Re: Area Censorship

[jo benayoun]

your message is depressing dude!
take it easy!
Also would be a good idea to setup a real name instead of the 'FX Person'...
--jo




2013/1/4 Fx Person 

>
> Hello!
>
> To clarify a situation,
>
> I have forwarded here an Email sent to Cory Mogk and Maurice Patel on the
> "Rumors" thread,
>
> which included the following when talking about my post that was blocked::
> _
> .. and was immediately presented with a
> "your post is held for moderation"  message.
>
> After a week I assumed that it wouldn't show-up (as it didn't since),
>
> .. but what made me -NOT- think that  "held for moderation"
> actually meant  "held for censorship" ...
> 
>
> And to clarify, after subsequent discussions with Maurice, Cory, and
> Nicolas Leduc (Area Admin I think)
> it seems that it was the spam filter which intercepted my post .
> (perhaps due to the fact that I was also the last poster on that same
> thread adding something)
>
> So if I gave the impression that The Area censored it's forums, my
> apologies.
>
> Thanks and Happy New Year everyone!
>
>
>

Area Censorship

[Fx Person]

Hello!


To clarify a situation,


I have forwarded here an Email sent to Cory Mogk and Maurice Patel on the 
"Rumors" thread,

which included the following when talking about my post that was blocked::
_
.. and was immediately presented with a
"your post is held for moderation"  message.

After a week I assumed that it wouldn't show-up (as it didn't since),

.. but what made me -NOT- think that  "held for moderation"
actually meant  "held for censorship" ...


And to clarify, after subsequent discussions with Maurice, Cory, and Nicolas 
Leduc (Area Admin I think)
it seems that it was the spam filter which intercepted my post .
(perhaps due to the fact that I was also the last poster on that same thread 
adding something)

So if I gave the impression that The Area censored it's forums, my apologies.

Thanks and Happy New Year everyone! 

Re: Override crashes scene

[Chris Chia]

Hi Darren,
Are u using custom shaders or plugins?
And if not, please send me the scene(via Dropbox)... I will get the Dev to 
investigate


Chris

On 5 Jan, 2013, at 4:05 AM, "Darren Macpherson" 
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I'll give that a try, thanks Matt.

Darren

On 2013/01/04 10:01 PM, Matt Lind wrote:
Try overriding shader parameters instead of material parameters


Matt



From: 
softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
 [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Darren Macpherson
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:56 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Override crashes scene

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the reply and advice.  I am doing something really basic where I 
have two passes, the pass that crashes has a partition with an override on the 
material surface, I then have an ao node plugged into the override, would that 
not equial a valid override or am I missing something?

Darren

On 2013/01/04 09:15 PM, Matt Lind wrote:
In our experience, merging scenes creates more problems.

We’ve experienced a similar crashing problem when an override doesn’t override 
anything or is applied to an empty partition.  But that was mostly because 
we’re re-interpreting the override entry data to map to entities in our game 
engine instead of mental ray.  Softimage doesn’t validate override parameter 
entries, it’s up to the render engine to do that.   Therefore start by 
validating the overrides in your scene to ensure they are all valid.

Matt





From: 
softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
 [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Darren Macpherson
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:07 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Override crashes scene

Hi Alan,

I have tried the merge into new scene trick thanks, one of the first things I 
tried, unfortunately I still get the crash.

Thanks

Darren

On 2013/01/04 08:52 PM, Alan Fregtman wrote:
Try making a new scene (empty) and Merge Scene with your actual scene where 
override causes crashes.

Does it still crash now?


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Darren Macpherson 
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Chris,

Deleting the preference folder didnt work.  Thanks for the suggestion.


Darren


On 2013/01/04 05:02 PM, Chris Chia wrote:
Hi Darren,
Have you tried deleting XSI preference folder? And what XSI version are you 
using?

