RE: Can't start Softimage - system failure

2016-01-12 Thread Morten Bartholdy 
Interesting - this actually worked. I still can't start Soft on the usual
account, so I guess I will have to proceed with deleting it and rename the
new working one. Lots of crap to reestablish though. Bummer.

It would be really nice to know how it can become corrupted like this. Last
thing I did before it broke was exit Softimage without closing the scene I
had been working on.

Thanks Sven.


Morten






Den 11. januar 2016 kl. 18:42 skrev Sven Constable
:

> 
> Can you log into the workstation with a different user and start softimage?
> Or create a new user and  log in with that account to test? If so, the
> "holzhammer method" would be to delete the non working account and create a
> new one with the same name. IRRC I had a similar problem (Softimage simply
> didn't start without a message) . I didn't resolved the issue but
> fortunatly I was in the position to kill the account. The workstation was
> fubar btw, so it didn’t matter :)
> 
> 
> 
> sven
> 
> 
> 
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten
> Bartholdy
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 6:06 PM
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: Can't start Softimage - system failure
> 
> 
> 
> That wasn't it :/
> 
> MB
> 
> 
> Den 11. januar 2016 kl. 17:59 skrev Sandy Sutherland <
> sandy.mailli...@gmail.com  >:
> 
> > 
> > Rename prefs folder to test if it is something in there.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > S.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Morten Bartholdy < x...@colorshopvfx.dk
> >  > wrote:
> > 
> > It is too long ago I had trouble like this, so I plain don't remember how
> > to deal with it.
> > 
> > Suddenly after a normal days work and submitting renders to RR after
> > closing Softimage I can't start it again. It crashes and I get "Failed to
> > save before system failure". Tried restarting the computer and same
> > problem.
> > 
> > I have tried renaming default.xsipref and start again, and I have run
> > runonce.bat - both without any luck. How do I proceed from here?
> > 
> > Help is much appreciated - I don't really fancy reiinstalling, although
> > thtat would be my backup plan.
> > 
> > 
> > Morten
> > 
> 
> 
>

Re: Can't start Softimage - system failure

2016-01-12 Thread Sandy Sutherland 
Bizarre that different user works, but not renaming the user prefs - as
effectively all that exists within the user is maybe a shortcut and the
prefs folders.

S.

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Sven Constable 
wrote:

> Yes, a bummer. Maybe less work with just reinstalling softimage..if it
> will work then. I'm not sure if tried to reistalling Softimage back then to
> fix it but I probably did. I think deleting the user account was my last
> hope.
>
>
>
> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Morten Bartholdy
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 12, 2016 10:34 AM
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject:* RE: Can't start Softimage - system failure
>
>
>
> Interesting - this actually worked. I still can't start Soft on the usual
> account, so I guess I will have to proceed with deleting it and rename the
> new working one. Lots of crap to reestablish though. Bummer.
>
>
>
> It would be really nice to know how it can become corrupted like this.
> Last thing I did before it broke was exit Softimage without closing the
> scene I had been working on.
>
>
>
> Thanks Sven.
>
>
>
>
>
> Morten
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Den 11. januar 2016 kl. 18:42 skrev Sven Constable <
> sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>:
>
> --> -->
>
> Can you log into the workstation with a different user and start
> softimage? Or create a new user and  log in with that account to test? If
> so, the "holzhammer method" would be to delete the non working account and
> create a new one with the same name. IRRC I had a similar problem
> (Softimage simply didn't start without a message) . I didn't resolved the
> issue but fortunatly I was in the position to kill the account. The
> workstation was fubar btw, so it didn’t matter :)
>
>
>
> sven
>
>
>
> *From: *softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [
> mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> ] *On Behalf Of* Morten
> Bartholdy
> *Sent:* Monday, January 11, 2016 6:06 PM
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject:* Re: Can't start Softimage - system failure
>
>
>
> That wasn't it :/
>
>
>
> MB
>
>
> Den 11. januar 2016 kl. 17:59 skrev Sandy Sutherland <
> sandy.mailli...@gmail.com >:
>
> Rename prefs folder to test if it is something in there.
>
>
>
> S.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Morten Bartholdy < x...@colorshopvfx.dk >
> wrote:
>
> It is too long ago I had trouble like this, so I plain don't remember how
> to deal with it.
>
>
>
> Suddenly after a normal days work and submitting renders to RR after
> closing Softimage I can't start it again. It crashes and I get "Failed to
> save before system failure". Tried restarting the computer and same problem.
>
>
>
> I have tried renaming default.xsipref and start again, and I have run
> runonce.bat - both without any luck. How do I proceed from here?
>
>
>
> Help is much appreciated - I don't really fancy reiinstalling, although
> thtat would be my backup plan.
>
>
>
>
>
> Morten
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: Can't start Softimage - system failure

