If we import a molecular dynamics trajectory before first saving the .blend file, then the file paths will be absolute for the topology and trajectory. This means the .blend is no longer portable.
This is fine if we remain on the same machine, but breaks if we try to move a folder onto another machine for rendering.
To fix this, part of the saving / serialisation process has to be turning absolute file paths into relative. This was previously quite janky (#662 ), so needs to be improved and streamlined.
If we import a molecular dynamics trajectory before first saving the
.blendfile, then the file paths will be absolute for the topology and trajectory. This means the.blendis no longer portable.This is fine if we remain on the same machine, but breaks if we try to move a folder onto another machine for rendering.
To fix this, part of the saving / serialisation process has to be turning absolute file paths into relative. This was previously quite janky (#662 ), so needs to be improved and streamlined.