line commented out with the orange merge is needed for library linking when linking in objects that indirectly point to groups that are already directly linked in. This has been a problem for many peach scenes. but saving and reloading made the objects appear.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
index 4567da932ee..1557e970306 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
@@ -7789,7 +7789,12 @@ static void expand_doit(FileData *fd, Main *mainvar, void *old)
 					ptr->curlib->parent= mainvar->curlib;
 				}
 				else {
-					//oldnewmap_insert(fd->libmap, bhead->old, id, 1);
+					/* The line below was commented by Ton (I assume), when Hos did the merge from the orange branch. rev 6568
+					 * This line is NEEDED, the case is that you have 3 blend files...
+					 * user.blend, lib.blend and lib_indirect.blend - if user.blend alredy references a "tree" from
+					 * lib_indirect.blend but lib.blend does too, linking in a Scene or Group from lib.blend can result in an
+					 * empty without the dupli group referenced. Once you save and reload the group would appier. - Campbell */
+					oldnewmap_insert(fd->libmap, bhead->old, id, 1);
 					
 					change_idid_adr_fd(fd, bhead->old, id);
 					if(G.f & G_DEBUG) printf("expand_doit: already linked: %s lib: %s\n", id->name, lib->name);