2016-01-12 Thread Morten Bartholdy 
I reinstalled this morning - still no joy, so Svens user account trick got
me running again.

I had tried running it as admin, but that doesn't work either. I have only
previously run in to startup crashes that would be fixed by renaming prefs
- this one is new, and somewhat worrying.


MB



Den 12. januar 2016 kl. 14:13 skrev Rob Wuijster :

> admin' on the xsi.bat and/or setenv.bat file?
> If that works, it's something in the user rights that got messed up
> somewhere.
> As an additional test to see what's going on?
> 
> 
>   Rob
>   \/-\/\/
> 
> 
> On 12-1-2016 12:44, Sven Constable wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, a bummer. Maybe less work with just reinstalling softimage..if it will
> > work then. I'm not sure if tried to reistalling Softimage back then to fix
> > it but I probably did. I think deleting the user account was my last hope.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> >  [
> > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> >  ] On Behalf Of Morten
> > Bartholdy
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 10:34 AM
> > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> > 
> > Subject: RE: Can't start Softimage - system failure
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Interesting - this actually worked. I still can't start Soft on the usual
> > account, so I guess I will have to proceed with deleting it and rename the
> > new working one. Lots of crap to reestablish though. Bummer.
> > 
> > It would be really nice to know how it can become corrupted like this. Last
> > thing I did before it broke was exit Softimage without closing the scene I
> > had been working on.
> > 
> > Thanks Sven.
> > 
> > 
> > Morten
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Den 11. januar 2016 kl. 18:42 skrev Sven Constable <
> > sixsi_l...@imagefront.de  >:
> > 
> > > 
> > > --> -->
> > > 
> > > Can you log into the workstation with a different user and start
> > > softimage?
> > > Or create a new user and  log in with that account to test? If so, the
> > > "holzhammer method" would be to delete the non working account and create
> > > a
> > > new one with the same name. IRRC I had a similar problem (Softimage simply
> > > didn't start without a message) . I didn't resolved the issue but
> > > fortunatly I was in the position to kill the account. The workstation was
> > > fubar btw, so it didn’t matter :)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > sven
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> > >  [
> > > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> > >  ] On Behalf Of Morten
> > > Bartholdy
> > > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 6:06 PM
> > > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> > > 
> > > Subject: Re: Can't start Softimage - system failure
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > That wasn't it :/
> > > 
> > > MB
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Den 11. januar 2016 kl. 17:59 skrev Sandy Sutherland <
> > > sandy.mailli...@gmail.com  >:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Rename prefs folder to test if it is something in there.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > S.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Morten Bartholdy < x...@colorshopvfx.dk
> > > >  > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > It is too long ago I had trouble like this, so I plain don't remember
> > > > how
> > > > to deal with it.
> > > > 
> > > > Suddenly after a normal days work and submitting renders to RR after
> > > > closing Softimage I can't start it again. It crashes and I get "Failed
> > > > to
> > > > save before system failure". Tried restarting the computer and same
> > > > problem.
> > > > 
> > > > I have tried renaming default.xsipref and start again, and I have run
> > > > runonce.bat - both without any luck. How do I proceed from here?
> > > > 
> > > > Help is much appreciated - I don't really fancy reiinstalling, although
> > > > thtat would be my backup plan.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Morten
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht.
> > Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com 
> > Versie: 2016.0.7294 / Virusdatabase: 4489/11382 - datum van uitgifte:
> > 01/12/16
> >

