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Is there a way to add a socket of a specific type to group nodes? Currently, it seems that they default to grey scalar sockets, and I don't see any way to change their type.

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You need to connect the temporary socket (red) to the values you want to make available from outside the group.

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When tab out of the group you will have all of them available for wiring with the correct type (indicated bei their color).

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Note that you can't edit them later you would need to recreate the group.

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  • You're too fast! I was just about to hit the "post answer" on mine! – PGmath Nov 15 '14 at 18:35
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    @PGmath You should post alternative answers, we really to improve the answer ratio. – stacker Nov 15 '14 at 18:46
  • Answer ratio over the whole SE site, you mean? – ajwood Nov 15 '14 at 18:50
  • @ajwood We need all criterias green to promote and leave the beta status here: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/40377/blender answer ratio is 1.4 required is 2.5 – stacker Nov 15 '14 at 18:52
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    Oh cool - kind of a silly metric though.. so many experts here give perfect answers within minutes :) – ajwood Nov 15 '14 at 19:09
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    As of blender 2.75, it is possible to remove sockets (using the cross X button in the right pane). Therefore it is possible to change the socket type by creating a new one and removing the old one, without the need to re-create it "from scratch" (it will sadly break existing connections on uses of the node, though). – Suzanne Soy May 18 '16 at 22:42