Regards,
Chris

On 4 Jan, 2013, at 5:51 PM, "Darren Macpherson" 
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>>>
 wrote:

[

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope 2013 is great for everyone.  I have a scene 
that I had a bunch of passes set up and working for test purposes rendering 
with Arnold.  I deleted all the passes and recreated them in the way I want 
them for final render.  Everything renders fine until I put a new override onto 
a partition (I had the same overrides set up in my test passes, shadow, depth, 
ao) , as soon as I have an override and draw a render region XSI crashes with 
out any warning, even if the override parameter isnt overriding any property's. 
 This could be an XSI issue and not an Arnold problem but I havent experienced 
it before.

I'm rolling back to the scene that was working but I was wondering if anyone 
else has had this issue as it's driving me nuts and its only day 2 back at work.

Thanks in advance

Darren


--
darren macpherson | 3d artist | +2772 355 0924 | 
www.darrenmacpherson.com
 | 
dar...@darrenmacpherson.com>
 | skype: darren.macpherson





<>

Re: Drinks Friday in NYC

[Eric Thivierge]

Actually at Fontanas now
On Jan 4, 2013 6:54 PM, "Eric Thivierge"  wrote:

> I think the whisky ward is going to be the place. Not sure where from there
> On Jan 3, 2013 5:56 PM, "Ajit Menon"  wrote:
>
>> Let me know where you guys end up! I might swing by too!
>> :)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Eric Thivierge wrote:
>>
>>> Cool sounds like a plan.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ajit
>>
>> Ajit Menon | CGI artist
>> www.ajitmenon.com
>>
>> "Success is not found in what you have achieved, but rather in WHO you
>> have become." - Larry Bertlemann
>>
>

Re: Drinks Friday in NYC

[Eric Thivierge]

I think the whisky ward is going to be the place. Not sure where from there
On Jan 3, 2013 5:56 PM, "Ajit Menon"  wrote:

> Let me know where you guys end up! I might swing by too!
> :)
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Eric Thivierge wrote:
>
>> Cool sounds like a plan.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Ajit
>
> Ajit Menon | CGI artist
> www.ajitmenon.com
>
> "Success is not found in what you have achieved, but rather in WHO you
> have become." - Larry Bertlemann
>

Re: Get enum array items

[Eric Thivierge]

Replying just so I get another notch in the number of messages.


Eric Thivierge
http://www.ethivierge.com


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 5:18 PM, jo benayoun  wrote:

> looks like Eric is already preparing the 2013 contest by creating new
> threads that he solves himself! nice try Eric but no ...
> :P
> --jon
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2013/1/4 Eric Thivierge 
>
>> Scratch that.
>>
>> oItem = PPG.Item("myItemName")
>> lUIItems = oItem.UIItems
>>
>> 
>> Eric Thivierge
>> http://www.ethivierge.com
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Eric Thivierge wrote:
>>
>>> Need to get the array items of an enum control in a PPG. I thought I saw
>>> a thread a while back with that but can't seem to find it... any help?
>>>
>>> 
>>> Eric Thivierge
>>> http://www.ethivierge.com
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Get enum array items

[jo benayoun]

looks like Eric is already preparing the 2013 contest by creating new
threads that he solves himself! nice try Eric but no ...
:P
--jon






2013/1/4 Eric Thivierge 

> Scratch that.
>
> oItem = PPG.Item("myItemName")
> lUIItems = oItem.UIItems
>
> 
> Eric Thivierge
> http://www.ethivierge.com
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Eric Thivierge wrote:
>
>> Need to get the array items of an enum control in a PPG. I thought I saw
>> a thread a while back with that but can't seem to find it... any help?
>>
>> 
>> Eric Thivierge
>> http://www.ethivierge.com
>>
>
>

Re: Get enum array items

[Eric Thivierge]

Scratch that.

oItem = PPG.Item("myItemName")
lUIItems = oItem.UIItems


Eric Thivierge
http://www.ethivierge.com


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Eric Thivierge  wrote:

> Need to get the array items of an enum control in a PPG. I thought I saw a
> thread a while back with that but can't seem to find it... any help?
>
> 
> Eric Thivierge
> http://www.ethivierge.com
>

RE: Friday Flashback #101

[Ed Harriss]

1985. It was a good year. ;)

Ed

-Original Message-
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 3:36 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Friday Flashback #101

Friday Flashback #101
Softimage Champagne
http://wp.me/powV4-2pU

Friday Flashback #101

[Stephen Blair]

Friday Flashback #101
Softimage Champagne
http://wp.me/powV4-2pU

Re: Override crashes scene

[Darren Macpherson]

I'll give that a try, thanks Matt.

