bloody human error, deformed by strand instances don't update the deform in the viewport (which i knew) but my underlying sim had changed so the root particle moved, but not the strand.....
a _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: 18 December 2013 13:15 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: cache not loading hmmm weirder and weirder new cloud, pulled in the old cache, and get the same issue to add to the strangeness, the cloud is reading the cache fine, with expected behaviour in the viewport but renders incorrectly even when the viewport in on frame 200, i get the render (even region) of frame 1 totally broken! a _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Barosin Sent: 18 December 2013 12:31 To: xsi Subject: Re: cache not loading Is there a simulation phase in the stack on the cloud reading the cache? Maybe try reading the cache from a newly created cloud. On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 7:23 AM, adrian wyer <[email protected]> wrote: i have a field of wheat generated with particle instances, that stick to an underlying surface, as a lattice pushes the surface out of the way of a table moving through the field (gotta love commercials eh!) the sim works fine, so i cache it out using the cache manager (adding ALL properties, just in case) i load the cache onto a new cloud, and when i scrub it moves, all good when i render on the farm it renders the same frame, like it's not loading the cache data for anything but frame one the weird thing is, earlier versions of this setup work just fine! and have been for days i guess i'll just have to re-cache or re-create the reader cloud/model but gah!!! bloody caching is a PITA /end rant Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 <tel:%2B%2B44%280%29%20207%20580%200829> [email protected] www.fluid-pictures.com Fluid Pictures Limited is registered in England and Wales. Company number:5657815 VAT number: 872 6893 71 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3658/6929 - Release Date: 12/17/13 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3658/6929 - Release Date: 12/17/13
