How to recompile an x64 blender python script for x86 computers?

Question

I'm trying to get a blender addon, animation nodes, working on a x86 computer. To my lack of luck, there's only 64 bit builds avalible.

In the past, I've found a previously compiled version of the addon - unluckily, this was for blender 2.78, and not 2.8.

https://blender.community/5d28871ad3ac8b41e5d7215c/download/5d288762d3ac8b41e5d7215e is the code.

Upon importing the addon into 2.8, I get the standard Could not compile wall of text. When importing the older addon, it comes up as upgrade to 2.8x required, as usual.

Answer 1

If the supplied addon distributions don't work for you, then you need to compile your own version .

You will need cython and a C/C++ compiler to compile the addon. Your python version should match the blender install which is v3.7 for blender 2.80

• Download the git repo and checkout the blender2.8 branch
• Create conf.json at the top of the repo and set the Copy Target to the location of your blender addons directory
• Run python setup.py build --copy to build and install animation nodes
• Alternatively use python setup.py build --export to build it into a zip file for you to install manually