Darren

On 2013/01/04 10:01 PM, Matt Lind wrote:


Try overriding shader parameters instead of material parameters

Matt

*From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Darren 
Macpherson

*Sent:* Friday, January 04, 2013 11:56 AM
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
*Subject:* Re: Override crashes scene

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the reply and advice.  I am doing something really basic 
where I have two passes, the pass that crashes has a partition with an 
override on the material surface, I then have an ao node plugged into 
the override, would that not equial a valid override or am I missing 
something?


Darren

On 2013/01/04 09:15 PM, Matt Lind wrote:

In our experience, merging scenes creates more problems.

We've experienced a similar crashing problem when an override
doesn't override anything or is applied to an empty partition. 
But that was mostly because we're re-interpreting the override

entry data to map to entities in our game engine instead of mental
ray.  Softimage doesn't validate override parameter entries, it's
up to the render engine to do that.   Therefore start by
validating the overrides in your scene to ensure they are all valid.

Matt

*From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of
*Darren Macpherson
*Sent:* Friday, January 04, 2013 11:07 AM
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

*Subject:* Re: Override crashes scene

Hi Alan,

I have tried the merge into new scene trick thanks, one of the
first things I tried, unfortunately I still get the crash.

Thanks

Darren

On 2013/01/04 08:52 PM, Alan Fregtman wrote:

Try making a new scene (empty) and Merge Scene with your
actual scene where override causes crashes.

Does it still crash now?

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Darren Macpherson
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi Chris,

Deleting the preference folder didnt work.  Thanks for the
suggestion.



Darren


On 2013/01/04 05:02 PM, Chris Chia wrote:

Hi Darren,
Have you tried deleting XSI preference folder? And what
XSI version are you using?

Regards,
Chris

On 4 Jan, 2013, at 5:51 PM, "Darren Macpherson"
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>>> wrote:

[

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope 2013 is great for
everyone.  I have a scene that I had a bunch of passes set
up and working for test purposes rendering with Arnold.  I
deleted all the passes and recreated them in the way I
want them for final render.  Everything renders fine until
I put a new override onto a partition (I had the same
overrides set up in my test passes, shadow, depth, ao) ,
as soon as I have an override and draw a render region XSI
crashes with out any warning, even if the override
parameter isnt overriding any property's.  This could be
an XSI issue and not an Arnold problem but I havent
experienced it before.

I'm rolling back to the scene that was working but I was
wondering if anyone else has had this issue as it's
driving me nuts and its only day 2 back at work.

Thanks in advance

Darren


--
darren macpherson | 3d artist | +2772 355 0924
 | www.darrenmacpherson.com

| dar...@darrenmacpherson.com

> | skype:
darren.macpherson

RE: Override crashes scene

[Matt Lind]

Try overriding shader parameters instead of material parameters


Matt



From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Darren Macpherson
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:56 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Override crashes scene

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the reply and advice.  I am doing something really basic where I 
have two passes, the pass that crashes has a partition with an override on the 
material surface, I then have an ao node plugged into the override, would that 
not equial a valid override or am I missing something?

Darren

On 2013/01/04 09:15 PM, Matt Lind wrote:
In our experience, merging scenes creates more problems.

We've experienced a similar crashing problem when an override doesn't override 
anything or is applied to an empty partition.  But that was mostly because 
we're re-interpreting the override entry data to map to entities in our game 
engine instead of mental ray.  Softimage doesn't validate override parameter 
entries, it's up to the render engine to do that.   Therefore start by 
validating the overrides in your scene to ensure they are all valid.

Matt





From: 
softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
 [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Darren Macpherson
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:07 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Override crashes scene

Hi Alan,

I have tried the merge into new scene trick thanks, one of the first things I 
tried, unfortunately I still get the crash.

Thanks

Darren

On 2013/01/04 08:52 PM, Alan Fregtman wrote:
Try making a new scene (empty) and Merge Scene with your actual scene where 
override causes crashes.

