Vincent, thinking about this more, I'm not so sure this will work since i'm working on a frozen cloud - there is no emitter, so there will always be a point position. Guillaume, I shall test :).
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Jules Stevenson <[email protected]>wrote: > Nice, thanks Guys, vincent, that looks good - will try :) > > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Vincent Ullmann < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> perhabs you could use 2 Cache-on-file-Nodes. >> >> [1. Cache on File Node (Reading)] ---> Execute >> [Get Particle Position] - [Array from Set] - [Array Size] - [Test > 0] - >> [Set Data (Sim = True)] >> >> [IF (sim = true)] >> [..... all your Nodes....] >> [2. Cache on File Node (writing)] >> >> PS: Need some ICE-Tree-Plugin for eMails >> >> >> >> >> >> Am 09.11.2012 16:15, schrieb Guillaume Laforge: >> >> Without a custom node, the only solution is maybe to re-compute the >> particle age each frame (using your own attribute) and compare with the one >> from the file. If it doesn't match, execute the simulated branch and write >> it to disc. Assuming that the icecache got an attribute like age of course. >> >> Just an idea, >> >> Guillaume >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Alan Fregtman >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> We don't have a "File Exists" node -- that'd be cool to have though -- >>> so I personally don't see how you could do this with factory nodes >>> presently. >>> >>> That said, nothing stops you from writing a C++ ICE node that checks for >>> files >>> existing. >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Jules Stevenson >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Hey all, is it possible using the cache on file node to switch from >>> reading >>> > to writing if a file on disk is *not* found? (similar to the awesome >>> cache >>> > tools in emPolygonizer). Having toyed with this, I'm thinking not, >>> since ice >>> > doesn't seem to give us any real access to the cache gubbins or on disk >>> > info. >>> > >>> > Tentatively thinking about writing an ice node to do this, but would >>> rather >>> > not go through this pain if it can be done with factory nodes. >>> > >>> > Many thanks, >>> > >>> > Jules >>> >> >> >> >
