Re: about your email "enveloping glitch revisited" on the XSI list

[Adam Sale <adamsale(at)shaw.ca>]

Hey Thiago.. I'm forwarding this to the list, as well as support.

After thinking I had the problem nailed as being the result of an addon, it still persists even after the addon is unistalled, so I'm back to square one.. scratching my head at this one.

 

Adam

----- Original Message -----
From: Thiago Costa <thiagocosta3d@gmail.com>
Date: Monday, February 18, 2008 4:05 pm
Subject: about your email "enveloping glitch revisited" on the XSI list
To: adamsale@shaw.ca

> Hey Adam,
> I think I have/had that same problem with an exploding mesh...
> bellow you'll
> see my report to Softimage. Check if it's the same.
>
> There's a video here showing the problem happening with me:
> http://www.thiagocosta.net/temp/exploding_mesh.rar,
> And this is the coded which the video was encoded:
> http://www.camstudio.org/CamStudioCodec10.zip
>
> If is the same problem, please report to Softimage so it will be
> a problem
> with more then one customer! maybe they fix it. :)
> It's really nasty because first time it happened to me was in
> front of a
> group of maya people and I was showing XSI to them!! :P what a
> shame... hehe
>
> Thanks.
>
> Thiago Costa
> TD at nervo.tv
> thiagocosta.net
>
>
>
> Fwd: Re: RE: problem loading scenes [#SISUPP:17216]
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Thiago Costa <thiagocosta3d@gmail.com>
> Date: 29 Jan 2008 14:07
> Subject: Re: Re: RE: problem loading scenes [#SISUPP:17216]
> To: Softimage Support C2 <support@softimage.com>
>
> 6.5, 32bits, windows XP professional running on a quad-core
> intel mac.
> But I see the same happen on dell quad core machines using
> 32/64bit systems.
>
> thiago
>
> On 29/01/2008, Softimage Support C2 <support@softimage.com> wrote:
> >
> > I see...Are you on 64bit?
> > What version of XSI?
> >
> > -manny
> >
> >
> > nhem weird... was supposed to work.
> > Try with the camstudio codec...
> > http://www.camstudio.org/CamStudioCodec10.zip
> > this is the codec I encoded the video, but it uses the same
> encoding that
> > camtasia uses, so it was supposed to work.
> >
> >
> > let me know if it don't work and I can encode in another codec.
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Thiago Costa
> >
> > On 28/01/2008, Softimage Support C2 <support@softimage.com>
> wrote:> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I tried 2 codecs here:
> > > http://www.techsmith.com/download/codecs.asp
> > >
> > >
> > > the
> > > Download TSCC Codec and
> > > Download for Windows
> > >
> > > Unfortunately that did not work still can't view the vid.
> > >
> > > I will reboot later and try again.
> > >
> > > -manny
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > *From:* Softimage Support C2
> > >
> > > *Sent:* 2008-01-28 11:27
> > > *TO:* thiagocosta3d@gmail.com
> > >
> > > *Subject:*RE: problem loading scenes [#SISUPP:17216]
> > >
> > > Hi Thiago.
> > > Looking into it...
> > > Will let you know what I discover ;)
> > >
> > >
> > > -manny
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey guys,
> > > This is a very old problem that happen to me.... I heard
> other people
> > > complaining about the same, so I would like to ask you guys
> to check this
> > > out.
> > >
> > > Download this .rar file
> > > http://www.thiagocosta.net/temp/exploding_mesh.rar,
> > >
> > > !
> > >
> > > Inside the .rar you'll see an AVI video file (compressed
> with techsmith
> > > camtasia codec), that should show you the problem.
> > >
> > > As you'll notice in the video, I open a scene and everything
> is normal,
> > > and after I open the same scene again (without change
> anything), the mesh of
> > > my animated model just get an offset from nowhere.
> > >
> > >
> > > Then I close XSI, open the scene again and my scene loads
> normally.> > So the problem consists on memory or something,
> just guessing but looks
> > > like that XSI keep information from another scene that was
> open previously.
> > >
> > >
> > > It's kinda weird because I never really loose data with
> this, because
> > > when I see this happening I just close XSI and open again
> and everything
> > > will be normal.
> > > But if I need to open another version of my Scene I usually
> need to
> > > close XSI and! open again.. because if in just one session I
> open two
> > > similar scenes this crazy offset on my mesh happen.
> > >
> > >
> > > So maybe is something with my model I don't know... I can
> send !
> > > you the scene if you want to check.
> > > It can be something with my set
> > > tings, however I see this happen in totally different machines.
> > > Just watch the video and tell me what is going on... please.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Thiago Costa
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>