MiikaHweb Blog -> Site News (Page 2)

I have updated some parts of the site. Biggest change is ability to comment articles and tutorials.

Blender Builds section has been changed by replacing 32-bit GCC/MinGW compiled Blender builds with a Visual C++ build.

This is done to improve build stability and bugs caused by MinGW compiler. It's also easier to update only one 32-bit version instead of two.

Blog URL structure has been updated.


In the old method a single blog entry was identified using a time stamp. Now entry title is used in URL to allow users to directly see the subject. It's also possible to search posts by date.

I have finished my fire tutorial for Blender 2.5. It took a bit longer than I thought but here it is. There is also a smoke tutorial coming soon.

Anyways, check it out here : Creating realistic fire in Blender 2.5

There is two new tutorials coming soon: Introduction to Blender smoke simulator and making realistic fire in Blender.

Here is a short animation made from one of my fire tutorial sample *.blend files. Mancandy - the master of fire.

Tutorials -section has been updated.

This update changed tutorials -section base engine and therefore made editing and writing articles much easier than it was before. For now all tutorials have been moved to the new database and I'll update them more frequently. This also means that more articles and tutorials will be added shortly.

Site URL system has been updated. All navigation links on this site are now simplified to not require PHP variables visible.

For example a program link in old system: indexen.php?p_id=program&prog_id=smplayer, is now /en/programs/smplayer.

Old links should redirect automatically to new ones but it's very likely that not all parts of the site work properly yet.

A new "Blog" section has been added to MiikaHweb.

The blog is still under development so some of the functionality might not work and some bugs may exist.

A new Blender animation added to Videos section : Smoke Explosion.


It is made using the new Blender 2.5 smoke simulator and some tricks with the material. ;p

Blender Builds -section also provides a 64-bit version of Blender.