Re: Can't start Softimage - system failure

2016-01-12 Thread Stephen Blair 
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Morten Bartholdy 
wrote:

> I reinstalled this morning - still no joy, so Svens user account trick got
> me running again.
>
>
>
> I had tried running it as admin, but that doesn't work either. I have only
> previously run in to startup crashes that would be fixed by renaming prefs
> - this one is new, and somewhat worrying.
>
>
>
>
>
> MB
>
>
>
Did you rename just the prefs folder, or did you rename the whole Softimage
folder for the user account (eg rename Softimage_2015_SP2
to Softimage_2015_SP2.bak for the problem user account) ?

My own approach to troubleshooting that would include using Process Monitor
to compare the startups of the two different user accounts.

Houdini procedural

2016-01-12 Thread Angus Davidson 
Hi All

I am trying to track down a video. For the life of me I cannot remember where I 
saw it.

Its a student project piece where one of the students uses Houdini to 
procedurally model a town.  I was fairly sure it was on cgpress.org but i just 
cant seem to find it.

Anyone remember this.





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Re: Can't start Softimage - system failure

2016-01-12 Thread Rob Wuijster 

What about trying to 'run as a admin' on the xsi.bat and/or setenv.bat file?
If that works, it's something in the user rights that got messed up 
somewhere.

As an additional test to see what's going on?


Rob
\/-\/\/

On 12-1-2016 12:44, Sven Constable wrote:


Yes, a bummer. Maybe less work with just reinstalling softimage..if it 
will work then. I'm not sure if tried to reistalling Softimage back 
then to fix it but I probably did. I think deleting the user account 
was my last hope.


*From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Morten 
Bartholdy

*Sent:* Tuesday, January 12, 2016 10:34 AM
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
*Subject:* RE: Can't start Softimage - system failure

Interesting - this actually worked. I still can't start Soft on the 
usual account, so I guess I will have to proceed with deleting it and 
rename the new working one. Lots of crap to reestablish though. Bummer.


It would be really nice to know how it can become corrupted like this. 
Last thing I did before it broke was exit Softimage without closing 
the scene I had been working on.


Thanks Sven.

Morten


Den 11. januar 2016 kl. 18:42 skrev Sven Constable 
>:


--> -->

Can you log into the workstation with a different user and start
softimage? Or create a new user and  log in with that account to
test? If so, the "holzhammer method" would be to delete the non
working account and create a new one with the same name. IRRC I
had a similar problem (Softimage simply didn't start without a
message) . I didn't resolved the issue but fortunatly I was in the
position to kill the account. The workstation was fubar btw, so it
didn’t matter :)

sven

*From: *softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of*
Morten Bartholdy
*Sent:* Monday, January 11, 2016 6:06 PM
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

*Subject:* Re: Can't start Softimage - system failure

That wasn't it :/

MB


Den 11. januar 2016 kl. 17:59 skrev Sandy Sutherland <
sandy.mailli...@gmail.com  >:

Rename prefs folder to test if it is something in there.

S.

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Morten Bartholdy <
x...@colorshopvfx.dk  > wrote:

It is too long ago I had trouble like this, so I plain don't
remember how to deal with it.

Suddenly after a normal days work and submitting renders to RR
after closing Softimage I can't start it again. It crashes and
I get "Failed to save before system failure". Tried restarting
the computer and same problem.

I have tried renaming default.xsipref and start again, and I
have run runonce.bat - both without any luck. How do I proceed
from here?

Help is much appreciated - I don't really fancy reiinstalling,
although thtat would be my backup plan.

Morten


Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht.
Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com 
Versie: 2016.0.7294 / Virusdatabase: 4489/11382 - datum van uitgifte: 
01/12/16

Re: Can't start Softimage - system failure

2016-01-12 Thread Andres Stephens 


There is a hidden folder in the system drive with a set of files that usually 
don't get Uninstalled with SI and is not its preference and settings folder. It 
contains license data I think. I had a similar error. But renaming or deleting 
said folder fixed it (after reinstalling dozens of times and trying preference 
wipes and everything which didn't work). 
Its stored in the windows user. Maybe in Appdata. 
I'll have to search again to remember which folder it was... *fuzzy brain*

Sent from my Samsung device

 Original message 
From: Stephen Blair  
Date: 12/01/2016  08:56  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Morten Bartholdy , softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
Subject: Re: Can't start Softimage - system failure 



On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Morten Bartholdy  wrote:

 

 
 
  
   I reinstalled this morning - still no joy, so Svens user account trick got 
me running again.
  
