Overall I'm very pleased with the Softimage list's positive tone. To echo what Rob Chapman asked: "Is the NDA over?" 'cause it seems like we're dipping into stuff a bit.
Regardless, I'm renewing my subscription for the bug fixes alone =) as well as for (surprisingly) the camera sequencer which is turning out to be more useful than I initially thought it would be. -=Eric On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Toonafish <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, I'm curious. What can it override that we can't already by adding a > node ? I can already override values, color, particle shape etc. > Can we rename the input names in the override PPG to make it a bit easier > to see what the override is actually controlling ? > > > > > > On 3/27/2013 14:43, Chris Chia wrote: > >> Ice overrides can do more than just overriding a base node value ;) >> >> On 27 Mar, 2013, at 9:33 PM, "Toonafish" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> No need for custom parameters, just plugin in a scalar or integer node >>> and you're set to override a value >>> >>> >>> On 3/27/2013 14:10, Chris Chia wrote: >>> >>>> It makes it so much easier to override parameters without going thru >>>> the hard way with the custom parameters... And it makes it easy to track >>>> what parameters have been overridden with the visual aids in the ice >>>> tree... >>>> >>>> >>>> On 27 Mar, 2013, at 9:07 PM, "Rob Chapman" <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:t**[email protected] <[email protected]>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> yes, I thought that too, we are allowed to talk about this now right? >>>> the NDA is over? >>>> >>>> but a big EG is you could vary the number of particles in different >>>> passes. personally, for this I have different point clouds per pass but >>>> hey, a feature is a feature... :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 27 March 2013 13:58, Felix Geremus <[email protected]<** >>>> mailto:felixgeremus@**googlemail.com <[email protected]>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> Soooo, can somebody enlighten me what's so great about ICE overrides >>>> (one of our 4 amazing new features)? I just watched the video and all that >>>> can be done since forever by overriding the values of low level nodes >>>> instead of exposed compound parameters? Or am I missing something? >>>> >>>> Felix >>>> >>>> >> > -- -=T=-
