Force Field Experimental Builds

This documentation page will provide up-to-date and important information about using our weekly force field experimental builds. We recommend reading this page before installing the experimental versions.

Requirements

Before using the experimental builds, we recommend having:

FLIP Fluids addon experience - Having prior experience using the FLIP Fluids addon is highly recommended. If you are new to the FLIP Fluids addon, it would be recommended to start with the latest stable version of the addon. Without prior experience, you may experience frustration during learning due to bugs and unexpected outcomes.
A GitHub account (optional) - Discussions such as feedback, requests, questions, and bug reporting will take place on our GitHub issue tracker:
- Discussion, feedback, requests, and questions can take place in this issue thread: [Discussion] Force Field Experimental Builds
- Bugs should also be reported on the GitHub issue tracker. Please read our Bug Reporting Guidelines carefully.

Accessing the experimental builds

The experimental build package can be found in your Blender Market FLIP Fluids account downloads and will be labelled as Force Field Experimental Builds (unzip).zip.

You will need to unzip this file to access the package contents. Inside the package you will find installation files and force field example scenes to get you started (click here for package contents).

Documentation

Relevant documentation topics for the force field features can be found here:

To help you get started, we have added a few example scenes to show you how to use some of the new force field features: Force Field Example Scenes.

Limitations, Warnings, and Guidelines

This section will highlight limitations, warnings, and guidelines when using the experimental builds.

Not for production use - Our experimental builds are not considered stable and are not meant for productions use.
- Blend files may break. Backup your files regularly.
- Blend file and simulation cache compatibility may break between experimental versions.
- You will likely experience bugs and unexpected behavior.
- Use at your own risk, these builds should only be used for fun and for testing.
Reduced Support - Scene Troubleshooting Support will not be offered for the experimental builds. We will need to limit our support time for the stable versions only in order to set aside adequate development time to complete the force fields feature set.
Discussion - Please supply feedback, requests, and questions should be focused in this GitHub Discussion Thread in order concentrate information to a single location.
- We may not have time to answer all questions or respond to feedback in a timely manner, but we will be closely monitoring the thread.
Bug Reports - Please report any bugs to the GitHub Issue Tracker.
- We are usually quite lenient with our bug reporting guidelines, but in order speed up development, we may be more strict with our guidelines for experimental builds. Please read our Bug Reporting Guidelines carefully.
Not all features will be available - Not all up-to-date features and changes will be released into the experimental builds. Some features will spend some time in internal development and testing before they will be considered ‘ready’ for experimental testing. Only the more stable features/changes will be included in order to avoid confusion and potential issues.