Sure, but what if it's not keyed? The there's no
reason to re-cache. Same goes for size.
I was working with maya for a bit, one of the coolest
things (and I am easily amused mind you) is simply
seeing the particle size change as I tweaked the
parameters on a still frame - no recaching.
Did I mention it was fast when it did cahce?
E
--- brad <brad(at)cg-soup.com> wrote:
> Shouldn't there be a cache if your color is evolving
> over time?
>
> > -------Original Message-------
> > There's also the peversity of the re-cache when
> you're messing with colours.
> > You change a colour parameter, xsi rebuilds the
> cache but doesn't take the
> > colour change into account until you jog a frame
> and force a re-cache. But,
> > ironically, there shouldn't be a need to
> calculate a cache on a colour
> > change.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > > [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of
> dbarosin(at)optonline.net
> > > Sent: 14-October-2005 20:58
> > > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > > Subject: Re: What is the purpose of the
> Particle Player?
> > >
> > > also I notice that particles want to re cache
> after a simple
> > > render region. Doesn't make much sense but
> this could
> > > somehow be related to why particles recache on
> a render farm
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: brad <brad(at)cg-soup.com>
> > > Date: Friday, October 14, 2005 3:10 pm
> > > Subject: Re: What is the purpose of the
> Particle Player?
> > >
> > > > I do this as well, but being at the first
> frame has no effect on
> > > > whether XSI "wants" to re-cache or not, it
> just prevents you from
> > > > overwriting any later frames.
> > > >
> > > > If XSI thinks the sim is dirty and needs
> recaching, then
> > > each time the
> > > > scene loads in on the render farm, it must
> cache the entire
> > > scene from
> > > > the start frame to the current frame.
> Multiple slaves doing this at
> > > > the same time can result in potential
> overwrite conflicts and other
> > > > problems on the farm.
> > > >
> > > > -Brad
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -------Original Message-------
> > > > > Brad I usually step back to the first
> frame of the
> > > scene before I
> > > > > save so that I can avoid that
> from happening.
> > > > >
> > > > > E
> > > > >
> > > > > --- brad <brad(at)cg-soup.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Is it supposed to be able to render
> anything?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm in one of those situations where XSI
> wants to >
> > > re-cache my
> > > > > particle sim every time I load the >
> scene, and I'm looking for
> > > > > workarounds.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Why can't we just have options for write
> cache/read >
> > > cache on
> > > > > our sims?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Brad
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