# Multi-user blender addon

> Enable real-time collaborative workflow inside blender  

:warning: Under development, use it at your own risks. Currently tested on Windows platform. :warning:


This tool aims to allow multiple users to work on the same scene over the network. Based on a Clients / Server architecture, the data-oriented replication schema replicate blender datablocks across the wire.

## Installation

1. Download lastest release here.
2. Install last_version.zip from your addon preferences

## Usage

Settings are under: `View3D -> Sidebar -> Multiuser`

### 1. Set user infos

![settings](medias/user.png)

- **name**: username.
- **color**: color used to represent the user into other user workspaces.

### 2. setup network
 
| Host                                                                                             | Join                           |
| :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------- |
| ![host_panel](medias/host.png)                                                                   | ![join_panel](medias/join.png) |
| Start empty: Cleanup the file before starting to host                                            | IP: host ip                    |
| :warning: If you host a session over internet, special network configuration is needed :warning: | Port: host port                |


## Current development statut

Animation support is under development.

| Name       |       Statut       |  Comment   |
| ---------- | :----------------: | :--------: |
| action     |        :x:         |    WIP     |
| armature   |        :x:         |    WIP     |
| camera     | :white_check_mark: |            |
| collection | :white_check_mark: |            |
| curve      | :white_check_mark: | Not tested |
| gpencil    | :white_check_mark: |            |
| image      | :white_check_mark: | Local only |
| mesh       | :white_check_mark: |            |
| material   | :white_check_mark: |            |
| metaball   |        :x:         |            |
| object     | :white_check_mark: |            |
| scene      | :white_check_mark: |            |
| world      | :white_check_mark: |            |

### Performance issues

Since this addon is writen in pure python for a prototyping purpose, perfomance could be better from all perspective. Soon I will start to port the multi-user addon concept to a blender branch.

## Dependencies

| Dependencies | Version | Needed |
| ------------ | :-----: | -----: |
| ZeroMQ       | latest  |    yes |
| msgpack      | latest  |    yes |
| PyYAML       | latest  |    yes |


## Contributing

1. Fork it (<https://gitlab.com/yourname/yourproject/fork>)
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/fooBar`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some fooBar'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/fooBar`)
5. Create a new Pull Request