You’re not incorrect — it was indeed heavily dependent on mental ray. “Interactive mental ray” was how marketing phrased it. It had shader presets and “phenomena”, render passes, etc.
gray From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 7:22 PM To: 'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist&d=DwIGaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=9FbESRoP3bHQXfG9zX74Fxdjd2X8IVAtP14IUgLX7fA&s=OFH2iYhUXOps5HQk5tfcIbxN1PJojMWfgprPdCZe3YQ&e=' <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #326 You're sure? To my knowledge, Twister originally was codename for the interactive version of mental ray combined with node-based shader workflow, planned for SI|3D as well as Sumatra/XSI. Focused on the latter of course because of the shader tree idea, what later became the render tree. I'm probably wrong. I find this really interesting. Tell me more,please :) Sven From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grahame Fuller Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 1:04 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #326 Twister was the codename for a product that was going to allow you to import files from SOFTIMAGE|3D, override/add materials, lights, etc., and then render on a farm. It was meant to fill the gap before the release of Rayflex, the first codename for SI3D’s replacement. But Twister stole resources from Rayflex, making it even later. Twister itself ran late. At some point, Rayflex morphed into Sumatra (XSI v1). The requirement to make Twister compatible with Sumatra too meant that it couldn’t be ready before Sumatra itself. Twister was never released as a product, but bits of it made it into XSI. However, the render farm component was never implemented. It was nothing more than a UI panel with blinking lights. gray From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 6:38 PM To: 'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist&d=DwIGaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=9FbESRoP3bHQXfG9zX74Fxdjd2X8IVAtP14IUgLX7fA&s=OFH2iYhUXOps5HQk5tfcIbxN1PJojMWfgprPdCZe3YQ&e=<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist&d=DwMFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=JIyqBGRHxfQK79BC6TZ79AZqivoNF4wVRRfioB_51jc&s=_KDBuxY1QFiQIoYRtw7AjLQpRp4EpkqbyEJlKWklXQc&e=>' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #326 first friday flashback, I quite didn't understand. Was this somehow related to a predecessor to UniversalBatch? From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 10:29 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist&d=DwIGaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=9FbESRoP3bHQXfG9zX74Fxdjd2X8IVAtP14IUgLX7fA&s=OFH2iYhUXOps5HQk5tfcIbxN1PJojMWfgprPdCZe3YQ&e=<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist&d=DwMGaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=gJzXMHZ7_e_QlmdBrRI2QJoeGO8q__pzto0E3Cl8rBU&s=_Cma2vD-3imZ_IGZM3CEw5gao_gotqWCkCMWFpwXyCo&e=> Subject: Friday Flashback #326 Graphic rough for the Twister render farm https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.me_powV4-2D3un&d=DwIGaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=9FbESRoP3bHQXfG9zX74Fxdjd2X8IVAtP14IUgLX7fA&s=3Fmxfru_bW8H-FQiGrF0TPaKmPSv6LtucJsHgoZHAiE&e=<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.me_powV4-2D3un&d=DwMBaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=BrU0rGU-nfnUI4DCd-HZGPv2Zw4C2KjERdOECvScZOY&s=4WXjN8oSsSL__9RGdAYKfWTESVHPmWDXSR3exgO7LOw&e=>
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