Does the CacheOnFile node support Kai's single-file pc2 sequences? because KP_PointCache produces a single file per mesh for the whole export. I imagine Alok's must support this (along with a file-per-frame.)
On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Steven Caron <car...@gmail.com> wrote: > actually, the cache on file node can read .pc2 files already. give it a > shot! > > but great to have more robust control, kai's version had better support > for the format. > > > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Alok Gandhi <alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hey All, >> >> I made a custom ice node for directly reading .pc2 file in ICE. Not sure >> if somebody already wrote that, but it was fun spending almost an hour of >> weekend. >> >> This implements most of the logic from KP_PointCache by Kai Wolter >> (available with source code on http://rray.de/xsi/) >> >> You can download the addon here <http://bit.ly/Hn9kJ3> (Windows 64 bit >> only / Works with Softimage 2011 and upwards) >> >> The addon has two files: >> 1. A Custom ICE node for reading .pc2 files. Almost all parameters from >> KP_PointCache are available in the node. >> >> 2. A Compound as wrapper around the low level node to implement the PPG >> (as there is no way to write a PPG Layout for a Custom ICE node in C++). >> >> It is not super useful as you can always put a point cache operator on a >> mesh and read point positions from that in an ICE Tree but it eliminates >> altogether the need of an .obj / mesh to read .pc2. >> >> Hope it helps somebody somewhere. >> > >
