are you deleting the simulation stack? you should if you want this behaviour
On 28 February 2013 15:13, Morten Bartholdy <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > I have never been good friends with the caching methods in ICE . What is > the most simple way to write cache and read cache for farm rendering? I am > doing simple particle stuff and just need it to render reliably on the farm > with motionblur. > > > What I do now: Use Cache on File node and cache all simulation samples > and play through the scene to cache. Then I change the node to Read Cache > and I can render on the farm. > > > The thing is, I have tried copying the pointcloud and removing all > other nodes that the Read Cache node and move the ICE Tree away from > simulation mode so I could scrub back and forth and avooid having the cloud > resimulate, but no go. The particles dissappear. I go and browse for them > in the Read Cache node, and they are there, but still I don't get any > particles. > > > I know plenty of you use it all the time and have no (?) problems with > it, but i only use ICE for simulation on occasion, so it is almost new to > me every time I pick it up again, so please bear with me. > > > How is this supposed to work? Thanks! > > > > A tired pixelbender - Morten > > > > > > >
