Nathan, Agreed. I will try to take some time today to send a bug report.
Rich Sent from my iPod On Nov 25, 2013, at 1:01 AM, Nathan Rusch <nathan_ru...@hotmail.com> wrote: > That definitely sounds like an issue worth reporting. > > -Nathan > > > From: Richard Bobo > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 7:48 PM > To: Nuke Python discussion > Subject: [Nuke-python] Re: Python Expression in Switch node not updating... > > OK, I think I found a way to make sure that the “ret” value gets used… I > added another line to explicitly set the “which” knob value to “ret": > > if 'SE_Preferred' in nuke.thisView(): > ret = 0 > nuke.thisKnode.knob(‘which’).setValue(ret) > elif 'Sport' in nuke.thisView(): > ret = 1 > nuke.thisKnode.knob(‘which’).setValue(ret) > elif 'Limited_Tech' in nuke.thisView(): > ret = 2 > nuke.thisKnode.knob(‘which’).setValue(ret) > > In any case, just using the “ret” variable did not work very well at all. > Setting the knob explicitly with thisNode.knob worked while switching views > in Nuke. And rendering on the farm…? Well, that worked too! ...Except for one > frame, which was still wrong. Go figure... > > So, on Monday, I think I will add one more setValue command to each section > and see if hitting it with a hammer twice makes it work 100% of the time for > rendering… Maybe I need a bigger hammer… (8^\ > > Happy Weekend, > Rich > > > > > On Nov 22, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Richard Bobo <richb...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm having a problem with getting an expression-driven Switch node to >> reliably update. And, I'm wondering if this a known problem or if I need to >> do something different with my expression...? >> >> -- In my Switch node, I have an expression on the "which" knob like this: >> >> if 'SE_Preferred' in nuke.thisView(): >> >> ret = 0 >> elif 'Sport' in nuke.thisView(): >> ret = 1 >> elif 'Limited_Tech' in nuke.thisView(): >> ret = 2 >> >> (Yes, I have all of the expression option buttons turned on for multi-line, >> Python mode and using the "ret" variable...) >> >> So, based on my selected view, the switch should change the knob - and it >> does... sort of. For example, if I use the views hotkeys to go through all >> the views, one by one, it switches, but it is always one view change behind. >> The updating seems to lag - like maybe the Python is being evaluated, but >> the switch is not updating until the next time around. And, when I render my >> script on the farm, the switch does not seem to be evaluating correctly at >> all. >> >> Is there some way to force an update on the switch or is this just a bug...? >> >> Thanks for any help, >> Rich >> >> >> Rich Bobo >> Senior VFX Compositor >> Armstrong-White >> http://armstrong-white.com/ >> >> Email: richb...@mac.com >> Mobile: (248) 840-2665 >> Web: http://richbobo.com/ >> >> "The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going." >> - David Starr Jordan > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-python mailing list > Nuke-python@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-python > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-python mailing list > Nuke-python@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-python
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