I've got used to it, but still one of this small things that would ease up my 
daily routine ;)

.sebastian

Am 06.02.2013 um 15:51 schrieb Rob Chapman <[email protected]>:

> I know I know, I used to have various hacky ways to 'force' an
> attribute to be stored in a cache. daisychaining them or storing
> userdata in the color or whatever ;)   all of them have failed me at
> some point until I happened upon a demo ICE topo scene provided by
> Ciaran Moloney and saw that every single attribute used in the tree
> was diligently applied as a separate Custom attribute display.  Even
> some built in attributes that you would expect to cache. when trying
> to recreate the exact setup, if any of those attributes were NOT in a
> custom display attribute then the topo caching / read /write system
> would fail.
> 
> so, like I said, to me, this is the ONLY way to reliably store user
> stuff in a cache that I have found so far.  I like to think when I am
> setting up each of these custom display attributes (after a failed
> attribute cache) that each button press and menu select in the process
> is like hammering in a nail .  that *hit*  goddam *hit* attribute
> *hit* had better *hit* store *hit* this time!!!  *Hit* *Hit* *Hit*
> 
> 
> On 6 February 2013 14:28, Sebastian Kowalski <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ...or multiply by 1 and key that param, or put an fcurve in between.
>> still i would prefer a "do what i told you to" switch ;)
>> 
>> Am 06.02.2013 um 15:21 schrieb Rob Chapman <[email protected]>:
>> 
>>> long way around but definitely a brute force approach. make a custom
>>> attribute display for each attribute you need storing.
>>> 
>>> On 6 February 2013 14:14, Sebastian Kowalski <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> +1 for brute cache !
>>>> 
>>>> Am 06.02.2013 um 15:06 schrieb Dan Yargici <[email protected]>:
>>>> 
>>>>> While I appreciate the software's efforts to cache only the ICE 
>>>>> attributes that it deems necessary (unless I list all the ones I want - 
>>>>> in this case, many); can we please, please, get a "Just bastard cache 
>>>>> everything, I don't care how big the cache files are" button?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've lost hours today trying cheap and dirty tricks to get a reliable 
>>>>> cache.... grrrrr.
>>>>> 
>>>>> DAN
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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