Merge pull request #137 from mpreisler/custom_blender_args

Support configuration of additional arguments on Blender start

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 ### Added
 - New `blender.environmentVariables` option. Can be used to define environment variables passed to
 blender on `Blender Start`.
+- New `blender.additionalArguments` option. Can be used to define additional arguments used when
+starting blender on `Blender Start`.
 
 ### Changed
 - Changed scope of `blender.executables` to `resource`. The value is firstly looked up in workspace

package.json

@@ -223,6 +223,20 @@
                 "BLENDER_USER_CONFIG": "C:/custom_user_config"
               }
             ]
+          },
+          "blender.additionalArguments": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "scope": "resource",
+            "title": "Startup Additional Arguments",
+            "description": "Additional arguments used for Blender start-up. List of strings.",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "examples": [
+              [
+                "--factory-startup"
+              ]
+            ]
           }
         }
       }

src/blender_executable.ts

@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ async function testIfPathIsBlender(filepath: string) {
 }
 
 function getBlenderLaunchArgs() {
-    return ['--python', launchPath];
+    let config = getConfig();
+    return ['--python', launchPath].concat(<string[]>config.get("additionalArguments", []));
 }
 
 async function getBlenderLaunchEnv() {