Preventing a scene open in batch mode because of the FR flag... was that really necessary?
I too was hit by this unpleasant behavior the one time I used it in production. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Ognjen Vukovic <[email protected]> wrote: > I think thats the main problem. To get rid of face robot now, one would > have to access every scene and model in the project and delete all the > appropriate property's, and models which in itself is a mammoth task. And > if by any chance you skipped one thing your back at square one, because all > it takes is one model somewhere to infect everything again... > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]>wrote: > >> disabling face robot and saving the scene really does remove it, but if >> you're using reference models, you'll need to save those too again because >> the face robot flag is on models. >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Angus Davidson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Stephen >>> >>> That’s the theory. In practice not so much. We have spent hours trying >>> to remove it from files, and in one case last year it prevented one of the >>> students from using the render farm. No matter what we did it kept coming >>> back. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> >>> Angus >>> >>> From: Stephen Blair <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" < >>> [email protected]> >>> Date: Monday 28 October 2013 at 2:16 PM >>> >>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: FaceRobot >>> >>> Disable and save scene. That's it. Is the property really is an >>> infection? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Angus Davidson < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Have to agree. For all the good that face robot can do. Especially >>>> with students who hit the incorrect buttons on occasions its a lifetime of >>>> grief trying to get rid of the damn thing. Face Robot should not have a >>>> default key binding. Plain and simple. Also when you deactivate face robot >>>> you should be given a prompt to remove the rest of its infection from the >>>> file. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> Date: Monday 28 October 2013 at 12:13 PM >>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: FaceRobot >>>> >>>> given the insidious behaviour of FaceRobot, this should really be >>>> given some thought for the future. >>>> >>>> In every studio I went since FaceRobot exists, it has been perceived as >>>> something akin to a virus, spontaneously messing around and infiltrating >>>> production scenes. Every single production, some time is spent to keep it >>>> out reliably and do some housekeeping after it reared its ugly head. I >>>> think many people don’t want anything to do with it because of this. It’s >>>> the obnoxious child that everyone dislikes. >>>> Surely it could be taught more appropriate out of the box behaviour? >>>> >>>> I mean, if ICE was acting like that, people would be on the barricades, >>>> raiding what’s left of Softimage headquarters. >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* gareth bell <[email protected]> >>>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 27, 2013 7:40 PM >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* RE: FaceRobot >>>> >>>> oh - and that can be scripted.... >>>> >>>> Application.DisableFaceRobot() >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: RE: FaceRobot >>>> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:20:06 +0000 >>>> >>>> Yeah we've had this before. Normally just disabling facerobot (whilst >>>> switched to softimage layout) and then saving (probably a new version is >>>> safer) tends to get rid of it. Also try unloading it in your workgroups and >>>> deleting the custom property too. >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:48:08 -0400 >>>> Subject: Re: FaceRobot >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Don't you have to disable Face Robot in the scene? >>>> >>>> http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15241146&linkID=12544120 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Michael Heberlein < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> If deleting the property is enough, you could do this in an >>>> "siOnBeginSceneSave[As]" event. >>>> Am 26.10.2013 21:06 schrieb "Ognjen Vukovic" <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> Hi Philipp, >>>> >>>> Not having much luck, the number of scenes is already in the triple >>>> digits so maybe some automation would solve everything but i have to take >>>> into account that the deadline is in three days so i think it would be to >>>> risky >>>> now to try anything, i contemplated seriously deleting it from disk >>>> while the project was running but im going to wait a couple more days and >>>> nuke it from orbit the day we hand over the final. >>>> >>>> Ogi. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:47 PM, philipp seis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> hello Ognjen...yup thats nasty. Could you fix it already ? If not: We >>>> batched all infected scenes: opening it, disabling facerobot by deleting >>>> the facerobot custom property, saving and closing it. voila. I recall, that >>>> my first approach was also fiddeling with the workgroup, but with not much >>>> success. Good luck ! >>>> >>>> >>>> 2013/10/26 Ognjen Vukovic <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> I was considering it but we are in the middle of a project, what are >>>> the chances it will botch something up? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> Try deleting the face robot workgroup from.disk >>>> Le 2013-10-26 07:40, "Ognjen Vukovic" <[email protected]> a écrit : >>>> >>>> Is there a way to remove face Robot from a work-group and generally >>>> from existence? >>>> >>>> We are having a awesome time as someone in the early phases of the >>>> project had it open somewhere in their scene and now it has reared its ugly >>>> tentacles into the whole project, literally every model, scene and project >>>> have been infected, in all this chaos i am sure i even saw it initialize >>>> once when someone opened up after effects... >>>> >>>> Is there a way to exorcise face robot from this project without >>>> offering a sacrifice to Cthulhu? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> Ogi. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This communication is intended >>>> for the addressee only. 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