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bpy.data.groups.is_updated non-functional
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System Information
Win7 x64, GTX 560

Blender Version
Broken: 2.63
Worked: unknown

Short description of error

It is impossible to listen for changes to bpy.data.groups.is_updated in a scene update method. The value is never True, even after creating a new Group.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

  1. Run the script in
    group_update.blend82 KBDownload
  2. Group the object
  3. Check the console for output

The message in the scene update method is not printed.

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Tom Edwards (artfunkel) created this task.Jan 10 2014, 12:18 AM
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Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Archived.Jan 10 2014, 4:00 AM
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Detecting updates for groups is not supported yet, it only works for some datablocks:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.61/Python#Detecting_Scene_Updates

Adding DAG_id_tag_update for more datablock types would be quite useful, but it's not considered a bug at the moment.

Tom Edwards (artfunkel) changed the task status from Archived to Unknown Status.Jan 23 2014, 7:41 PM
Tom Edwards (artfunkel) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Resolved.

Closed by commit 1f2136b3.