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Installing what you need

There are three things that you need to install on your computer before you can make sculpties in Blender:

Blender 3d
The Python software
The Primstar sculptie scripts

Installation is... fairly straightforward if you do it right, but unfortunately, there are two steps that are easy to mess up, and can make things very difficult, so I had to write up this short tutorial.

Go figure.

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Install Blender

When asked where you'd like to install the user data files, choose the install directory.

Installing Blender

Download Blender 3d from here.

Installing Blender is fairly easy. For the most part just follow the instructions. However, there is ONE thing that Windows XP users will have to change

There is a point during installation that asks you where you want to store the user data files. By default, the 'Application Folder' is selected. Switch this to the "Installation Directory. This will save you some hassle in a bit.

After that, just wrap up the installation as normal.

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Install Python 2.6.*

No special instructions

Python

Download Python from here.

For the current stable version of Blender (2.49) you'll want to download the latest 2.6 build of Python. Do NOT download 3.1. Install normally.

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Install the Primstar scripts in the .blender/scripts folder.

If the .blender folder doesn't appear to be there, you need to change your OS settings so that hidden files and folders are shown.

Domino's Primstar Scripts

Download the scripts from here.

Installing the Primstar scripts is probably the most troublesome of the three.

Go into your file explorer, and navigate to the Blender data directory. You're looking for the .blender/scripts folder.

.blender is a "hidden folder." If you can't see it, you may need to change your settings to show hidden files and folders.

In the Windows file explorer, go to Tools > Folder Options, and in the View tab check "show hidden files and folders.

In the Mac OSX, type the following in the Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

Try looking for the folder in the following directories:

Linux: ~/.blender/scripts
Mac: /Applications/blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/.blender/scripts/
Windows XP: c:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\.blender\scripts
Windows Vista: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\.blender\scripts

Once you've found the scripts directory, drag the entire Primstar scripts folder into the scripts directory. If you've installed Domino's scripts previously, you might have to find the old ones and delete them manually. Now you're ready to start Blender.

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Remember to play around with what you've learned. Experiment. Be adventurous. Make mistakes.
Nothing in Blender is precious.

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