Sculpting in 4.3

[Mason]

The brushes being moved to the bottom of viewport is really annoying, is there any way to move them back? Also why is the smooth brush sometimes laggy when I use it? In 4.2 I never had any lag while smoothing faces, even with a higher poly model. I noticed the same thing in the 4.3 beta. And what was the point of changing the icons for some of the brushes? Some weird stuff in this update.

[MrNecromancer]

Yeah, I found sculpting not very conveniet in the update. What is even more annoying - is that somehow, brushes cannot be connected to shortcuts. The shortcuts can be assigned, but when you press it - Blender just gives an error.

[MrNecromancer]

The problem actually is that you cannot assign numbers 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 as shortcuts

[Mark3]

Originally posted by MrNecromancer:

The problem actually is that you cannot assign numbers 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 as shortcuts

You absolutely can use 1 to 0 as key assignments in 4.3,
You can also assign them to brushes, and sculpting tools, and what's more, you can have different shortcuts for the same brushes on the T menu and in the Brush Menu, though that would be a bit silly.

I don't think you can directly set the interface to use the extremely cluttered old style of Sculpt too menu - this method seems much better, and more standard. It's main aim is to unify the toolbar between modes, which is a good thing.
If you don't like the 4.3 improvements - just stick with a version you do like.

[MrNecromancer]

Originally posted by Mark3:

Originally posted by MrNecromancer:

The problem actually is that you cannot assign numbers 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 as shortcuts

You absolutely can use 1 to 0 as key assignments in 4.3,
You can also assign them to brushes, and sculpting tools, and what's more, you can have different shortcuts for the same brushes on the T menu and in the Brush Menu, though that would be a bit silly.

I don't think you can directly set the interface to use the extremely cluttered old style of Sculpt too menu - this method seems much better, and more standard. It's main aim is to unify the toolbar between modes, which is a good thing.
If you don't like the 4.3 improvements - just stick with a version you do like.

Clear install or Load factory settings did the trick for me. Now I can assign brushes to numbers without an Error

[Mark3]

BTW, you better get used to the brushes the way they are, because they have been designing this new system for a couple of years. They aren't about to dump it. And frankly, it makes more sense. I'm looking forward to Blender asset libraries becoming a lot more friendly too.

[ImAspen]

Originally posted by Mason:

The brushes being moved to the bottom of viewport is really annoying, is there any way to move them back? Also why is the smooth brush sometimes laggy when I use it? In 4.2 I never had any lag while smoothing faces, even with a higher poly model. I noticed the same thing in the 4.3 beta. And what was the point of changing the icons for some of the brushes? Some weird stuff in this update.

+1 on this. Why would anyone think this is a good idea? If you're going to make brushes assets at least keep them in the same place lol.

[Mark3]

Read their info on this. The point is to EVENTUALLY make a more unified toolbar and asset collection system as I already stated. This is step one. If you don't like it, then it's a matter of a few mouse clicks to re-install V4.2 isn't it? So if you think it is a bad idea, and can't understand the reasoning / don't want to find out, then you can ignore it.

[oMALAK oothi]

Originally posted by Mark3:

Read their info on this. The point is to EVENTUALLY make a more unified toolbar and asset collection system as I already stated. This is step one. If you don't like it, then it's a matter of a few mouse clicks to re-install V4.2 isn't it? So if you think it is a bad idea, and can't understand the reasoning / don't want to find out, then you can ignore it.

how to revert back to blender 4.2?

[Mark3]

Click the Cog icon or Right click on list Library icon for Blender & select Properties, then Betas. Look for Beta you want in the drop-down list on the right. Select 4.2 Stable - LTS. When it starts, If you don't want to start from scratch make sure you let it use your old preferences.

NOTE: If you manually installed a second version of Blender (Non Steam), this can sometimes end up with shared configs. It is best to justy use a standalone (zipped) version if you want to do that.