Does it still crash now?


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Darren Macpherson 
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Chris,

Deleting the preference folder didnt work.  Thanks for the suggestion.


Darren


On 2013/01/04 05:02 PM, Chris Chia wrote:
Hi Darren,
Have you tried deleting XSI preference folder? And what XSI version are you 
using?

Regards,
Chris

On 4 Jan, 2013, at 5:51 PM, "Darren Macpherson" 
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>>>
 wrote:

[

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope 2013 is great for everyone.  I have a scene 
that I had a bunch of passes set up and working for test purposes rendering 
with Arnold.  I deleted all the passes and recreated them in the way I want 
them for final render.  Everything renders fine until I put a new override onto 
a partition (I had the same overrides set up in my test passes, shadow, depth, 
ao) , as soon as I have an override and draw a render region XSI crashes with 
out any warning, even if the override parameter isnt overriding any property's. 
 This could be an XSI issue and not an Arnold problem but I havent experienced 
it before.

I'm rolling back to the scene that was working but I was wondering if anyone 
else has had this issue as it's driving me nuts and its only day 2 back at work.

Thanks in advance

Darren


--
darren macpherson | 3d artist | +2772 355 0924 | 
www.darrenmacpherson.com
 | 
dar...@darrenmacpherson.com>
 | skype: darren.macpherson

Re: Override crashes scene

[Darren Macpherson]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the reply and advice.  I am doing something really basic 
where I have two passes, the pass that crashes has a partition with an 
override on the material surface, I then have an ao node plugged into 
the override, would that not equial a valid override or am I missing 
something?


Darren

On 2013/01/04 09:15 PM, Matt Lind wrote:


In our experience, merging scenes creates more problems.

We've experienced a similar crashing problem when an override doesn't 
override anything or is applied to an empty partition.  But that was 
mostly because we're re-interpreting the override entry data to map to 
entities in our game engine instead of mental ray.  Softimage doesn't 
validate override parameter entries, it's up to the render engine to 
do that.   Therefore start by validating the overrides in your scene 
to ensure they are all valid.


Matt

*From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Darren 
Macpherson

*Sent:* Friday, January 04, 2013 11:07 AM
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
*Subject:* Re: Override crashes scene

Hi Alan,

I have tried the merge into new scene trick thanks, one of the first 
things I tried, unfortunately I still get the crash.


Thanks

Darren

On 2013/01/04 08:52 PM, Alan Fregtman wrote:

Try making a new scene (empty) and Merge Scene with your actual
scene where override causes crashes.

Does it still crash now?

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Darren Macpherson
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi Chris,

Deleting the preference folder didnt work.  Thanks for the
suggestion.



Darren


On 2013/01/04 05:02 PM, Chris Chia wrote:

Hi Darren,
Have you tried deleting XSI preference folder? And what XSI
version are you using?

Regards,
Chris

On 4 Jan, 2013, at 5:51 PM, "Darren Macpherson"
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>>> wrote:

[

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope 2013 is great for everyone.
 I have a scene that I had a bunch of passes set up and
working for test purposes rendering with Arnold.  I deleted
all the passes and recreated them in the way I want them for
final render.  Everything renders fine until I put a new
override onto a partition (I had the same overrides set up in
my test passes, shadow, depth, ao) , as soon as I have an
override and draw a render region XSI crashes with out any
warning, even if the override parameter isnt overriding any
property's.  This could be an XSI issue and not an Arnold
problem but I havent experienced it before.

I'm rolling back to the scene that was working but I was
wondering if anyone else has had this issue as it's driving me
nuts and its only day 2 back at work.

Thanks in advance

Darren


--
darren macpherson | 3d artist | +2772 355 0924
 | www.darrenmacpherson.com

| dar...@darrenmacpherson.com
> | skype: darren.macpherson

RE: Override crashes scene

[Matt Lind]

In our experience, merging scenes creates more problems.

We've experienced a similar crashing problem when an override doesn't override 
anything or is applied to an empty partition.  But that was mostly because 
we're re-interpreting the override entry data to map to entities in our game 
engine instead of mental ray.  Softimage doesn't validate override parameter 
entries, it's up to the render engine to do that.   Therefore start by 
validating the overrides in your scene to ensure they are all valid.