  
    
  
  
   I had tried running it as admin, but that doesn't work either. I have only 
previously run in to startup crashes that would be fixed by renaming prefs - 
this one is new, and somewhat worrying.
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
   MB
  
  

Did you rename just the prefs folder, or did you rename the whole Softimage 
folder for the user account (eg rename Softimage_2015_SP2 to 
Softimage_2015_SP2.bak for the problem user account) ?
My own approach to troubleshooting that would include using Process Monitor to 
compare the startups of the two different user accounts. 

Re: Houdini procedural

2016-01-12 Thread Cristobal Infante 
Hi Angus,

Uff there so many city generators, was that one with the chinese houses?
anything you can remember?



On 12 January 2016 at 18:58, Angus Davidson 
wrote:

> Hi All
>
>
>> I am trying to track down a video. For the life of me I cannot remember
>> where I saw it.
>
>
>> Its a student project piece where one of the students uses Houdini to
>> procedurally model a town.  I was fairly sure it was on cgpress.org but
>> i just cant seem to find it.
>
>
>> Anyone remember this.
>
>
>>
>>  This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. 
>> If you have received this communication in error, please notify us 
>> immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or 
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Re: OT: Benchmarking Maya´s performance at render time. MentalRay benchmarks between SI

2016-01-12 Thread Pierre Schiller 
Yes, I believe that's what they really mean...
On Jan 11, 2016 2:18 PM, "Luc-Eric Rousseau"  wrote:

> I don't think it's meaningful to compare Maya and XSI, because they
> render differently.  If you do a render in XSI from the GUI, it
> renders with the embedded mental ray and shows you the progress.  If
> you do batch render from Maya, it launches mayabatch in the background
> and then you can continue to use Maya to do other things, or close it.
>
> Whether that's a good idea or not (I've always had trouble wrapping my
> XSI mind around it), if you used Maya to monitor the progress, you'd
> be using Maya as multi-megabytes image viewer.  I think that's where
> the "resources" comment might come from. I guess the thinking here is
> that you'd be using the renderer-specific viewer to monitor progress,
> like imf_disp (with the socket) and they want to bother making a
> general socket-based image viewer service in Maya since, like fcheck
> and other things, their studio clients use their own thing.
>
>
> On 10 January 2016 at 22:29, Pierre Schiller
>  wrote:
> > Hello everyone. A good friend of mine told me "Maya doesn´t preview
> (show)
> > the render whenever you´re batch rendering, since it takes up resources".
> >
> > For me that´s valid on really heavy scenes (we all agree, we just want
> that
> > render done without eating up graphic ram for no cause other than a
> preview
> > render window) BUT, since mental ray has to be downloaded and installed
> > additionally as render engine, AND since Maya (2016) only comes with Maya
> > software or hardware render...basically you have NO OPTION to preview
> your
> > render right out of the package.
> >
> > That´s a very strange ideology (that you don´t need to preview your
> render
> > at all), since all other 3d applications DO SHOW your render progress
> each
> > frame on a previewer window or main render window RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX
> (or
> > right out of the install).
> >
> > So I come to all of you guys and your expertise, for advice. Is there a
> way
> > to accurately benchmark performance for a 100 frame render with no
> special
> > materials other than phong regular shader on MR for maya? (since it
> doesn´t
> > have a preview render window on batch mode). Also, is there any good app
> > that will help measure the same scene (1-100 frames) phong material on
> > softimage?
> >
> > I´d like to write a complete tech review about that "render window eats
> up
> > resources" statement. Because, we all like facts, don´t we ? :D Let the
> > debate on windows 7 and benchmark renders on mental ray betweek SI and
> MA,
> > begin
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Cinema & TV production
> > Video Reel
>
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