Shape Keys now can be controlled with Vertex Weight groups as well!

Just fill in the name of a Vertex group in the Shape Panel, and this
Shape will then become blended with the reference Shape.

It is useful for example for a symmetrical modeled head, make a
copy of that Shape, and use two Vertex Groups to make it asymetric.
Of course the Shapes update nicely while Weight Painting.

Also new; since the Vertex group names reside on Object level, you might
want to copy these names to the other Objects that have the same Mesh.
That's a new button "Copy to Linked" in the first Edit Panel.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_key_types.h b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_key_types.h
index a41d93997c1..91a45dba77d 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_key_types.h
+++ b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_key_types.h
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ typedef struct KeyBlock {
 	int totelem;
 	
 	void *data;
+	float *weights;
 	char  name[32];
+	char vgroup[32];
 
 	float slidermin;
 	float slidermax;