Matt





From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Darren Macpherson
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:07 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Override crashes scene

Hi Alan,

I have tried the merge into new scene trick thanks, one of the first things I 
tried, unfortunately I still get the crash.

Thanks

Darren

On 2013/01/04 08:52 PM, Alan Fregtman wrote:
Try making a new scene (empty) and Merge Scene with your actual scene where 
override causes crashes.

Does it still crash now?


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Darren Macpherson 
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Chris,

Deleting the preference folder didnt work.  Thanks for the suggestion.


Darren


On 2013/01/04 05:02 PM, Chris Chia wrote:
Hi Darren,
Have you tried deleting XSI preference folder? And what XSI version are you 
using?

Regards,
Chris

On 4 Jan, 2013, at 5:51 PM, "Darren Macpherson" 
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>>>
 wrote:

[

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope 2013 is great for everyone.  I have a scene 
that I had a bunch of passes set up and working for test purposes rendering 
with Arnold.  I deleted all the passes and recreated them in the way I want 
them for final render.  Everything renders fine until I put a new override onto 
a partition (I had the same overrides set up in my test passes, shadow, depth, 
ao) , as soon as I have an override and draw a render region XSI crashes with 
out any warning, even if the override parameter isnt overriding any property's. 
 This could be an XSI issue and not an Arnold problem but I havent experienced 
it before.

I'm rolling back to the scene that was working but I was wondering if anyone 
else has had this issue as it's driving me nuts and its only day 2 back at work.

Thanks in advance

Darren


--
darren macpherson | 3d artist | +2772 355 0924 | 
www.darrenmacpherson.com
 | 
dar...@darrenmacpherson.com>
 | skype: darren.macpherson

Re: Override crashes scene

[Darren Macpherson]

Hi Alan,

I have tried the merge into new scene trick thanks, one of the first 
things I tried, unfortunately I still get the crash.


Thanks

Darren

On 2013/01/04 08:52 PM, Alan Fregtman wrote:
Try making a new scene (empty) and Merge Scene with your actual scene 
where override causes crashes.


Does it still crash now?



On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Darren Macpherson 
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>> wrote:


Hi Chris,

Deleting the preference folder didnt work.  Thanks for the
suggestion.


Darren


On 2013/01/04 05:02 PM, Chris Chia wrote:

Hi Darren,
Have you tried deleting XSI preference folder? And what XSI
version are you using?

Regards,
Chris

On 4 Jan, 2013, at 5:51 PM, "Darren Macpherson"
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>>> wrote:

[

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope 2013 is great for everyone.
 I have a scene that I had a bunch of passes set up and
working for test purposes rendering with Arnold.  I deleted
all the passes and recreated them in the way I want them for
final render.  Everything renders fine until I put a new
override onto a partition (I had the same overrides set up in
my test passes, shadow, depth, ao) , as soon as I have an
override and draw a render region XSI crashes with out any
warning, even if the override parameter isnt overriding any
property's.  This could be an XSI issue and not an Arnold
problem but I havent experienced it before.

I'm rolling back to the scene that was working but I was
wondering if anyone else has had this issue as it's driving me
nuts and its only day 2 back at work.

Thanks in advance

Darren


--
darren macpherson | 3d artist | +2772 355 0924
 | www.darrenmacpherson.com

| dar...@darrenmacpherson.com
> | skype: darren.macpherson

Re: Override crashes scene

[Alan Fregtman]

Try making a new scene (empty) and Merge Scene with your actual scene where
override causes crashes.

Does it still crash now?



