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Mesh Deform modifier not behaving as it did in 2.79
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System Information
Operating system: Darwin-19.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M OpenGL Engine NVIDIA Corporation 4.1 NVIDIA-14.0.31 355.11.11.10.10.143

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.82 (sub 7), branch: master, commit date: 2020-03-12 05:06, hash: rB375c7dc4caf4
Worked: In 2.79, but not in 2.82a

Short description of error
Mesh Deform modifier isn't dynamically updating movement of parts inside it (even with dynamic box checked).

Example with animation: https://media.giphy.com/media/jqrj9LgUgSLPzqX4oj/giphy.gif

Example with manual movement of controller: https://media.giphy.com/media/KHExwnb4btoqhtTXGS/giphy.gif

// An expanded explanation (with gifs) is here: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/172809/mesh-deform-modifier-in-2-83-not-behaving-this-is-a-tricky-one-might-be-a-bug

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

(The following steps are done for you in the example files provided)

  • Create a circle (Curve), with some shapes attached to it with the Curve modifier.
  • Create a controller for the shapes' movement: Add another circle (Curve) and apply a driver to the turning shapes.
  • Include another object and have it rotate with drivers as well (driven by the circle controller).
  • Place a wireframe mesh over all objects.
  • Apply the Deform Mesh modifier to all objects that turn, remember to check Dynamic and set precision to 5.
  • Deform the mesh in Edit.
  • Turn circle controller to see how the Deform Mesh is applied to the rotating objects.

[Based on the default startup or an attached .blend file (as simple as possible)]

A link to two files is here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sD9AIzSouclUJgGaLjXn5VcVuzf7GI8u

Contains:
TankTracks - deformation 2-79.blend
TankTracks - deformation 2-83.blend

Event Timeline

Richard Antalik (ISS) changed the task status from Needs Triage to Needs Information from User.Apr 7 2020, 2:39 PM

@Mat Brady (matbrady) I can confirm, that there is difference in behavior. Can you make a simplest possible demonstration this issue? I guess ideally in 2.79 version so we can compare it to latest

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