Re: FG map per frame

["Thiago Costa" <thiagocosta3d(at)gmail.com>]

ahhm weird.. it works here
I'm 6.5 thou...
Maybe this is broken on 6.01? 

I do know that if you move everything to 6.5 it will not change a thing, just fix bugs.
At least it was my experience when I had to move mid project last time.

2008/4/30 Prapas, Akie <aprapas(at)chaines.astral.com>:

My apologies, it was my typo.

 

I do have the [frame] token active in the map file.

 

Akie

 

 

 

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De : owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] De la part de Thiago Costa
Envoyé : 30 avril 2008 14:57
À : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Objet : Re: FG map per frame

 

hey Akie,
you need to have the [frame] token to be able to save your maps with the framenumber.
like this [scene]_[Pass].[Frame].fgmap
will make \Render_Pictures\Myscene_Default_Pass.0001.fgmap

Theres a little bug with the folder creation token, so if you put "\" to create a new folder (like [scene]\[pass]_[frame].fgmap
XSI will return an error.
But you can create a folder manually in your Render_Pictures folder and point your maps to that folder with no problems...
I usually do something like FGMaps\[scene]_[pass]_[frame].fgmap

2008/4/30 Prapas, Akie <aprapas(at)chaines.astral.com>:

Hello,

 

I have a heavy scene (animated cam) that I'm using FG to render (xsi6.01).

I'm thinking of using a simpler proxy scene to calculate the FG and then just access the same files for final render.

 

There's the option of creating an .fgmap per frame so that you can render it on a farm and not have to recalculate every time.

 

I can't seem to get that to work.

 

The map file has [name].[pass].fgmap setup.

The only time the fgmap gets a new frame number in the name is when I physically change the frame number in the application. Otherwise, it's always accessing the same .fgmap.

 

Is this a bug or did I forget to 'check' something?

 

Is V6.5 the answer? I don't want to change versions during the project but if that's the trick…?

Any clue is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks and have a gooday.

 

Akie Prapas