On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Darren Macpherson wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Deleting the preference folder didnt work.  Thanks for the suggestion.
>
>
> Darren
>
>
> On 2013/01/04 05:02 PM, Chris Chia wrote:
>
>> Hi Darren,
>> Have you tried deleting XSI preference folder? And what XSI version are
>> you using?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris
>>
>> On 4 Jan, 2013, at 5:51 PM, "Darren Macpherson" > > wrote:
>>
>> [
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Happy New Year to everyone, I hope 2013 is great for everyone.  I have a
>> scene that I had a bunch of passes set up and working for test purposes
>> rendering with Arnold.  I deleted all the passes and recreated them in the
>> way I want them for final render.  Everything renders fine until I put a
>> new override onto a partition (I had the same overrides set up in my test
>> passes, shadow, depth, ao) , as soon as I have an override and draw a
>> render region XSI crashes with out any warning, even if the override
>> parameter isnt overriding any property's.  This could be an XSI issue and
>> not an Arnold problem but I havent experienced it before.
>>
>> I'm rolling back to the scene that was working but I was wondering if
>> anyone else has had this issue as it's driving me nuts and its only day 2
>> back at work.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Darren
>>
>>
>> --
>> darren macpherson | 3d artist | +2772 355 0924 | www.darrenmacpherson.com
>> http://www.darrenmacpherson.com>> |
>> dar...@darrenmacpherson.com<**mailto:darren@**darrenmacpherson.com>
>> | skype: darren.macpherson
>>
>
>

Re: Override crashes scene

[Darren Macpherson]

Hi Chris,

Deleting the preference folder didnt work.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Darren


On 2013/01/04 05:02 PM, Chris Chia wrote:

Hi Darren,
Have you tried deleting XSI preference folder? And what XSI version are you 
using?

Regards,
Chris

On 4 Jan, 2013, at 5:51 PM, "Darren Macpherson" 
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>> wrote:

[

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope 2013 is great for everyone.  I have a scene 
that I had a bunch of passes set up and working for test purposes rendering 
with Arnold.  I deleted all the passes and recreated them in the way I want 
them for final render.  Everything renders fine until I put a new override onto 
a partition (I had the same overrides set up in my test passes, shadow, depth, 
ao) , as soon as I have an override and draw a render region XSI crashes with 
out any warning, even if the override parameter isnt overriding any property's. 
 This could be an XSI issue and not an Arnold problem but I havent experienced 
it before.

I'm rolling back to the scene that was working but I was wondering if anyone 
else has had this issue as it's driving me nuts and its only day 2 back at work.

Thanks in advance

Darren


--
darren macpherson | 3d artist | +2772 355 0924 | 
www.darrenmacpherson.com | 
dar...@darrenmacpherson.com | skype: 
darren.macpherson

Re: Override crashes scene

[Darren Macpherson]

Hi Chris,

I havent tried deleting the preference folder.  We're using 2013 sp1 on 
fedora 12.


Thanks for the reply.

Darren

On 2013/01/04 05:02 PM, Chris Chia wrote:

Hi Darren,
Have you tried deleting XSI preference folder? And what XSI version are you 
using?

Regards,
Chris

On 4 Jan, 2013, at 5:51 PM, "Darren Macpherson" 
mailto:darren...@gmail.com>> wrote:

[

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope 2013 is great for everyone.  I have a scene 
that I had a bunch of passes set up and working for test purposes rendering 
with Arnold.  I deleted all the passes and recreated them in the way I want 
them for final render.  Everything renders fine until I put a new override onto 
a partition (I had the same overrides set up in my test passes, shadow, depth, 
ao) , as soon as I have an override and draw a render region XSI crashes with 
out any warning, even if the override parameter isnt overriding any property's. 
 This could be an XSI issue and not an Arnold problem but I havent experienced 
it before.

I'm rolling back to the scene that was working but I was wondering if anyone 
else has had this issue as it's driving me nuts and its only day 2 back at work.

Thanks in advance

Darren


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Re: Sublime definitions for Softimage

[Andy Nicholas]

 You guys should check this out. It might give you a good start...

http://xsisupport.com/2012/10/06/saturday-snippet-getting-a-list-of-properties-and-methods-with-python-introspection/



On 04 January 2013 at 00:54 jo benayoun  wrote:


