tools/gltf_auto_export/helpers/generate_complete_preferences_dict.py

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+from ..auto_export.preferences import AutoExportGltfAddonPreferences
+from io_scene_gltf2 import (ExportGLTF2, GLTF_PT_export_main,ExportGLTF2_Base, GLTF_PT_export_include)
+
+def generate_complete_preferences_dict_gltf(settings):
+    complete_preferences = {}    
+    defaults = {}
+    gltf_parameters_to_ignore = ["use_active_collection", "use_active_collection_with_nested", "use_active_scene", "use_selection", "will_save_settings", "gltf_export_id"]
+    def filter_out(pair):
+        key, value = pair
+        if key in gltf_parameters_to_ignore:
+            return False
+        return True
+    
+    for k in ExportGLTF2_Base.__annotations__: # we use parameters from the base class of the standard gltf exporter, that contains all relevant parameters
+        item = ExportGLTF2_Base.__annotations__[k]
+        #print("item", item)
+        default = item.keywords.get('default', None)
+        #complete_preferences[k] = default
+        defaults[k] = default
+
+    for key in list(settings.keys()):
+        if key in defaults and settings[key] != defaults[key]: # only write out values different from defaults
+            complete_preferences[key] = settings[key]
+
+    complete_preferences = dict(filter(filter_out, dict(complete_preferences).items()))
+    return complete_preferences
+    
+def generate_complete_preferences_dict_auto(settings):
+    complete_preferences = {}    
+    for k in AutoExportGltfAddonPreferences.__annotations__:
+        item = AutoExportGltfAddonPreferences.__annotations__[k]
+        default = item.keywords.get('default', None)
+        complete_preferences[k] = default
+    
+    for key in list(settings.keys()):
+        complete_preferences[key] = settings[key]
+    return complete_preferences

tools/gltf_auto_export/helpers/helpers_scenes.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from .object_makers import (make_empty)
 custom_properties_to_filter_out = ['_combine', 'template', 'components_meta']
 
 def is_component_valid(object, component_name):
-    if "components_meta" in object:
+    if "components_meta" in object or hasattr(object, "components_meta"):
         target_components_metadata = object.components_meta.components
         component_meta = next(filter(lambda component: component["name"] == component_name, target_components_metadata), None)
         if component_meta != None:
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ def is_component_valid(object, component_name):
 
 def remove_unwanted_custom_properties(object):
     to_remove = []
-    for component_name in object.keys():
+    component_names = list(object.keys()) # to avoid 'IDPropertyGroup changed size during iteration' issues
+    for component_name in component_names:
         if not is_component_valid(object, component_name):
             to_remove.append(component_name)
     for cp in custom_properties_to_filter_out + to_remove:
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ def remove_unwanted_custom_properties(object):
 # TODO: rename actions ?
 # reference https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF-Blender-IO/blob/main/addons/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/animation/gltf2_blender_gather_action.py#L481
 def copy_animation_data(source, target):
-    if source.animation_data and source.animation_data:
+    if source.animation_data:
         ad = source.animation_data
 
         blender_actions = []
@@ -65,8 +66,27 @@ def copy_animation_data(source, target):
             target.animation_data_create()
         target.animation_data.action = source.animation_data.action.copy()"""
         # alternative method, using the built-in link animation operator
+
+        # 
+        #previous_active_object = bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active
+        """bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = source
+
+        bpy.ops.object.select_all(action='DESELECT')
+        #Transfer data from active object to selected objects
+        target.select_set(True)   """
+
         with bpy.context.temp_override(active_object=source, selected_editable_objects=[target]): 
             bpy.ops.object.make_links_data(type='ANIMATION')
+        
+        """if target.animation_data == None:
+            target.animation_data_create()
+
+        print("copying animation data for", source.name, target.animation_data)
+        properties = [p.identifier for p in source.animation_data.bl_rna.properties if not p.is_readonly]
+        for prop in properties:
+            print("copying stuff", prop)
+            setattr(target.animation_data, prop, getattr(source.animation_data, prop))"""
+        
         # we add an "AnimationInfos" component 
         target['AnimationInfos'] = f'(animations: {animations_infos})'.replace("'","")
         
@@ -81,11 +101,7 @@ def copy_animation_data(source, target):
         markers_formated += '}' 
         target["AnimationMarkers"] = f'( {markers_formated} )'
 
-        """print("copying animation data for", source.name, target.animation_data)
+        
-        properties = [p.identifier for p in source.animation_data.bl_rna.properties if not p.is_readonly]
-        for prop in properties:
-            print("copying stuff", prop)
-            setattr(target.animation_data, prop, getattr(source.animation_data, prop))"""
         
 
 

tools/gltf_auto_export/helpers/ping_depsgraph_update.py

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import bpy
+import rna_prop_ui
+
+# fake way to make our operator's changes be visible to the change/depsgraph update handler in gltf_auto_export
+def ping_depsgraph_update(object=None):
+    if object == None:
+        object = bpy.data.scenes[0]
+    rna_prop_ui.rna_idprop_ui_create(object, "________temp", default=0)
+    rna_prop_ui.rna_idprop_ui_prop_clear(object, "________temp")
+    return None

tools/gltf_auto_export/modules/export_materials.py

@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ def make_material_object(name, location=[0,0,0], rotation=[0,0,0], scale=[1,1,1]
         else:
             # no slots
             object.data.materials.append(material)
-
-    #bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = original_active_object
     return object