Speaking of the happy elves (the constant IV supply of Zoloft is cutting into profits), it would be helpful if they kept the converse to the bug database. Every time one of us commits a user error (and I am far from immune to this), they log an entry into the user error database, with severity rating and proper repro steps. That way, we could better prioritize the documentation we need to read or re-read, or the skill sets we need to better develop.
(That would be a good usage of the elves overnight hours, since they haven't done any rigging or render jockeying when the rest of us go home. Something about refusing to work without a Hypergraph interface)
Have any of these issues been reported to Softimage? I can't find them in the bug database.
Our happy elves would be jumping on this if they'd been made aware of it. I've forwarded the thread but logging the issue is always best.
Bookmark this page: http://softimage.com/support/support_services/request_form/default.aspx
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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Daniele Niero
Sent: 30-Apr-2007 12:22
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Delta Reference Just Doesn't Work (6.01)
Exactly the same here!!
Also I noticed that, in nested referenced models, after the third level of nesting, the deltas in them are completely ignored.
Daniele
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Oscar Juarez
Sent: 30 April 2007 15:08
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: Delta Reference Just Doesn't Work (6.01)
something i noticed.. dont open your scenes with constrain compensation turned on... that will offset your constrains
also i had some constrains being applied everytime i started the scene so where there was only one constrain
it ended with 4 or 5...
i had to save animation to a clip export it.. delete the delta... load animation to curves again.. and apply the constrains..
it was a pain...
On 4/29/07, Jeff Greulich <recluse(at)badsun.com> wrote:
Hello again. If you've read my previous question about delta referencing
and copy/paste animation, you know it doesn't work. Well, constraints
don't work either. We are going to miss a deadline now because we moved
to 6.01 a few weeks back.
We have a character with multiple arms, and soe props it needs to
interact with. So we set up some constraints on the hands and the props.
For some reason the constraints are really laggy, not viewport speed
laggy, but the hand object lags behind the animation, like it has a
loose constraint. Then when we reload the scene, some constraints are
offset, and need to be zeroed out so they line up again.
Also, randomly, some constraints will have animation that was deleted
long ago pasted back on them. Magically it seems. It's so random and
different for each scene. Our animators have wasted so much time with
these issues that we are reverting back to 5.11 indefinitely. once this
project is done (we are going to miss our deadline).
We are going to send in some bug reports, and hopefully some scenes, but
how does anyone get work done with 6.01 and delta reference? How is it
possible that this was tested at all before release? We aren't doing
anything crazy with our characters, at least nothing that wasn't working
fine in 5.11.
Sorry for the long email, but I am wondering why we pay for maintenance
when we haven't had a usable upgrade in a year. 5.11 was mostly great,
the 6 series not so much.
-Jeff
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