> The Softimage API (object model) is not visible because its all about dynamic
> dispatching at runtime.  This is like thinking your editor will be natively
> enough smart to detect attributes you would add dynamically when overriding
> the __getattr__ method of a class.
>  Happily for us the dispatching is cached somewhere and even introspectable by
> using the pythoncom/pywin32 API.  With a little effort and sticking with
> python, one would have no problem in developing a plugin for this text editor
> specially if sublime API is as convenient as it is claimed.  The first step is
> to learn how to use correctly the pywin32 package and what it does under the
> hood to fully understand what the 'ultimate' solution could be.
>  --jo
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  2013/1/3 César Sáez mailto:cesa...@gmail.com> >
>> > You're right, sublime/any-other-editor can't see that softimage
>> > variables.
> >If you're using 'Application' (or any 'implicit variable' like that) your
> > script will fail on import, sipyutils module (or your own version of it) is
> > the way to go IMHO.
> > 
> > 
> >On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Alan Fregtman  >  > wrote:
> >  > > > But it won't be able to find global XSI objects just like that,
> >  > > > right? "Application" is defined by the axscript module, but I
> >  > > > feel like SI internally dispatches it in a way I don't think
> >  > > > Sublime could "see" it.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:40 PM, César Sáez  > >  > wrote:
> > >> > > > You have to add your environment paths to the 'env' tag in
> > >> > > > your python.sublime-build config file, this way if you have
> > >> > > > a shortcuts module it will instrospect it.
> > > >El 03/01/2013 17:34, "Gene Crucean"  > > >  > escribió:
> > > >  > > > > > Hehe I was trying to figure out the same thing.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Alan Fregtman
> > > > > mailto:alan.fregt...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> > > > >> > > > > > I use SublimeCodeIntel too but it's not aware
> > > > >> > > > > > of XSI globals like Application, XSIUtils and
> > > > >> > > > > > so on, so it won't introspect them.
> > > > > >How would one hack it to be more aware of such?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:19 PM, César Sáez
> > > > > > mailto:cesa...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> > > > > >  > > > > > > > SublimeCodeIntel does a great job
> > > > > >  > > > > > > > autocompleting python modules and import
> > > > > >  > > > > > > > statements (via introspoction, works with
> > > > > >  > > > > > > > your own modules too), it's not softimage
> > > > > >  > > > > > > > specific but helps alot.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >  Another cool package is the SublimeLinter, it
> > > > > > > highlight potential errors in your code (IDE-like). I have no idea
> > > > > > > how far I was from PEP8 until I start using it, now my code is way
> > > > > > > cleaner and easy to the eyes :)
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >  On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:22 AM, Raffaele Fragapane
> > > > > > > mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > You actually can introspect
> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > recursively almost the entirety of
> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > the scripting API and generate a
> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > dummy set of libraries from there.
> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > That will offer autocompletion in
> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > most IDEs.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > >We've had that running here in AL for a while
> > > > > > > > thanks to Aloys' efforts a long time ago and it's worked without
> > > > > > > > a hitch for years.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > >On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Gene Crucean
> > > > > > > >  > > > > > > >  > wrote:
> > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > It would be completely
> > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > bitchin if it autocompleted
> > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > the entire sdk... and not
> > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > just simple commonly used
> > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > snippets.
> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > 
>

RE: 2012 list retrospective

[Szabolcs Matefy]

Hehe, I won the number of new thread started contest :D

 

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Raffaele
Fragapane
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 4:46 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: 2012 list retrospective

 

I think Matt with the small annoying things first collection of issues
has set a record that can't be beaten easily.
My word count on this mailing list is probably not that high, CGTalk
though, that's another story :p

And bugger, no top ten for me. Must be the first or second time in ten
years.

Thanks Stephen, the year recap posts are always entertaining.

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Dan Yargici 
wrote:

I wonder who'd win on post length?  I guessing Matt Lind, or Raff...
hmmm...

 

 

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Dan Yargici 
wrote:

...just scraped in again!

 

Yeah, thanks Stephen! 

 

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Eric Thivierge 
wrote:

I'm a consistent 3rd place and I'm OK with that. :)

I always enjoy these stats at the end of the year. Thanks for doing it
Stephen.





Eric Thivierge
http://www.ethivierge.com

 

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Stephen Blair 
wrote:

Hi

I know I posted those word clouds yesterday, but since I had all the
data in Excel, here's some more:


http://wp.me/powV4-2pu

 

 

 




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