How To Install Both Blender 2.49b & 2.5 Beta

[BlackSampleAdmin]

How To Have Blender 2.49b & Blender 2.53 Beta at the same time: i do this myself as i need both versions so first get every thing you need:

 

1-PyFFI - any version will do: http://sourceforge.n...ts/pyffi/files/

 

2-Python - you must download python version 2.6.6 to make this work: http://www.python.or...releases/2.6.6/

 

3-Blender 2.49 - must be 2.49b and maybe 2.49a: http://www.blender.o...ad/get-blender/

 

4-Blender Nif Scripts - latest version will do: http://sourceforge.n...niftools/files/

 

5-Blender 2.53 Beta - http://www.blender.o...d/get-25-alpha/

 

Step 1 :

 

first install Blender 2.49b or a into in location on your computer.

 

Step 2 :

 

usually Blender says that you require Python and sends you to the link be sure you have Python to 2.6.6 or this will not work then install Python in the same hard or this Might not work.

 

Step 3 :

 

click blender and look at the doss box that comes up with blender and see if its says this:

compiled with python version 2.6.2

checking for installed python... got it. if does not say that then it has not found python. so try to re-install python

 

Step 4 :

 

install PyFFI to any location and then install Blender Nif Scripts. Note that you must first install every thing step by step or you will bump into a problem.

 

Step 5 :

 

check if Blender Nif Format is working if not try re-installing or installing all files in one directory to be sure the program has searched around it if not then search google for a solution or send a message to blender website for help

 

Step 6 :

 

Install Blender 2.53 Beta In any directory and it does not require python as it has its own in its files but not python so if your planning on making a new program you require a original python ENJOY :)

[LHammonds]

Wow, isn't that easy. Just install this package to get up-and-running with creating models for NIF-based games and simply install 2.5.3 to any folder other than where Blender 2.49b is installed.

 

That is awfully easy (mainly because they packaged python into the Blender 2.5.3 build)

 

I'm guessing it could be that easy for the same Blender 2.49b package above (32-bit) and it is a simple matter of installing 2.49b (64-bit) to a different folder....hmm...no, now that I think about it, Blender would want the 64-bit version of Python in order to see it. You'd have to figure out how to have multiple installations of Python in order to do that scenario.

 

LHammonds

[Takako123]

Wow, isn't that easy. Just install this package to get up-and-running with creating models for NIF-based games and simply install 2.5.3 to any folder other than where Blender 2.49b is installed.

 

That is awfully easy (mainly because they packaged python into the Blender 2.5.3 build)

 

I'm guessing it could be that easy for the same Blender 2.49b package above (32-bit) and it is a simple matter of installing 2.49b (64-bit) to a different folder....hmm...no, now that I think about it, Blender would want the 64-bit version of Python in order to see it. You'd have to figure out how to have multiple installations of Python in order to do that scenario.

 

LHammonds

 

 

Okay I downloaded your pack and I try to install PyFFI-2.1.5.win32 or blender_nif_scripts-2.5.5-windows it says it cant write some files I also tryed from the PyFFI site and the blender_nif_scripts site I am wanting to use Pepakura Designer 3 with some nif model I got but I need to convert them first.

 

EDIT by LHammonds: This really isn't the correct place to discuss problems related to what I uploaded...which has its own comment thread. Sending you a PM.

[BlackSampleAdmin]

UPDATE : the python link seems to be outdated/broken use LHammonds Package Link Edited January 30, 2011 by BlackSampleAdmin

[odie11]

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